Jackson Street Shops, Jackson Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Significance: The Jackson Street Shops are historically significant as the oldest existing railroad complex in Minnesota. The events leading to the development of railroading in Minnesota and the Northwest; the ambitious career of James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder" who founded the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway (now Burlington Northern); and the development of St. Paul as a regional rail and trade center, all focus around the Jackson Street Shops. The major buildings on the site were built in the 1880s to serve as a base of operations for Hill's railroad and to further his ambitious plans to extend his railroad operations to the West Coast.
Survey number: HABS MN-67
Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction