Birdseye view of the Stillwater Lift Bridge and the Commander Building 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.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1887-11-21
Description:
Bond issued for the city of Stillwater related to the excavation of a street and moving of a building by J. G. Foley. John L. Miller was the principal and James G. Foley and Joseph Wolf signed as sureties on the bond issued November 21, 1887 in Stillwater, Minnesota.
The Brunswick Inn is located at 114 Chestnut Street East Stillwater, Minnesota. Known as the Brunswick House, this building was constructed by William C. Penny, a carpenter by trade, about 1848, the same year in which Stillwater was platted as a town and the year the territorial convention took place. In 1849 the first meeting of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) in Minnesota took place in the upstairs of the house. The Pennys sold the house in 1863 to Julius Brunswick. Brunswick, from Switzerland, worked in the mercantile trade.
The Ann Bean house is located at 319 Pine Street West in Stillwater, Minnesota. In 1879, the Stillwater Lumberman in noted ""Edward Hersey about to build on lots at Pine and Sixth."" Behind those few words are numerous associations: the construction of another opulent home for another of Stillwater's well-to-do lumber families, the possible involvement of architect George Orff in his second home for a Hersey brother, and the abundant use of large, eye-catching architectural elements. The Victorian home offers a virtual laundry list of stylistic elements: a tower, a veranda, a gable, a large chimney, and a two-story bay. While calling such an elaborate structure a ""starter home"" seems strange, Edward Hersey did indeed decide to start over with a new home, selling the house to fellow lumberman Jacob Bean in May, 1881 and building a new home at 320 Pine in 1883. In 1889, Jacob Bean was appointed to the prestigious and powerful position of surveyor general of logs, with the St. Paul Daily globe noting he was ""considerably more than half millionaire, and one of the heaviest log dealers in the Northwest. "" (February 3, 1889) As a political appointment, he held this position until 1893. Cynthia and Jacob made a permanent move to the Alhambra home in Stillwater in 1901, and the Lehmicke family became the home's long-term residents. In recognition of Ann Bean Lehmicke's long association with the house, it became known as the Ann Bean Mansion over time.
Looking north from intersection of Main and Myrtle Streets. Three story brick Masonic Hall is on the left. Smoke is billowing from a fire near Staples Mill.
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 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.
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.
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.
Judge Hollis R. Murdock built the original house in 1859 at 210 Laurel Street East in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the Mildred Houghton Comfort home.
Judge William McCluer's Residence, SW Corner of North Third and Mulberry Street. Before he became a judge, McCluer, an attorney, was mayor of Stillwater in 1876.
Historic home at 118 Oak St. W in Stillwater, Minnesota was built between 1860 and 1872. Seth and Elizabeth Sawyer first owned the home (they're not listed on the sign), selling it to Philomena Potts. Owned by lumber merchant Samuel McClure in 1888. And then Reginald ""RA"" Kilty bought the home in the 1920s after emigrating from Ireland. He and his brother ran an oil and coal distribution business in Stillwater called JJ Kilty Company. RA's son, Richard Kilty bought the property.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890-09-03
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota, with "Mistake" written across the first page in pencil. Location: South side, Pine Street, Block 38 of Churchill and Nelson. Builder: Miller.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-04-27
Description:
General moving permit. Licensed mover: J. L. Miller. "The undersigned hereby applies for a Permit to remove any building within the limits of the City of Stillwater at any and all times during the year ending April 27, 1890, to be moved by the undersigned or by some competent person directed by said undersigned, J. L. Miller."
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-09-14
Description:
Record of a $5,000 bond between the City of Stillwater and J. Edward Elliot, Eugene O'Neal and Robert Mallory related to the move of a building in Stillwater, Minnesota.
The Mulvey House is located at 622 Churchill Street West in Stillwater, Minnesota. The refined, well-executed and respectfully preserved exterior of this Italianate home makes this one of the finest examples of its kind in Stillwater, Minnesota. The Mulveys owned a small, one-story house before the Civil War. Over time, other additions were made to the rear of the home. The site also includes a stone carriage house, built to house James Mulvey's horses and carriage collection.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-05-14
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Fourth Avenue, Lot 10-11, Block 13 of Hersey and Staples. Owner: T. E. Fellows, Builder: Isaac Poirier. Permit granted May 16, 1889
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-03-02
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South Side, Pine Street, Lot 12, Block 40 of Original City. Owner: Mrs D. Cover, Builder: Northey Brothers. Permit granted on March 4 , 1889.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-04-10
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Main Street, Lot 5, Block 27 of Original City. Owner: Mosier Bus, Builder: G. W. and H. D. Orff. Permit granted on April 13, 1888.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1916-03-25
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, North Main Street, Block 10 of Original Town. Owner: Stillwater Manufacturing Company. Permit granted on March 25, 1916.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-02-15
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North Side, Linden Street, Block 13 of Original City. Owner: Mrs. P. N. Welandes, Builder: Sven Burgland. Permit granted on February 15, 1889.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1913-06-17
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North side, East Locust Street, Lot 7 and 8, Block 44 of Original Town. Owner: St. Michaels Church, Builder: O. H. Olsen. Permit granted on June 18, 1913.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North side, Murtill Street. Owner: Mike Kohay, Builder: Bergman and Schmidt. Permit granted on January 9, 1890.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-04-17
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North side, Olive Street, Lot 1 and 2, Block 9. Owner: Emil Sprick, Builder: Emil Spreck. Permit granted on April 17, 1888.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-04-20
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Fourth Avenue, Lot 12, Block 13 of Hersey and Staples. Owner: Ed. Brown, Architect: Thomas Roney, Builder: Thomas Roney. Permit granted on April 20, 1888.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-12-17
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, East Churchill Street, Lot 27 and 28, Block 14 of Churchill, Nelson and Slaughter. Owner: Walter Johnson, Builder: M. Nielson. Permit granted on December 17, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-01-26
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East Side, Sherburn Street, Lot 4, Block 5 of Gary and Slaughters. Owner: Charles Moodhy, Builder: Edward Olson. Permit granted on February 8, 1889.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-01-07
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, South Fifth Street, Lot 1, Block 2 of Churchill and Nelson. Owner: Adolf Sprich, Builder: Adolf Sprich. Permit granted on January 7, 1889.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1891-06-02
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, First Street, Lot 6, Block 15 of Churchill Street. Builder: Bieging and Schmidt.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1892-06-04
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North side, Myrtle Street, Lot 11, 12 and 13, Block 21 of City of Stillwater. Owner: Alex Simpson, Builder: Alex Simpson. Permit granted on June 4, 1892
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-03-07
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, South Third Street, Lot 1, Block 36 of Original City. Owner: R. J. Welsh, Builder: August Kutz. Permit granted on March 8 , 1889.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-03-08
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Owens Street, Lot 11, Block 6 of Greeley and Slaughters. Owner: George E. Munkel, Builder: George F. Roney. Permit granted on March 8, 1889.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1887-05-12
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South Side, Holcombe and Willard, Lot 7, Block 8 of Churchill, Nelson and Slaugther. Owner: J. Willard, Builder: August Jackson. Permit granted on May 12, 1887.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1887-05-21
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Main Street, Block 18 of Original City. Owner: J. Rdouson, Builder: J. Rdouson. Permit granted on May 21, 1887.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1891-05-19
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, Mulberry Street, Lot 2, Block 3 of Sabins. Owner: Joe Lemore, Builder: Joe Lemore. Permit granted on May 19, 1891.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890-10-15
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North side, Hickory Street, Lot 6 , of Murdocks. Owner: J. B. Johnson, Builder: Charles Johnson. Permit granted on October 15, 1890.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-09-11
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, South Second Street, Lot 3 and 4, Block 3 of Churchill, Nelson and Slaughters. Owner: Fred Pennigton, Builder: Northey Brothers. Permit granted on September 11, 1888.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890-09-16
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Linden Street, Lot 1, Block 17 of Sabins. Owner: G. E. Munkel and Company, Builder: Thomas Roney. Permit granted on September 19, 1890.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-09-09
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, Stillwater Avenue, Lot 12, Block 8 of Carlie and Schulenburg. Owner: C. F. Ryberg, Builder: Nels Ericksen. Permit granted on September 11, 1889.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-04-17
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, WaterStreet, Lot 1, Block 28 of Sabins. Owner: Stillwater Transfer Company, Builder: L. W. Eldred. Permit granted on April 17, 1888.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890-08
