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Noyes Brothers and Cutler Building
(Park Square Court)
- 400 Sibley Street (at Sixth) -
- 1886, 1889, 1906, J. Walter Stevens -
Noyes Brothers and Cutler, importers and wholesale druggists, moved into their new five story…
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…
Northern Pacific Railway Warehouse
(Northern Warehouse Building)
- 308 Prince Street (at Broadway) -
- 1907-08, Northern Pacific Railway Company -
The Northern Pacific Railway completed construction to the West Coast in 1883.…
Ninth Presbyterian Church
- 3121 Edmund Avenue -
This beautiful and detailed wooden church was built in 1886. Like so many other Frogtown congregations it began as a mission church in 1885. Mission churches were typically…
Nellie Griswold Francis
- A Powerful Political Influence (1874-1969) -
Nellie Griswold Francis, wife to William T. Francis (the first black to receive a diplomatic appointment), was a strong political influence in her own…
Neighborhood House: 1897-
Neighborhood House was established on the West Side Flats in 1897 to provide needed services to Russian Jewish immigrants. Women from the Mount Zion synagogue formed an association to found a service…
Mount Zion Temple
Many who pass the modernist synagogue at the SE corner of Summit and Hamline might assume that it is the only building the congregation has used. But Mount Zion Temple has deep roots in the…
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
- 451 W. Central Avenue -
Mount Olivet Baptist Church, 451 W. Central Av., was founded in March 1922. It was first named Saint Paul Independent Baptist Church. It was later changed to Mount Olivet…
Mount Airy Homes
Jackson and Mount Airy Streets
The original Mount Airy neighborhood was one of modest, immigrant housing along winding and crooked streets. It was originally home to workers for the area’s…
Mounds Park recognized as historic, sacred cemetery
For over a century, St. Paul regarded Indian Mounds Park as a recreational area. Now, it’s being recognized for its history as a cemetery for at least seven tribes
Morelli's Alimentari
Morelli’s, located at 535 Tedesco Street on the northwest corner of Payne Avenue, has been in the Italian food business since 1915. James Morelli and his young wife recognized that the growing number…
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…
Minnesota State Capitol Historic Site
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard // Saint Paul, MN 55155
The restored Senate, House and Court cambers and other public spaces are included on a guided tour of this architectural…
Minnesota History Center
345 Kellogg Boulevard West // Saint Paul, MN 55102
The Minnesota History Center is home to an innovative museum with ever-changing exhibits and a modern library.
Minnehaha Mall
More than 50 years ago, Minnehaha Mall opened as one of Saint Paul’s first “modern” shopping centers. Minnehaha Center, Midway Shopping Center and Phalen Shopping Center were among Saint Paul’s…
Millers' Coaches
- 289 Como Avenue -
On the site of what is now a storage business was one of Saint Paul’s most memorable taverns. In 1936, two 1887 Pullman coaches that once graced Northern Pacific's…
Mid-block commercial building
- 567 Charles Avenue -
Commercial businesses not only developed at intersections but at mid-block as well, as seen at 576 Charles Avenue. Behind the two-story commercial building is a one-story…
Michael and Rose Walter House
An exceptionally well-preserved Italianate house that includes a Hamm’s Brewery and whose wife, Emma, was the sister of their next-door neighbor, Otto Muller.
This house was built in 1880.
Merchants National Bank
(McColl Building)
- 366-68 jackson Street -
(at Fifth)
- 1892, Edward P. Bassford -
When the Merchants National Bank opened in 1892, its two-story lobby attracted a great deal of attention.…
Martin M. McNulty House
- 516 Lexington Parkway -
The Martin M. McNulty House at 516 N. Lexington Parkway, which is now a duplex, is a good example of a Prairie-style dwelling with details of a Midwestern Craftsman…