Lawrence A. Martin
General.
Dayton's Bluff, located on the East side of the Mississippi in the Southeast part of the city of St. Paul, has a large residential district on the plateau extending backward from its top. The name of the bluff commemorates Lyman Dayton (1810-1865), for whom a village and a township in Hennepin County also were named. On the edge of the southern and highest part of Dayton's bluff, in Mounds Park, is a series of seven large aboriginal mounds, 4 to 18 feet high, from which a magnificent prospect is obtained, overlooking the river and the central part of the city. In 1857, Lyman Dayton platted his "Addition to St. Paul" on the Eastern border of St. Paul. The area was separated from the early settlement along the river by a ravine that was first bridged and was then filled. The early developers of the area were named Burns, McLean, and Wakefield, and contributed their names to area streets.
Lyman Dayton, the son of Samuel Dayton and Amanda Dunham Dayton, was born in Southington, Connecticut, married Maria Bates of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1830, came to Minnesota in 1849, settled in St. Paul, invested largely in real estate, was an incorporator, with Alexander Ramsey and Edmund Rice, of the Minnesota & Northwestern RailRoad, was the president of the the Nebraska and Lake Superior Railroad, incorporated in 1857, then renamed the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad, formed the Dayton Bank in an attempt to circulate his own currency, and died of chronic gastritis in St. Paul. The Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad Company was incorporated under Minnesota legislation enacted in 1861 and received grants of lands approved by the U. S. General Land Office for transfer. Gates Asa Johnson, Sr. (1826-1918,) the son of Daniel D. Johnson (1787-1828) and Malinda Fairbanks Johnson (1791-1885,) was born in Champlain, Clinton County, New York, was an axeman on the Ogdensburg, New York, road before becoming its chief engineer, was employed by the Great Western RailRoad of Canada, moved to St. Paul with his mother in 1855, was engaged in surveying and civil engineering for railroads, was employed by the Hastings & Dakota RailRoad, was the St. Paul City Engineer in 1860, was the chief engineer of the White Bear & Stillwater road, was the chief engineer of the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad Company from 1861 to 1870, was the Ramsey County surveyor from 1864 to 1866, was the chief engineer of the Hastings, Minnesota & Red River of the North Railroad Company in 1866, was a St. Paul City alderman from 1871 until 1876 and from 1883 until 1889, was an elder of the Central Presbyterian Church, died in Brooklyn, Delaware, New York, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery. Gates Asa Johnson, Jr. (1860- ,) the son of Gates Asa Johnson, Sr., and Frances Parker Johnson (1830- ,) was born in St. Paul, was a civil engineer, and was a county surveyor for Ramsey County from 1895 until 1900. William L. Banning (1814-1893) was the president of the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad Company in 1866. William Branch & Company was engaged in surveying and construction on the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad from 1865 to 1869.
The Dayton's Bluff Historic District was approved by the St. Paul City Council in 1992. The creation of the Historic District recognizes the historical and architectural significance of this early St. Paul neighborhood. The Dayton's Bluff Historic District contains approximately 500 residential, commercial and institutional buildings, most constructed between 1878 and 1910. Beginning as a fashionable residential locale for the wealthy, it evolved in the early 1880s into a suburb of broad social and economic diversity. Some properties are good examples of certain architectural styles and some are the work of prominent Saint Paul architects. A great variety of ornamental trim details and other design elements remain on these buildings and their conservation is important to the historic character of the area. Many other properties are more exemplary of the simple vernacular houses built from standard plans by carpenters throughout Saint Paul after the Civil War. These buildings derive much of their character from their massing and roof type, exterior siding and simple details at porches and windows. The primary architectural styles identified in the district are Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical and Colonial Revival, Arts and Crafts, and Bungalow. Primary vernacular residential building types include gabled and hipped roof structures.
In the 1860's and the 1870's, a number of Saint Paul businessmen built elaborate limestone houses along the bluff. These houses are long gone, but old several brick houses remain, and brick and stone are evident throughout the Dayton's Bluff historic district in foundations and in chimneys. Stone, brick, and concrete were also used for lintels, sills, and decorative trim. Wood building products, including siding, shingles, and decorative trim were used extensively by the nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century builders of Dayton's Bluff. Many of the historic windows of Dayton's Bluff have a double-hung sash and a vertical orientation. Most of the houses and rowhouses built in the Dayton's Bluff Historic District before 1920 had unenclosed front porches. The porch usually stretched across the full width of the front facade, but in some cases only covered the entry. A great variety of machine-made trim was added to even the simplest wooden houses of Dayton's Bluff, while iron, cast iron, terra cotta, tile, and brick also can be seen.
Specific Structures. The following presents available information on the housing styles and the residents of specific structures located along the hike:
507 Arcade Street: Built in 1884. The building is a 636 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Nellie K. Harrington, widow of William A. Harrington, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Lou A. Norquist resided at this address. Nellie Harrington ( -1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lee, and died in Ramsey County. William A. Harrington ( -1922) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Lou Ann Norquist.
509 Arcade Street: Built in 1874. The building is a one story, 963 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry A. Kemper, an employee of the St. Paul Fire Department, and his wife, Louise A. Kemper, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Francis E. Reidell resided at this address. In 1879, Henry Kemper, a flour and feed merchant, and C. Kemper, the widow of Henry Kemper, both resided at 83 Rosabel Street. Henry August Kemper (1886-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Meier, and died in Ramsey County. Louise A. Kemper (1892-1970) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wenig, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Francis E. Graham.
615 Arcade Street: The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Jeffrey Elbers M.D. was located at this address. Jeffrey Elbers graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1992, was a resident at HealthEast Bethesda Hospital and HealthEast St. Joseph's Hospital, is a member of the Ramsey Medical Society, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, is certified by American Board of Family Practice and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Family Practice.
631 Arcade Street: Built in 1874. The building is a one story, 2123 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with an attached garage. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Brad W. Abrahamson and Jeffery A. Abrahamson resided at this address. The last sale of this property was in 2004 and the sale price was $125,000. The current owner of record of the property is Jeffrey A. Abrahamson.
634 Arcade Street: H. W. Grube House; Built in 1890 (1887 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey;) Victorian in style. The building is a two (2 1/2 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey) story, 2348 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, asbestos and wood sided frame house, with a detached garage. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the house has an intersecting hip and gable roof, with asphalt shingles, one interior brick chimmney, rectangular 1/1 fenestration, and a limestone foundation. The 1982 survey also indicates that the house has an open porch with turned columns, balusters and dentils, and ornate brackets covered by a bellcast truncated hip roof, that it has rectangular bay window on the main facade, a double leaf front door with transom, and has a wide bracketed bargeboard with applied relief scroll and sunrise motifs, and that there are Queen Anne windows in the gable ends. H. W. Grube was listed on the building permit as the original owner of the house. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Carrie L. Nelson resided at this address. The last sale of this property was in 1994 and the sale price was $74,000. The current owner of record of the property is Carrie L. Nelson.
639 Arcade Street: Built in 1880. The building is a 1 1/2 story, 1858 square foot, six room, two bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Helen S. Newlin and John Shipley Newlin, Jr., resided at this address. The last sale of this property was in 2004 and the sale price was $199,900. The current owners of record of the property are Helen S. Newlin and J. Shipley Newlin, Jr. J. Shipley Newlin is the director of Physical Sciences and Technology and of the Experiment Gallery at the Science Museum of Minnesota, worked at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia from 1973 to 1983, worked at the New York Hall of Science from 1984 to 1986, and has been at the Science Museum of Minnesota since 1987. J. Shipley Newlin is author of Experiment Bench: A Workbook for Building Experimental Physics Exhibits, published by ASTC Publications.
643 Arcade Street: The property is a vacant commercial lot. The current owner of record of the property is Gaertner Holding Company, located at 246 South Albert Street.
644 Arcade Street: Built in 1894. The building is a two story, 1674 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Edward L. Wakefield and Elizabeth A. Wakefield resided at this address. The last sale of this property was in 2002 and the sale price was $175,000. The current owners of record of the property are Edward L. Wakefield and Elizabeth A. Wakefield.
651 Arcade Street: Built in 1964. The building is a one story, 5769 square foot, medical clinic. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that the Arcade Medical Clinic, Frank J. Bonello, Jeffrey J. Herickhoff, M.D., and J. R. Gaertner, M.D., were located at this address. The current owner of record of the property is Gaertner Holding Company, located at 246 South Albert Street. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Otto resided at the former nearby 666 Arcade Street.
672 Arcade Street: The property is a vacant commercial lot. The current owner of record of the property are Alinda Suarez Gurrola and Jose M. Acevedo, who reside at 761 Duluth Street.
695 Arcade Street: Built in 1920. The building is a one story, 3353 square foot, automotive service station. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Joseph I. Weis & Sons, Inc., was located at this address. The current owner of record of the property is Joseph I. Weis & Sons, Inc.
699 Arcade Street: Built in 1888. The building is a two story, 4512 square foot, retail structure. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Mid Nation Distribution Inc. was located at this address. The last sale of this property was in 1995 and the sale price was $110,000. The current owner of record of the property is Albert M. Johnson.
8 Bates Avenue: Built in 1886. The building is a two story, 3580 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that George C. Jameson resided at this address from 1916 to 1940. According to the 1918 city directory, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Jameson resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Nellie P. Augustine, a nurse, boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that G. H. and Clara Jameson resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Ella E. Jameson, the widow of George C. Jameson, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Lawrence E. Meuwissen resided at this address. George C. Jameson ( -1917) died in Ramsey County. George H. Jameson ( -1952) died in Hennepin County. Ella E. Jameson ( -1940) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1991 and the sale price was $121,000. The current owner of record of the property is Joyce A. Maddox.
18 Bates Avenue: The property is a vacant residential lot. The current owner of record of the property is the State of Minnesota.
44 Bates Avenue: Built in 1998. The building is a one story, 2038 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a two car tuck under garage. The current owners of record of the property are Gregory P. Kramer and Ann Marie Leininger.
50 Bates Avenue: Built in 1991. The building is a 1900 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, split level frame house, with a detached garage. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Barbara L. Osthus resided at this address. The current owners of record of the property are Michael E. Drager and Barbara L. Osthus. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Albert Scheffer resided at the nearby former 52 Bates Avenue from 1886 to 1899. [See note for Albert Scheffer for 390 Maple Street.]
54 Bates Avenue: Built in 1990. The building is a 1900 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, split level frame house, with a detached garage. The property was last sold for $145,500 and that sale occurred in 1998.
60 Bates Avenue: Built in 1987. The building is a 1900 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, split level frame house, with a detached garage. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Janet Lynn Nelson and Kevin D. Nelson resided at this address. The property was last sold in 1997 with a sale price of $143,000. The current owners of record of the property are Pieter W. Gasterland and Jilleen M. Johnson.
64 Bates Avenue: Built in 1987. The building is a 1900 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, split level frame house, with a detached garage. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Lyle D. Pitts and Pamela Jean Pitts resided at this address. The current owner of record of the property is Lyle D. Pitts.
70 Bates Avenue: Built in 1927. The building is a one story, 784 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a one car detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Smith I. Eggleston, an engineer, and his wife, Rose F. Eggleston, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Cassandra Demarais resided at this address. Rose F. Eggleston (1905-1986) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1998 and the sale price was $81,000. The current owners of record of the property are Cassandra A. Demarais and Keith A. Richter.
76 Bates Avenue: Built in 1923. The building is a one story, 806 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Walter H. Rasmussen, a clerk, and his wife, Harriet M. Rasmussen, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Mary Sue Duerre and Steven Glen Duerre resided at this address. Walter H. Rasmussen (1903-1978) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bach, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Steven G. Duerre.
80 Bates Avenue: Built in 1911. The building is a one story, 830 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frank B. Brandt, an assistant department manager at the Golden Rule Department Store, and his wife, Anna G. Brandt, resided at this address. The 1989 Arlington Hills Lutheran Church directory indicates that Selmer R. Johnson and Ann Johnson resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Diane Marie Dunker and Jackie Dunker resided at this address. Frank B. Brandt ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $75,000 and that sale occurred in 2000. The current owner of record of the property is Diane M. Dunker. [See the note for the Golden Rule Department Store for 657 East Fourth Street.]
84 Bates Avenue: Built in 1966. The building is a 948 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached garage. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that David Richard Possin resided at this address. The property was last sold in 1998 with a sale price of $90,000. The current owner of record of the property is David R. Possin.
88 Bates Avenue: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 1344 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1916, 1918, and 1924 city directories indicate the Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Freeman resided at this address. World War I veteran George R. Freeman resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that George H. Freeman, a soldier, roomed at 65 West Seventh Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Herbert S. Freeman, an office engineer employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Elizabeth Freeman, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Lefteris Mortoglou and Paula M. Wieczorek resided at this address. George R. Freeman (1893-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Reynolds, and died in Ramsey County. George H. Freeman ( -1972) died in Hennepin County. The last sale of this property was in 2004 and the sale price was $172,000. The current owners of record of the property are Lefteris Mortoglou and Paula M. Wieczorek. Paula Wieczorek is the regional ombudsman at the Minnesota Department of Health for Ramsey and Washington Counties. [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.]
89 Bates Avenue: Built in 1885. The building is a 1124 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry B. Madden and his wife, Mary E. Madden, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Ben J. Amthor resided at this address. Henry B. Madden ( -1930) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $72,400 and that sale occurred in 1995. The current owner of record of the property is Benjamin J. Amthor.
92 Bates Avenue: Built in 1912. The building is a one story, 1344 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that William F. T. Becker, an assistant buyer for G. Sommers & Company, and his wife, Lydia M. Becker, resided at this address. William F. T. Becker ( -1948) died in Hennepin County. Lydia M. Becker (1893-1975) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Katherine A. Cook. [See note on the G. Sommers & Company for 9 South St. Albans Street]
96 Bates Avenue: Built in 1925. The building is a one story, 1177 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Alex C. Nicholson, a cashier employed by the Crex Carpet Company, and his wife, Jane H. Nicholson, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Richard Felt resided at this address. In 1898, the American Grass Twine Company, which became the American Furniture & Manufacturing Company, later the Prairie Grass Furniture Company, and ultimately the Crex Carpet Company in 1908, aggressively publicized itself, claiming among other things that its wire grass twine had been extensively tested in the field and uniformly praised by farmers. Conventional sisal twine, however, with its finer fibers, was stronger than wire grass and International Harvester and Mexican sisal began eroding the wire grass market, prompting the American Grass Twine to make wire grass into floor coverings and furniture. By 1903, the company offered a line of 260 wicker products-chairs, divans, couches, tables, baby carriages, umbrella stands, music stands, screens, hampers, and benches. The Crex name is derived from the Latin name for wire grass. In 1912, the Crex Carpet Company purchased 23,000 acres of what is now called Crex Meadows. Crex Meadows occupies a portion of the Northwest Wisconsin pine barrens near Grantsburg, Wisconsin. The carpet company was an eastern corporation that was engaged in the production of grass rugs. Three carpet camps (camp numbers five, six, and eight) were located in the area. Each camp employed 50-100 men who harvested "wiregrass" (Carex Stricto) from the marshes and shipped it to the factory in St. Paul where it was made into grass carpets by a workforce in which a majority (nearly 60 percent) of combers, spinners, cob winders, spoolers, beamers, weavers, menders, and other workers were female, with over half were 20 years old or younger, and only a tiny fraction of whom lived beyond walking distance from the factory. The wire grass industry continued successfully until market conditions, primarily the development of linoleum floor covering, competition from Japanese grass rugs, drought, and ecological changes in the marsh caused the bankruptcy of the Crex Carpet Company in 1933. The Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area in Anoka County, Minnesota, first acquired by the State of Minnesota in 1934, is also on land that also once belonged to the Crex Carpet Company. William Redmond (1872- ,) of 295 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, was president of the Crex Carpet Company in 1930. Alexander C. Nicholson (1889-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Perkins, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2003 with a sale price of $165,000. The current owner of record of the property is LLJ Properties LLC, which is located at 1148 McLean Avenue.
