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…

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…

3M promoted its products to a wide variety of markets and used many methods.

- 400-406 Van Buren - This 1910 concrete-block row house is believed to be the only one of its kind in Saint Paul. It was designed by John Fischer. It retains many of its Colonial Revival…

Manufacturing uses were present along University and throughout the Frogtown neighborhood. Examples include the 1914 Ford Building, 117 W. University, an early motor vehicle manufacturing building and…

Stormwater Treatment Managing stormwater runoff is important to urban planning and environmental conservation. The site of Beacon Bluff drains an area of approximately 163 acres of stormwater that…

Machines and Tools: An Important Part of the Production Process In 1928, 3M established its first machine shop in the basement of Building 2. The three machinists and eleven millwrights repaired…

Part of what was historically Lower Rice Street was lost due to urban renewal, construction of the Saint Paul Sears store, University Avenue widening and the state capitol complex expansion. Some…

In the 1800s Saint Paul served as the head of navigation on the Mississippi River. The lower landing provided entry for most of the people and goods coming North. Like many early groups to the region,…

Sitting next to the famous James J. Hill mansion, and located at 260 Summit Avenue, is the home of J.J. Hill’s son, Louis. Built as a gift from his father in 1903, the house was designed by famous…

Little Mekong is a business and cultural district in Saint Paul, located between MacKubin and Galtier streets along University Avenue. This area’s mix of retail, restaurant and service businesses are…

One of Frogtown’s best known native sons of the 20th century was famed American artist LeRoy Neiman. He was born in 1921 in Braham and was of Swedish and Turkish descent. His birth name was Runquist…

- 320 University Avenue - Lao Family Community of Minnesota, Inc. is a non-profit mutual assistance association founded in 1977 as the Hmong Association of Minnesota. It was founded as a nonprofit…

Landmark Center, once the Federal Courts Building and Post Office and now a vibrant cultural center, offers some of the Twin Cities' most gorgeous architecture, and is open daily to the public with…

(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,…

(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…

- 543 and 571 Sherburne Avenue - These two very ornate and detailed brick houses date from the mid-1880s. Note that the houses have nice details and have been well-maintained over the years. 543…

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…

- 439 University Avenue - Kim Long was the name of one of the city’s first Vietnamese restaurants and one of the first businesses to shape what became Little Mekong. It was named after its owner,…

Katie McWatt’s life as an African American organizer, educator, speaker, and political activist (among many other roles) was a path of intensely dedicated efforts in support of and drive toward…