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.
View of Second Street east of Myrtle Street in Stillwater, Minnesota. Signs are visible for Shorty's dry cleaners, Stillwater Gazette newspaper, and The Old Post Office Shoppes.
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.
The Trade Winds Travel building was located at 118 Main Street South, Stillwater Minnesota. Silver Light Photography Studio is also pictured. Built approximately 1867-1884, the building is made of limestone block.
Picture of 223 Chestnut or Tepass Block in Stillwater, Minnesota. Tepass block was built 1885 and named after Stillwater's first brewer. Country Classics, Anna Lou's, Tailor Maid, and Trimble & Associates. This is a four bay two story red brick structure with hood moldings of metal around the second story windows.
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 view of Water Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota; to the east (right) is the Water Street Inn (formerly the Lumberman's Exchange) at 101 Water Street South.
The Saint Croix County welcome sign across the river from Stillwater in Wisconsin features advertisements for H & L Liquors and Bass Lake Cheese Factory.
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.
Saloon building at 304 North Main Street and Stillwater Manufacturing Company at 312 North Main Street. The Saloon was relocated to Second and Mulberry streets during the construction of Stillwater Mills condominiums. The Stillwater Manufacturing Building was demolished. North Main Street runs in front of the buildings. A sign for an antique store is visible.