CSPAN3 American History TV September 22, 2014
Critics all over the United States marveled at it as well. One thing st. Paul people were living with was the idea we were still on the frontier. We were at the turn of the 19 century and people were still thinking we lived in log cabins and did not have much of modern conveniences. For the people back east making those judgments to see favorable reports and artists and architects commenting about the greatness of this building that really made st. Paul come up a notch culturally. It was a center of culture for st. Paul and the state of minnesota. I think people were proud to say we have arriv...