Field Trip

Summary

On May 12th our interior design class went on a field trip to St.Paul, while in St.Paul we visited the James J. Hill House, a mansion from 1981. After that we went and walked around Summit Ave and looked at all the houses built. Our walk around Summit Ave was about an hour and a half, after that we went to the St.Paul Cathedral and took a tour around the cathedral looking at the architecture of it.

James J. Hill House

The James J. Hill House was our first stop on the vacation. It was built in 1981 by railroad magnate James J. Hill. It is a Richardsonian Romanesque style home with a massive, rugged style featuring randomly sized blocks of stone, sturdy pillars, rounded arches, and a generally strong horizontal emphasis. The house was designed by an East Coast architectural firm, Peabody and Stearns. The architects for the house were James J. Hill and  Mark Fitzpatrick.


Summit Ave

Summit Ave is a street in St.Paul MN known for having many historic houses, it last 4 1/2 miles. Summit Ave is notable for preserving it historic character. Most of these houses have different types of structures. Today some of the houses are being used as a home, some are condos, and some are used to tour.





St. Paul Cathedral

The Cathedral is a classic revival design, It was built in 1841. It is the third largest completed church in the United States. The architects for this were  Emmanuel Louis Masqueray and Whitney Warren.