668 North Greenbrier Street
Built: 1892
Style: Neoclassical Style
William Hamm built this solid house for his new bride, Marie Scheffe, in the same year that the Hamm Brewery underwent a dramatic expansion. He hired Allen H. Stem, a St. Paul architect whose reputation as a designer exceeded Cass Gilbert's until the state capitol competition. Conceived in a neoclassical spirit, the house displays Stem's penchant for monumental exteriors with exquisitely crafted interiors. Verandas with fine balustrades once faced both streets. On June 15,1933, William Hamm was kidnapped near the brewery by the Barker-Karpis gang. |
