RAMSEY COUNTY: SAINT PAUL: VALUATIONS DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Building Assessment and Project Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

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	Creator:	Saint Paul (Minn.). Valuations Department.
	Title:	Building Assessment and Project Files.
	Dates:	1923-1964.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Files for city projects that required site surveys and documentation of existing buildings and their value. The majority were for street widening, throughway development, and related projects that entailed moving buildings, condemning all or portions of properties, and/or frontage reconstruction. The files contain real estate assessment cards, photographs (primarily of building fronts), floor plans, elevations, site sketches, cost estimates for damages incurred and/or work on buildings and grounds to be undertaken, and sometimes correspondence.
	Quantity:	10.0 cubic feet (10 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection is open for research use.

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Saint Paul (Minn.). Valuations Department. Building Assessment and Project Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 991-160; 992-196

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Catalog ID number: 990017287500104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
124.F.7.2F	1	Beaumont Street, Nos. 587-602, 1930. 2 folders.


		Bedford Street, Nos. 626-640, 1932. 3 folders.


		Bellows Street, Nos. 395-397, undated.


		Belvidere Street, No. 275, 1952.


		Bradley Street, Nos. 495-596, 1931. 9 folders.


		Broadway, Nos. 441-443, 1930.


		Cliff Street, Nos. 225-231, 1932. 2 folders.


		Commercial Street, No. 312, 1930.


		Collins Street, Nos. 534-536, undated.


		Concord Street, Nos. 65-89, 1929. 4 folders.


		Curtice Street East, No. 276, 1952.


		Decatur Street, Nos. 530-598, 1931. 21 folders.


		Delos Street West, No. 175, 1936.


		Douglas Street, No. 89, undated.


		Eagle Street, undated.


		Edgerton Street, No. 675, 1931.


		Franklin Street, Nos. 79-428, 1932. 6 folders.


		Goodhue Street, Nos. 241-334, 1933. 12 folders.


		Hall Avenue, No. 353, 1936.


		Idaho Avenue, 1931.


		Jackson Street, Nos. 453-1192, 1930-1951. 6 folders.


		Kellogg Boulevard, Nos. 203-209, 221, 1932, 1959. 3 folders.


		Market Place, Nos. 163-165, 1935.


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124.F.7.3B	2	Maryland Avenue, Nos. 50-86, 1951. 10 folders.


		Minnehaha Avenue, No. 681, 1934. 2 folders.


		Ohio Street, No. 510, 1958.


		Payne Avenue, Nos. 697-747, 1932. 5 folders.


		Preble Street, Nos. 687-708, 1931. 8 folders.


		Prospect Terrace, Nos. 42-96, 1937. 6 folders.


		Rice Street, Nos. 473-481, 1931. 3 folders.


		Robert Street South, Nos. 459-464, 1929. 2 folders.


		St. Clair Avenue, No. 408, 1931.


		St. Peter Street, Nos. 455-460, 1931. 4 folders.


		Sibley Street, Nos. 535-553 1/2, 1934.


		Smith Avenue, Nos. 485-489, 1932. 3 folders.


		Starkey Street, Nos. 392-405, 1932. 2 folders.


		Stryker Street, No. 349, 1936.


		Temperance Street, Nos. 528-578, 1934.


		Toronto Street, No. 432, 1934.


		University Avenue, Cathedral Hill, Nos. 151-234, 1931. 47 folders.


Location	Box
124.F.7.4F	3	University Avenue, Nos. 240-469, 1931. 81 folders.


Location	Box
124.F.7.5B	4	University Avenue, Nos. 473-619, 2108-2162, 1931. 60 folders.


		Virginia Avenue, No. 492, undated. 2 folders.


		Wabasha Street South, Nos. 218-400, 1929. 5 folders.


		Wabasha Street, Nos. 311-789, 1929. 10 folders.


		Washington Street, No. 145, 1930.


		Woodward Street, undated.


		Yankee Street, Nos. 348-356, 1934.


		3rd Street East, Nos. 609-632 and unknown, 1930. 19 folders.


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124.F.7.6F	5	3rd Street East, Nos. 18-45, 1930. 2 folders.


		3rd Street West, Nos. 1-217, 1929. 24 folders.


		4th Street West, Nos. 14-144, 1930. 6 folders.


		5th Street West, Nos. 148-152, 1930.


		6th Street West, Nos. 145-152, 1932. 2 folders.


		7th Street East, Nos. 187-694, 1930. 34 folders.


Location	Box
124.F.7.7B	6	7th Street East, Nos. 710-866, 1930. 27 folders.


		7th Street West, Nos. 89-722, 1932. 55 folders.


Location	Box
124.F.7.8F	7	7th Street West, Nos. 762-1200, 1932. 43 folders.


		8th Street East, Nos. 11-194, 1930. 15 folders.


		9th Street, 1930. 4 folders.


		10th Street, No. 211, 1934.


		Photographs: Street scenes, houses.


Location	Box
124.F.7.9B	8	Capitol Approach Survey Project No. 5470, 1950-1955. 77 folders.


Location	Box
124.F.7.10F	9	Sub-survey: Summit Mall, 1955. 5 folders.


		Sub-survey: Kellogg Boulevard, 1950. 3 folders.


		Project No. 4339, Lighting Merriam Park and Hill District, 1925.


		Project No. 4803, Installing Ornamental Lights on Ford Road from River Blvd. to Snelling Avenue, 1928.


		Project No. 6319, South Wabasha, 1929.
			Adresses on: Concord Street, South Robert Street, Starkey Street, and Wabasha Street.


		Project No. 6668, St. Paul Airport, 1927. 2 folders.


		Project No. 6750, 1925, 1930-1931. 2 folders.


		Project No. 6776, East 7th Street, 1926-1929. 2 folders.
			Adresses on: Broadway, Wabasha, and East 7th.


		Project No. 6962, Rice and Irvice, Auditorium Site, 1930.
			Addresses on: Franklin Street and 4th Street.


		Project No. 6986, 9th and Franklin, 1929. 2 folders.
			Addresses on: Franklin, St. Peter, Wabasha, 6th Street and 9th Street.


		Project No. 6998, 1930-1931. 2 folders.
			Addresses on: Cedar, Jackson, Robert, Wabasha, East 7th, Sibley, 8th, and 9th Street.


		Project No. 7215, University Avenue, 1931. 4 folders.
			Addresses on: Rice Street, University Avenue and Wabasha Street.


		Project No. 7366, Bradley Street widening, Reaney to 7th Street, 1932. 2 folders.
			Addresses on: Beaumont, Bedford, Bradley, Decatur, Payne, Preble, and East 7th Street.


Location	Box
124.F.8.1B	10	Project No. 7366 (cont.), Bradley Street widening, Reaney to 7th Street, 1932.
			Addresses on: Beaumont, Bedford, Bradley, Decatur, Payne, Preble, and East 7th Street.


		Project No. 7475, West 7th Street widening, Franklin to McBoal, 1923-1936. 2 folders.
			Addresses on: Douglas, Franklin, West 3rd, West 6th, and West 7th Street.


		Project No. 7657, Aurora Avenue widening, 1933.
			Addresses on: St. Peter and Wabasha Street.


		Project No. 7725, Goodhue Street opening for High Bridge approach, 1933.
			Addresses on: Cliff and Goodhue Street.


		Project No. 7730, Widening of West 7th Street, undated.
			Addresses on: St. Clair and West 7th Street.


		Project No. 7829, University underpass at MN Transfer, 1934.
			Addresses on: University Avenue.


		Project No. 7868, West 7th Street, Richmond to Tuscarora, undated. 2 folders.
			Addresses on: East Minnehaha, Toronto, and West 7th Street.


		Project No. 7945, City Market Addition, 1932-1936.
			Addresses on: Jackson, Market, Norris, Sibley, Spruce, Temperance and East 10th Street.


		Project No. 8116, Lighting New Homes District, 1935.


		Project No. 8126, Prospect Boulevard, 1936-1937.
			Addresses on: Bellows, Delos, Hall, and Prospect Terrace.


		Project No. 10470, 3rd Street at Maple, 1948.


		Project No. 10926, Hewitt at Tatum, 1949.


		Project No. 11012, Watts Park, 1949.


		Project No. 11854, Germain Street, 1952.


		Project No. 11967, Como Primary Site, 1952.


		Project No. 13146, Midway Stadium, 1954.


		Project No. 14805, Magnolia Street, 1964.


		Project No. 15475, Cliff Street, 1962. 2 folders.


		Project No. 15548, St. Clair Avenue, 1962.


		Project No. 16124, Fire Station No. 6, 1963.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Buildings -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Photographs.; Buildings -- Valuation -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Eminent domain -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Express highways -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Design and construction.; Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.; Real property -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Streets -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Maintenance and repair.

Document Types:: Elevations.; Floor plans.; Photographs -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Site plans.

Functions:: Assessing.; Surveying.

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RAMSEY COUNTY: SAINT PAUL: VALUATIONS DEPARTMENT:

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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