William and Marie Hamm House, 668 North Greenbrier Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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William And Marie Hamm House
2001
1932
Address:	668 Greenbrier Street N
Neighborhood/s:	Dayton's Bluff, Saint Paul, Minnesota
City/locality- State/province	Saint Paul, Minnesota
County- State/province:	Ramsey County, Minnesota
State/province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States
Year built:	1892
Primary Style:	Classical Revival
Historic Function:	House/single dwelling or duplex
Current Function:	House/single dwelling or duplex
Material of Exterior Wall Covering:	Wood
Material of Roof:	Asphalt Shingles
First Owner:	William Hamm

History

William Hamm built this solid house for his new bride, Marie Scheffe, in the same year that the Hamm Brewery underwent a dramatic expansion. He hired Allen H. Stem, a St. Paul architect whose reputation as a designer exceeded Cass Gilbert's until the state capitol competition. Conceived in a neoclassical spirit, the house displays Stem's penchant for monumental exteriors with exquisitely crafted interiors. Verandas with fine balustrades once faced both streets. ^{[1] [1]}

On June 15,1933, William Hamm was kidnapped near the brewery by the Barker-Karpis gang.^[1]

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This place is part of the Dayton's Bluff Historic District

This place is part of the Dayton's Bluff Driving Tour

This place is part of the John Dillinger Slept Here Tour

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