After growing out of their house next door at 322 Summit Avenue, William and Carrie Lightner built a new home at 318 Summit Avenue in 1893 for $24,000. Constructed of light Sioux Falls jasper and dark…

The first house to stand at 294 Summit Avenue was a large Italianate mansion with a cupola, built by Henry N. Paul in 1858. It is one of the early Summit Avenue mansions pictured in the famous dogsled…

The George and Jennie Williams home was built in 1909 for the cost of $3,500. Designed in the Dutch Colonial style, the house was the first wood frame building built on its city block. Its…

The house at 323 Summit Avenue was built in 1893 for Edward and Mary Saunders. Designed by Clarence Johnston in the Renaissance Revival style, the original construction cost came to about $35,000.…

The large brick and stone house at 332 Summit Avenue was built in 1889 by Edgar and Mary Long. Designed by the architectural firm of Gilbert and Taylor, the mansion is Romanesque in style, and…

This large brick home was built in 1895 for Dr. Charles Wheaton, a physician and surgeon, and his family. Constructed for a cost of $15,000, the house is Queen Anne in style, and bears a strong…

This Medieval Rectilinear styled house at 339 Summit Avenue was built in 1898 for the cost of $14,000. The owner Crawford Livingston hired architect Cass Gilbert to design the home. The house’s unique…

Previously on the site where 345 Summit Avenue stands today, was a large Victorian house built by Augustus K and Josephine Barnum in 1879. Constructed for a cost of $15,000, the wood-frame house stood…

This large house was built in 1882 for William and Mary Dean. Costing around $15,000 to build, the home is Queen Anne in style, although the architect is unknown. After a drastic remodeling in the…

On the site where 344 Summit is today, there was once a large stone mansion built for Samuel and Elizabeth Magoffin. Built at a cost of $8,000, the house was designed by local architect George Wirth…

The house at 445 Summit Avenue was built in 1882 for Henry and Emma Shipman, and cost around $8,500 including the carriage house. Constructed of stone on the first story and frame construction for the…

The house at 335 Summit was built in 1892 for John and Margaret Allen. Designed by architect J. Walter Stevens, who designed a number of Lowertown’s warehouses, the mansion is constructed of Bayfield…

This brick house was built in 1886 for William and Bertha Constans for a cost of $18,400, with a $3,500 carriage house. Architect Augustus Gauger designed the home, although nothing of his original…

Previously on the site where 366 Summit Avenue stands today, stood a large mansion built for Daniel and Helen Noyes. Daniel Noyes was involved in the wholesale drug firm of “Noyes Brothers and…

The house at 370 Summit Avenue was built in 1909 for John and Mary Mitchell. Designed by Clarence Johnston, the home is Georgian in style, and cost around $15,000 to construct. John R Mitchell was…

Originally on the site where 361 Summit stands today, was a large wood-frame house built by Charles and Lilly Bunker. It was designed by George Wirth and cost around $6,000 to build. The home was…

On December 31st, 1880, an article in the Saint Paul Daily Globe made a mention of William R. Marshall building a house with a mansard roof on the property of 415 Summit Avenue. Constructed for a cost…

On the site where 421 Summit stands today, there stood a small frame house. It was purchased in 1882 by Joseph Wheelock, who the then hired architect Clarence Johnston to redesign it for him. The home…

The house at 365 Summit Avenue was built in 1892 for Martha Bass. Martha was the widow of Jacob W. Bass, an early pioneer in Saint Paul. She married Jacob in Iowa when she was about 16, and the couple…

The house at 261 Summit was built in 1891 for H. W. Kinney. Constructed of limestone, the total cost of the house was around $14,000. It was designed by local architect Clarence Johnston and it is…