Hamline Hotel, 545 N. Snelling Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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| Address: | 545 Snelling Avenue N |
| Neighborhood/s: | Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| City/locality- State/province | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: | Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year built: | 1925 |
| Primary Style: | Commercial |
| Additions: | "Basement level stroefronts altered. Entrance altered |
| Historic Function: | Hotel/motel |
| Current Function: | Apartments/condominiums |
| Material of Exterior Wall Covering: | Brick |
| Building Permit Number: | 16580 |
| First Owner: | Root E. Kimball |
(44.9576973° N, 93.1670867° WLatitude: 44°57′27.71″N
Longitude: 93°10′1.512″W)
The Kimball Hotel is a four story hotel which was later called the Hamline Hotel and which is now home to the Wilder Apartments.
The information provided here is from the 1983 Ramsey County Historical Society and Saint Paul Heritage Preservation Commission Historic Sites Survey:
Date of site visit 2/8/1982 by Fieldworker: R. Younger
Additions and alterations: "Basement level storefronts altered. Entrance altered."
Significant site and landscape features: "Barber shop and restaurant at basement level."
Legal description: "Lots 5-6-7, Block 1, Stierle, McConville and Seeger's Midway Addition"
Historical background: "The original owner and proprietor of this hotel, which was the first called the Kimball Hotel, was Root E. Kimball. Kimball probably lived at the hotel as well."
Level of significance: "Local"
Statement of significance: "A modest brick hotel which is a member of a vanishing breed as multi-story brick hotels in neighborhoods outside of Downtown are being replaced by motels."
Sources of information: "1926 Polk's St. Paul City Directory"Contents |
