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Ramsey County History – Spring 2018: “How St. Paul’s Federal Courts Building and Post Office Became Today’s Landmark Center”
Bob RoscoeHow St. Paul’s Federal Courts Building and Post Office Became Today’s Landmark Center Author: Bob Roscoe In 1969, demolition of St. Paul’s Federal Courts Building and Post Office, a Richardson Romanesque Chateauesque-style public building that the federal government had constructed between 1892 and 1901, seemed imminent. When a…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2018: “Another Siberia, Unfit for Human Habitation: Saint Paul’s Super Ice Palaces 1886, 1887, 1888”
Bob OlsenAnother Siberia, Unfit for Human Habitation: Saint Paul’s Super Ice Palaces 1886, 1887, 1888 Author: Bob Olsen When a New York newspaper correspondent criticized St. Paul in 1885 as “another Siberia, unfit for human habitation,” local boosters banded together and initiated St. Paul’s first Winter Carnival in February…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2017: “‘Onward Central, Onward Central:’ The 150-Year Legacy of St. Paul Central High School”
Steven C. Trimble“Onward Central, Onward Central:” The 150-Year Legacy of St. Paul Central High School Author: Steven C. Trimble Central High School in St. Paul has been operating continuously for more than 150 years. Founded in 1866 as St. Paul High School, it opened its doors in the heart of…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2017: “Emma F. Brunson: The First Woman Registered as an Architect in Minnesota”
Diane Trout-OertelEmma F. Brunson: The First Woman Registered as an Architect in Minnesota Author: Diane Trout-Oertel Shortly after the Minnesota Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors was organized in 1921, Emma F. Gruetzke Brunson registered and thereby became Minnesota’s first woman to hold this professional credential.
Ramsey County History – Summer 2017: “William Nettleton, John G. Wardell, and the Highland Spring Water Company in St. Paul”
Donald L. EmpsonWilliam Nettleton, John G. Wardell, and the Highland Spring Water Company in St. Paul Author: Donald L. Empson William Nettleton (1822–1905) was born in Ohio, relocated to northern Minnesota in the early 1850s, and was one of the founders of Duluth. Around 1871, he moved again, this…
Our Minnesota State Capitol: From Groundbreaking through Restoration
Reviewer: Alan K. LathropOur Minnesota State Capitol: From Groundbreaking through Restoration Author: Denis P. Gardner Foreword by Former Governor Mark Dayton St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2017 104 pages; softcover; 70 color and b&w illustrations; $19.95 With the brilliant restoration of the State Capitol building in St.
Ramsey County History – Spring 2017: “Honoring F. Scott in St. Paul: 35 Years of Fitz and Starts”
David Page and Lisa HeinrichHonoring F. Scott in St. Paul: 35 Years of Fitz and Starts Authors: David Page and Lisa Heinrich In 1982, the University of Minnesota’s Office of Continuing Education organized a conference in St. Paul that focused on the career and accomplishments of literary icon F. Scott Fitzgerald. Since then,…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2017: “Peoples Church, the Reverend Samuel G. Smith, and St. Paul”
Philip J. RamstadPeoples Church, the Reverend Samuel G. Smith, and St. Paul Author: Philip J. Ramstad Peoples Church was founded in St. Paul in 1888 by a group of Methodist men and women who wanted to keep their minister, Rev. Dr. Samuel G. Smith, when the Methodist hierarchy wanted him to…
Ramsey County History Podcast #7 – Winter 2016: The Ford Motor Company in St. Paul
Paul Nelson and Brian McMahonThe Ford Motor Company in St. Paul For almost a century, the Ford Motor Company built vehicles in St. Paul, first on University Avenue, and, from 1925 onward, in Highland Park. Architect and historian Brian McMahon has now published a book telling the…