St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue (The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series)
Contributors: Larry Millett (Foreword)
Edition: 1st University of Minnesota Press Ed edition
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780816644094
Subjects: American history; Places & peoples: general interest; Saint Paul; History; Architecture; Summit Avenue (Saint Paul, Min; History - U.S.; Minnesota; History: World; History - General; United States - State & Local - General; Saint Paul (Minn.); General; Historic buildings
Description: "Well known as the most prestigious and beautiful street in the Twin Cities and one of the longest urban boulevards in the United States, Summit Avenue runs past the opulent mansion of railroad tycoon James J. Hill, an early home of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and residences designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert. St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue highlights the fascinating story of this boulevard from its pre-Civil War origins to its height at the turn of the century. Ernest R. Sandeen takes readers on a walking tour of the grandest mile of the street, beginning with the Cathedral of St. Paul. A second walking tour gives the reader Fitzgerald's Summit Avenue, including Fitzgerald's own descriptions of the area. The book concludes with a comprehensive index of Summit Avenue houses built through the 1970s. Book jacket."--Jacket.