HAMM BUILDING - 400-426 St Peter St, Saint Paul, MN 55102

Since then, the Historic Hamm Building has evolved into a multipurpose building that houses both office and entertainment space

Having been home to a number of popular restaurants, theaters, and nightclubs over the past century, the Hamm Building has cemented itself in the culture of the Twin Cities of Minnesota

In 1914, the land was purchased and the home torn down to make way for a new department store. After a couple years of construction, the project began to stall as funds dried up and World War I began to heat up, thus causing economic uncertainty

Since it first opened, the Historic Hamm Building has been one of St. Paul’s finest attractions

It has gone through several restorations and today looks much like it did when it was first built in the early 1900s. Home to numerous commercial tenants along with many notable establishments such as Meritage Restaurant, The Loon Cafe of Saint Paul, and Heimie’s Haberdashery, the Hamm Building is still a favorite spot to visit in the great city of St. Paul, Minnesota

The Hamm Building is built on property once owned by the nearby St. Paul Cathedral, where the home of the church’s bishop was located

At this point, William Hamm, the owner of a local brewery, Hamm’s Brewery, stepped in to finish construction of what would become the new office building for his brewery

In 1920, the Hamm Building reinvented itself from just another office building into the center of a rapidly-growing entertainment district when it first opened the Capitol Theatre, a ‘movie palace’. It quickly became one of the most popular places in the Twin Cities area