98 Bates Avenue: Built in 1914. The building is a one story, 902 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house. The 1879 city directory indicates that John Kenkel, a cigar manufacturer, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mathias Mickelson, a clerk, and his wife, Mary Mickelson, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Laura Dorothy Sawyer resided at this address. Mathias H. Mickelson ( -1952) died in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Laura D. Sawyer and Ralph J. Sawyer. The 1875 city directory indicates that William Batson, a foreman, resided at the former nearby 102 Bates Avenue. The 1879 city directory indicates that Daniel Donovan, a civil engineer, resided at the nearby former 102 Bates Avenue and that Daniel Donovan, a clerk employed by A. Guiterman, boarded at the former nearby 102 Bates Avenue. William S. Batson ( -1923) died in Ramsey County.
103 Bates Avenue: Built in 1904. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1386 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles W. Kampfer, an architect and a partner with Max O. Buetow in the architect firm of Kampfer & Buetow, and his wife, Emma Kampfer, Dorothea M. Kampfer, a nurse, and Herbert Kampfer, with the Conveyor Specialties Manufacturing Company, all resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Kella S. Caldwell and Patrick Kurtz resided at this address and that House & Home Publications Inc was located at this address. In 1969, D. Kampfer of Conveyor Specialties demonstrated conveyor and case distribution systems at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association in the Twin Cities. Charles W. Kampfer (1879-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Steinmeyer, and died in Ramsey County. Emma Olga Kampfer ( -1944) died in Ramsey County. Herbert Kampfer (1902-1983) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kuck, and died in Ramsey County. Max O. Buetow (1892-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ramlow, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2003 and the sale price was $199,500. The current owners of record of the property are Kela Caldwell and Patrick Kuntz.
104 Bates Avenue: Built in 1914. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1116 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Winfield S. Brisbin, a foreman employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, roomed at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George L. Jacobson, an assistant baggage and mail agent, and his wife, Caroline Jacobson, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Sarah E. Mische resided at this address. George L. Jacobson (1885-1981) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hammerberg, and died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Caroline Jacobson ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $157,000 and that sale occurred in 2002. The current owner of record of the property is Sarah E. Mische. The 1879 city directory indicates that Louisa Katdatz was a domestic at the nearby former 106 Bates Avenue, that Otto W. Kiefer, a clerk, boarded at 106 Bates Avenue, and that Andrew R. Kiefer, a partner with Adam Heck in the wine, liquor and cigar wholesaler of Kiefer & Heck, located at 20-22 Jackson Street, and clerk of the district court for the Second Judicial (Ramsey County) District, and Robert M. Kiefer, a clerk employed by A. R. Kiefer, both resided at the former nearby 106 Bates Avenue. Andrew Robert Kiefer (1830/1832-1904) was born in Marienborn, Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, attended school in Mainz, Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1849, settled in St. Paul in 1855, was an inspector and collector of the wharf in 1857, was in the millinery business, was engaged in mercantile pursuits, was the enrolling clerk of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860, served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a Captain in the Second Minnesota Regiment from 1861 until 1863, participated in the battles of Mill Spring, Corinth, Springfield, and Perryville, was appointed provost marshal of Triune, Tennessee, in 1863, was commissioned Colonel of the 31st Regiment of State militia in 1863, was a Republican, was a member of Minnesota House of Representatives representing Ramsey County (21st District) in 1864, was engaged in the wholesale mercantile business from 1865 until 1878, operated the wholesale liqour business of Kiefer & Heck, ran a distillery near Post Siding, became interested in real estate as a partner with Edward J. Schurmeier in the firm of Kiefer & Schurmeier in 1880, was clerk of the district courts of Ramsey County from 1878 until 1883, was a founder of the Hail Storm Insurance Company, was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of St. Paul in 1890, was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota for the Fourth District from 1893 until 1897, was mayor of St. Paul from 1898 until 1900, was the Republican candidate for city controller in 1904, died in St. Paul, and was interred at Oakland Cemetery. In 1880, Congressman Andrew R. Kiefer introduced a bill to prohibit the transportation of diseased livestock from infected to clean areas. In 1897, Andrew R. Kiefer of Minnesota offered to the Indian appropriation bill an amendment appropriating a sum of money to certain Sioux scouts who served in 1862 and who were omitted from the pay roll of the year 1895, when payment was authorized, but the amendment was ruled out of order. Adam Heck also was a partner of Fred Emmert in a saloon on Robert Street in the late 1850's. [See the note for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad for 736 Euclid Street.]
109 Bates Avenue: Built in 1874. The building is a 972 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached one car garage. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Gordinier resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick C. Beardsley, a chemist for Adlerika Company, and his wife, Alice P. Beardsley, resided at this address. The 2007 Cole Reference Directory indicates that Carrie Ann Baierl resided at this address. Allen Norton Gordinier ( -1934) died in Ramsey County. The Adlerika Company manufactured, in the 1920's, a patent medicine, Adler-i-ka, which was invented in 1902, was originally intended to treat appendicitis before the creation of the federal Food & Drug Administration, and became a cathartic or intestinal evacuant, used for gas in the stomach or bowel and for occasional constipation and heartburn. The inventors, Charles Weschke/Weschcke and Ernest Weschke/Weschcke, were sons of the New Ulm, Minnesota, pioneer doctor Carl Weschke/Weschcke. The name was derived from the firm's advertising adage "Dr. Adler’s Cure for Appendicitis," after the Food and Drug Administration made the Weschkes drop the word "cure"from the title, and although there actually was no Dr. Adler. The Adlerika Company, owned or operated by Carl/Charles Weschke, was founded in New Ulm and relocated to St. Paul (at Fillmore and Wabasha) and to Windsor, Canada, as the Frederick Stearns & Company, Ltd. The Adlerika Company met its demise in 1994 and eventually became the Chester-Kent, Inc. The firm advertised by producing calendars and shot glasses/dose cups. Chester-Kent, Inc., and its related firms, also manufactured and marketed Adla tablets for stomach ailments, Daru liver pills, and Vinol, a vitamin tonic. In early 1961, Carl Llewellyn Weschcke (1930- ) was president of Chester-Kent, Inc., bought Llewellyn Publications, now Llewellyn Worldwide, opened the Gnostica Bookstore in Minneapolis in 1971, opened the "Gnostica School for Self-Development", began the Gnostic Aquarian Festivals in Minneapolis during the 1970's, was elected president of the NAACP's Minnesota branch in 1959, and was elected vice president of the ACLU's Minnesota branch in 1965. In 1964, Weschcke purchased the Griggs Mansion at 476 Summit Avenue and discovered that it was haunted with up to six ghosts. He and his wife, Sandra Weschcke, have one son, Gabriel Weschcke, who is a current vice president at Llewellyn. Dr. Charles Weschke was mayor of New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1903. Charles Weschcke operated a drug store in New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1881. The property was last sold in 2001 with a sale price of $91,000. The current owner of record of the property is Carrie A. Baierl. [See note on the Griggs Mansion for 476 Summit Avenue.]
110 Bates Avenue: Built in 1912. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1243 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a one car detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that John V. Caneff, a laborer, resided at this address. John Caneff (1884-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ryan, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The last sale of this property was in 1993 and the sale price was $67,500. The current owner of record of the property is Jennifer J. Clelland.
114 Bates Avenue: Built in 1912. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1061 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Fred G. Schorr, a foreman employed by the Great Northern Shops, and his wife, Lydia Schorr, resided at this address. Fred G. Schorr ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $194,000 and that sale occurred in 2002. The current owners of record of the property are Tina M. Jesinski and David E. Westgard. [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.]
115 Bates Avenue: Built in 1913. The building is a one story, 832 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that David D. O'Brien, a bookbinder employed by H. Peltz & Son, and his wife, Clara L. O'Brien, resided at this address. David D. O'Brien (1894-1989) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Drexler, and died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold in 2004 with a sale price of $138,500. The current owners of record of the property are Virginia A. Hance and Laura A. Thielges. Laura Thielges is a teacher at the Cherokee Heights Elementary School, a 2006 winner of the Partnership School Award of the National Network of Partnership Schools of Johns Hopkins University, and was a presenter at the 2006 El Día de los Niños activity day at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Virginia Hance and Laura Thielges were financial supporters of the Girl Scout Council of St. Croix Valley in 2005.
117 Bates Avenue: Built in 1870. The building is a one story, 1176 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The last sale of this property was in 1998 and the sale price was $77,500. The current owners of record of the property are Erika S. Deering and John J. Deering.
118 Bates Avenue: Built in 1907 (in 1908 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey;) Colonial Revival in style; J. Meinken, builder. The building is a two (2 1/2 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey) story, 1578 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the intact, wood frame, clapboard and shingle-sided house has two bays, an intersecting gable roof, central chimney, 1/1 rectangular fenestration, a limestone foundation, an open porch with Tuscan columns and turned balusters, a bay window on the South side, and leaded glass. The house is located on a hill and has a limestone retaining wall. The house was built for $2,700. The initial owner and resident was Henry Breuer. Fred H. Breuer (1889- ), a Private, and Daniel Thomassian were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred H. Breuer, a mechanic at the Western Auto Club, Louis Breuer, a salesman for Miske Auto Company, and Fred W. Breuer, a mechanic employed by the Western Aouto Company, all boarded at this address and that Henry Breuer resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Breuer resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Sine Breuer, the widow of Henry Breuer, and Fred Breuer, a garage operator, resided at this address. The 1989 Arlington Hills Lutheran Church directory indicates that Marvin L. Breuer resided at this address. Daniel T. Thomassian (1895-1976) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Louis H. Breuer (1900-1978) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Luesseng, and died in Ramsey County. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2004 and in 2005. J. Meinken resided at 688 Euclid Street in 1908. The property was last sold in 2004 with a sale price of $325,000. The current owner of record of the property is Thomas J. Mohr, who resides at 1787 Sargent Avenue. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Ross Clarke resided at the nearby former 120 Bates Avenue from 1889 to 1893 and that the house burned down in 1894.
123 Bates Avenue: Built in 1914. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1093 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Carl H. Brustman, a chauffeur, and his wife, Margaret Brustman, resided at this address. Carl H. Brustman (1893-1978) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wegwerth, and died in Ramsey County. Margaret Brustman (1898-1974) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $112,500 and that sale occurred in 2000. The current owners of record of the property are David Coscio and Erin Coscio.
125 Bates Avenue: Built in 1915. The building is a two story, 1398 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Clara Kautt resided at this address. The Hour Dollar service exchange organization is also located at this address. Beth Mueller and her friend, Sue Stapleton, began Hour Dollars in 1998, based on an idea from Edward Cahn’s book Time Dollars. Hour Dollars has become an overwhelming success in the Dayton’s Bluff/East Side area and is based on the concept of bartering for skills and services. The Hour Dollars Board consists of 11 members and holds monthly meetings. Beth Mueller lived in the parsonage of the Mounds Park United Methodist Church when she first moved to Dayton’s Bluff and is a 1981 graduate from Anoka and a recent graduate of Metro State. The property was last sold in 2001 with a sale price of $140,900. The current owner of record of the property is Troy W. Stark.
129 Bates Avenue: Built in 1935. The building is a two story, 1344 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a one car tuck-under garage. The last sale of this property was in 2005 and the sale price was $217,000. The current owner of record of the property is Margaret J. Kessell.
130 Bates Avenue: Built in 1930. The building is a one story, 1073 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The property was last sold for $75,000 and that sale occurred in 1995. The current owners of record of the property are Saykham Vongsay and Sanouthith Vongsay.
136 Bates Avenue: Built in 1931. The building is a one story, 1764 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The property was last sold in 2001 with a sale price of $145,500. The current owner of record of the property is Jim Peterson.
137 Bates Avenue: Built in 1913. The building is a one story, 1248 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs J. J. Fitzgerald, Jr., resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Henry T. Bahr, a plasterer, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Daniel A. Murray, a department manager employed by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company, and his wife, Luella Murray, resided at this address. The Center for Life Stories Preservation is also located at this address. The Center for Life Stories Preservation provides a well-spring of information about preserving family histories. Henry Bahr ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. Daniel A. Murray (1880-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Quinlan, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Nancy L. Pengra. Nancy L. Pengra was a financial supporter of the Raptor Center in 2004. Nancy L. Pengra is the author of Family Histories, a 146-page guidebook from the Center for Life Stories Preservation. [See note on Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company for 406 Maple Street.]
139 Bates Avenue: Built in 1910. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1792 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached one car garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Bertha Miller (1871-1923,) the wife of Albert Miller, who was born in Iowa to parents born in Germany and who died of pulmonary tuberculosis, resided at this address in 1923. The 1930 city directory indicates that Carl W. Tacke, a watchman employed by Swift & Company, and his wife, Carrie Tacke, resided at this address. The Miller burial plot at Oakland Cemetery contains the graves of Albert Miller (1865-1922,) Bertha Miller (1871-1923,) Thomas W. Scott (1857-1926,) and Johanna Scott (1879-1922.) Carl Walter Tacke (1896-1963) was born in Minnesota and died in Morrison County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Diane L. Sawyer and Thomas E. Sawyer. [See the note for Swift & Company for 110 Robie Street West.]
142 Bates Avenue: Built in 1931. The building is a one story, 1764 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Matthew Curran, a clerk employed by the U. S. Rubber Company, boarded at this address. The last sale of this property was in 2001 and the sale price was $139,000. The current owner of record of the property is Bruce S. Johnson, who resides at 1649 Hubbard Avenue.
