BlockFrom the record
One of 134 National Register listings published here for Ramsey County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
United States Bedding Company
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- Address. 550 Vandalia St., St. Paul, 55114
- When was it listed? July 2020
- Category. building
- City. St. Paul city
- National Register reference number. 100005358 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
The ground it stands on
13,839 wordsThe chapter on St. Paul City in HIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881 names St. Paul. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
May 18th, 1869. a formal call was extended to Rey. George A. Howard of Catskill, New York. which was declined by him after a visit to St. Paul. January 28th. 1869, the corner stone of the new chureh building was laid with appropriate ceremonies. and in December, the basement was ready for occupancy. the first public service held in it being the Christmas anniversary of the Sunday school. The next day, Sabbath, the first regular church service was held in the basement.
Passage source: HIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881.
The necessity of choosing a pastor was apparent. and a call to the Rey. David R. Breed was | ordered. IIe soon after accepted, and in May, 1870, began his duties. In October, 1870, Mr. Breed was formally ordained to the ministry and installed as pastor of the church by the Presbytery of St. Paul.
Passage source: HIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on St. Paul City - 13,839 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of United States Bedding Company: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin City Brick Co Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Twin City Brick Co. Clay Pit | Kaolin | Producer | Kaolinite |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Superior Packing Company Plant | 0.1 miles | 2018 |
 | Krank Manufacturing Company | 0.6 miles | 1983 |
 | Triune Masonic Temple | 0.8 miles | 1980 |
 | Charles Thompson Memorial Hall | 0.8 miles | 2011 |
 | Brooks, Edward, Sr. and Markell, House | 0.9 miles | 2000 |
 | Dr. Ward Beebe House | 1.2 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005358 in Record Group 79. |
| Ramsey County | All 134 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.