Irvine Park is a neighborhood just west of downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that contains a number of historic homes.
A report on housing from the 1930s characterized the area as being: ... in the less desirable rooming-house district; old homes, that at one time were mansions, but, over a period of years have been out-moded.
Each successive tenant has been a little less able to pay adequate rent until the present occupants have commercialized the homes in one form or another.
[3] In the early 1970s the city planned to tear down the area and replace it with high-rise apartments for public housing.
Irvine Park was named Saint Paul Heritage Preservation District in 1982.