143 Bates Avenue: Built in 1910. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1729 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Peter Kieffer (1846-1924,) the husband of Dora Kieffer, who was born in Germany to parents born in Germany and who died of c. myocarditis, resided at this address in 1924. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles C. Klabunde, manager of the Arbogast Meat Company, his wife, Elizabeth M. Klabunde, Charles T. Klabunde, a superintendent employed by the Cities Service Oil Company, and his wife, Edna Klabunde, all resided at this address. Arbogast's Meat Market was initially operated by Louis Arbogast, who was apparentlty murdered by a member of his family in an unsolved case in 1909. In 1910, Henry Latham Doherty created the Cities Service Company to supply gas and electricity to small public utilities, began acquiring gas producing properties in the mid-continent and the SouthWest, and developed a pipeline system, tapping dozens of gas pools. By 1914, Cities Service entered the oil business, discovering oil in Kansas, Oklahoma, and East Texas between 1914 and 1928. By 1931, Cities Service completed the nation's first long-distance high pressure natural gas transportation system, a 24-inch pipeline stretching some 1,000 miles from Amarillo, Texas, to Chicago, Illinois. In 1935, federal legislation disallowed ownership of both petroleum and natural gas operations and the company divested itself of its natural gas operations. Cities Service Company first inaugurated use of the Citgo brand of gasoline in 1965. Fending off a take-over bid from Mesa Petroleum, the Cities Service Company first attempted to merge with Gulf Oil and, after much controversy, eventually merged with the Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The Occidental Petroleum Corporation sold Citgo and the Citgo and Cities Service brands to the Southland Corporation in 1983. Between 1986 and 1990, Citgo was sold to Petróleos de Venezuela. Dora Kieffer ( -1929) and Elizabeth Klabunde ( -1951) died in Ramsey County. Charles Klabunde (1901-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Thavis, and died in Ramsey County. Edna N. Klabunde (1900-1991) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Olson, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. The property was last sold for $159,900 and that sale occurred in 2003. The current owners of record of the property are Katja L. Wucherer and Matthew J. Wucherer. Katja L. Wucherer, Class of 2006, was an intern at the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Minnesota in 2006. Katja Wucherer was a financial supporter of Two Wheel View, a Minnesota nonprofit organization promoting local and international biking programs, in 2004. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that James Middleton resided at the nearby former 144 Bates Avenue from 1888 to 1896. In 1910, the Nugent Sanitarium, with J. M. Nugent, president and treasurer, was located at the nearby former 144 Bates Avenue. James "Jas." Middleton (1833-1902) was born in Londonderry, Donegal, Ireland, was educated in Ireland, came with his parents to the United States in 1845, resided in Washington County, Minnesota, was the Sergeant at Arms of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature from 1854 until 1855, married Eldora "Ella" Masterman ( -1902) in 1866, was the treasurer and vice-president of the Washington County Agricultural Society, was a Democrat, was a Congregationalist, was a farmer, was a Washington County, Minnesota, county commissioner representing the Fourth District in 1873, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Washington County, Minnesota (District 18) from 1875 until 1877, was an unsuccessful candidate for the Minnesota Senate in the 1878 election, was appointed president of the Board of Directors of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company in 1877, was a road supervisor, was a member of the Free Masons of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, moved to St. Paul in 1882, was a board member of the German American Bank, was involved in real estate and loans as a member of the Middleton & Dougan firm, died of uremic poisoning (kidney failure) in St. Paul, and was buried at the Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Cemetery. James Middleton and Ella Masterman were the parents of seven children, Arthur Middleton, Carrie Evelyn Middleton Moody, Georgella Middleton, James Edwin Middleton, Alice Catherine Middleton, Margaret Jane Middleton, and Annabelle "Nannie" Middleton.
148 Bates Avenue: Nugent Apartments; Built in 1921. The structure is a two story, 7776 square foot, multi-family apartment building. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at this address were William H. Foster, an electric operator employed by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, and his wife, Helen M. Foster, (Apartment #1,) Bert L. Cole, a dentist located at 679 East Thrid Street, and his wife, Lulu A. Cole, (Apartment #2,) John J. Lanin, an agricultural agent employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, (Apartment #3,) and Mrs. Betsy Lundgren, the widow of Louis L. Lundgren, (Apartment #4.) William Henry Foster ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. Helen M. Foster (1875-1967) was born in Minnesota and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. Bert Cole (1904-1972) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Glassco, and died in Hennepin County. Louis Lundgren ( -1919,) Betsy Lundgren ( -1941,) and John James Lanin ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. The previous owners of record of the property were Gregory G. Bauer and Lois M. Bauer, who resided at 135 Sycamore Street East, and the current owner of record of the property is JPCJ Holdings of Vadnais Heights, Minnesota. [See note on the Twin City Rapid Transit Company for 165 Western Avenue North.] [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.]
150 Bates Avenue: Built in 1957. The building is a 988 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached garage. The current owners of record of the property are Charles W. Boeck and Jane F. Boeck.
152 Bates Avenue: Built in 1961. The building is a 1584 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached garage. The property was last sold in 1992 with a sale price of $85,000. The current owner of record of the property is Charles H. Boeck.
153 Bates Avenue: Built in 1978. The building is a 904 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided rambler. The last sale of this property was in 1994 and the sale price was $68,500. The current owner of record of the property is Thomas L. Kennedy.
157 Bates Avenue: Built in 1915. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1786 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The property was last sold for $220,000 and that sale occurred in 2003. The current owners of record of the property are Ann Popadiuk Larson and Christopher A. Larson.
158 Bates Avenue: Built in 1902. The building is a two story, 1560 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a one car detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Philip Orme, his wife, Florence M. M. Orme, and Philip B. Orme, an operator employed by the Northern States Power Company, resided at this address. Philip B. Orme ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. The previous owners of record of the property were Shirley L. Henrichs and Warren D. Henrichs and the current owners of record are Kenneth E. Bergman and Sarah J. Bergman. [See note on the Northern States Power Company and Henry M. Byllesby for 21-27 South St. Albans Street.]
162 Bates Avenue: Built in 1902. The building is a two story, 1560 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Susan E. Ward, the widow of Samuel H. Ward, resided at this address. Susan Amy Ward ( -1953) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2005 and the sale price was $208,900. The previous owners of record of the property were Norman J. Hedlund and Ruth Hedlund and the current owner of record is Patrick G. Donohue.
166 Bates Avenue: Built in 1936. The building is a 949 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame rambler. The property was previously sold in 1997 with a sale price of $52,000 and was last sold in 2005 with a sale price of $165,500. The previous owner of record of the property was Theresa Molina and the current owners of record are Julia E. Linares and Dora E. Mendez. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that George Eberhardt and Anna Eberhardt resided at the former nearby 179 Bates Avenue in 1906. Anna Eberhardt ( -1926) and George Eberhardt ( -1927) both died in Ramsey County. Anna Eberhardt (1848-1906) was born in Germany and died in Ramsey County. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mrs. Nicholas Lahr, her daughters, and Joe L. Lahr all resided at the former nearby 178 Bates Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that the Misses Lahr resided at the former nearby 178 Bates Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Bach & Brown, a feed store operated by John H. Bach and John Brown, was located at the former nearby 200 Bates Avenue and that The Blackmun Company, a grocery, Corwin M. Blackmun, proprietor, was located at the nearby former 198 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Bach & Brown feed store was located at the former nearby 200 Bates Avenue.
201 Bates Avenue: Built in 2002. The structure is a two story, 12921 square foot, multi-family apartment building. In the early 1900's, the George H. Trout Grocery was located at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Willard Lee Cole (1871-1917,) the single son of Ira Cole, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in England and in Illinois and who died of pulmonary tuberculosis, resided at this address in 1917. The 1930 city directory indicates that Melvin J. Plepler, a grocer, had his store located at this address. Willard L. Cole ( -1917,) Ira Cole ( -1919,) and Ira Edward Cole ( -1943) all died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1997 and the sale price was $100,000. The current owner of record of the property is the Homes for Learning Limited Partnership, located at 823 Seventh Street East. The 1920 city directory indicates that the Bates Avenue Tire Repair Shop, operated by Henry Nachstein, was located at the former nearby 202 Bates Avenue and that the Electric Shoe Repairing shop, operated by Jacob C. Engelman, was located at the former nearby 203 1/2 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Bates Avenue Tire Shop was located at the former nearby 202 Bates Avenue, that the former nearby 203 Bates Avenue was vacant, and that the former nearby 203 1/2 Bates Avenue was vacant.
204 Bates Avenue: Built in 1917 and 1968. The structure is a two building, one a 4560 square foot and the other a 720 square foot, automotive service station. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Louis Deutsch garage was located at this address. Louis Deutsch and his wife, Lucetta M. Deutsch, resided at 986 Euclid Street according to the 1930 city directory. Louis Deutsch (1889-1981) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sommer, and died in Ramsey County. Lucetta Deutsch (1895-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Carver, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is the F & S Properties of Minnesota, Inc. The 1930 city directory indicates that S. Theo Buechely, a dry goods dealer, resided at the former nearby 207 Bates Avenue.
207 Bates Avenue: The structure is a commercial building. The 1920 city directory indicates that Sever L. Brown, a laborer, resided at this address.
208 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880 (in 1885 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey;) Victorian in style; Charles Neuhausen, architect. The structure is a two story, 6000 square foot, multifamily apartment building. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the apparently altered, soft brick and stretcher bond, building has three bays, a flat roof, 2/2 segmental arched and 1/1 rectangular fenestration, limestone foundation, a symmetrical facade with two store fronts with separate recessed entrances, two bracketed rectangular oriel windows, and a bracketed press metal cornice. The building cost an estimated $3,500 to construct. The original owner of the building was August Schacht, who resided at 985 Burns Avenue in 1885. The 1903 city directory indicates that Joseph Schilling, a harnessmaker, had his shop at the former nearby 210 Bates Avenue and resided at 1063 Burns Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Julius S. Dzikiewicz, a furniture dealer, and his wife, Sophie Dzikiewicz, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2002, in 2003, in 2004, in 2005, and in 2007. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey also indicates that the building is one of a cluster of 1880-1890 era buildings around the Bates Avenue and Wilson intersection, but is perhaps the most altered of the group. Joseph Schilling ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. Joseph Ernest Schilling ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. Julius S. Dzikiewicz (1889-1963) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Sophie S. Dzikiewicz (1875-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Okonski, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $54,000 and that sale occurred in 1997. The current owner of record of the property is Bee Vue, who lives in Wyoming, Minnesota. The 1930 city directory indicates that Otto P. Bley, a machinist, and his wife, Helen Bley, resided at the former nearby 210 Bates Avenue and that Frederick C. Kicherer, a barber, and his wife, Hilda E. Kicherer, resided at the former nearby 211 Bates Avenue. Otto P. Bley ( -1965) died in Hennepin County. Helen Margaret Bley (1914-1986) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sycks, and died in Anoka County, Minnesota. Frederick C. Kicherer (1874-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Waltner, and died in Ramsey County. Hilda E. Kicherer (1889-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Ramsey County.
212 Bates Avenue: Built in 2003. The building is a 4320 square foot, two story, 12 room, six bathroom, brick triplex, with a basement garage. The property was last sold in 2002 with a sale price of $65,000. The current owner of record of the property is the Homes for Learning Limited Partnership, located at 823 Seventh Street East.
213 Bates Avenue: Built in 1926. The building is a 992 square foot, one bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler. The 1930 city directory indicates that Gust Solie resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2002 with a sale price of $65,000. The current owner of record of the property is Bee Vue, who resides in Wyoming, Minnesota.
216 Bates Avenue: Built in 1912. The structure is a two story, 4360 square foot, commercial building. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mrs. Linda Kent boarded at this address. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fay and Mrs. Mary Branch all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Branch (1845-1897,) who was born in Ohio and who died of typhoid fever, and Mary Branch, husband and wife, resided at this address in 1897. The 1920 city directory indicates that Vernon L. Baker, associated with the Bates Avenue Motor Car Garage, did business at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William F. Potthoff, a garage operator at this address, also resided at this address. The Branch burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of William Branch (1820-1872,) Mary Branch (1826-1916,) William Smith Dunn (1850-1933,) W. H. Branch (1850-1890,) Dr. Uriah Branch (1855-1902,) his wife, Hannah Branch (1871-1930,) George W. Branch (1870-1936,) James O. Branch (1878-1886,) Nellie M. Branch (1857-1926,) William Branch (1851-1907,) William S. Dunn (1876-1900,) and Oren Harrison Branch Dunn (1877-1937.) Uriah Branch moved to Minnesota in 1855 and was an attendee of the First Grand Jubilee Social of the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers in 1898. William Branch (1825-1873) was born in Ohio, moved to St. Paul in 1852, was a building contractor, was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul & Duluth RailRoad, was a railroad bed grading contractor with the St. Paul & Duluth RailRoad, was one of the organizers, with William L. Banning, James Smith, Jr., and John M. Gilman, of the Western Minnesota Land Association, was a member of the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives in 1857 from District 2, was a St. Paul alderman from 1856 until 1861, was a Ramsey County Commissioner from 1858 until 1859, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1866 from District 1, and invested in real estate in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1858, William Branch unsuccessfully sponsored a city council resolution for the construction of a bridge to Dayton's Bluff on East Seventh Street financed by the Dayton's Bluff residents. In 1861, William Branch built a house at the Northeast corner of Bates Avenue and Wilson Street, between Hudson Street and Plum Street. William Branch & Company was engaged in surveying and construction on the Lake Superior & Mississippi RailRoad Company, which became the St. Paul & Duluth RailRoad. Branch Street in Duluth, Minnesota, was named after William Branch. Frank Branch ( -1897) was the son of William Branch and Mary Branch. The current owners of record of the property are J. B. Tuthill and Mary L. Tuthill, who reside in Kansas City, Kansas. The 1930 city directory indicates that Fred Mollet, a shoe rebuilder, and Mrs. Harriet T. Miller resided at the former nearby 217 Bates Avenue. Frederick Mollet ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. [See note for the St. Paul & Duluth RailRoad for 633 North Street and 657 North Street.]
217-219 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880. The structure is a one story, 4788 square foot, commercial building. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Henry Harrison Crooks resided at this address in 1908. The 1920 city directory indicates that George F. Carlson, a painter, boarded at 217 Bates Avenue and that Winifred H. Carlson, a machine operator, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Carl E. Johnson, a grocer, was located at this address and Mrs. Emma Belden, the widow of Frank Belden, and Bert W. Fern, a brakeman, both resided at this address. Carl E. Johnson and his wife, Gertrude C. Johnson, resided at 693 Hudson Boulevard according to the 1930 city directory. The house was on the city vacant building list in 2002, in 2003, in 2004, and in 2005. Henry Crooks ( -1918,) Carl Emil Johnson ( -1934,) and Gertrude C. Johnson ( -1935) all died in Ramsey County. Emma A. Belden ( -1950) died in Hennepin County. The property was declared a nuisance property by the city in 1994. The property was last sold in 1995 with a sale price of $14,500. The current owner of record of the property is Scott A. Gunderson, who resides at 702 Wilson Avenue.
218 Bates Avenue: The property was on the vacant house list in 2007.
223 Bates Avenue/707 Wilson Avenue: Schornstein Grocery & Saloon; Built in 1884 (1886 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Augustus F. Gauger, architect. The structure is a two story, 6572 square foot, commercial building. This is thought by some commentators to be the finest business block in Dayton's Bluff and an example of the pride many Victorian commercial owners fixed to their workplace. The handsome brick veneer frame building displays some Eastlake spindle work, but is mostly ornamented in the French Neoclassical style. Of special interest are the pilaster on the second story with Corinthian capitals and the ornate front gable and paneled chimney. The woodwork on the westernmost first story wing is a modern reproduction. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry Johnson, a trucker for the Soo Line RailRoad, his wife, Lena Johnson, Frank J. Stangi, a coremaker, and his wife, Irma E. Stangi, resided at this address. The prior owner of record of the property was James A. Oakes, who resided in Hood River, Oregon, and the current owners of record are Marc Giunta and Peggy Giunta, who reside in Minneapolis. [See note on the Soo Line RailRoad for 688 East Fourth Street.]
224 Bates Avenue: Built in 1962. The structure is a three story, 8400 square foot, multifamily apartment building. The last sale of this property was in 1994 and the sale price was $117,500. The current owner of record of the property is Keith J. Pederson, who resides at 882 Payne Avenue.
