James J. Hill House Often kept closed and dark with dust sheets covering the furniture, the Parlor, or Drawing Room, was opened and used for formal entertaining. In addition to dances and receptions, the weddings of four Hill daughters took place here, as did Hill's funeral in 1916.
Gold plating is visible on the sconces and ventilation grills.
In the 1890s the view from the Parlor windows would have been of downtown Saint Paul and Mississippi River Valley.