Uppertown, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Uppertown, Saint Paul, Minnesota
City/locality- State/province	Saint Paul, Minnesota
County- State/province:	Ramsey County, Minnesota
State/province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States

Saint Paul Ramsey County

Uppertown was the early settlement of St. Paul which grew around the Upper Landing for the steamboats and other river traffic at the foot of Eagle/Chestnut Street. Businesses and homes sprung up along the Mississippi River and bluff. The eastern (downtown) boundary was the hill at today's Wabasha Street. The western area included many residential and commercial buildings along Fort Street (Fort Road/West Seventh), the trail leading to Fort Snelling. Aside from street patterns, very little remains of the pre-1880s Uppertown business buildings in today's St. Paul.

Even "Seven Corners" intersection at Kellogg and Fort Road has been greatly modified in modern times. However, the residential neighborhood, beginning with pre-Civil War homes is largely intact and cared for by a active community seeking designation as the Uppertown Historic District. Early arrivals to the area lived and worked near the Upper Landing that began with John Irvine's steamboat trade in the early 1850s. A comparable, but no longer existing community developed around the Lowertown river landing downstream at Jackson Street and Shepard Road. That area is now residential and commercial space in warehouse and office buildings.

The large older homes built around Irvine Park just above the original Upper Landing underwent restoration in the 1970s. A strong neighborhood association has protected the area through designation as a National Historic District.

Little Sisters of the Poor Home, on its site at Exchange and Wilkin since 1855, separates the mansions of the Irvine Park district from the rest of Uppertown that extends west. A mixture of large and small homes reflect the diversity of the early city.

Buildings in Uppertown, Saint Paul, Minnesota

	#	Street
178 Goodrich Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota	178	Goodrich	Avenue
89-97 Leech Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota		Leech	Street
Andrew Schultz House, 298 Banfil Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota	298	Banfil	Street
Anthony Waldman House, 445 Smith Avenue North, Saint Paul, Minnesota	445	Smith	Avenue	N
Avery Ward Adams House, 454 Smith Avenue North, Saint Paul, Minnesota	454	Smith	Avenue	N
Eaton-Myler House, 53 Irvine Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota	53	Irvine	Park
Forepaugh-Hammond House, 276 South Exchange Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota	276	Exchange	Street	S
Horn House, 50 Irvine Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota	50	Irvine	Park
John McDonald House, 56 Irvine Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota	56	Irvine	Park
Justus Ohage House, 59 Irvine Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota	59	Irvine	Park
Murray - Lanpher House, 35 Irvine Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota	35	Irvine	Park
Panama Flats, 226 - 234 S. Exchange Street, Saint Paul,Minnesota	226	Exchange	Street	S
Parker-Marshall House, 30 Irvine Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota	30	Irvine	Park
Patrick and Fannie O'Brien House, 194 McBoal Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota	194	McBoal	Street
W.L. Banning residence, 75 Wilkin Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota	75	Wilkin Street
Wright-Prendergast House, 223 Walnut Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota	223	Walnut	Street

Tours in Uppertown, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Bridge Trail Walking Tour