226 Bates Avenue: Built in 1884 (in 1890 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey;) Victorian in style; J. Dalby, contractor. The building is a two story, 1901 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the apparently altered, wood frame, clapboard and shingle-sided, house has three bays, hipped roof with intersecting gable, one interior endwall brick chimney and one interior brick chimney, 1/1 rectangular, casement, and fixed fenestration, a limestone and rockfaced concrete block foundation, an asymmetrical design dominated by a steeply pitched roof, an enclosed hipped roof entrance porch, second story rectangular bay/oreil window at the Northwest corner, second story main facade circular window, a North end facade bay window, a flared band of wood encircling shingling between the first and second floors, incised carving on wood frames, and brackets and dentils at the eaves. The house cost $5,000 to construct. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey also indicates that the house has unusual massing, is located in one of the oldest sections of Dayton's Bluff, and has been insensitively altered over time. The original owner was Nels Burkey according to the initial building permit. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Francis E. "Frank" Dayton resided at this address from 1893 to 1903. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Rettner resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Theo Johnson, a box packer employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and Emil H. Menge, a department superintendent employed by Maurice L. Rothschild & Company, and his wife, Mary Menge, resided at this address. Michael C. Rettner ( -1932) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Stephen Robideau. [See note on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad/Milwaukee Road for 351 St. Clair Avenue.]
229 Bates Avenue: Built in 1900. The building is a one story, 934 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Franz J. Anderson, a painter, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William Jordan, a laborer, and his wife, Lena Jordan, resided at this address. World War II records indicate that Edward S. Waczak, a Private in the USMCR, was listed as a casualty and had a wife who resided at this address. William Jordan ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. Lena Jordan (1893-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Pancratz, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $38,000 and that sale occurred in 2000. The current owners of record of the property are Carol A. Klindworth and Rodney A. Klindworth, who reside in South St. Paul, Minnesota.
230 Bates Avenue: Built in 1913. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1302 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gall resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Patrick J. Conroy, a switchman for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Theresa E. Conroy, resided at this address. Wauneeta F. Gall (1871-1966) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Thompson, and died in Ramsey County. Patrick J. Conroy (1887-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Flaherty, and died in Ramsey County. Patrick Joseph Conroy ( -1964) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1996 with a sale price of $5,000. The previous owner of record of the property was the Advanced Possibilities, Inc., located in Newport, Minnesota, and the current owner of record is Horizon Property Holdings, Inc. of St. Paul. [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.]
231 Bates Avenue: Built in 1981. The building is a two story, 1152 square foot, five room, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a basement garage. The property was last sold for $50,000 and that sale occurred in 2001. The current owner of record of the property is Michael R. Dupont, who resides at 824 Margaret Street.
233 Bates Avenue: Built in 1981. The building is a two story, 1152 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank Cusick, a lino operator, resided at this address. The last sale of this property was in 1991 and the sale price was $36,900. The current owner of record of the property is Lynn A. Lane.
234-238 Bates Avenue: Euclid View Apartments; Built in 1894 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey (1888 according to Ramsey County property tax records and 1895 according to the Minnesota Historical Society;) Queen Anne/Romanesque/Romanesque Revival with Queen Anne details in style; Hermann Kretz & Company, architects; Saunders A. Varnum, builder. The building is a three story, 16928 square foot, multifamily apartment building. This apartment building is superbly detailed in the rowhouse manner, with each unit given either a pressed-iron clad bay window or window set in a diapered frame. The broadly arched ground floor openings suggest the Romanesque style. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the slightly altered, red pressed brick and stretcher bond, building has six bays, a flat roof, 1/1 rectangular, segmental arched, and rounded arch fenestration, two story metal oriel windows on the first, third, fourth, and sixth bays and on the side walls, paired segmental arched windows on the second and fifth bays, first floor large rectangular windows with leaded glass transoms, rounded arched entrances that are flanked by smaller rounded arched windows, and a bracketed pressed metal cornice. The lot has a concrete block retaining wall. The building cost an estimated $35,000 to construct. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey also indicates that the sophisticated building was the largest and most costly Victorian apartment house built on Dayton's Bluff. The original owner was the Pioneer Apartment House Company. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Andrews and their daughter, Mrs. Nancy H. Blum, Louis S. Blum, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Drew and their daughters, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. F. Hancock, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Hildred, Mrs. L. M. Hirst, Mr. and Mrs. John Hoban, Mrs. Mary Lee and her daughters, George E. Lee, Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis and their daughter, and Mr and Mrs. A. C. Thomson resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Andrews and their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. S. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Engquist, Mrs. Sophia Good, Edward Good, Walter Good, Mrs. H. W. Heine and her daughters, K. A. Heine, James Heine, Mr. and Mrs. John Hoban, Reverend and Mrs. W. W. Lewis and their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McManus, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Michelmore, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Roper, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Smith resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. William Behr, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bunde, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. F. Hancock, Miss A. F. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. John Hoban, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kingsley, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leahy, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Michelmore, Mrs. E. Muessel, A. G. Muessel, G. W. Muessel, Mrs. J. M. Nye and her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sanders, and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wolcott resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Birchall, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Blandin, Miss Elizabeth Collins, Mrs. F. R. Day, Mr. and Mrs. John Hoban, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Leggo, Mrs. E. Muessel, Dr. G. W. Muessel, A. G. Muessel, Miss P. L. Otis, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Payte, Misses Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Schweitzer, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Starkey, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Vergosen, and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Whaley resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lego, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Sanders and their daughters, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kinney, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gundlach, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bunde, and Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Mayfield resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William Le Borious, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Tubbesing, and W. F. Seegers resided at this address. World War I veteran Joseph E. Murphy resided at 234 Bates Avenue in 1919. William Day, Harold S. Dion, Ohmer H. Woodward, and William L. Kline were World War I veterans who resided at 238 Bates Avenue in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#21851) indicate that John Erastus Charles (1889- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve Corps, who was born in St. Paul, was a lawyer in Superior, Wisconsin, at induction, was a self employed investment securities broker after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Gladys Kenney Charles, at 234 Bates Street. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#25471) indicate that Milton G. Frich (1894- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in the School for Bakers and Cooks, who was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, moved to Minnesota in 1894, had brown eyes, brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 10" tall, was a fireman at induction, was issued one Victory button, was a police officer employed at the Margaret Street St. Paul Police Station after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Frances Frich, at 234 Bates Street. The 1920 city directory indicates that John E. Charles resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at 234 Bates Avenue were Mrs. Lillian M. Cottrell, a milliner for F. & S. Hat Company, (Apartment #7A,) William H. Reese, a stereotyper employed by Rapinwax Paper Company, and his wife, Edith A. Reese (Apartment #8A,) Anthony Costello and his wife, Hazel C. Costello, (Apartment #8B,) Clarence E. McConnell, a city editor, and his wife, Hazel McConnell (Apartment #9,) Joseph O'Brien, a laborer employed by the State Agricultural Society, and his wife, Emma M. O'Brien (Apartment #10A,) Earl S. Kleinschmidt, a superintendent employed by the Cities Service Oil Company, and his wife, Elsie Kleinschmidt (Apartment #10B,) Isadore F. Pribil, a foreman employed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad, and his wife, Rose H. Pribil (Apartment #11,) Mrs. Anna C. Fitch, the widow of Roland S. Fitch (Apartment #12A,) and Edward W. Gallagher, a helper employed by Northern States Power Company, and his wife, Emily R. Gallagher (Apartment #12B,) with Apartment #7B vacant, and that the residents of the apartment building located at 238 Bates Avenue were Ivan Vance, a stockman employed by the S. S. Kresge Company, and his wife, Fern Vance (Apartment #2A,) Frederick E. O'Connor, an inspector employed by the U. S. Bureau of Animal Inspection (Apartment #2B,) Floyd C. Williams, a traveling salesman employed by C. J. Smith & Company, and his wife, Myrtle H. Williams (Apartment #3A,) Clifford H. Anderson, a driver, and his wife, Elline K. Anderson, (Apartment #3B,) Daniel H. Schulte, a clerk employed by B. J. Pabst, and his wife, Ruth B. Schulte (Apartment #4A,) Howard S. Morrison, the night superintendent employed by the Lowry Ramp Garage, and his wife, Margaret L. Morrison (Apartment #4B,) Angus P. Wilson (Apartment #5A,) Amelia M. Brietzke (Apartment #5B,) and William H. Ramsey, a cutter employed by the Golden Rule department store, and his wife, Mildred Ramsey (Apartment #6A,) with Apartments #1A, #1B, and #6B vacant. William H. Heine (1888-1964) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. John Engquist came from Europe to the United States in 1855 and came to St. Paul in 1876, when he was employed as a salesman for Harbighorst Drugs. John Engquist married Caroline Borg and the couple resided at 788 Marshall in 1906. The Bunde burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of William G. Bunde (1876-1957,) Clara Bunde (1882-1902,) Minnie G. Bunde (1848-1907,) Albert H. Bunde (1842-19??,) and Baby Bunde (1912-1912.) Albert H. Bunde married Minna Greve in 1875. Albert Herman Carl Bunde (1885- ,) born in Ramsey County, was the son of August Carl Fried Bunde and Henriette Thehsmann Bunde. James Joseph McManus (1881-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Clark, and died in Ramsey County. William G. Bunde (1877-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Reeves, and died in Ramsey County. Thomas G. Michelmore (1902-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ferguson, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. Charles Kenneth Blandin (1872-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bennett, and died in Itasca County, Minnesota. L. M. Hirst (1856-1906,) William Behr ( -1910,) Gustav Muessel ( -1913,) Sophia Good ( -1915,) Walter N. Good ( -1920,) John Hoban ( -1925,) Ernest Birchall ( -1930,) Charles A. Leggo ( -1940,) Edward Payte ( -1941,) Amelia Marie Brietzke ( -1945,) William H. LeBorious ( -1946,) Joseph O'Brien ( -1946,) Earl Sam Kleinschmidt ( -1948,) Frederick T. Hildred ( -1953,) Thomas Austin Starkey ( -1954,) and Lillian Cottrell ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. Anthony Tony Costello (1893-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stazza, and died in Ramsey County. Theodore L. Schweitzer (1887-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hoffman, and died in Hennepin County. Theodore H. Tubbesing (1865-1956) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Joseph E. Murphy (1893-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Barry, and died in Ramsey County. Ohmer H. Woodward (1889-1983) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hileman, and died in Hennepin County. Hazel Claire Costello (1902-1999) was born in Wisconsin, had a mother with a maiden name of Howard, and died in Ramsey County. Clarence E. McConnell (1894-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Malley, and died in Ramsey County. Isidore Frank Pribil (1890-1972) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Peters, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Anna A. Fitch (1901-1998) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nord, and died in Ramsey County. Edward W. Gallagher (1906-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Plom, and died in Ramsey County. Emily R. Gallagher (1909-1980) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hanrahan, and died in Ramsey County. Elline S. Anderson (1895-1970) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lauten, and died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Howard Morrison (1908-1970) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Frederick Clement Stevens (1861- ) was the president of the Pioneer Apartment House Company in 1894. Frederick Clement Stevens was born in Boston, the son of Dr. John Stevens, was educated in the Searsport, Maine, and Rockland, Maine, public schools, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1881, read the law in the law offices of A. W. Paine in Bangor, Maine, graduated from the Iowa State University Law School in 1884, was a lawyer, opened a law office in St. Paul in 1884, was a Republican, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891, and became a member of the U. S. House of Representatives for the Fourth District of Minnesota in 1897. Frederick Clement Stevens married Ellen J. Fargo in St. Paul in 1889. The property was last sold for $240,000 and that sale occurred in 1997. The previous owner of record of the property was M & M Properties and the current owner of record is Peter Kevin McCarty of Hudson, Wisconsin. [See note on Hermann Kretz for 579 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad for 472 Ohio Street.] [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.]
235 Bates Avenue: Built in 1981. The building is a two story, 1152 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a two car tuck under garage. The current owner of record of the property is Deborah A. Ruberto.
237 Bates Avenue: Built in 1981. The building is a two story, 1152 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a two car tuck under garage. The current owner of record of the property is Emmett J. Owens, Jr. The 1920 city directory indicates that William B. Callahan, a clerk employed by the St. Paul Bridge & Terminal Railway Company, resided at the former nearby 238 Bates Avenue.
239 Bates Avenue: Built in 1981. The building is a two story, 1152 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a two car tuck under garage. The property was last sold in 2001 with a sale price of $61,900. The current owner of record of the property is Michael R. Dupont, who resides at 824 Margaret Street. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William Le Borious and their daughter resided at the former residence at the nearby corner of Bates Avenue and Euclid Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Michael C. Rettner, a buyer, and his wife, Emma C. Rettner, resided at the former nearby 242 Bates Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Maria W. McConnell resided at the former nearby 249 Bates Avenue in 1930. Michael C. Rettner ( -1932) died in Ramsey County.
243 Bates Avenue: Holman United Methodist Church/Ecclesia Codominiums; Built in 1904 (1905 according to the Minnesota Historical Society and 1906 according to Ramsey County tax records;) Shingle/Craftsman in style; C. A. Boehme, architect; T. A. Diechen, builder. The superbly crafted, two story, brick, former church building combines a distinctively American treatment of windows and Mankato stone sills and coping with the English Parish look in the bracketed portico, shingled gable, and tower. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the slightly altered, wood frame, shingle-sided, brown pressed brick, and stretcher bond, building has four bays, a steeply pitched intersecting gable roof, rectangular casement, fixed, and stained glass fenestration, a limestone foundation, cut wood shingles on the gable ends, simple wide bargeboards, a square corner entrance tower with a gabled roof, an open porch with heavy timber columns, large paired brackets supporting a large pyramidal roofed spire with overhanging eaves and tiny dormers, brick piers between the bays, cut stone window sills, a cut stone belt course, a rose window in the South wall gable end, large pointed arched window on the main facade, and many stained glass windows. The building has a two story brick addition at its rear, has added skylights, and has added awnings. The building subsequently has been remodeled into seven condominiums. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey also indicates that the building has a delightful and pleasing design. Unit 1 is 1463 square feet in area, has three bedrooms, one bathroom, and one half-bathroom. Unit 2 is 1403 square feet in area, and has three bedrooms, one bathroom, and one half-bathroom. Unit 3 is 984 square feet in area, and has two bedrooms, one bathroom, and one half-bathroom. Unit 4 is 1056 square feet in area, and has two bedrooms, one bathroom, and one half-bathroom. Unit 5 is 1960 square feet in area, and has two bedrooms, one bathroom, and one half-bathroom. Unit 6 is 1622 square feet in area, and has two bedrooms, one bathroom, and one half-bathroom. Unit 7 is 1541 square feet in area, and has two bedrooms, one bathroom, and one half-bathroom. The Bates Avenue Methodist Church congregation was organized in 1882 and the church was built for the congregation 22 years later. The name of the church was also changed in 1904 to the Holman Memorial Methodist Church, in memory of Rev. F. O. Holman, the first pastor of the Bates Avenue Church. In 1910, the church congregation numbered 260 and Reverend Franklin M. Rule was the pastor. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Holman Memorial M. E. Church was located at this address. The Holman congregation is now part of the Mounds Park United Methodist Church. Christopher Boehme ( -1916) was a Minneapolis architect who partnered with Victor Cordella and who died in Hennepin County. Victor Cordella ( -1937) also died in Hennepin County. Each unit was last sold in 1993 for $14,285, and the current owners of record of each unit are Jane M. Lukas and Jeffery A. Lukas. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that the Misses Kauffman resided at the former nearby 244 Bates Avenue and that Miss A. S. Millard resided at the former nearby 248 Bates Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Luther A. Blodgett resided at the former nearby 248 Bates Avenue and that Caroline J. Early, a clerk employed by the Emporium, boarded at the former nearby 248 Bates Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Luther A. Blodgett (1847-1925,) the husband of Susan Blodgett, who was born in Maine to parents born in the United States and who died of apoplexy, resided at the nearby former 248 Bates Avenue in 1925. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mary Knauffman resided at the former nearby 244 Bates Avenue and that Mrs. Susan Blodgett resided at the former nearby 248 Bates Avenue.
