Gatehouses that symbolize city s meatpacking era in jeopardy Follow Us
Question of the Day By BY NICK FERRARO - Associated Press - Saturday, February 6, 2021
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - As South St. Paul moved on from the stockyard and meatpacking era that put the city on the map, building after building disappeared from the landscape.
However, two brick and limestone gatehouses that served as the entrance to the sprawling Armour & Co. meatpacking campus have remained intact, representing the lone vestige of what was once the world’s largest and most modern meatpacking plant and the city’s former way of life.