The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald

It sits at the eastern end of Summit, a five-mile long boulevard that has the longest stretch of preserved Victorian homes in the U.S. The Gilded Age mansion, completed in 1891 at 240 Summit Ave., is now a museum and belongs to the Minnesota Historical Society. Hill, a railroad baron who built a massive, 36,000-square-foot home in St. Huge fortunes were being made, including millions by James J. The New York-style row house is known as “Summit Terrace.” Photo Brian E. That novel made him famous and launched his career. Fitzgerald rewrote “This Side of Paradise” at 599 Summit Ave. Scott Fitzgerald House, a National Historic Landmark. Paul guide Cynthia Shreiner Smith stands in front of the F. “At the time, it was the Wild West,” said Smith, who leads historical, ghost and other tours in her hometown ( ) St. The city had quadrupled in size in the 20 years before Fitzgerald’s birth.

Paul, said Cynthia Schreiner Smith, our Fitzgerald neighborhood guide. That red-brick Colonial Revival-style structure is just one street to the north at 481 Laurel Ave. Clark.įitzgerald was born the same year the Greggs’ home was built, less than 100 yards away in the upscale San Mateo Flats apartment building. Kevin Greenlee, owner and chef at the Historic District B&B. Though the Greggs were but a family of four, Greenlee said they may have had an equal number of servants attending them. Paul’s most-famous native son, never lived there, but you can stay in a room named after the writer, get a taste of what it was like to dwell in an upper class, turn-of-the-20th Century home and dine on a delicious breakfast, beautifully presented by owner/chef Kevin Greenlee. Johnston for the Gregg family, who moved into the then-new, 5,500-square-foot home in 1896.įitzgerald, St. The attractive, red brick house was designed by the prolific architect Clarence H. On a recent snowy visit to Minnesota’s capital city, my friend and I stayed at the Historic District Bed & Breakfast at 483 Ashland Ave.

If you scratch the surface of neighborhoods off Summit Avenue, you’re likely to find a passel of places where Fitzgerald – author of “The Great Gatsby” and other Jazz Age tales – lived, studied and played as a youth. Paul, Minnesota. They are seemingly around every corner. It’s not difficult to find traces of the famed writer F. Scott Fitzgerald at a building at 25 North Dale in St.

The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald