Southeast, Saint Paul
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Southeast, Saint Paul is a neighborhood and city planning district in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. It is Planning District 1. The area is bounded by Minnehaha Avenue on the north, McKnight Road on the east, city limits to the south, and Birmingham/Etna/Hwy 61 to Warner Road to the Mississippi River on the west. The district consists of four distinct, smaller neighborhoods: Eastview, Conway, Battle Creek, and Highwood. It also includes the industrial areas and wetlands around Pigs Eye Lake.[1]
The earliest development in the neighborhood occurred as a result of the Burlington Northern Railroad. In 1886, a group of businessmen purchased 1,200 acres of land in the Highwood area and established a railroad suburb named Burlington Heights. This commuter suburb was planned with large rustic lots separated by curving roads along the river bluffs. It had only limited success though, and resulted in only a handful of homes being built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It was not until after World War II, with the improvement of highways and proliferation of automobiles, that this part of Saint Paul was settled extensively.[2]