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Then

Thomas McGill home, 2203 Scudder in 1920

and Now

St. Anthony Park was originally set out as estates for the wealthy of Minneapolis in the late 1800s, it has become a neighborhood of people with diverse backgrounds. It is centrally located in the Twin Cities. The St. Anthony Park Branch Library, a Carnegie library built in 1917, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was expanded in 1999 with a children’s wing. The St. Anthony Park Elementary School and Murray Junior High School (formerly Murray High School) are the schools in the neighborhood. Saint Anthony Park was the home to three Minnesota governors (William Rainey Marshall, 1866–70; Andrew Ryan McGill, 1887–1889; and Elmer L. Andersen; 1961–63). St. Anthony Park is home to Luther Seminary, it is also located near the “Saint Paul” Campus (actually located in Falcon Heights) of the University of Minnesota. The largest area park, Langford Park, is named for former Saint Anthony Park resident Nathaniel P. Langford, who helped create the world’s first national park (Yellowstone National Park).

Well known former Saint Anthony Park residents include: author, humorist and radio show host Garrison Keillor; Nobel Prize winning author, Saul Bellow; children’s author, Carol Ryrie Brink; John F. Kennedy Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors Walter Heller; physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, Lewis Thomas; psychologist B.F. Skinner; presidential advisor Eugene Z. Young; and architect, Sarah Susanka.

“Then” photo sourceMinnesota Historical Society’s Visual Resource Database

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