Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Constructed in 1913, this Classical Revival church was designed by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. for the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Saint Paul. The exterior features cream-colored brick, with a row of arches interspersed with Doric columns and pilasters on its Summit Avenue side, along with French doors on the first floor. The rear … Read more
The 1884 red wooden caboose sits on a transfer table once used to move railroad cars at the former repair shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Built in 1885 and now on the National Register of Historic Places, the old Como Shops are part of the new business- residential complex known as Bandana Square. A … Read more
Designed by Saint Paul architectural firm Omeyer and Thori, Augsburg’s Old Main was completed in 1901 at a cost of $35,000. After the building’s dedication in 1902, the “New Main” became the center of campus life, housing a chapel, gymnasium, classrooms, library and museum. The “New Main” aged gracefully and become oldest building on the … Read more
The Hamm Building is built on property where the home of the bishop the St. Paul Cathedral once stood. In 1914 the land was purchased and the house was removed to make way for a new department store. The project stalled and funding was delayed during the First World War. These obstacles were swept away … Read more
CAPPELEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE, across the Mississippi River at Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, completed in the fall of 1923 at a cost of nearly one million dollars. The center span of four hundred feet is the longest concrete span in the world. Designed and built by the Minneapolis City Engineering Department.
Thirteen, 304-foot rib arches carry State Highway 55 across the Minnesota River valley between the Fort Snelling in Hennepin County and Mendota Heights in Dakota County. When the Fort Snelling-Mendota Bridge was completed in 1926, Minnesota engineers, Walter Hall Wheeler and C.A.P. Turner took bragging rights for the the longest continuous, concrete arch bridge in … Read more
Completed in 1917, this building houses the state’s oldest institution. Since 1849, before Minnesota was a state, the society has been collecting, preserving, and interpreting the objects and records which document the story of Minnesota was a state, the society has been collecting, preserving, and interpreting the objects and records which document the story of … Read more
A vital part of St. Paul’s water system, the Highland Park Water Tower rises 134 feet above the top of St. Paul second highest hill. Designed by the nation’s first African-American municipal architect, Clarence W. Wigington, the octagonal tower holds up to 200,000 gallons of water in a riveted steel tank. The exterior features blonde … Read more
The Masonic Temple is the finest structure of its kind in the West, and is surpassed by but few in the country. Covering a ground space of 88 feet on Hennepin Av. and 153 feet on 6th St., it rises eight stories in height. The walls are of Ohio sand- stone. The building is fire … Read more