St. Paul · Downtown – Rice Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Reed and Stem's 1910 'Million-Dollar Hotel' beside Rice Park, opened with James J. Hill among the guests; a young Lawrence Welk later played here.
- Built
- 1910Built 1908-1910; opened 18 April 1910. Closed 1979 and reopened 1982 after renovation.
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- Architect
- Reed and Stem
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Rooms
- 255
- Area
- Downtown – Rice Park
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member
The story
The site had held hotels since the 60-room Greenman House of 1871 and the Windsor of 1878. In 1908 Lucius P. Ordway, an early 3M investor, secured the property, and ‘St. Paul’s Million-Dollar Hotel’, designed by Reed and Stem, opened on 18 April 1910 with James J. Hill and Archbishop John Ireland among the guests. In the gangster era Leon Gleckman ran his business from a suite, and a young Lawrence Welk played there on Saturday nights. The hotel closed in 1979 and reopened in 1982 after a renovation that moved the main entrance to face Rice Park.
Good to know
- Address: 350 Market Street, St. Paul, MN 55102
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