240 Summit Avenue // Saint Paul, MN 55102 Take a 75-minute guided tour of the National Historic Register home of railroad baron.

The best view of the railroads is from the east sidewalk of the Dale Street Bridge, where the railroads passed through what is now Great Northern Business Park. A railroad was first chartered by the Minnesota Legislature in 1857 and received a…

(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 most famous citizen. He earned his place…

(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 one office building for his Great Northern and…