The former Gaalaas Jewelers store at 224 Chestnut Street East and St. Croix Cards and Gift at 226 Chestnut Street East pictured in Stillwater, Minnesota.
The fountain in Lowell Park near the Stillwater Lift Bridge in Stillwater, Minnesota. The Stillwater Lift Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge crossing the St. Croix River between Stillwater, Minnesota, and Houlton, Wisconsin. It first opened to traffic in 1931.
Britta, Charles, Fredrick and Dwight Holcombe represent four generations of the family in Scandia, Minnesota. Charles was the Sheriff of Washington County 1879-1890.
The Freight House in Stillwater, Minnesota is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight House and Depot is overlooking the St. Croix River on the eastern fringe of Stillwater. The freight house and depot, built in 1883, is a simple vernacular building. Exterior ornamentation consists of a series of arched doors and windows on both sides of the building. Constructed of limestone and brick the building measures 200 feet by 40 feet. The limestone foundation walls measure approximately two feet thick. The brick bearing walls are eighteen inches thick and thirty feet high. (The limestone was quarried in the nearby North Quarry.) Date of its construction is 1883. The mill construction and truss system of the building are significant as examples of wood structural engineering. The first map of Stillwater (1848) indicates that the present site of the building was once Lake St. Croix. Therefore, the building required elaborately engineered pilings to support the tremendous weight of the limestone foundation and brick walls. One of the most interesting features of the building was its dual use - passenger and freight. The building served as a freight house and passenger depot until 1955.
Freight House in Stillwater, Minnesota. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight House and Depot is overlooking the St. Croix River on the eastern fringe of Stillwater. The freight house and depot, built in 1883, is a simple vernacular building. Exterior ornamentation consists of a series of arched doors and windows on both sides of the building. Constructed of limestone and brick the building measures 200 feet by 40 feet. The limestone foundation walls measure approximately two feet thick. The brick bearing walls are eighteen inches thick and thirty feet high. (The limestone was quarried in the nearby North Quarry.) Date of its construction is 1883. The mill construction and truss system of the building are significant as examples of .wood structural engineering. The first map of Stillwater (1848) indicates that the present site of the building was once Lake St. Croix. Therefore, the building required elaborately engineered pilings to support the tremendous weight of the limestone foundation and brick walls. One of the most interesting features of the building was its dual use - passenger and freight. The building served as a freight house and passenger depot until 1955.
The Freight House in Stillwater, Minnesota is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight House and Depot is overlooking the St. Croix River on the eastern fringe of Stillwater. The freight house and depot, built in 1883, is a simple vernacular building. Exterior ornamentation consists of a series of arched doors and windows on both sides of the building. Constructed of limestone and brick the building measures 200 feet by 40 feet. The limestone foundation walls measure approximately two feet thick. The brick bearing walls are eighteen inches thick and thirty feet high. (The limestone was quarried in the nearby North Quarry.) Date of its construction is 1883. The mill construction and truss system of the building are significant as examples of wood structural engineering. The first map of Stillwater (1848) indicates that the present site of the building was once Lake St. Croix. Therefore, the building required elaborately engineered pilings to support the tremendous weight of the limestone foundation and brick walls. One of the most interesting features of the building was its dual use - passenger and freight. The building served as a freight house and passenger depot until 1955.
General Plan of City of Stillwater Minnesota Map shows parks, boulevards, main highway system and proposed parkway. For a different hand-colored version of this map see: umn276714.
Grading Plan for Sunken Garden in Stillwater, Minnesota includes a detailed description and building plan for the sunken gardens, the floating walkway along the river, the floating dock and beach area on the St. Croix River.
Elevator and Lake Superior & Mississippi Depot, Stillwater, MN. Elevator was erected in 1870 and has a capacity of 38,000 bushels. Lake Superior & Mississippi Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed to Stillwater in 1871.
The home of Gustaf Erickson at 218 Everett Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. Erickson, the proprietor of Erickson Furniture, was the father-in-law of the Frederick Holcombe, the photographer. Holcombe marred Elizabeth Erickson in the house.
Handwritten 3 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Stillwater, Minnesota. She writes of her concern for Maud, and her family.
Handwritten 5 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Stillwater, Minnesota. She writes of loneliness, the difficulties of being a woman, her reading, her concern about Europe during the war and her concern for Maud's boys.
Handwritten 8 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer to Mrs. Osborne, mother of her friend Maud Conrad. She writes of Easter, church, the reverend, Maud's grandchild, the news, health and travels of mutual friends, missing Maud, her latest reading and her concerns about the United States.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota. to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes of missing Maud, Easter, the health and news of mutual friends, the church and lent.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes of missing Maud, the coal strike, Congress, the Republican party, and the news and health of mutual friends.
