William Butler House, 516 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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William Butler House | |
| Address: | 516 Summit Avenue |
| City/locality- State/province | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: | Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year built: | 1914 |
| Primary Style: | Mission Revivalwarning.png"Mission Revival" is not in the list of possible values (A-Frame, American Four-Square, Art Deco/Art Moderne, Arts and Crafts/Craftsman, Beaux Arts, Bungalow/Bungaloid, Cape Cod, Carpenter Gothic, Chateauesque, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Commercial, Dome, Dutch Colonial, Eastlake/Stick Style, Federalist, Folk, French Renaissance, Georgian, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, International, Italian Renaissance, Italianate, Mission, Modern, Neoclassical, Neoeclectic, Post Modern, Prairie School, Queen Anne, Ranch, Renaissance Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque, Rustic, Second Empire, Shingle, Southwest, Spanish Revival, Tudor Revival, Vernacular, Victorian, Victorian Gothic, Other) for this property. |
| Secondary Style: | Classical Revival |
| Historic Function: | Single Dwellingwarning.png"Single Dwelling" is not in the list of possible values (House/single dwelling or duplex, Airport terminal, Apartments/condominiums, Auditorium/music facility, Bank/financial institution, Barn/agricultural building, Business, Capitol , City hall/town hall/, Civic, Clinic/medical office, Clubhouse, College/university, Correctional facility, Courthouse, Dancehall/reception area, Department store, Drive-in restaurant or business, Energy facility, Fire/police station, Fortification, Gas/filling station, Government office, Grain elevator, Hospital, Hotel/motel, Institutional housing, Library, Manufacturing facility, Meeting hall, Military facility, Mortuary/funeral home, Multiple dwelling, Museum, Office, Organizational, Park building, Post office, Public works, Rail-related, including depots, Ranger station, Religious/Place of worship, Religious facility, other, Resort/spa, Restaurant, Sanitarium, School, Shopping center/mall/strip mall, Secondary building/sheds, privies, Sports facility/stadium, Theater/concert hall, Warehouse/storage, Other) for this property. |
| Builder: | Butler Brothers |
| Material of Exterior Wall Covering: | Brick |
| Building Permit Number: | 63489 |
| First Owner: | William Butler |
| Notes: | Sinclair Lewis lived here in 1917-1918 |
(44.941292° N, 93.121827° WLatitude: 44°56′28.651″N
Longitude: 93°7′18.577″W)
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History
The William Butler family owned this home for thirty years. However they apparently leased the house to author Sinclair Lewis, who lived there from 1917 to 1918.
"Sinclair Lewis lived at 516 from the fall of 1917 to spring 1918. He skied, skated, partied with the elite and worked on his play Hobohemia, which went on to an 11-week run in New York" (Kelly, Thomas)
"Sinclair Lewis was living here in 1917-1918, while attempting to write a novel about J.J. Hill which he never completed" (Sandeen, Ernest R.)
Memories and stories
Photo Gallery
Related Links
Notes
Ramsey County Historical Society, Inventory forms for Historic Sites Survey of St. Paul and Ramsey County, 1980-1983 Sandeen, Ernest R., St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue (St. Paul: Living Historical Museum, Macalester College, 1978) Kelly, Thomas. "The Grand Houses of Summit Avenue." Ford Times 70:5 (May 1977).
