Peggy Rolloff talked about former St. Paul, Minnesota, resident and railroad tycoon James J. Hill and his home. Mr. Hill made a fortune building the Great Northern Railroad, and his home reflected ...

Looking for something to do the weekend after Christmas? Stop by the imposing James J. Hill House on St. Paul’s Summit Avenue. You’ll get a glimpse of how the other half lived 100 years ago.

Railroad magnate James J. Hill, one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures of America’s Gilded Age, died in bed at his St. Paul mansion on Summit Avenue on May 29, 1916. He was 77.

The house was built in 1891 by James J. Hill, builder of the Great Northern Railway. He lived there with his wife and eight of his ten children for a 30-year period.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Conservation work has begun on the James J. Hill House's historic pipe organ. Built in 1891, the organ is located in the Summit Avenue home's art gallery.