Our condo is one of six located in a building that was built in 1903. The building was originally called The Olympia Apartments and had a stained glass window in the front entry that named the building. Unfortunately this window is long gone.
There is still evidence in some of the apartments of what life was like 100 years ago. Some apartments still have the buttons that were pushed to call the servant. Our unit has a hole in the dining room floor where the button was located to call the servant with a press of your foot. There are two back doors; one for the family and the second in the kitchen where the deliveries were made. The present day refrigerators are set in an alcove where the ice boxes use to be located and where access could be made for the blocks of ice.
The building was turned into condos in the 1970's and was one of the first condominiums in St Paul.
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