National Historic Landmark · house · St. Paul, Minnesota

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, House

Historic house in Minnesota, United States in St. Paul, Minnesota. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · F. Scott Fitzgerald House

The F. Scott Fitzgerald House, also known as Summit Terrace, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, is part of a group of rowhouses designed by William H. Willcox and Clarence H. Johnston Sr. The house, at 599 Summit Avenue, is listed as a National Historic Landmark for its association with author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The design of the houses was described as the "New York Style" in which each unit was given a distinctive character found in some rowhouses in eastern cities. Architecture critic Larry Millett describes it as "A brownstone row house that leaves no Victorian style unaccounted for, although the general flavor is Romanesque Revival." The Fitzgerald house is faced with brownstone and is two bays wide with a polygonal two-story window bay on the right, and the entrance, recessed under a round arch that is flush with the bay front, on the left. The mansard roof has a cross-gable with two round-arch windows and decorative finials.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address599 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN
CountyRamsey County
ListedNov 11, 1971
Reference number71000440
ArchitectWilliam H. Willcox
Type of placehouse
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Address599 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN
Coordinates44.94135, -93.12495 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitMississippi National River & Recreation Area · 1 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyLower St. Croix District 28 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000440. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.