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Location: United States 1778 Colvin Avenue, St. Paul
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
1778 Colvin Avenue, St. Paul
The Minnesota Chapter SAH (MNSAH) fall tour features the midcentury modern home of MNSAH members Katherine and Jeff Tane. The event will include a tour of the 1954 Norman Nagel design, located at 1778 Colvin Avenue in St. Paul’s Highland Park; an illustrated talk by past MNSAH President Laura Weber on the research she has completed on the neighborhood, the house, and its architect; and a reception in the home’s magnificent landscaped gardens to conclude.
Commissioned by Charles and Helen Murnane, Nagel's design includes many built-ins, a wall of windows along the back, and a fireplace at the center of the living room, as well as original bluestone floors and walls.
Norman Nagel (1918–1965) was educated at the University of Minnesota and Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he was head of the design department in 1946. From 1947–49 he worked for Eliel and Eero Saarinen in Detroit. He returned to Minnesota, where he was an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota until 1952, when he resigned to become curator of architecture and design at the Walker Art Center. He later became an associate professor in the School of Architecture at the U. He was a partner in the firm of Graffunder, Nagle and Associates from 1956 to 1962.
Additional details and registration information are found at MNSAH Fall Tour 2025 – MNSAH.
