James J Hill house

On Tuesday we went on a field trip to summit Avenue in St.Paul. We took a walking tour of the street and saw lots of different houses that had lots of different stories behind them.

James.J.Hill house

James J hill had a big part in the creation of the great northern rail way.
The house was completed for the Hills to live in in 1891.
James Hill lived in the house with his wife Mary and there 10 children.
The architect of the house was Mark Fitzpatrick.

Summit avenue 

Summit avenue was home to very wealthy people
James J Hill built homes for some of kids on summit avenue.
There were lots of houses shared between to families that where in business together

This house on summit avenue was one of the only houses with the garage attached .

Eventually they grew out of the house and built their own.
If you live on summit avenue today you are responsible to keep up with the historical accuracy of the house. The most common  style was queen Anne and Italian villa style. The most common architect is Cass Gilber and Mark Fitzpatrick

This house on summit avenue was very different when the original owner had it. It used to have a full front porch. 

This house was the first house on summit avenue that was not torn down.

St Paul Cathedral

The cathedral was built from 1906 and 1915. They are coming up on the hundred year celebration
This year. The copper dome at the top is over 306 feet high. The cathedral is a very distinct characteristic to the skyline.
Inside there were very  beautiful stain glass. There were many places to worship saints. The cathedral can seat 3000   people.