249 Bates Avenue: Built in 1886. The building is a two story, 1280 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1885, 1887, and 1889 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herrmann resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Herrmann resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Edward G. McConnell (1860-1914,) the husband of Maria McConnell, who was born in Canada to parents who were born in Ireland and in England and who died of acute cardiac dilatation, resided at this address in 1914. Alf. E. McConnell and Edward S. McConnell were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Alf E. McConnell, a salesman for Goulden & Flanagan, and Clarence E. McConnell, an operator for the Associated Press, boarded at this address and that Maria W. McConnell resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Maria W. McConnell, the widow of Edward G. McConnell, resided at this address. Edward T. Herrmann (1892-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kypke, and died in Ramsey County. Clarence E. McConnell (1894-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Malley, and died in Ramsey County. Maria McConnell (1866-1959) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jones, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Christina J. Ramirez and Michael Willkom.
251 Bates Avenue: Built in 1928. The building is a 720 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame rambler, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jewell Schulstad, a stationer, and Constance Schulstad, a packer employed by Griggs Cooper & Company, resided at this address. The current owner of record of the property is James L. Rasmussen. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank R. Coon, a salesman employed by the Jewel Tea Company, resided at the former nearby 252 Bates Avenue and that Harold Finn, a splicer, boarded at the former nearby 252 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry J. Dill resided at the former nearby 252 Bates Avenue. Henry Dill (1897-1986) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Zopfi, and died in Hennepin County.
255 Bates Avenue: Built in 1928. The building is a one story, 874 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1895 city directory indicates that Florence Gregorson was a domestic at the nearby former 256 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Flora C. Fritze, a teacher at the Farnsworth School, Reverend William F. Fritze, his wife, Margaret I. Fritze, and William C. Fritze, a clerk employed by the First National Bank, resided at this address. William F. Fritze ( -1942) and Flora C. Fritze ( -1952) both died in Ramsey County. William Carl Fritze (1901-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Muller, and died in Steele County, Minnesota. Margaret Della Fritze (1900-1995) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lewison, and died in Steele County, Minnesota. The property was last sold for $130,000 and that sale occurred in 2003. The previous owners of record of the property were May Y. Yang and Xue M. Yang and the current owners of record are Paokong Thao and Xia Thao. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#17439) indicate that Daniel M. Kissel (1891- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in the 27th Company of the Transport Company, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 8" tall, was a clerk at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was awarded one bronze Victory button, was a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his brother, A. L. Kissel, at the nearby former 256 Bates Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Reuben C. Cedarholm, an inspector employed by the St. Paul Twine Mills, boarded at the former nearby 256 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Glenn A. Bell resided at the former nearby 256 Bates Avenue. Glenn Bell ( -1953) died in Ramsey County. [See note on the First National Bank of St. Paul for 331 Maple Street.] [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.]
257 Bates Avenue: Built in 1928. The building is a one story, 864 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Reverend James E. Rains, the pastor of the Holman Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife, Mae V. Rains, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2005 and the sale price was $172,500. The previous owners of record of the property were Bonnie L. Aakhus and Duwain H. Aakhus and the current owners of record are Alberto E. Mejia and Marco A. Mejia. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Julius Hermen resided at the former nearby 258 Bates Avenue. In 1892, Percival Noble, an Englishman, resided at the nearby 258 Bates Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Henry A. Burk, a soft drinks vendor at 611 West Seventh Street, and Aug W. Burk, proprietor of the Motor Express Company, located at 385 Rice Street, both resided at the former nearby 258 Bates Avenue and that Gust Chandler, a laborer, roomed at the former nearby 258 Bates Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Amelia Marie Brietzke resided at the nearby former 258 Bates Avenue in 1923. The 1930 city directory indicates that the former nearby 258 Bates Avenue was vacant. Amelia Marie Brietzke ( -1945) died in Ramsey County.
262 Bates Avenue: Dayton's Bluff Elementary School; Built in 1974. The school replaced three older schools, the Sibley, Mounds Park, and Van Buren elementary schools. The present school is located close to where Van Buren School had been located. The Van Buren school was built in 1882, with additions in 1883 and 1887. Included among the former students of the school were U. S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, and federal District Court Judge Edward Devitt. In a bid to stabilize the housing of students attending the Dayton's Bluff Elementary School, Dayton's Bluff NHS began developing, in June, 2002, 16 new rental townhome units within two blocks of the school. Von Sheppard is the prinicipal of the Dayton's Bluff Elementary School. Von Sheppard is a 1983 graduate of St. Paul Central High School, where he was an All-Conference, All-State, high school All-American running back in football who rushed for over 3,000 career yards, a Minnesota high school record holder in track for the long jump, a St. Paul City record holder in the the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints, and an All-Conference basketball point guard. Sheppard received a scholarship for football to the University of Nebraska, received a free agent tryout with the Minnesota Vikings in 1988, played professional football for two years in England, earned a Masters Degree from the University of St. Thomas in Educational Administration, and served as an Assistant Principal at Eagan, Minnesota, High School before becoming the Dayton's Bluff Elementary School principal. Edward James Devitt (1911-1992) was the son of a railroad round-house foreman, Louis Devitt, was born in St. Paul, attended St. John's Preparatory School and then St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, earned a Bachelor of Law degree at the University of North Dakota in 1935, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce in 1938, was elected a municipal judge in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, in 1935, was named an assistant attorney general in Minnesota in 1939, taught at the University of North Dakota Law School, became a U. S. Navy intelligence officer during World War II and was the sole survivor of a kamikaze hit upon the radio compartment of the destroyer Caldwell in 1944, was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives as a Republican from St. Paul in 1946, was defeated for re-election by Eugene McCarthy in 1948, practiced law in St. Paul until election as a Ramsey County Probate Judge in 1950, was appointed a federal judge on the U. S. District Court for Minnesota in 1954 and served as Chief U. S. District Judge for Minnesota, and retired in 1981, but continued to hear numerous cases as a senior judge. Among Devitt's most noted innovations was the use of six-person juries in federal civil cases. Judge Devitt was the co-author of Federal Jury Practice and Instructions and chaired the American Bar Association Legal Advisory Committee on Fair Trial-Free Press. West Publishing Company, in 1982, inaugurated the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award, with a prize of $15,000, which is given to the nation's foremost federal judge, as determined by a selection panel. Judge Devitt's most notable cases were the 1961 racketeering trial of Minneapolis gangster Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld, the 1963 fraud trial of former Minneapolis mayor Marvin Kline, the trial of the "Minnesota Eight" resisters of the Vietnam era draft, and the Reserve Mining environmental pollution trial of the mid 1970's. All four of Devitt's grandparents were born in Ireland. The Community Design Center of Minnesota, a non-profit corporation established in 1969 and operating an East Side Garden Corps and an East Side Conservation Corps, is also located at this address. [See note on Warren Burger for 695 Conway Street] [See note on Harry Blackmun for 847 East Fourth Street.] [See note related to Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld for 2505 East Lake of the Isles Parkway.]
267 Bates Avenue: Built in 1886. The building is a two story, 2644 square foot, eight bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Stapleton, Miss M. E. Stapleton, and Miss Julia Stapleton resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Julia M. Stapleton was a teacher at the Van Buren School, that Mary E. Stapleton was the principal at the Van Buren School, that Michael A. Stapleton was a teacher at the Cleveland School, and that all three boarded at 412 East Tenth Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Rebecca Jane Hale (1819-1896,) a widow who died of heart degeneration, resided at this address in 1896. The 1897 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Horst resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mrs. H. A. Durkee resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Krieger resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Grace Doyon, a stitcher, boarded at this address and that Mary Doyon, the widow of John Doyon and a seamstress, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Raymond Doyon, a dry cleaner employed by the St. Paul Laundry, resided at this address. Jennie Louise Tracy was the granddaughter of Rebecca Jane Hale. The 1901 and 1905 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Horst resided at 684 East Fourth Street and the 1908 city directory indicates that Ernest F. Horst was a physician and resided at 753 Portland Avenue. In 1879, Ernst F. Horst, a physician located at 40 Jackson Street, resided at 354 East Sixth Street. Ernest Frederick Horst ( -1909,) Michael A. Stapleton ( -1923,) Julia M. Stapleton ( -1937,) and Jennie C. Tracy ( -1946) all died in Ramsey County. Helen Alice Durkee (1884-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Flinn, and died in Dakota County. Raymond Doyon ( -1949) died in Hennepin County. The current owners of record of the property are Carlos E. Casci and Kelly L. Casci, who reside in Woodbury, Minnesota. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stevenson resided at the former nearby 269 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that the former nearby 269 Bates Avenue was vacant.
275 Bates Avenue: Built in 1900. The building is a two story, 1620 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. World War I veteran Harry G. Jorgenson resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Fred A. Anselment, a designer employed by the Minnesota Chandelier Company, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2005 and in 2007. Harold Jorgenson ( -1929) and Fred Anselment ( -1941) both died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2005 and the sale price was $189,500. The previous owner of record of the property was Daniel Boler, who officed at 501 Dale Street North, and the current owner of record is Cindy J. Mason, who resides in Center City, Minnesota.
279 Bates Avenue: Built in 1910. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1313 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Thoele resided at this address. Frank W. Brunson (1889- ), a First Lieutenant, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank W. Brunson, a draftsman for architect Clarence H. Johnston, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry E. Ladd, a linen clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Marie F. Ladd, resided at this address. Gilbert Frederick Thoele (1893-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Myer, and died in Ramsey County. Frank W. Brunson (1889-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Fadden, and died in Ramsey County. Henry Ellsworth Ladd (1894-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Weitzel, and died in Ramsey County. Marie F. Ladd (1898-1963) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was on the vacant house list in 2007. The property was last sold for $62,500 and that sale occurred in 2000. The current owner of record of the property is Ned F. Becker. [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.]
283 Bates Avenue: George J. Miller House; Built in 1887 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey; Queen Ann in style. The property contains three buildings, with building #1 a two story, 2748 square foot, structure that was built in 1900, building #2 a two story, 5040 square foot, structure that was built in 1919, and building #3 a two story, 4640 square foot, structure that was built in 1900. One structure is a duplex and the upper level has two bedrooms, one bathroom, a three season porch, a living room, a dining room, and a pantry. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the wood frame and stucco, significantly altered, 2 1/2 story, house has an intersecting hip and gable roof, one interior brick chimney and one ornate exterior brick chimney with rounded arched motif, 2/2 and 1/1 rectangular fenestration, a limestone foundation, and a 2 1/2 story round corner tower with a domed cap and wood pediment ornamentation. The two story enclosed porches were added to the structure. The house cost $5,000 to construct. George J. Miller was the original resident of the house. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Miller resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that George J. Miller was a paying teller for the First National Bank and resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that George J. Miller and Emma Miller, husband and wife, resided at this address in 1890. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. D. A. Strickler resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinhagen resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinhagen and their daughter resided at this address. The 1901, 1903, and 1905 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Gottschammer resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Gottschammer and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Reverend W. J. Robb resided at this address. World War I veteran Harry Sheehan resided at this address in 1919. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mrs. Bertha C. Willard resided at this address in 1920. The 1920 city directory indicates that Herman Bohmer, a salesman employed by the Studebaker Sales Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Ole A. Anderson, an engineer, and his wife, Mary Anderson, Mrs. Dorothy A. Grendall, the widow of Louis O. Grendahl, Alice D. Grendall, a teacher at the Van Buren School, John B. Wiesner, and his wife, Emily M. Wiesner, all resided at this address. Silas J. Gottschammer ( -1925,) Charles Weinhagen ( -1936,) and Ole Anderson ( -1944) all died in Ramsey County. Harry Sheehan (1890-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dixon, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. Ole W. Anderson (1893-1968) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johannesdoller, and died in Ramsey County. Ole Anderson (1885-1967) had a mother with a maiden name of Swenson and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1991 with a sale price of $140,500. The current owner of record of the property is Harwood of Fort Myers, Florida. [See note on the First National Bank of St. Paul for 331 Maple Street.]
284 Bates Avenue: Supreme Council of the House of Jacob/Former Atlantic Congregational Church; Built in 1902. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Atlantic Congregational Church was located at this address. The Atlantic Congregational Church congregation was organized in 1883. The Supreme Council of the House of Jacob of the United States of America was founded in 1910, is based on the teachings of Father General Washington Israel, and has a membership of over 8,000 in 44 cities in 21 states. The church has had four bishops or leaders, Father G. W. Israel, P.O.I. (Pope Of Israel) from 1910 to 1934, Father W. Wright, J.I.S. (Jehovah Is Seen/Jesus Israel Savior) from 1934 to 1972, Father W. B. Israel, S.O.T. (Son Of Thunder) from 1972 to 1979, and Father J. Daniel Collins Israel, J.O.G. (Judge Of God) from 1979 to the present. The Supreme Council of the House of Jacob is a bible based church which indicates on its website that it believes in the teachings of the prophets and Jesus Christ as they are written in the King James Version of the Bible and indicates that the Supreme Council of the House of Jacob is not a cult, that it denies membership to no one, that it is a church for all nations regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, that the church has evolved over the years, that many who left the church long ago have printed and written an outdated and slanted view of the rules and regulations of the church, and that many of the rules and regulations printed do not come from the present day version of the church's Bylaws. Churches of The Supreme Council of the House of Jacob hold services on Tuesday and Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and on Sunday Morning at 11:00 a.m. and Sunday night at 8:00 p.m., with churches in 44 cities in 21 states across the country. Its national headquarters is located in the hills of Bethlehem Township in Coshocton, Ohio. The current owner of record of the property is the Supreme Council of the House of Jacob. The 1920 city directory indicates that Adele G. Farrell, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, boarded at the former nearby 285 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Thomas Drinane, a switchman, and his wife, Marion Drinane, and Daniel A. Sheehan resided at the former nearby 285 Bates Avenue. Thomas Drinane ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. Thomas Drinane (1899-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mulvihill, and died in Ramsey County. Thomas Drinane (1894-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Burke, and died in Ramsey County. Church of Latter Day Saints genealogical records indicate that Thomas Drinane married Mary A. Burke in St. Paul in 1893.
