On this date in 1931, a 10-foot tall bronze sculpture of Christopher Columbus is dedicated on the grounds of the State Capitol in St. Paul. It was designed by famous Italian-American sculptor, Carlo Brioschi, who was born in Milan in 1879 and immigrated to the United States in 1899. The statue was a gift from […]
Architecture
1887-10-11
On this date in 1887, President Grover Cleveland visits St. Paul for the second day of a three-day visit to Minnesota. The First Lady, Frances Clara Cleveland, was a frequent childhood visitor to St. Paul, where her mother’s half-brother, Thomas Huddleston, had a law practice. Former Governors Henry Sibley, Alexander Ramsey and William R. Marshall […]
1935-10-07
On this date in 1935, Amelia Earhart speaks at the St. Paul Women’s City Club at 305 St. Peter Street. Built in 1931 and designed by St. Paul architect Magnus Jemne, the building is significant as one of St. Paul’s earliest and finest examples of the Art Deco Streamline Moderne-style.
1912-10-05
On this date in 1912, Jacob Fjelde’s bronze sculpture of “Hiawatha and Minnehaha” is unveiled in Minneapolis’s Minnehaha Park. Fjelde chose to create Hiawatha and Minnehaha illustrating a particular section of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, The Song of Hiawatha.
1949-10-09
On this date in 1949, a statue of Leif Erikson, titled “Discoverer of America” is dedicated on the explorer’s holiday in St. Paul. The statue was sculpted by Norwegian immigrant John K. Daniels. The thirteen-foot bronze statue is located on the capitol grounds in St. Paul and is the result of a ten-year fundraising campaign […]
