South Hill Walking Tour (PDF)

Stillwater, Minnesota, is a city filled with historic homes and great stories. This tour takes you into the South Hill neighborhood, introducing you to some of the city’s finest architecture as well as a few of its most colorful characters. There are two loops, each completed in about an hour. On this tour, you can:

• Learn about the architectural influences that shaped South Hill’s homes
• Investigate the cold-blooded murder of the city’s newspaper publisher, Victor Seward
• Find out about Atwoods’ gymnasium, called “the most pretentious recreation house in the world

Click on the video, above, to watch the entire tour or utilize the links, below, to be redirected to the individual tour stop video. Tour brochures are available throughout the community and at Stillwater City Hall (216 North 4th Street).

• Pine Street Loop 01 (Roscoe and Eva Hersey House) 416 4th Street South
• Pine Street Loop 02 (Joseph and Anna Eichten House) 215 Pine Street Wes
• Pine Street Loop 03 (John and Elizabeth Whiteside House) 223 Pine Street West
• Pine Street Loop 04 (Austin and Harriet Jenks House) 504 5th Street South
• Pine Street Loop 05 (Jacob and Cynthia Bean House) 319 Pine Street South
• Pine Street Loop 06 (David and Lucetta Grout House) 319 Pine Street South
• Pine Street Loop 07 (Hersey-Atwood House) 320 Pine Street West
• Pine Street Loop 08 (Victor and Elizabeth Seward House) 416 5th Street South
• Pine Street Loop 09 (St. Mary's Church, School and Rectory) 423 5th Street South
• Chestnut Hill Loop A (Henry and Nancy Nichols House) 208 Chestnut Street West
• Chestnut Hill Loop B (Alexander and Ida Johnson House) 119 Chestnut Street West
• Chestnut Hill Loop C John and Anna O'Brien House (306 Olive Street South)
• Chestnut Hill Loop D Anton and Rosalia Krenz House (320 Holcombe Street South)
• Chestnut Hill Loop E August and Olive Krenz House (316 Holcombe Street South)
• Chestnut Hill Loop F John and Sarah Booren House (310 6th Street South)
• Chestnut Hill Loop G Fred and Mary Yates House (318 6th Street South)
• Chestnut Hill Loop H Henry Clay and Eva Farmer House (418 6th Street South)
• Chestnut Hill Loop I Harry and Mae Farmer House (411 6th Street South)

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