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Best Western Bandana Square
1010 Bandana Boulevard West // Saint Paul, MN 55108
Built inside an historic train repair shop in 1891, the Best Western Bandana Square has all the 21st century conveniences along with real train…
The Saint Paul Hotel
350 Market Street // St. Paul, MN 55102
The Saint Paul Hotel, members of Historic Hotel of America and rated four diamonds by AAA, is Minnesota's landmark hotel for business and leisure.
Forepaugh's
276 South Exchange Street // Saint Paul, MN 55102
Forepaugh's is the former residence of Saint Paul pioneer Joseph Lybrandt Forepaugh, who built this elegant Victorian house in 1870 and was once…
The Lowry Building
350 St. Peter Street // St. Paul, MN 55012
Built by Thomas Lowry in 1911 as the Lowry Medical Arts Building, The Lowry is one of the loveliest buildings in downtown, built to fit in with the…
Saint Paul Foundry
(Within Great Northern Business Park North)
Walk around some of St. Paul's historic buildings and look for metal base plates, which often bear the name of the St. Paul Foundry. The foundry was…
Minnesota Transportation Museum
(Jackson Street Roundhouse)
- Jackson Street and Pennsylvania Avenue -
The roundhouse dates from 1907. It is the second roundhouse in that area. The first was built in 1882, just to the west of…
Charles James Home
419 Sherburne Avenue is the Charles James home. The three-story home, with its corner bay windows, is missing its original front porch and much of a second floor balcony, so it looks much differently…
653 Family Lofts
- 653 Galtier Street -
The structure that is now 653 Family Lofts was built in 1910 and expanded in 1917. Designed by Mark Fitzpatrick, the three-story buff brick factory building was the…
Frederick L. McGhee
- Minnesota's First African American Lawyer (1861-1912) -
One long-gone home, at 665 University Ave., was the residence of African-American leader Frederick McGhee. The McGhee home was a showplace.…
Scheffer Elementary
Scheffer Elementary’s old school bell is in front of Scheffer Recreation Center, 237 Thomas Avenue. The recreation center’s ball fields include the site of the city’s first playground, Como…
Benjamin Drew Elementary
Ryan Park, at Thomas Avenue and Avon Street, was until 1974 the site of Benjamin Drew Elementary School. Benjamin Drew Elementary School was designed by prolific and prominent Saint Paul architect…
West Minnehaha Recreation Center
One important Frogtown landmark on Minnehaha Avenue is the West Minnehaha Recreation Center. “West Minne” is one of the city’s older recreation centers. The original Platteville limestone recreation…
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
The area of West Minnehaha Avenue bounded by Victoria, Chatsworth, and Lafond was the home of Amherst H. Wilder Foundation headquarters until 2007. The site is now eyed as the future home for Frogtown…
University Avenue Congregational Church
What is now Saint Paul Fellowship was designed in 1907 and built in 1908 as University Avenue Congregational Church, and is located at Victoria and Sherburne avenues. It was designed by noted…
Saint Agnes Catholic Church
Frogtown’s largest church is Saint Agnes Catholic Church, 548-50 Lafond Avenue. The current church is the third church built on this site since 1887, when Archbishop John Ireland founded the parish to…
Saint Adalbert's Catholic Church
Saint Adalbert’s Catholic Church, 265 Charles Avenue, was built in 1911 to serve Polish Catholics. Today its three-tiered twin front towers greet many Vietnamese worshippers.
The original church…
Saint Vincent de Paul School
Saint Vincent de Paul School, 643 Virginia St. The school’s groundbreaking was in November 1900. The school opened in July 1901, with 190 children. Four Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet, who lived…
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill -
While Catholicism is considered a dominant religion in Saint Paul history, Frogtown has been home to many Lutheran congregations. Christ Lutheran Church…
Trinity Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Trinity Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, 515 N. Farrington, came to Frogtown in 1885. Its longtime building was erected in 1902. The brick building, with a limestone foundation, was built in the…
Saint Stephanus Lutheran Church
Saint Stephanus Lutheran Church was built in 1890 at Lafond and Grotto to serve a German Lutheran congregation. The building has been renovated twice, after a 1925 fire and a 1990 windstorm. Visitors…