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Endicott Buildings
- 141 East Fourth Street -
(between Robert and Jackson) and
- 350 North Robert Street -
(between Fourth and Fifth)
- 1891, Cass Gilbert -
Cass Gilbert, architect of the State Capitol, designed…
Pioneer Building
- 340 North Robert Street -
(at Fourth)
- 1889, Solon Beman -
The Pioneer Building's owner boasted on his stationery that the building stood "At the Business Heart of Saint Paul." The high value…
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.…
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…
Konantz Saddlery Company Building
(Railroader Printing House)
- 227-31 East Sixth Street (between Sibley and Wacouta) -
- 1893, J. Walter Stevens -
The Konantz Saddlery Company started making harness and saddles in Quincy,…
Koehler and Hinrichs Company
(Stevens Building)
- 235-37 East Sixth Street (at Wacouta) -
- 1891, J. Walter Stevens -
Koehler and Hinrichs established a wholesale house for butchers' and meat packers' supplies at Fourth…
South side of Seventh Street
- 208-66 East Seventh Street (between Sibley and Wall) -
- 1875-87 -
The extroverted designs of the historic buildings on Seventh Street caught the attention of shoppers and workers riding the…
First Baptist Church
- 499 Wacouta Street (at Ninth) -
- 1875, William Boyington -
(adapted by master builder Monroe Sheire)
The First Baptist Church links Lowertown with its earliest history. The congregation built…
Wacouta Street Warehouse
(Gilbert Building)
- 413 Wacouta Street (between Sixth and Seventh) -
- 1893-94, Cass Gilbert -
The Boston Northwest Realty Company saw great money-making potential in the commercial expansion…
Finch, Van Slyck, and McConville Dry Goods Company
(Cosmopolitan Building)
- 366 Wacouta Street (at Fifth) -
-1911, James F. Denson, architect; C.A.P. Turner, engineer -
-1923 addition, Clarence Johnston Jr., architect -
Finch, Van Slyck, and…
John Wann Building
(Spin Knits Fabric Company)
- 350-64 Sibley (at Fifth) -
- 1882, attributed to J. Walter Stevens -
The buildings on the south side of Mears Park share many business connections. Noyes Brothers…
Paul Gotzian Building
(American House)
- 352 Wacouta Street (between Fourth and Fifth) -
- 1895, Cass Gilbert -
Adjacent buildings illustrate Cass Gilbert's commercial work in the 1890s. After nearly forty years of…
J.H. Mahler Company
- 258-60 East Fifth Street (between Wacouta and Wall)
- 1883 -
This narrow storefront preserves the scale of Saint Paul buildings from the generation preceding the warehouses that dominate…
Crane Building
- 281-87 East Fifth Street (at Wall) -
- 1904, Reed and Stem -
In 1897, Crane and Ordway Company led the Northwest in the manufacture of valves, fittings, and supplies for steam engines. Their…
Tighe Building
(Market House)
- 289 East Fifth Street (between Wall and Broadway) -
- 1902, J. Walter Stevens -
Like many others in Lowertown, this warehouse was built as a rental property with considerable…
Saint Paul Rubber Company
(Lowertown Commons)
- 300 East Fourth Street (between Wall and Broadway) -
- 1905 -
Originally built for the Saint Paul Rubber Company, this building supported the tremendous weight of E. W.…
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.…
Griggs and Foster's F.O.K. Building
- 300 Broadway Street (at Kellogg) -
-1894, Edward P. Bassford -
Real estate investors financed this warehouse for use by Farwell, Ozmun, and Kirk, hardware wholesalers. At the turn of the…
Great Northern Building
(James J. Hill Office Building)
- 281-99 East Kellogg Boulevard (between Wall and Broadway) -
-1887, James Brodie -
James J. Hill's success at building a railroad empire made him Saint Paul's…
Wells Fargo Express Company
(Johnson's Service Station)
-271 East Kellogg Boulevard (between Wacouta and Wall) -
- 1907, J. Walter Stevens -
Since before the Civil War, Wells Fargo expedited national parcel delivery in…