Article: DOUBLE DWELLING; TWO STATELY ST. PAUL MANSIONS SHARE A HISTORY - AND A SKYWAY.(HOME & GARDEN)

Byline: Kim Palmer; Staff Writer

The Goodkind brothers weren't conjoined twins, but their houses are.

Lookalikes but not identical, the 95-year-old Tudor Revival mansions sit side by side on a hilltop perch surrounded by a large limestone wall. They share distinctive Cotswold Cottage-style architectural details, a circular driveway, a central courtyard and a fountain. They're also joined at the hip roof by an unusual feature: a second-story enclosed walkway - an early Elizabethan forerunner of the modern urban skyway.

That walkway, which the Goodkinds reportedly called "the pass-over," connects the houses visually, giving them the look of a ...

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