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Third Street, Lot 9 and 10, Block 40 of Churchill, Nelson and Slaughters. Owner: Mrs. Caseds, Builder: Thomas Sutherland. Permit granted on August, 1890.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1887-05-09
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Second Street, Lot 4, Block 30 of Original City. Owner: F. J. Curtiss, Builder: K. M. Burbridge. Permit rejected on May 9, 1887. The following Arbitrators were appointed May 11, 1887, W. F. Willson, L. Sargent, Thomas Sutherland.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1891-05-19
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Sixth Street, Block 5. Owner: He H. Farmer, Builder: Northey Brothers. Permit granted on May 19, 1891.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888-09-17
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Everett Street, Lot 9 and 10, Block 3 of Thompson, Parkers and Mowers. Owner: Ellen Sullivan, Builder: S. Berglund. Permit granted on September 17, 1888.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1917-07-10
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Building number 226, North side, East Chestnut Street, Lot Part 5, Block 26 of Original Town. Owner: Carl Bremer, Builder: Glasier and Meier. Permit granted on July 10, 1917.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1916-07-08
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Street number 117-120, West side, South Main Street, Lot 3, Block 26 of Original Town. Owner: Benjamin Thelan, Builder: E. H. Bieging. Permit granted on July 18, 1916.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-03-02
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Street number 229 and 231, East side, South Main Street, Lot 3 and 4, Block 28 of Original Town. Owner: Knut Knutson. Permit granted on March 2, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-04-19
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, Ramsey Street, Lot 1, Block 1 of Webster's to North side, Ramsey Street, Lot 11 and 13, Block 9 of Thompson, Parker and Mower's Second. Granted to Northey Brothers. Permit received April 19, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-04-19
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, Ramsey Street, Lot 11 and 13, Block 9 of Thompson, Parker and Mower's Second to elsewhere on the same lot. Granted to: Northey Brothers. Permit received April 19, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-03-12
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Main Street, Lot South 2, Block 9 of Original City. Owner: A. Murphy, Architect: S. C. and F. Company and F. Company, Builder: Sven Burgland.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890-08-22
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Chestnut Street, Lot 5, Block 24 of Originial City. Owner: Lull; Builder: Northey Brothers.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1917-10-10
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, North Owens Street, Lot 6, Block 2 of Greeley and Slaughter's. Owner: George L. Hill, Builder: George L. Hill. Permit granted on October 10, 1917.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1917-09-24
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, South Second Street, Lot 5 and 6, Block 1 of Marsh's Second. Owner: L. M. Dickenson, Builder: E. H. Beiging. Permit granted on September 24, 1917.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1917-09-25
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, South Fourth Street, Lot 22, Block 4 of Churchill and Nelson's Second. Owner: Herman J. Bleck. Permit granted on September 25, 1917.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1917-10-27
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, North Main Street, Unplatted Land between North Main Street and River. Owner: Twin City Forge and Foundry Company, Architect: J. B. Gilman, Builder: Twin City Forge and Foundry Company. Permit granted on October 29, 1917.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1928-05-02
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North side, East Laurel Street, Lot 5 of Sabin Heights. Owner: E. O. Conrad, Builder: Frank Linner and Company. Permit granted May 2, 1928.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1941-05-09
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, North Third Street, Lot 2 of Lincoln Square. Owner: Sue McAloon and Ethel Murray, Builder: Interstate Lumber Company. Permit granted on May 9, 1941.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1893-04
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, First Street, Lot 4, Block 2 of Churchill and Nelson's Second Addition. Owner Madona Campbell, Builder John Northey. Permit granted on June 14, 1893.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1922-05
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: North side, West Pine Street, Lot 7 and 8, Block 36 of Original Town. Owner: Board of Education, Architect: Stebbins and Haxby, Builder: O. H. Olsen . Permit granted on May 15, 1922.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1922-04
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, Pine Street, Lot 17 and 18, Block 48 of Churchill, Nelson and Slaugthers. Owner: Charles Kriesel, Builder: J. M. Diethert. Permit granted on April 11, 1922.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1922-04
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, Pine Street, Lot 17 and 18, Block 48 of Churchill, Nelson and Slaugthers. Owner: Charles Kriesel, Builder: J. M. Diethert. Permit granted on April 11, 1922.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1922-05
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, North Fourth Street, Lot N 80' of W 150', Block 6 of Original Town. Owner: Ray A. Hoehne, Builder: C. M. Stevenson. Permit granted on May 10, 1922.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1922-06
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, East Chestnut Street, Lot 9 and 10, Block 30 of Original Town. Owner: State of Minnesota, Architect: Lang, Rangland and Lewis, Builder: R. S. Billingsley. Permit granted on June 1, 1922.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1923-01
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, North Main Street, Lot Part of Block 18 of East of Main Street of Original Town. Owner: Stillwater Oil Company, Builder: W. E. Meier.