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Guide to the Gilded Age: Summit Avenue Walking Tour (Southwest)


Adult Enrichment / Trips, Tours & Special Events -
Adult Enrichment Spring 2024

Join Sister Celeste on this historic walking tour as she goes “off campus” to explore the vast homes and singular landscapes on Summit Avenue and the Hill District’s southern edge. Learn about the conventions that shaped the Gilded Age and forever changed St. Paul’s cityscape.

A product of the Victorian Era who was “in the world but not of it”, Sister Celeste reveals the concealed messages that were hiding out in the open in the palatial homes and beautifully maintained gardens of some of the city’s earliest and most prestigious citizens. This tour unveils how the hidden languages of flowers, fans, and gems conveyed secret messages in a society that demanded buttoned-down decorum over uncovered passion in polite society.

But all that glitters is not gold for everyone in the Gilded Age! Learn how first wave immigrants often worked behind the scenes to present a seamless image for the elite and were mindful to protect their Master's jealously guarded reputations.

Explore the lasting influence of a host of noted architects who left their calling cards on the nation's longest Victorian Boulevard. View the handiwork of Master Builders and celebrated architects including Cass Gilbert, J. K. Taylor, A. Gauger, Clarence Johnston, Thomas Holyoke and landscape architect Horace Cleveland .

Tour starts and finishes at Summit Avenue and Ramsey Hill's Overlook Park (aka Lookout Park) in St. Paul.

How Long: 90 Minutes

Length: 1.3 Mile

Meeting Location: Summit Avenue and Ramsey Hill's Overlook Park (aka Lookout Park) in St. Paul

If event is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

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Instructor

Celestial Tours


A classically trained actress, Michelle Berg has been a professional guide for over 15 years and has both written and presented over a dozen different tours during that time. Michelle started Celestial Tours in spring of 2021. Her work can be both seen and heard on TV, Radio, film and theatre and on various audiobooks.

For more information or for a peek at her resume visit michellemyersberg.com/

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  Celestial Tours


Summit Overlook Park
Saturday, Jun 8
10:00 - 11:30 AM

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Min Age   15 yr.

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Price: $ 25 00
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  Celestial Tours


Summit Overlook Park
Saturday, Jun 8
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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Tu
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Min Age   15 yr.

Price: $ 25 00