Handwritten 8 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Buffalo, New York. She writes of missing Maud, the weather, mutual friends, confirmation, a wife's financial situation after her husband's suicide, her friends' health and travels, local weddings and other news and the club.
Handwritten 4 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer to Mrs. Osborne Conrad congratulating her on the birth of her baby. Faith is the daughter-in-law of Nellie's friend Maud Conrad. A lengthy newspaper clipping about Nellie McCluer titled ""Stillwater's Grand Old Lady 91, Head of Club 42 Years"" is enclosed with the letter.
Handwritten 12 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes of missing Maud, her disgust with the politicians in Washington.
Handwritten 10 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Orange City, Florida. Nellie writes of how happy she will be when Maud comes to visit, the weather, her club, flowers, French Orphans, church, lent, the health of mutual friends and their travels and a murder and suicide.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Buffalo, New York. She writes of her concern for Maud's sister, how much she misses Maud herself, the weather, mutual friends who are ill, her dread of the war, her reading club, the book she is currently reading and her concern that her personal physician is out of town.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Helen "Nellie" McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes of missing Maud, a relative's accident, news and health of mutual friends, a lawsuit, the weather and the club.
Handwritten 7 page personal letter from Helen "Nellie" McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes of missing Maud, the news and health of friends, the country's spending, church, the president of the United States.
Handwritten 10 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Buffalo, New York. Nellie writes of her concern for Maud and all of her personal problems, the weather, her worries about the war, national news, her church, mutual friends and their health problems, the book she is reading and prices of local commodities.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Helen "Nellie" McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes of missing Maud, news of mutual friends, New England and the South, church and the health and travels of mutual friends.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Helen "Nellie" McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She writes of the weather, church, the doctor's car accident, the club, returning soldiers, and the health of mutual friends.
Handwritten 4 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living Orange City, Florida. She writes of the cold weather, her friends' health and travels, Easter and church.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Helen "Nellie" McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad of Wayne, Tennessee. Nellie writes of how she misses Maud, the news and health problems of mutual friends, her church and club, those going to war and local news.
Handwritten 4 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes of missing Maud, the health of mutual friends, the reverend's wife, her reading, and local news.
Handwritten 8 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Evanston Illinois. Nellie writes of her interest in Maud's sons, a tragic death in Stillwater, local news and the health conditions of mutual friends.
Handwritten 8 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes of missing Maud, her views on widows and widowers remarrying, local deaths, the health of friends and local news.
Handwritten 8 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Marine Mills, Minnesota. She writes about the weather, mutual friends, books she is reading, local happenings in Stillwater and how much she misses Maud.
Handwritten 3 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She congratulates Maud on Billie's engagement.
Handwritten 3 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Stillwater, Minnesota. She congratulates Maud on her son's engagement.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She writes of her own serious tooth infection, church, news and health of friends, and missing Maud.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota, to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Waukeshau, Wisconsin. She thanks Maud for the Buffalo papers, reminisces about deaths in her family, writes of the condition of Stillwater lakes, local business news and news, travels and health of mutual friends.
Handwritten 6 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Bayfield, Wisconsin. She writes of missing Maud, church, Stillwater history, Native Americans, the weather, friends' health and travels, and local news and marriages.
Handwritten 8 page personal letter from Nellie McCluer of Stillwater, Minnesota to her friend Maud Conrad, currently living in Buffalo, New York. She writes of her happiness for Maud, her memories of Buffalo, the health and news of friends, the weather, local business news and the church.
State of Minnesota Department of Highways Map showing location of proposed bridge over St. Croix River at Stillwater between Minnesota and Wisconsin Approved June 7, 1929 includes structure elevation, span and dimensions, fill, water elevation and roadway dimensions and State of Minnesota thumbnail map.
Detailed instructions of the measures taken by Nellie Bloomer to display and preserve the flag presented to the members of Company B, 1st Minnesota when they left fot the Civil War.
Instructions to the Chief of Police of all municipalities greater than 10,000 in population from the War Department regarding cooperation with military intelligence.
The east side of Main Street from Nelson Street to Chestnut Street in Stillwater, Minnesota. Pictured are Simonet Furniture and Carpet Company at 301 Main Street South, built in 1904 and Trump's Grill and Bar, built pre-1884.
Exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building at 400 Main Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. The building is also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places. This mill was built in 1853 by Seth Sawyer and Alvah Heaton. It was purchased in 1869 by Isaac Staples. He was a powerful lumber baron in the St. Croix River Valley during the logging boom of the late nineteenth century. Staples arrived in Stillwater, from Maine in 1853 as a representative of eastern investors. Hersey, Staples, andCompany became the largest single owners of timberland in the St. Croix valley. Aside from his massive holdings and operations in timber, sawmills, and the St. Croix Boom Company, Staples was also the region's most successful farmer and an important banker.
Exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building at 400 Main Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. The building is also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company and is on the National Register of Historic Places. This mill was built in 1853 by Seth Sawyer and Alvah Heaton. It was purchased in 1869 by Isaac Staples. He was a powerful lumber baron in the St. Croix River Valley during the logging boom of the late nineteenth century. Staples arrived in Stillwater, from Maine in 1853 as a representative of eastern investors. Hersey, Staples, andCompany became the largest single owners of timberland in the St. Croix valley. Aside from his massive holdings and operations in timber, sawmills, and the St. Croix Boom Company, Staples was also the region's most successful farmer and an important banker.
Exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places.
North exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ivory McKusick's small French Second Empire bluff-top home reflects McKusick's successes in lumbering and government supply contracts during the Civil War. The heavy mansard roof was the height of style during the era, and the home is on the National Register of Historic Places. The original house was built in 1866, with a prominent addition in 1872 becoming the front, or main, part of the home. Ivory was one of several McKusick brothers who established themselves in lumbering in Stillwater. The house is located at the corner of North Second Street.
Brick Alley, formerly Northern States Power, is located at 421- 423 Main Street South in Stillwater, Minnesota. The 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows this structure as the office and electric plant. Signs visible for Plums and Stillwater Area Chamber of Commerce.
The Jassoy building is located at 204 Third Street in Stillwater, Minnesota and was built by Theodore Jassoy in 1886. Jassoy and his son Herman owned and ran one of the finest harness and saddlery shops in Stillwater and in the state. In 1898, this building also housed the Public Reading Room.
The Jassoy building is located at 204 Third Street in Stillwater, Minnesota and was built by Theodore Jassoy in 1886. Jassoy and his son Herman owned and ran one of the finest harness and saddlery shops in Stillwater and in the state. In 1898, this building also housed the Public Reading Room.
Building built by Theodore Jassoy in 1886 at 204 Third Street in Stillwater, Minnesota. Jassoy and his son Herman owned and ran one of the finest harness and saddlery shops in Stillwater and in the state. In 1898, this building also housed the Public Reading Room.
The Jassoy building at 204 3rd Street in Stillwater, Minnesota. Built by Theodore Jassoy in 1886. Jassoy and his son Herman owned and ran one of the finest harness and saddlery shops in Stillwater and in the state. In 1898, this building also housed the Public Reading Room.
The Rivertown Inn, also known as John and Anna O'Brien House, in Stillwater, Minnesota. John O'Brien was born in Maine in 1849. Anna was born in New York State in 1855. They were married in 1879. In 1870, when John was 21, the logging firm of the O'Brien Brothers [James and John] was formed, which later merged into the firm of Anderson [James] & O'Briens. The firm did well, and by all accounts John was a prosperous man. The house has been called the first full-fledged Queen Anne style house in Stillwater, the purest specimen of that style, relatively simple and impressive. In 1896, according to a building permit application, the Stillwater Manufacturing Company added a two-story, six-by-sixteen-foot addition on the west side of the O'Brien house, and a two-story fourteen-by-thirty-foot addition on the north side, requiring rebuilding the roof. William and Mary Bean lived in the house at 306 West Olive Street into the late 1930s, moving to Pine Street shortly before William's death in 1944. The house later became the Rivertown Inn.
The John and Mary Curtis House is located at 706 West Churchill Street, Stillwater. Constructed in 1858 by John Curtis, a stone mason from Ireland. By 1894, Charles Jackson and Claude Jackson were residents. Charles Jackson was one of the few black men in Nineteenth Century Stillwater. He was born a slave in central Georgia about 1851. After the Civil War, he followed the Union Army north, and eventually ended up in St. Paul, Minnesota. While working in a livery stable in St. Paul, he met Albert Lowell, proprietor of the Sawyer House, Stillwater's grand hotel. Lowell offered him a job, and Jackson came to Stillwater to work as a barber, first for Lowell, later on his own, and at one time, as a partner with Samuel Hadley, another black barber. His son Claude, also a barber in 1894, was also a longtime choir director at the Church of St. Michael in Stillwater.