286 Bates Avenue: Built in 1900. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1145 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Williamson resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Kuhn resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. S. C. Ryan resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Plunkett resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Alice M. Andrews, the widow of Carlton D. Andrews, and Hazel Bunde, the widow of William G. Bunde, a clerk employed by the Golden Rule, both resided at this address and that Carlton A. Bunde, a switchman employed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Emma L. Folger, the widow of Alois C. Folger, and Otto Folger, an employee of the Dispatch-Pioneer Press Company, resided at this address. Emma L. Folger (1879-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Witthum, and died in Ramsey County. Alois C. Folger (1907-1987) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schultz, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $103,896 and that sale occurred in 2001. Otto Folger (1910-1967) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Arturo Ortiz. The 1920 city directory indicates that David C. Barrows, a city freight agent employed by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailRoad, resided at the former nearby 287 Bates Avenue and that Elizabeth B. Daly, the principal at the Harrison School, boarded at the former nearby 287 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Esther E. Anderson and Claude W. Hoffman, a clerk employed by W. J. Robb, and his wife, Mildred Hoffman, resided at the former nearby 287 Bates Avenue.
289 Bates Avenue: The structure is a multi-family apartment building. The 1887, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1897, and 1899 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Glidden and Miss Jennie Thomson resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that Reverend and Mrs. H. Boettcher and their daughter resided at this address. The 1903 and 1905 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brink and their daughters resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smyth resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Margaret Zangs, the widow of John M. Zangs, and Mrs. Mary A. Nadeau, the widow of Joseph M. Nadeau, resided at this address. A Reverend Henry Boettcher was born in 1875 and died in 1952. Another Reverend Henry Boettcher (1893-1979) was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, married Esther Martha Kubbernus in 1920 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada, and died in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Walter F. Smyth ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. Margaret Zangs (1874-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johannes, and died in Ramsey County. Mary Agalia Nadeau ( -1945) died in Ramsey County.
290 Bates Avenue: Built in 1913. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1238 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a one car tuck under garage. The last sale of this property was in 1995 and the sale price was $56,900. The current owner of record of the property is First Preston Foreclosure Specialists of Addison, Texas.
291 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880. The building is a two story, 2026 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1890 city directory indicates that Charles H. Glidden was a physician with an office located at 17 Schutte Building who resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mrs. Caroline Krieger and her daughter, Charles O. Krieger, and Louis E. Krieger resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mrs. Caroline Krieger and her daughters, Charles O. Krieger, Louis E. Krieger, F. W. Krieger, and L. E. Kleinschmidt resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mrs. Caroline Krieger and her daughters, F. W. Krieger, and L. E. Kleinschmidt resided at this address. The 1901 and 1903 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Eachus resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Eachus and Miss C. A. Breitenstein resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Eachus resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Sarah S. Borchardt (1858-1913,) the widowed daughter of Sophia Good, who was born in St. Paul to parents born in Germany and who died of recurrent carcinoma of the uterus, resided at this address in 1913. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Eachus resided at this address. World War I veteran Victor E. Berchardt (1898- ), a Sergeant, resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Howard T. Eachus, a dentist with an office at 679 East Third Street, resided at this address and that Townsend D. Eachus, a helper employed by Fidelity Savings & Trust Company, boarded at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lund resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Hans A. Lund, a building contractor, and his wife, Gunda C. Lund, resided at this address. The Krieger burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Caroline W. Krieger (1844-1919,) Carl L. Krieger (1849-1918,) and Louise A. Krieger (1870-1938.) Caroline Krieger (1894-1973) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Louis E. Kleinschmidt ( -1939,) Charles O. Krieger ( -1939,) and Howard Townsend Eachus ( -1946) all died in Ramsey County. Howard Townsend Eachus (1860- ) was born in West Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of Townsend L. Eachus (1832- ) and Hannah P. Webb Eachus (1826-1887), was a doctor and a dentist, and married Hattie Harriet Good Eachus in 1890. Hattie Harriet Good Eachus (1869- ) was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. Howard Eachus and Hattie Eachus had one child, Townsend Darlington Eachus, whose picture was selected in 1903 with 11 other children (two boys and nine girls) as the prettiest child in America by The Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia, for a portrait painting by Walter Russell, the eminent child painter of the time. The siblings of Howard Townsend Eachus were Francis Henry Eachus (1855-1938) (spouse: Mary Mell Entrekin Eachus (1859- )), Mary Elizabeth Eachus (1858- ), Sallie F. Eachus (1861-1862), Annie R. Eachus (1863-1863), H. Philena Eachus (1865-1865), and Emily Eachus (1869- ) (spouse: Fred W. Johnson). The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Eachus resided at 297 Bates Avenue. Oscar H. Cole, a dentist and a partner with Howard T. Eachus in Eachus & Cole, located at Third Street and Maria, resided at the Marlowe Hotel in 1908. Oscar H. Cole (1874-1958) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2000 with a sale price of $99,900. The previous owner of record of the property was Vicky B. Peterson, who resided in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and the current owners of record are Joy J. Artes and Lina C. Evangelista.
292 Bates Avenue: Built in 1883. The building is a one story, 1517 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1887 and 1889 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jones resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Jacob H. Rockstroh, of Guthunz & Rockstroh, undertakers, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that J. Quincy Haas and Emma Haas resided at this address in 1890. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rockstroh resided at this address. The 1897, 1899, and 1901 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rockstroh resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William Weimer resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wilson resided at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that Matt B. Evans was a clerk for the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company and boarded at this address and that Reverend Matt Evans was the pastor for the Atlantic Congregational Church and resided at this address. Richard T. O'Connor (1901- ,) a Bugler, and Stephen M. O'Connor (1878- ,) a Sergeant, were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Richard T. O'Connor boarded at the Minnesota Club and that Michael O'Connor, a firefighter with St. Paul Fire Department Engine Company No. 11, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Michael J. O'Connor, a captain for Engine Company No. 7 of the St. Paul Fire Department, and his wife, Elizabeth M. O'Connor, resided at this address. Carl Haas (1885-1890) was the son of J. Quincy Haas and Emma Haas and died of pneumonia. Emma Haas ( -1920,) John Quincy Haas ( -1927,) Jacob Rockstroh ( -1933,) Michael J. O'Connor ( -1942,) Michael O'Connor ( -1948,) and William J. Weimer ( -1949) all died in Ramsey County. Richard T. O'Connor (1901-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ackerman, and died in Ramsey County. Stephen O'Connor (1887-1992) was born in Minnesota and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is Michael D. Devilliers. [See note on the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company for 297 Bates Avenue.]
296 Bates Avenue: 296 Bates Avenue/The Binder Apartments; Built in 1898 (in 1901 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey;) Classical Revival in style; Mark Fitzpatrick, architect; C. Ash & Company, builder. The structure is a three story, 28032 square foot, multi-family apartment building. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the intact, brownish red pressed brick and stretcher bond, apartment house has five bays, a flat roof, a large interior end brick chimney, 1/1 rectangular fenestration, classical cornice with dentils, and egg and dart molding, main facade with flat roof open portico and square piers and four volute Ionic capitals and with a balustrade, brick jack arches, and a main entrance with an elliptical stained glass transom and sidelights. The first floor brickwork is laid in horozontal bands simulating stonework. The original owner of this building was George A. Binder, a physician, who maintained an office and lived at 832 East Seventh Street. The building cost an estimated $26,000 to construct. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey also indicates that the large sophisticated building is a rarity in an area with smaller structures. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Holbert, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Morris, Mrs. C. J. Wilson and her daughters, Fred S. Darling, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Spindler, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Kneuertz, Mrs. A. W. Kimball and her daughter, F. C. Kimball, Miss J. A. Wormwood, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Peterson, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Enquist resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bowmar, Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Cavanaugh, Rev. and Mrs. M. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Kneuertz, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Oakes, Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Oberg, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Rank, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Steuer, and Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Vernon resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Eva (Mrs. Frank) Chalfant, a member of the church since 1904, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Nellie Stein Kneuertz (1872-1907,) the wife of Richard C. Kneuertz, who was born in New Orleans to parents born in Germany and England and who died of septic endocarditis, resided at this address in 1907. The 1908 city directory indicates that Frank Evans was the manager of the Gopher Fish Company and resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Rank, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Steuer, Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Ashton, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Sarah Kendall and her daughters, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Nattrass, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Muessel, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Evans resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Arzt, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Gavin resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Arzt, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Craig, and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Gavin resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Robert O. Berg, a plasterer employed by Foot Schulze & Company, and Worthy L. Cook, the widow of Herbert Cook, both resided at this address and that Grace A. Cook, a clerk employed by R. G. Dun & Company, Harry H. Cook, a chauffeur employed by the New York Dye Works, Edith H. Cooney, the widow of William Cooney and a clerk employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company, and William J. Davis, the proprietor of the Davis Motor Car Company, all boarded at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Doolan resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at this address were Harold E. Allen, a baker employed by F. W. Wyes, and his wife, Verona C. Allen (Apartment #1A,) Carl Hartman, a biller for the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Phyllis Hartman (Apartment #1B,) Mrs. Elizabeth Stark, the widow of Alf Stark (Apartment #2A,) William L. Canum, a contractor, and his wife, Emma T. Canum (Apartment #2B,) Ray F. Frye, a janitor employed by the Binder Apartments, and his wife, Katherine C. Frye (Apartment #3,) Louis A. Larson, a foreman, and his wife, Bessie T. Larson (Apartment #4,) John V. Rockstroh, a computer employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Helen M. Rockstroh, a telephone operator employed by the National Automated Machines Company (Apartment #5A,) Genevieve Meyer, a clerk employed by the First National Bank (Apartment #5B,) Charles T. Klabunde, a superintendent employed by the Cities Service Oil Company (Apartment #6,) Mrs. Katherine Wardenburg, the widow of John Wardenburg (1838-1929) (Apartment #7,) Ella Solseth, a milliner (Apartment #8A,) Harry F. Boreen, a clerk with Herzog Iron Works, and his wife, Genevieve P. Boreen (Apartment #8B,) Roderick A. W. McLeod, a clerk employed by the Railway Mail Service (Apartment #9,) Frank J. Shanahan, a switchman employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Pearl Shanahan (Apartment #10,) and Grove E. Roberts, a salesman, and his wife, Alice M. Roberts (Apartment #11.) George A. Binder ( -1911,) Jennie A. Wormwood ( -1931,) Elizabeth Stark ( -1946,) Elizabeth Grates Stark ( -1948,) and Grove E. Roberts ( -1951) all died in Ramsey County. Ned B. Abbott (1882-1956) resided in Ramsey County. Fred J. Peterson (1892-1959) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Winkler, and died in Ramsey County. Richard Carl Kneuertz ( -1915), Herbert B. Craig ( -1926), and Alfred Tion Oberg ( -1953) all died in Ramsey County. Ned B. Abbott (1882-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hart, and died in Ramsey County. George A. Binder (1864-1911) was born in Rochester, N. Y. Gladys Mary Cavanaugh was the daughter of Dr. James O. Cavanaugh and Laura Ryan Cavanaugh, was born in St. Paul in 1901, graduated from the Marquette University Law School in 1923, was the youngest woman admitted to the practice of law in two states when admitted to the bar in Minnesota and in Wisconsin in 1923, and subsequently moved to Wisconsin to practice law. Mrs. George Joseph (May) Rank was born in London, England, was the daughter of George Halton May and Martha Jane Biggs May, married in 1873, lived in St. Paul from 1893 to 1917, and then moved to Los Angeles. Harold E. Allen (1908-1974) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bentley, and died in Hennepin County. Harold E. Allen (1918-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rettig, and died in Ramsey County. Carl Poehler Hartman ( -1945) died in Ramsey County. Phyllis Evelyn Hartman (1907-1988) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Peterson, and died in Ramsey County. John V. Rockstroh ( -1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hammer, and died in Hennepin County. Genevieve L. Meyer (1901-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kriesch, and died in Ramsey County. Charles Klabunde (1901-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Thavis, and died in Ramsey County. Harry Franklin Boreen ( -1953) died in Hennepin County. Roderick Alexander William McLeod (1870-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McDonald, and died in Winona County, Minnesota. Francis J. Shanahan (1895-1959) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of William, and died in Ramsey County. The previous owner of record of the property is Marlin Management, Inc., of Coral Gables, Florida, and the current owner of record is Red Rock Realty. [See note on Fitzgerald for 599 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.]
297 Bates Avenue: Allen Krieger House: Built in 1892 (1890 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Victorian Queen Anne in style; Ernest Klinkerfues, builder. It was built as a double, two-family, house, and the Kriegers lived in the north half of the house. The building is a two story, 3220 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The southeast corner offers a handsome six-sided tower, while the northwestern half of the house is foursquare-style in appearance. The 1890 city directory indicates that T. L. Schurmeier was the president of the C. Gotzian & Company. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miss and their daughter resided at this address. The 1899, 1901, and 1903 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miss resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miss and Mrs. Caroline Kreiger resided at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that Allan L. Miss was a clerk for the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company and boarded at this address, that Chris J. Miss was a salesman for C. Gotzian & Company and resided at this address, and that Walter C. Miss was a student and boarded at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wolterstorff resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Eachus resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Sarah Le Borious, the widow of Joseph Le Borious, Ann Le Borouis, a clerk, Mabel L. Le Borious, a cataloguer, and Mrs. Katherine Stewart, the widow of Thomas Stewart, resided at this address. Allen Krieger was a salesman for Gotizian & Company, a shoe manufacturing company. Christian J. Miss ( -1928,) Sarah Le Borious ( -1939,) and Allan L. Miss ( -1941) all died in Ramsey County. Joseph Le Borious ( -1912) died in Washington County, Minnesota. Mabel L. Le Borious (1889-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stevens, and died in Ramsey County. Katherine Stewart (1896-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Seng, and died in Ramsey County. Gotzian & Company was owned by Conrad Gotzian (1835-1887,) who was born in either Berka-on-the-Werra, Saxony, or Saxe-Weimar, near Leipsic, Prussia, emigrated to the United States in 1852, came to St. Paul in 1855, established himself first in the retail shoe and boot trade, then established a boot and shoe manufacturing company, married Caroline Busse in 1859, had a family of nine children, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Ramsey County (District 26) from 1883 until 1885, was a director of the German-American Bank, was a founder of the St. Paul Volunteer Fire Department Engine Company Number 2, was a member of the Ancient Landmark Lodge, Masonic Order, and died from an inflammation of the brain at home in St. Paul. In 1879, Conrad Gotzian, a partner with Channing Seabury in C. Gotzian & Company, jobbers and manufacturers in boots and shoes located at 133-135 East Third Street, resided at the corner of Tenth Street and Canada Street. The Conrad Gotzian House, located at 2520 Manitou Island, is among the most intact and most impressive of the 1880's houses in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. The American Beauty Macaroni building at 352 Wacouta Street was built as the Gotzian Shoe Company in 1895. Ernest Klinkerfues ( -1915) was a carpenter who lived at 614 East 4th Street and who died in Ramsey County. The Klinkerfueses owned a clothing manufacturing company on East Seventh Street. Conrad Gotzian (1835-1887) was born near Leipsic, Prussia, immigrated to the United States in 1852, moved to st. Paul in 1855, and was a shoe manufacturer. Conrad Gotzian's brother, Adam Gotzian (1843- ,) also was born in Germany, came to St. Paul in 1860, worked in the shoe trade from 1866 to 1876, dabbled in real estate, platted a portion of the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood, and with his wife, Josephine Gotzian, named and developed Gotzian Street. Christian J. Miss ( -1928) and Allan L. Miss ( -1941) both died in Ramsey County. The Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company was formed in 1853, in large part to serve local individuals who had become frustrated with slow service from faraway insurers. Alexander Wilkin (1820-1864,) was born in Orange County, New York, was a captain in the Mexican War, was the secretary of the territory from 1849 to 1853, was a lawyer with prior insurance experience, was the Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company's first president, served in Civil War (First, Second, and Ninth Minnesota Regiments,) and died at the Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi. The first policy was issued in 1854 and the first agents were hired. The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company barely survived the Panic of 1857, in part, by reorganizing as a stock company in 1865. Wilkin died in battle in 1864 in Mississippi. The company began writing insurance in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1866. The 1871 Chicago fire destroyed much of the city, but The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company paid all claims in full. The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company began insuring autos in 1900. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire demolished 28,000 buildings and costed The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company $1,267,000 in claims. During World War I, The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company sustained losses exceeding $4 million from 260 ocean-going vessels that were damaged or destroyed in action. The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company survived the Great Depression, World War II, the post-war expansion in the insurance business, the increase in insurance lines of the last half-century, and the recent consolidation in the insurance business, although it has been merged with Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, to form St. Paul-Travelers Insurance Company, with Jay Fishman as CEO. Theodore Leopold Schurmeier (1852- ) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, was the son of Caspar H. Schurmeier and Caroline Schurmeier, moved to St. Paul in 1854, attended Baldwin University in Berea, Ohio, was employed by James J. Hill in 1870, was employed as a bookkeeper by the First National Bank of St. Paul in 1874, was a teller for the First National Bank of St. Paul in 1875, helped found Lindeke, Warner, & Schurmeier, a wholesale dry goods merchant, in 1878, was a director of the First National Bank of St. Paul, was a director of the St. Paul Trust Company, was a real estate investor, was president of the Minnesota State Immigration Association, and a was a trustee of St. Lukes Hospital. T. L. Schurmeier married Caroline Eudora Gotzian in 1882 and the couple had three children, Conradine Schurmeier, Theodora Schurmeier, and Hildegarde Schurmeier. The property was on the vacant house list in 2007. The current owners of record of the property are Jacquelyn A. Merritt and Richard W. Merritt. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline M. Krieger resided at the former nearby 299 Bates Avenue in 1901. Louis E. Krieger was the son of Caroline M. Krieger. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mrs. Caroline Kreiger resided at 299 Bates Avenue. The 1916 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. O. H. Cole resided at the former nearby 299 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Clarence N. Thorstad, a clerk employed by the Bethel Hotel, his wife, Agatha C. Thorstad, Warren J. McHenry, a switchman, and his wife, Anna McHenry, all resided at the former nearby 299 Bates Avenue. [See note on the First National Bank of St. Paul for 331 Maple Street.] [See note on Albert W. Lindeke and Lindeke, Warner & Schurmeier for 345 Summit Avenue.]
