[PDF] St Pauls Historic Summit Avenue eBook

Author : Ernest Robert Sandeen
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Buildings
ISBN :

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Well known as the most prestigious and beautiful street in the Twin Cities and one of the longest urban boulevards in the United States, Summit Avenue runs past the opulent mansion of railroad tycoon James J. Hill, an early home of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and residences designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert. St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue highlights the fascinating story of this boulevard from its pre-Civil War origins to its height at the turn of the century. Ernest R. Sandeen takes readers on a walking tour of the grandest mile of the street, beginning with the Cathedral of St. Paul. A second walking tour gives the reader Fitzgerald's Summit Avenue, including Fitzgerald's own descriptions of the area. The book concludes with a comprehensive index of Summit Avenue houses built through the 1970s.

Author : Larry Millett
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780873516440

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Thoroughly researched and meticulously written, this guidebook features more than 250 architectural wonders of wide-ranging styles in one of the loveliest neighborhoods in the Twin Cities.

Author : Karen Melvin
Publisher : Adventure Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780989262705

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This winner of 11 national publishing awards belongs on every coffee table Summit Avenue, grande dame of Victorian boulevards, is lined with magnificent turn-of-the-century mansions built by railroad magnates, lumber barons and captains of industry. Great Houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District is a celebration of these homes on St. Paul's best-known and most beloved avenue. With a foreword by Garrison Keillor and fascinating stories penned by four award-winning writers, the book opens the doors to more than two dozen legendary homes situated on America's best-preserved avenue from the era. Photographer Karen Melvin takes us along for a tour through stately mansions to view these remarkable architectural gems. Richly illustrated with hundreds of photos, this book offers an irresistible invitation to step through the doors of these showcase homes to explain what we are all curious to know.

Author : Jeffrey A. Hess
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 18,61 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 1452904812

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From the grand boulevard of Summit Avenue to the gleaming State Capitol, St. Paul's Architecture presents more than 225 notable surviving buildings and the history of several neighborhoods in the city. With historical photographs and illustrations, this engaging book is a valuable resource not only for those interested in architectural heritage but also for anyone who admires St. Paul's unique beauty and charm.

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2000
Category : German Americans
ISBN : 9781566890977

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A young immigrant finds her spiritual and sexual awakening mirrored in the fairy tales she translates.

Author : Larry Millett
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
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ISBN : 1452933111

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Take a tour of the lost mansions of the Twin Cities

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,93 MB
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1618586831

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In 1854, Saint Paul incorporated as a city and, in 1858 Minnesota was admitted to the union with Saint Paul becoming the 32nd state capital. The Saintly City is noted for its neighborhoods; the city has been called fifteen small towns with one mayor,"" owing to the neighborhood-based life of much of the city. Saint Paul is the birthplace of renowned author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, as well as the childhood home of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz of Peanuts fame. This book follows life, government, events and people important to Saint Paul history and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Saint Paul!""

Author : Coco Irvine
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1452931348

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On Christmas Day, 1926, twelve-year-old Clotilde “Coco” Irvine received a blank diary as a present. Coco loved to write—and to get into scrapes—and her new diary gave her the opportunity to explain her side of the messes she created: “I’m in deep trouble through no fault of my own,” her entries frequently began. The daughter of a lumber baron, Coco grew up in a twenty-room mansion on fashionable Summit Avenue at the peak of the Jazz Age, a time when music, art, and women’s social status were all in a state of flux and the economy was still flying high. Coco’s diary carefully records her adventures, problems, and romances, written with a lively wit and a droll sense of humor. Whether sneaking out to a dance hall in her mother’s clothes or getting in trouble for telling an off-color joke, Coco and her escapades will captivate and delight preteen readers as well as their mothers and grandmothers. Peg Meier’s introduction describes St. Paul life in the 1920s and provides context for the privileged world that Coco inhabits, while an afterword tells what happens to Coco as an adult—and reveals surprises about some of the other characters in the diary.

Author : Donald Empson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,44 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816647293

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More than one thousand entries and more than one hundred photographs present an entertaining history of the often quirky origins of St. Paul place names, from A Street to Zimmermann Place and including parks, lakes, streams, roads, cemeteries, bridges, neighborhoods, and many other landmarks. Original.