St. Paul's historic Summit Avenue / Ernest R. Sandeen ; with the assistance of Margaret Redpath and Carol Sawyer ; foreword by Larry Millett.
Material type: TextSeries: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book seriesPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.Edition: 1st University of Minnesota Press edDescription: ix, 110 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 x 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0816644098
- 9780816644094
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 977.6581 S214 | Available | 33111008520849 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A lively history of the best-preserved Victorian boulevard in America--now back in print!
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 several residences designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert. In its heyday the four-and-one-half-mile-long boulevard included 13 churches, 9 schools, and 440 residences, 373 of which survive.
St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue highlights the fascinating story of this boulevard from its pre-Civil War origins, when the area was still considered wilderness, to its fashionable height at the turn of the century. Ernest R. Sandeen discusses the preservation of Summit Avenue and takes readers on a walking tour of the first and grandest mile of the street, beginning with the Cathedral of St. Paul. A second walking tour gives the reader Fitzgerald's Summit Avenue, including excerpts from his notebooks and stories describing the area. The book concludes with an index of Summit Avenue houses built through the 1970s.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Larry Millett -- 1. Earliest History of Summit Avenue -- 2. Preservation on Summit Avenue -- 3. Zoning on Summit Avenue -- 4. Walking Tour of Summit Avenue -- 5. Styles and Architects of Summit Avenue -- 6. F. Scott Fitzgerald's Summit Avenue.
"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.