Green Lantern Saloon, 545 Wabasha Street North, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Razed)
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Green Lantern saloon | |
| Address: | 545 Wabasha Street N |
| Neighborhood/s: | Downtown, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Historic Function: | Business |
Green Lantern Saloon, 545 Wabasha Street North, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Razed)
(44.949878° N, 93.098476° W)
(44.949878° N, 93.098476° W)
The Green Lantern was St. Paul's premier criminal hangout -- a saloon for safecrackers and bank robbers which Alvin "Creepy" Karpis called "my personal headquarters." The Lantern was turned over to Dillinger gang members Tommy Gannon and Pat Reilly in 1933, closed in 1934, and became a photography studio and beauty shop in the 1950s before being razed.[1]
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- ↑ Maccabee, Paul. John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks' Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul 1920-1936. St. Paul: MHS Press, 1995.
