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.
Commander Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. The elevator, built in 1898 by the Woodward Elevator Company was connected to the flour mill building six years later, located on Main Street and Nelson. An overhead spout connected the buildings, both operated by the Minnesota Flour Mill Company until 1908.
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.
Norwest Bank at 101 Main Street North in the McKusick Block on the corner of Myrtle and Mulberry in Stillwater, Minnesota. In the background, looking north are Cat Ballou's at 110 Main Street North, Stillwater Book and Stationary at 114 Main Street North, and Stillwater Paint.
Two buildings that were built pre-1884: Cat Ballou's at 110-112 North Main Street and Stillwater Book and Stationary at 114 North Main Street in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Downtown Stillwater Minnesota looking north on Main Street from the far south of the downtown. Included in the picture are Wolf Brewing and Vittorio's restaurant at 402 Main South
The north part of downtown Stillwater Minnesota looking north on Main Street. Maple Island Food Products and a 76 gas station are in the foreground of the picture.
View of Main Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. Businesses include Stillwater Book and Stationery at 114 Main Street North. Stillwater Paint, and Main Street Antiques are in the Excelsior Block, built in 1882, at 118-126 North Main Street.
Panoramic view of the Stillwater Lift Bridge and downtown 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.
The Connolly Shoe Building was built 1905 at 123 Second Street South in Stillwater, Minnesota. In 1905 Mr. Thomas F. Connolly, manager of the Stillwater Territorial Prison shoe shop was recruited to run new enterprise, a shoe factory, to provide last work for the residents of Stillwater.