Ramsey County History – Summer 1994: “Lafayette Park and the Vanished Homes of St. Paul’s Elite”

Lafayette Park and the Vanished Homes of St. Paul’s Elite

Author: Marshall R. Hatfield

Officially created in 1886, Lafayette Park for many years was at the center of a stylish neighborhood where many of St. Paul’s elite had their homes. Residents included James J. Hill, John S. Prince, Elias F. Drake, Horace Thompson, Henry H. Sibley, Amherst H. Wilder, Maurice Auerbach, Philip McQuillan, and Bruno Beaupre had. Nearby churches included St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church and the original building of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Today that neighborhood is totally gone. This article explains what happened to it and where its prominent residents went.

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