Heritage Buildings, St. Paul Photos

St. Paul, Minnesota's, capital city comprises a mixture of modern highrises & heritage buildings. Significant historic buildings in the downtown area include the Landmark Center & the City Hall.

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Clock tower of Landmark Center.	Facade details of Landmark Center originally a courthouse, now a performance center.	Landmark Center (1902) (6 floors) (75 West 5th St.). Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: Willoughby J. Edbrooke + Edward P. Bassford + James Knox Taylor. On National Register.	Landmark Center & St. Paul Travelers Building.

City Hall Annex (1931) (15 floors) (West 4th St.). Architect: Clarence H. Johnston, Jr.	Facade of City Hall Annex.	St. Paul City Hall & County Courthouse (1932) (21 floors) (15 West Kellogg Blvd.). Style: Moderne. Architect: Ellerbe & Company + Holabird & Roche.	St. Paul City Hall & County Courthouse Art Deco entrance.

Art Deco carved relief of agricultural abundance by Lee Lawrie on St. Paul City Hall.	Art Deco relief of law & order, education, commerce & industry by Lee Lawrie on St. Paul City Hall.	Art Deco carved relief of workers & people by Lee Lawrie on St. Paul City Hall.	Onyx Statue "Vision of Peace" (1936) by Carl Milles in War Memorial Concourse of St. Paul City Hall.

Detail of Carl Milles 36ft-high carved "Vision of Peace", considered the largest onyx statue in the world.	Detail of natives holding sacred pipes at base of "Vision of Peace" carving.	St. Paul Women's City Club (1931) (305 St. Peter). Style: Moderne. Architect: Magnus Jemne. On National Register.	St. Paul Hotel (1910) (13 floors) (350 Market St.). Architect: Reed & Stem.

Qwest Building (1937) (9 floors) (West Kellogg Blvd. & Market St.). Architect: Clarence H. Johnston, Jr.	Upper story decoration of Qwest Building.	St. Paul Public Library, Qwest Building & Qwest Tower 1 (1968).	St. Paul Public Library & James J. Hill Reference Library (1921) (90 West 4th St.). Style: Italian Renaissance. Architect: Electus D. Litchfield. On National Register.

St. Paul Public Library facade.	Hamm Building (1920) (6 floors). Architect: Toltz, King & Day. On National Register.	Terra cotta facade details of Hamm Building.	Hamm Building window details.

Hamm Building reliefs.	7th Place Mall along side of Hamm Building.	Mickey's Diner (1937-39) (130 West 7th St.) built by Jerry O'Mahoney Company of Elizabeth, NJ. Style: Art Deco. On National Register.	Fitzgerald Theater of Minnesota Public Radio (former Shubert Building & Theatre).

The Fitzgerald (former Shubert Building) (1908) (6 floors) (488 Wabasha St.). Architect: Buechner & Orth. On National Register.	Church of the Assumption (1873) (64m 210ft) (51 West 7th St.). Architect: Eduard von Riedel.	The Church of St. Louis, King of France (1909) (506 Cedar St.) in front of Elmer L. Andersen Human Services Building (2006). Architect: Emmanual Louis Masqueray.	Central Presbyterian Church (1890) (46m 150ft) (500 Cedar St.). Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: Warren H. Hayes. On National Register.

The Lowry & St. Paul Hotel.	The Lowry upper story decoration.	The Lowry (1912) (14 floors) (350 St. Peter St.). Architect: Kees & Colburn.	Chicago-style windows of The Lowry.

The Lowry.	St. Paul Building (1888) (9 floors) (now Drake Bank) (6 West 5th St.). Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: J. Walter Stevens.	Window detail of St. Paul Building.	360 Wabasha Street. Style: Art Deco.

Art Deco energy reliefs on 360 Wabasha Street.	Alexander Ramsey House (1872) (265 South Exchange St.).	Entry of Alexander Ramsey home of Minnesota's first territorial governor.	Victorian details of Alexander Ramsey House.

Joseph Lybrandt Forepaugh house (1870) (276 South Exchange St.) of prominent merchant.	Forepaugh house, now a restaurant.