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May 17, 2018
George W. Wentworth House
The George W. Wentworth House is a large Queen Anne style home, that was built in 1887 in West Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Wentworth was an emigre from England who traded in horses; he was also involved in local politics, working to organize the city of South Saint Paul. In the late 1880s, a dispute arose between the farmers in the western portion of the city, whom Wentworth represented, and the people living around the stockyards in the eastern portion of the city. West Saint Paul disjoined from South Saint Paul in 1889 and Wentworth remained politically active in the new city. After his death in 1908, the house remained vacant for many years before being renovated by subsequent owners. The hard work of current owner Daniel W. Owned since 1987-current day.
George W. Wentworth House
The George W. Wentworth House is a large Queen Anne style home, that was built in 1887 in West Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Wentworth was an emigre from England who traded in horses; he was also involved in local politics, working to organize the city of South Saint Paul. In the late 1880s, a dispute arose between the farmers in the western portion of the city, whom Wentworth represented, and the people living around the stockyards in the eastern portion of the city. West Saint Paul disjoined from South Saint Paul in 1889 and Wentworth remained politically active in the new city. After his death in 1908, the house remained vacant for many years before being renovated by subsequent owners. The hard work of current owner Daniel W. Owned since 1987-current day.
May 17, 2018
Posted Date
Jul 07, 2022
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May 17, 2018
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Dec 31, 1979
Dec 31, 1979
National Register of Historic Places - George W. Wentworth House
Statement of Significance: The G.W. Wentworth House is significant both for its association with George Wentworth, a prominent civic leader in South and West St. Paul, and as a symbol of the area's transition in the late 19th century from farmland to growing residential and industrial suburbs. Wentworth was a livestock raiser who helped organize the city of South St. Paul in 1887 and served as one of its first aldermen. South St. Paul was at that time the location of the new Union Stockyards, with meat-packing plants and other rail-oriented industries attracted to adjacent sites along the Mississippi River. The west side of the new city, however, was an area of small farms that produced livestock and vegetables for the Twin Cities market and whose north end was already beginning to receive residential expansion from neighboring St. Paul. This dichotomy resulted in dissatisfaction over taxes and other matters of local government, and in 1889 the west side seceded to form the city of West St. Paul. Wentworth was an advocate of the split and again became an alderman on the new city council. As a wealthy landowner, he donated land for South St. Paul's city hall and for West St. Paul's first school. The Queen Anne mansion he constructed in the late 1880s reflects Wentworth's confidence in the future development of the growing suburb.
National Register of Historic Places - George W. Wentworth House
Statement of Significance: The G.W. Wentworth House is significant both for its association with George Wentworth, a prominent civic leader in South and West St. Paul, and as a symbol of the area's transition in the late 19th century from farmland to growing residential and industrial suburbs. Wentworth was a livestock raiser who helped organize the city of South St. Paul in 1887 and served as one of its first aldermen. South St. Paul was at that time the location of the new Union Stockyards, with meat-packing plants and other rail-oriented industries attracted to adjacent sites along the Mississippi River. The west side of the new city, however, was an area of small farms that produced livestock and vegetables for the Twin Cities market and whose north end was already beginning to receive residential expansion from neighboring St. Paul. This dichotomy resulted in dissatisfaction over taxes and other matters of local government, and in 1889 the west side seceded to form the city of West St. Paul. Wentworth was an advocate of the split and again became an alderman on the new city council. As a wealthy landowner, he donated land for South St. Paul's city hall and for West St. Paul's first school. The Queen Anne mansion he constructed in the late 1880s reflects Wentworth's confidence in the future development of the growing suburb.
Posted Date
Jul 07, 2022
Historical Record Date
Dec 31, 1979
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
