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Alexander Ramsey House, Saint Paul, MN

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Alexander Ramsey House

A Victorian house museum in Saint Paul that was home to three generations of the Ramsey family and is run by the Minnesota Historical Society.

265 S. Exchange St., Saint Paul, MN 55102 · Saint Paul, MN

About Alexander Ramsey House

This historic house in Saint Paul was the residence of Alexander Ramsey, an early Minnesota political leader who served as territorial governor, state governor, mayor of St. Paul, and a U.S. senator. Built in 1872, the mansion stayed in the Ramsey family for three generations before it was left to the Minnesota Historical Society in 1964. Visitors can tour the home, which holds more than 14,000 original family objects and furnishings, and learn about both Ramsey's career and the wider story of the family who lived there.

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