Ramsey County History – Spring 1970: “St. Anthony Park: The History of a Small Town Within a City”

St. Anthony Park: The History Of A Small Town Within A City
Author: Fredric Steinhauser

A history of the development of this St. Paul neighborhood. Gov. William Marshall and landscape architect Horace Cleveland played key roles in its early development, as did investors from Wisconsin and Virginia, the University of Minnesota, and the Great Northern Railroad. Cleveland was responsible for the street layouts that conform to the natural contours of the land. The area originally had two parts, north and south, divided by railroad tracks, but now only the north part is thought of as St. Anthony Park. Settlement in earnest began in the mid-1880s, and soon institutions grew: Murray, Breck, and Gutterson Schools, the Children’s Home Society, Luther (originally United Church) Seminary, the public library, and the St. Anthony Park Association. The article includes a section on the area’s geological history.
PDF of Steinhauser article