Capp Towers St. Paul
The Capp Towers in St. Paul was located at 77 – 9th St. E. at Minnesota.
It has eight stories and was built in 1959.
May 4, 1961 Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
KDWB TAKEOVER
Race riots and curfews in Milwaukee brought the Monkees to Minneapolis a day early, so on Friday, August 4, 1967 [right after our own race riot], KDWB arranged for them to take over the airways on the afternoon before their concert at the St. Paul Auditorium. A remote was set up at their hotel, the Capp Towers Motor Hotel at 9th and Minnesota in St. Paul. Although the location was announced as “Secret City,” there was a crowd of screaming girls outside listening to their transistor radios.
There’s more about the Monkees in St Paul.
John Mannillo reports that
The owner of Capp Towers for many years was Earl Scott. His manager was George. I can’t remember his last name. I believe George now manages Hazeltine Golf Club. They were big hockey fans during the Fightin’ Saints era. Earl, better known as Scotty, owned an old fire truck which he gave rides on whenever he could.
This accounts for the restaurant called the Firehouse.
There was also a restaurant called Scottie’s.
John Mannillo again:
I was the real estate broker who represented the Union Gospel mission (I think in the late 1980s) on the purchase of the building from Earl Scott. They purchased this property which was mostly under utilized and in need of substantial repair, for the now Naomi Family Center.
The Naomi Family Residence, a residential program for women and women with children, provides food, clothing, 25 life skill classes, and Bible studies and is operated by the Union Gospel Mission.
