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Last Remaining Home in Downtown St. Paul May Be Losing a Big Fan

ST. PAUL, MN-One of the biggest fans of the historic Armstrong-Quinlan duplex concedes the time may come for it to make way for a parking ramp and transit hub on the site, across the street from the NHL Minnesota Wild's new home.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on January 03, 2001

ST. PAUL, MN-Even the most ardent preservationist sometimes concludes that the cost to save a historic building may exceed its value. At least, that’s the conclusion of Larry Millett, an architecture critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, regarding the historic Amrstrong-Quinlan building near downtown.

Millett, an author of several books on architecture as well as several novels, has long advocated saving downtown St. Paul’s last remaining house from the wrecking ball. The brick duplex, built in 1886, stands on a huge lot across from the new Xcel Energy Center, the home of the Minnesota Wild NHL team. The city wants to build a huge transit hub and parking ramp on the site to serve both the arena and the rest of downtown St. Paul.

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