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William and Mary Dean House: 353 Summit Avenue
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…
Watson and Sarah Davidson House: 344 Summit Avenue
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…
Shipman - Greve House: 445 Summit Avenue
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…
John and Margaret Allen House: 335 Summit Avenue
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…
William and Bertha Constans House: 465 Summit Avenue
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…
Egil and Rachel Boeckmann House: 366 Summit Avenue
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…
John and Marry Ella Mitchell House: 370 Summit Avenue
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…
Donald and Bertha Culver House: 361 Summit Avenue
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…
Marshall-Winter-Dean House: 415 Summit Avenue
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…
Edward and Lucinda Buxton House
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…
Martha Bass House: 365 Summit Avenue
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…
Kinney - Weed House: 261 Summit Avenue
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…
John and Julia Robertson House 265 Summit
This large brick house was built in 1885 for John and Julia Robertson. Constructed for a cost of $10,000, the home was designed by Charles Mould in the Queen Anne style. Charles Mould designed many…
Chauncey and Martha Griggs House: 476 Summit Avenue
The large Victorian mansion located at 476 Summit Avenue was built in 1883 for Chauncey and Martha Griggs. Constructed for an estimated cost of $35,000, the house consists of twenty-four rooms.…
Addison and Martha Foster House: 490 Summit Avenue
The large brick house at 490 Summit Avenue was built in 1883 for Addison and Martha Foster. The home is overall Romanesque in style with Queen Anne influence, and was designed by architect Clarence…
Cyrus and Mary Thurston House: 495 Summit Avenue
The mansion at 495 Summit Avenue was built in 1881 for Cyrus and Mary Thurston. Although the architect is unknown, it is likely that the house was designed by local architect Augustus F. Gauger.…
James and Minnesota Macleod House: 485 Summit Avenue
The house at 485 Summit was built in 1907 for James and Minnesota “Minne” Macleod. The home is Tudor in style and was designed by James Macleod, who made a living as an architect. Built for a cost of…
George Freeman House: 505 Summit Avenue
The house at 505 Summit Avenue was built in 1896 for George Freeman. Designed by Cass Gilbert in the Medieval Rectilinear style, it is constructed of stone and cost $20,000 to build. Cass Gilbert is…
Union Depot
(Depot Place)
- 214 East Fourth Street (between Sibley and Wacouta) -
- 1917-23, Charles S. Frost -
Riverboat traffic gave Saint Paul its start, but with the railroads, the city grew into a…
Railroad and Bank Building
(First Trust Center)
- 176 East Fifth Street -
(enter on Fourth between Jackson and Sibley)
- 1914-16, Charles S. Frost -
James J. Hill crowned his extraordinary career with a plan to build…