Smith Building, 225-229 1/2 W. 7th Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Address: | 225 7th Street W |
Neighborhood/s: | West 7th, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
City/locality- State/province | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
County- State/province: | Ramsey County, Minnesota |
State/province: | Minnesota |
Country: | United States |
Year built: | 1888 |
Primary Style: | Victorian |
Secondary Style: | Richardsonian Romanesque |
Historic Function: | Business |
Historic Function: | Apartments |
Other Historic Function: | Apartments |
Current Function: | Business |
Material of Exterior Wall Covering: | Brick |
Material of Roof: | Asphalt |
Material of Foundation: | Limestone |
First Owner: | Robert Smith |
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Memories and Stories
Patrick McGovern's was previously the Brass Rail Bar. West 7th was quite raucus in the '50s and '60s. The Brass Rail, and Jack's Chicken Shack down one block on the northeast corner of Walnut and West 7th had controversial reputations. The Brass Rail was sometimes pretty rowdy with fights spilling out onto the sidewalk.
Jack's was a hangout for the city's small-time gangsters. One of them, Tony DeVito, was last seen at Jack's sometime in September of 1953. His body was never found. A local gangster was a suspect in DeVito's murder. The owner of Jack's was called as a witness, but spent time in prison for contempt of court. When he returned in 1961, he disappeared from his restaurant. His body was later found, but no arrest was ever made.
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Published June 20, 1992
L. Fallon Kelly dies at 84; former associate justice of State Supreme Court
Kelly also was U.S. attorney for Minnesota during President Dwight Eisenhower's administration and presided over prosecutions involving gangsters. He was the federal prosecutor in several highly publicized cases, . . . including that of Rocky Lupino and John Azzone for unlawful flight following the kidnapping and murder of Tony DeVito.