This one was a bit of a struggle! The house color in my color copy was not the same as it looks on my computer screen, and I didn't quite have time to drive over to Summit Ave to take a look in person- there's also a LOT of little details that I'm not sure are quite viewable here! Ah well- here's what Judy says about her beautiful house!
776 Summit Avenue was built in 1901 and is considered an example of Queen Anne Rectilinear architecture. I know this because the woman who sold us the house left us a book entitled "St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue" by Ernest Sandeen and it is listed inside! It originally cost $6000 to build and was designed by J.W. Stevens. History aside, we purchased the house in 2021 when we moved back to St. Paul from the West Coast. We've had a tremendous amount of work done - replaced all the storm windows, put on modern gutters, replaced rotten porch wood, steps, and railings, had the outside painted, some inside painting done, and added tons of landscaping to the back yard. Next year, I plan to re-do the landscaping around the front of the house. A friend of mine who lives a few blocks away likes to say that we don't own houses like this - they own us. There is ALWAYS more work that needs to be done. It does have gorgeous woodworking inside and stained glass windows. We love living on Summit!
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