300 Bates Avenue: Built in 1913. The structure is a two story, 4860 square foot, commercial building. The 1920 city directory indicates that Lena Brandt, a seamstress, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Rudolph W. Hruby, a grocer, resided at this address. The National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 28, is located at this address. The NALC was founded in 1889 and is the union of city letter carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service. The NALC is affiliated with the AFL-CIO and with UNI, which is an international alliance of communications unions. William H. Young is the NALC President. The current owner of record of the property is the Branch 28 Building Corporation of Maplewood, Minnesota.
308 Bates Avenue: Congressman Oscar E. Keller House. Built in 1912. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1661 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1917 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Barrett resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Carl S. Malmstrom, an organist, and his wife, Esther M. Malmstrom, resided at this address. Oscar Edward Keller (1878-1927) was a congressman from Minnesota from 1919 to 1927. He was born in Helenville, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, the son of John L. Keller and Sophia Smith Keller, and he attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Keller moved to Minnesota in 1899 and settled in St. Paul, where he was first employed as a billing clerk and was later engaged in mercantile pursuits, including the grocery business. He was also a member of the city council of St. Paul from 1910 to 1914, St. Paul city commissioner from 1914 to 1919, and commissioner of St. Paul public utilities from 1914 until July 1, 1919. Keller was indicted by a Ramsey County Grand jury for a "disloyal" speech in Rice Park supporting workers during the 1917 St. Paul streetcar strike. He was an Independent Republican U.S. Representative from Minnesota 4th District in 1919, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Carl C. Van Dyke, and was reelected as a Republican. He was chairman of the House Committee on Railways and Canals during the 68th and 69th Congresses. Congressman Keller was involved in the federal land tax movement of Henry George and the Progressive Movement. In 1919, Georgists began working through the Manufacturers and Merchants Federal Tax League to sponsor a federal land tax, the Ralston-Nolan Bill. Drafted by Judge Jackson H. Ralston, it would have imposed a "1% excise tax on the privilege of holding lands, natural resources and public franchises valued at more than $10,000, after deducting all improvements." In 1924, Congressman Keller introduced the proposal as H.R. 5733. Congressman Keller was also involved in the public power ownership movement. A National Public Ownership Conference was formed in 1924 with the support from the American Federation of Labor, the Electrical Union, the National Grange, and the League for Industrial Democracy. The conference proposed a bill for a nationwide public-power system, which was introduced the next year into Congress by Republican George Norris of Nebraska in the Senate and by Republican Oscar Keller of Minnesota in the House. That proposal was the forerunner of what became the Rural Electrification Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and other federal projects founded during the New Deal. He married Alice Grace Seebick Keller in 1911. He was interred at Elmhurst Cemetery. Alice Grace Keller ( -1927) died in Ramsey County. Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) was a Representative in Congress from Minnesota, was born in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota, attended the common and high schools of Alexandria, taught school in Douglas County from 1899 to 1901, served as a private in Company B, 15th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish-American War, graduated from the St. Paul Law School, a predecessor to the current William Mitchell College of Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1916, was elected commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans organization in 1918, was elected as a Democrat to the 64th, 65th, and 66th Congresses, and served in the Congress from 1915 until his death. The property was last sold for $108,665 and that sale occurred in 2001. The current owner of record of the property is Jorge Garcia. The 1885 city directory indicates that Dr. Edwin X. Amoss resided at the former nearby 309 Bates Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Blasing resided at the former nearby 311 Bates Avenue.
314 Bates Avenue: Built in 1911. The building is a two story, 1376 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Samuel E. Hellermann (1862-1923,) the husband of Louisa Hellermann, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in Germany and who died of myocarditis and nephritis, resided at this address in 1923. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles E. Olson, the floor manager employed by The Emporium department store, and his wife, Maude Olson, resided at this address. Kenneth Ward Robertson, an Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class in the USNR, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Robertson, was a World War II casualty and resided at this address in the early 1940's. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2004 and in 2007. Charles E. Olson ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2004 and the sale price was $175,000. The current owners of record of the property are Lee Her and Maria Vang, who reside in Ramsey, Minnesota.
315 Bates Avenue: Built in 1884. The building is a one story, 1516 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wille resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Ernest L. Schilling resided at this address in 1890. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Minnie Hauweiler, the widow of George Hauweiler, Dora Hauweiler, a clerk employed by the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, Edward A. Hauweiler, a carpenter, Joseph Hauweiler, a wrapper for Montgomery Ward & Company, and Leonard Hauweiler, a baker employed by the Federal Bake Shop Inc., resided at this address. Stella Schilling ( -1890) was the daughter of Ernest L. Schilling and died of an embolism. George Hauweller ( -1925) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Patrick D. Ruberto and others.
316 Bates Avenue: Built in 1910. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1134 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#11919) indicate that Nicholas McGaughren (1881- ,) a 1916 enlistee and a Private in Battery C of the 157th Field Artillery, who was born in Wilton, Wisconsin, moved to Minnesota in 1899, had grey eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion, was 5' 11" tall, was a painter at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Lorraine Front, was a janitor employed by Cushing & Drsicoll after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his sister, Mrs. Annie C. Moran, at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Staffa resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Paul D. Staffa, an engineer at the Ames School, and his wife, Thekla Staffa, resided at this address. Gallus Paul Staffa ( -1951) died in Ramsey County. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2002, in 2003, and in 2004. The current owners of record are Eric Mathew Gryniewski and Michelle Anne Sturm.
321 Bates Avenue: Built in 1920. The structure is a two story, 2928 square foot, multifamily apartment building. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Phelps resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William Hellge and Mrs. Frances Padden, a waiter employed at 413 St. Peter Street, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2004 and in 2005. Frances Padden (1892-1958) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1995 with a sale price of $48,000. The previous owners of record of the property were Akinwale Akinropo and Oludolapo C. Ogunjemilus, who were located in Dallas, Georgia, and the current owner of record is Justin A. Hatcher, who resides in Roseville, Minnesota.
324 Bates Avenue: Built in 1879. The building is a two story, 2276 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. The 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. William F. Von Deyn resided at this address. The 1885 and 1890 city directories indicate that William F. Von Deyn was a clerk for the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad and resided at this address. The 1897, 1899, and 1901 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. von Deyn resided at this address. The 1903 and 1905 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Von Deyn and their daughters resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Von Deyn and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Morse resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Thomas Fink, a janitor who was employed at this address also resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Caroline Von Deyn, the widow of William F. Von Deyn, and Mrs. Josephine Smith, the widow of Charles D. Smith, resided at this address. In 1994, a summary abatement order regarding property at this address was issued by the city and the appeal of the order of Thomas R. Dimond was rejected. The St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad Company was a Minnesota corporation. In the late 1860's, the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad was working its way through the Southern Minnesota countryside from St. Paul and constructed depots in Le Sueur, Minnesota, St. Peter, Minnesota, and Mankato, Minnesota. In late 1869, the trestle work across Minneopa Creek was completed and the railroad eventually continued on to Lake Crystal, Minnesota. Elias Franklin Drake (1813-1892,) the son of Dr. Henry Drake and Hannah Spinning Drake, was born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, was a clerk in a printing office at Lebanon, Ohio, was a clerk in the general store of Henderson & Hardy in Lebanon, Ohio, was a partner in a general store in Lebanon, Ohio, as Jameson, Eddy, Drake & Company, was the chief clerk of the State Treasurer, Joseph Whitehill, at Columbus, Ohio, read the law under Justice Noah H. Swayne of the United States Supreme Court, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio and practiced in Delaware, Ohio, was cashier of the Bank of Xenia, Ohio, a branch of the State Bank of Ohio, in 1837, was a trustee of the Presbyterian church, was the president of the Dayton & Xenia RailRoad, was a Whig, was a member of the Whig Central Committee of Greene County, Ohio, in 1841, was president of the Greene County, Ohio, Agricultural Society in 1841, organized the Greene County, Ohio, Home League, married Frances Mary Galloway ( -1844,) the daughter of Major James Galloway, in 1841 in Zenia, Ohio, was the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1845 until 1846, was the president of the Columbia Fire Insurance Company/Columbus Insurance Company in 1848, built the Tawawa or Xenia Springs, Ohio, hotel, in 1850, which was unsuccessful and the building eventually became the Wilberforce College, married Carolina Matilda McClurg, the daughter of Alexander McClurg, in 1858 in Zenia, Ohio, formed a partnership with Andrew De Graff and built the Pennsylvania & Indianapolis RailRoad and the Greenville & Miami RailRoad, was the contractor on the building of roads for the Dayton & Western RailRoad Company, the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Springfield Turnpike Company, the Xenia & Columbus Turnpike Company, and the Xenia & Jamestown Company, organized and was the president of the Dayton, Xenia & Belpre RailRoad, later was a Republican, was a delegate to the national Republican Party conventions which nominated Abraham Lincoln for a second term and which nominated James Garfield, moved to Minnesota in 1860/1861, built the first railroad in Minnesota from St. Paul to St. Anthony in 1862, the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, moved to St. Paul in 1864, was influential in building the the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad, which was completed in 1872, was a member of the Minnesota State Senate representing Ramsey County (District 24) from 1874 until 1875, was a director of the Merchants' National Bank, was a director of the St. Paul Trust Company, was a member of the executive council of The Minnesota Historical Society from 1868 until 1892, was the president of The Minnesota Historical Society in 1873, was a member of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, invested in lumber mills, stone quarries and a stock farm, died at the Coronado Beach Hotel in San Diego, California, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery. In 1874, Elias F. Drake was the president of the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad. In 1879, E. F. Drake was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, was the president of the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad, located at 67 East Third Street, and resided at 9 Lafayette Avenue. Elias Franklin Drake and Frances Mary Galloway Drake had one child, Sallie/Sarah Frances Drake (Mrs. Charles S.) Rogers. Elias Franklin Drake and Carolina Matilda McClurg Drake had four children, Henry Trevor Drake (1858- ,) Alexander M. Drake (1859- ,) Mary F. Drake (Mrs. Thomas M.) Thompkins (1861- ,) and Caroline M. Drake (Mrs. William H.) Lightner (1863- .) In 1879, Harry T. Drake, a student, and Alexander M. Drake, a clerk, both boarded at 9 Lafayette Avenue. James H. Drake was the land commissioner for the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad and for the Sioux City & St. Paul RailRoad, and William H. Drake was a train dispatcher employed by the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad. The Omaha, Niobrara & Black Hills RailRoad reached Norfolk, Nebraska, in 1880, and the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad reached Norfolk, Nebraska, in 1882. The St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad was eventually purchased by the Union Pacific RailRoad. William Frederick Von Deyn ( -1915) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Jay A. Soeffker and Kari Jo Soeffker. [See note on Harry T. Drake and Harry T. Drake, Jr., for 874 Fairmount Avenue.]
