James J. Hill House

     On Friday we went down to St. Paul on Summit Ave. and walked around. We also went to International Market Square ( I.M.S). First I'm going to tell you about James. J. Hills house. When it was built in 189 it was the biggest house in Minnesota. James J. Hill lived there with his family. The  James J. Hill house was designed by an east coast architects by the name of Peabod y, Stearns and Furber. The  houst came to a grand total of $931,275.01.

Summit Ave. St. Paul

    The type of people who lived on and still live on Summit Ave. were vary rich. It was almost like a triangle. Your parents would make a lot of money you would go to college come back marry the kid next door then buy the house one lot over. There were a lot of classical houses on Summit, and a quite a few Queen Anne's. My Top three houses on Summit were...

International Market Square
       After the tour around Summit Ave. we headed over to International Market Square. IMS was built in 1905 and designed after the San Francisco Design Center. It was made for the manufacturing facility for Northwestern Knitting. Soon after it was the headquarters for Munsingwear Inc. In 1985 it became Minnesota's largest renovated building and became the home of Intonation Marked Square.

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       In side IMS you see the newest of the new, no matter if it's for the Kitchen, Bathroom, living room, or bedroom. You still get the traditional though if that's more you cup of tea. If I  had the money my house would be IMS.