St. Paul : West Seventh Neighborhood : Irvine Park

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Irvine Park

Panama Flats Rowhouse

226 - 234 S. Exchange Street Built: 1886 Style: Queen Anne Architect: Orff Brothers For twenty years the Panama Flats were known as the Stoddart Block but the name was changed in 1907 in honor of the Panama Canal, which was in the news much of that year. The name Panama Flats was formally changed to Exchange Street Apartments in 1926 but the name Panama Flats has persisted to this day. In 1971 the building was sentenced to demolition in the planned widing of Chestnut Street. However, controversy over highway routes stayed the execution. The building was redeveloped in 1978-9.

Comment: (192.28.2.52) One of our faves in the whole City. Can you believe people wanted to demolish it?!

Comment: (216.160.20.242) there was a little grocery store on the first level, and next to this building was the national checking co. then down the street was a cafe with best choc. donuts. I remember that a lot of displaced persons from europe moved in there in the 50's. it wa

Comment: continued from above. the building was very bad., drunks, bums lived there along with displaced persons. It had a huge outside furnace in the back and lots of rats.