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Blair Flats | |
 Blair Flats from the northeast | |
  Location within Minnesota  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 165 Western Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 44°56′47.25″N 93°6′58.5″W / 44.9464583°N 93.116250°W |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architect | Hermann Kretz and William H. Thomas |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| Part of | Historic Hill District (ID76001067) |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001006[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 18, 1975 |
Blair Flats, also known as the Blair Arcade Building, is a Victorian residential building designed by Hermann Kretz and William H. Thomas in 1887, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The building is located on the intersection of Western and Selby Avenues. It is also a contributing property to the Historic Hill District.[2] Construction materials are sandstone and brick. The building has been used as apartments, hotel, and condominiums.[3]
From 2006 to 2012 the lower level of the building housed Common Good Books, an independent bookstore owned by Garrison Keillor.
Detail of the elaborate roof
"Common Good Books, G. Keillor"
References
[edit]- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ↑ "Historic Hill District". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
External links
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Media related to Blair Flats at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Minnesota
- National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Residential buildings completed in 1887
- Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
- Victorian architecture in Minnesota
- Residential buildings in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Independent bookstores of the United States