335 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880 (1884 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey;) Victorian in style; D. A. Wille, builder. The building is a two story, 1428 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a one car detached garage. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the two story wood frame and asbestos sided house has three bays, an intersecting gable roof without dormers, one central brick chimney, rectangular 2/2 fenestration, and a limestone foundation. The house has window frames with pedimented tops with incised carving in tympanums and along the sides, with a two story bay window on the south facade and simple massing. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey worker indicates that the alterations to the house are more apparent than the original design, with the addition of siding, an altered entrance, and a rear addition, and that the house is in fair condition. The original owner of the house was Anne Buschmann, who resided at 358 Maple Street in 1885. The house was built for $1,200. The 1885 city directory indicates that W. L. Cullen resided at this address. The 1885 city directory also indicates that William L. Cullen was associated with Goldsmith, Cullen & Jackson, grocers and proprietors of the East Indian Tea Company and was an operator of the Western Union Telegraph Company and resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Irene Kolb was a governess for C. P. Noyes who boarded at this address, that Reverend Jacob Kolb was a missionary who resided at this address, that May D. Kolb boarded at this address, and that William D. Kolb was a clerk for Kellogg, Johnson & Company, wholesale merchant in boots and shoes, who boarded at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. J. Kolb resided at this address. The 1893, 1897, 1899, and 1901 city directories indicate that Rev. and Mrs. J. Kolb and daughter resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dawson resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Edgington and C. P. Dawson resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Charles P. Dawson resided at this address in 1912 and was the father of an infant son, Charles Dawson (1912-1912,) who died of gastroenteritis. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dawson resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Jacob J. Bohnacker, a laborer employed by the Capital City Lumber Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Ernest Kindstrom, a millwright employed by Flax-Li-Num Insulating Company, and his wife, Bertha Kindstrom, resided at this address. Charles Phelps Noyes (1842-1931) was a wholesale druggist in St. Paul. Sherman Edgington ( -1931) died in Ramsey County. Charles Phelps Noyes was born in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, the son of Daniel Rogers Noyes (1793-1877) and Phoebe Griffin Lord (1797-1875,) served with a New York Regiment in the Civil War, moved to Minnesota 1868, operated a wholesale drug business, was the president of the State Savings Bank, and died in St. Paul. Charles Phelps Noyes married Emily Hoffman Gilman Noyes (1854-1930,) in 1874. Emily Noyes, born in New York, New York, the daughter of Winthrop Sargent Gilman (1808-1884) and Abia Swift Lippincott (1817-1902,) was the president of the St. Paul Woman's Welfare League and was a member of the Women's Committee of the Minnesota Division Council of National Defense in 1917. Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily Hoffman Gilman Noyes had six children, Julia Gilman Noyes (1875- ,) Katherine McCurdy Noyes (1875-1884,) Emily Hoffman Noyes (1880-1880,) Charles Reinold Noyes (1884- ,) Robert Hale Noyes (1886- ,) and Lawrence Gilman Noyes (1893- .) Charles P. Noyes was the president of the board of trustees of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in 1910. C. P. Noyes was the author of Noyes-Gilman Ancestry; being a series of sketches, with a chart of the anc. of Charles Phelps Noyes & Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, his wife. Charles P. Noyes, a partner with Daniel R. Noyes and Edward H. Cutler in Noyes Brothers & Cutler, resided at White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Charles P. Noyes' brother was Daniel Rogers Noyes (1836-1908.) Julia Gilman Noyes married Henry Wheeler de Forrest (1855- ,) of New York, New York, in 1888. Charles Reinold Noyes graduated from Yale University in 1905, married twice, first to Henriette Denny Turney (1888- ) and secondly to Dorothy Quincey Grinnell (1886- ,) spent winters in New York and spent summers in the fox hunting section of Chester County, near Avondale, Pennsylvania. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Charles Reinold Noyes attended the school from 1900 until 1901, graduated from Yale University in 1905, served with the American Red Cross overseas, was a First Lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare Service of the American Expeditionary Force and was promoted to Captain during World War I, and served on the board of trustees of the Academy from 1914 until 1928. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory also indicates that Laurence G. Noyes (1893- ) was born in St. Paul, attended the school from 1904 until 1905, graduated from Yale University in 1916, graduated from the Columbia University Architectural School in 1921, was a Coxswain and an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve during World War I, and was an architect with Laurence G. Noyes & Edward Steese, Associates, in New York, New York. Robert Hale Noyes graduated from Yale University in 1909 and married Katherine Shackford Farrington (1890- ,) the daughter of Luther Humphrey Farrington and Katherine Shackford French Farrington in 1915. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Robert H. Noyes attended the school from 1900 until 1901, attended Yale University, and moved to Portland, Oregon. Lawrence Gilman Noyes graduated from Yale University in 1916 and from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1922. Edward Hutchins Cutler (1848-1935,) the son of William Jonathan Cutler and Lucia Washburn Cutler, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, attended the Boston Phillips school, the Boston Latin school, and the Brookline High School, came to Minnesota in 1863, worked on "The Oaks" farm of Judge R. R. Nelson from 1863 until 1867, went abroad from 1867 until 1869, became a member of Noyes Brothers & Cutler, importers and wholesale druggists, in 1870 or 1871, married Lucy Carter Dunbar (1848-1918,) the daughter of William Harrison Dunbar and Amelia Hobart Dunbar, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1872 in St. Paul, was a member of the Minnesota National Guard for three years, was a director of the First National Bank of St. Paul, was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society, was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars and served on its membership committee, was a member of the Sons of the Revolution, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the University Club, was a member of the Town & Country Club, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, was a member of the Minnesota Boat Club, was a member of the New Jerusalem Church, , was a life member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, was the treasurer of the St. Paul Society, and was a wholesale druggist and the partner of Charles P. Noyes, Winthrop G. Noyes, C. Reinold Noyes, William W. Cutler, and Thomas E. Ludington in 1912. Edward Hutchins Cutler and Lucy Carter Dunbar Cutler had six children, William W. Cutler, Amelia D. Cutler, Lucia W. Cutler, Mary Hale Cutler (Mrs. Howard H.) Sargent, Elinor H. Cutler, and Ruth Cutler. Anne Cutler Sargent Fisher (1941- ) was the author of The ancestors of Edward Hutchins Cutler and Lucy Carter Dunbar, published by Anundsen Publishing at Decorah, Iowa, in 1996. The "Fillebrown" house, 303 Lake Avenue, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, an example of Stick style architecture, was built in 1874 by C. P. Noyes. In 1905, Jonas Walter Fillebrown (1850-1937,) a produce importer, purchased the residence and winterized the cottage in 1920. In 1977, Arthur Kingsbury Fillebrown (1892-1978) and his sister, Helen Kendrick Fillebrown (1884-1977,) gave the house to the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society. "The Fillebrown House," a red chalet that was the honeymoon cottage of C. P. Noyes, was included on the National Register of Historic Places. D. A. Wille resided at 315 Bates Avenue in 1884-1885. Ernest Kindstrom ( -1931) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Carl E. Peaslee and Denise M. Peaslee.
337 Bates Avenue: Built in 1900. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1568 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary A. Simpson resided at this address. The 1885 city directory also indicates that Mary A. Simpson, the widow of Edgar C. Simpson, a drug store operator at this address, resided at 692 Ravine. The 1887 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Horst resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Charles Weinhagen, of Charles Weinhagen & Company, a paper box manufacturer at 373 Robert Street, resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinhagen resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Toomey resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Conzett resided at this address. The 1901 and 1903 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Conzett and V. E. Conzett resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Luther Case resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Luther Case and their daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Hugh Ryan, a motorman employed by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, and his wife, Lucy Ryan, resided at this address. In 1998, this property was the subject of a code enforcement action by the City of St. Paul. Josiah Conzett (1841-1913) was in the dry goods business in Dubuque, Iowa, enlisted in the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, Company E, served as quartermaster, declined promotion to Second Lieutenant in 1865, returned to work in Dubuque as a ribbon and lace clerk in the old Levi Department Store, and moved to St. Paul in the 1890's to become manager of the linen department of Field Schlick & Company, a position he held until retirement. Charles Weinhagen ( -1936,) John Justin Toomey ( -1942,) and Hugh Ryan ( -1945) all died in Ramsey County. V. Eugene Conzett (1880-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Vander Bie, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Michael J. Diesslin. The 1885 and 1887 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. Heinrich and their daughter resided at the former nearby 338 Bates Avenue.
342 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880. The structure is a two story, 6459 square foot, multi-family apartment building with a detached one car garage that was built in 1936. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Heinrich resided at this address. The 1889, 1891, and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Heinrich and their daughter and F. H. Heinrich resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Constantine Heinrich, a part owner of Foot, Schulze & Company, a boot and shoe wholesaler, resided at this address. The 1890 city directory also indicates that Frank H. Heinrich was a clerk with Foot, Schulze & Company and boarded at 354 North Bates Avenue. The 1897, 1899, and 1901 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. Heinrich and their daughter and F. H. Heinrich resided at this address. The 1903 and 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. Heinrich and their daughter, G. O. Heinrich, and F. H. Heinrich resided at this address. The 1903 city directory also indicates that Constantine Heinrich, associated with Foot, Schulze & Company, resided at this address and that Ada M. Heinrich boarded at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Constantin Heinrich (1846-1907,) the husband of Barbara Heinrich, who was born in Germany to parents also born in Germany and who died of apoplexy, resided at this address in 1907. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mrs. Barbara Heinrich resided at this address. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Barlow and Mrs. Barbara Heinrich all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Helen L. Carlson, a clerk, resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William LeBorious, an accountant employed by the Illinois Steel Bridge Company, and his wife, Mary LeBorious, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Barbara Heinrich and William Le Borious resided at this address. In 1879, Constantine Heinrich, a clerk employed by Gotzian & Company, resided at 64 Stillwater Street. Mary Jackson Barlow (Mrs. C. M. Barlow) (1875-1957) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William H. LeBorious ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2000 with a sale price of $275,000. The current owner of record of the property is Pilz Properties LLC, located in Scandia, Minnesota. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey resided at the former nearby 346 Bates Avenue.
351 Bates Avenue: Built in 1905. The structure is a two story, 5247 square foot, multi-family apartment building. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Holl, their daughters, Louis Betz, and Mrs. Paul Hauser resided at this address. World War I veteran Ernest R. Armstrong (1895- ), a Corporal, resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#4068) indicate that Ernest R. Armstrong (1895- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Private in Company C of the 74th Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, light brown hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 7 3/4" tall, was a surveyor at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including St. Mihiel, was a salesman employed by G. Sommers & Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his father, Leland S. Armstrong, at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#14069) indicate that Raymond A. Ahlgren (1897- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private First Class in Casual Company #2 of the M. T. C., who was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, had blue eyes, blondf hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 10 1/2" tall, was a cashier at induction, was an assistant cashier employed by G. Sommers & Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with Axel Ahlgren at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Bernard Ahlgren, a driver, Raymond A. Ahlgren, a clerk employed by G. Sommers & Company, Ernest R. Armstrong, a clerk with G. Sommers & Company, and Frances C. Armstrong, a teacher, all boarded at this address and that Axel Ahlgren, a partner with Charles W. Van Buren in Van Buren & Ahlgren, a grocery, Leland S. Armstrong, a bookkeeper, and Foster H. Brandhorst, an optometrist and optician with an office at 391 Robert Street, all resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that E. W. Budke resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward W. Budke, a credit manager at the Curtis Hotel, and his wife, Bea A. Budke, resided at this address. Mathais Holl, a partner with Adolph Paar in Holl & Paar, wholesale grocers located at Fourth Street and Sibley Street, resided Sixth Street and Hoffman Street. Frances Armstrong (1908-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Leightner, and died in Ramsey County. Leland Selby Armstrong ( -1934) died in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Edward W. Budke (1903-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Shea, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2001 and the sale price was $225,000. The previous owners of record of the property were Curtis L. Woetzel and Kelly M. Woetzel, who resided in Ham Lake, Minnesota, and the current owners of record are Hank Trung Cu and Ruby Nguyen, who reside in Minneapolis.
352 Bates Avenue: Max and Amilia Toltz House; Built in 1902 (1904 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Tudor Revival/Craftsman in style; Max Toltz, probable architect; Fred Althen, builder. This was the largest and finest Craftsman style house in the district, combining a high brownstone foundation, a shingled second story, and large scale bracket work and porch arches in a Tudor vein. It also has a shingled and cupolaed carriage house behind the main structure. The house is now a 6353 square foot, three (2 1/2 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey) story, multi-family apartment building and has a vacant side yard. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the slightly altered, wood frame, shingle-sided, stone, and random ashlar house has three bays, steeply pitched intersecting hip and gable roof with two gabled dormers, one interior brick chimney and one interior brick endwall chimney, 1/1 rectangular and one diamond shaped pane/1 fenestration, dark brown sandstone/random ashlar foundation, rough cut stone porch and first floor, cut square, diamond, and wavy patterned wood shingled upper 1 1/2 floors, wide bargeboards, tie beam, timber brackets, exposed rafters at the eaves, stone piered heavy timber porch beams, a three-sided oriel window on the second story of the main facade, and a three-sided oriel window at South side wall landing. The lot has a random ashlar brownstone retaining wall topped by chain link fence. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey also indicates that the house is one of the most elegant houses built in the Dayton's Bluff area in the early 20th Century. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Max E. R. Toltz resided at this address in 1903 and that Dr. George A. Binder from 1904 to 1920. The first owner of the house was Max Ernst Robert Toltz, a founder of an engineering and architectural firm, Toltz, King, Duvall, & Anderson, that has been in business for over 70 years. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. E. R. Toltz resided at this address. The 1905 and 1909 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Binder resided at this address. The 1909 Picturesque Dayton’s Bluff booklet indicates that Dr. G. A. Binder resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline Argt (1844-1909,) the wife of Frederick Argt, who was born in Germany to parents also born in Germany and who died of chronic gastritis, resided at this address in 1909. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that George A. Binder (1865-1911,) the husband of Lydia Arzt Binder, who was born in New York to parents born in Germany and who died of typhoid fever, resided at this address in 1911. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mrs. G. A. Binder resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brandhorst and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Westby resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that J. Henry Brandhorst, a building contractor, and his wife, Dora C. Brandhorst, and Dennis P. White, a glass worker employed by the Ford Motor Company, and his wife, Sally White, all resided at this address. The owner of the property in 1982 was Dick Ward. Max Toltz (1857-1932) was born in Koeslin, Germany, was the son of Herman Toltz and Malvina Beilfuss Toltz, studied at the Royal Academy of Science and Engineering in Berlin, from which he received a degree in civil engineering in 1877, served in the German Army as a Second Lieutenant, worked as a civil engineer in Germany, in Switzerland, and in Canada upon leaving the German army, arrived in St. Paul in 1882, married Amalia Krahmer, the daughter of E. F. Krahmer of New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1883, and worked as a draftsman for the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba RailRoad from 1881 to 1903. Toltz advanced to chief engineer of the railroad, then left in 1904 and moved to Montreal to work for the Canadian Pacific RailRoad. In 1905, Toltz became the vice president and general manager of the Manistee & Grand Rapids RailRoad and in 1908, began consulting as an engineer with various railroads. In 1910, Toltz formed his own company with Wesley Eugene King, a civil engineer, and Beaver Wade Day, an architect. Wesley King (1879-1959) was born in Monticello, Minnesota, and graduated from the Anoka High School in 1897, received his civil engineering degree from the University of Minnesota in 1905, and worked in the Bridge Department of the Great Northern Railway from 1908 to 1910, when he became a partner of Toltz. Beaver Day (1884-1931) was born in Lisbon, North Dakota, was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his degree in architecture in 1908, moved to St. Paul where he worked with Allen Stem from 1908 to 1918, and then joined Toltz and King in partnership in 1919. He served on the State Board of Registration from 1929 until 1931. Max Toltz and Amalia Krahmer Toltz had one child, Florence Toltz. Toltz was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, was a member of the Railway Master Mechanics Association, was a member of the St. Paul Engineers Club, was a member of the Minnesota Club, and was a member of the University Club of St. Paul. In 1900, Toltz organized and became a captain of a National Guard engineering company. The Toltz family lived at 433 Holly in 1912. Max Toltz died in St. Paul. The name of the architectual firm changed to Toltz, King, Duvall & Anderson in 1956, after the addition of Arndt Duvall, an environmental engineer, and Gerald Anderson, an architect. Toltz, King, Duvall, & Anderson was the engineering firm for the Como Park Conservatory, the Robert Street Bridge, the St. Paul Union Depot, and the new Third Street Bridge. George A. Binder ( -1911,) John Henry Brandhorst ( -1915,) Dora C. Brandhorst ( -1932,) and Jacob H. Brandhorst ( -1942) all died in Ramsey County. Hans S. Westby (1879-1962) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Dennis Patrick White (1901-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Houran, and died in Ramsey County. Fred Althen resided at 657 East Seventh Street in 1902. The property was last sold for $134,000 and that sale occurred in 1996. The current owner of record of the property is Calabash Properties, located at 525 Ohio Street. The 1885 and 1887 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. George W. Freeman resided at the former nearby 354 Bates Avenue.
355 Bates Avenue: Bahneman House; Built in 1924; Prairie School in style. The building is a two story, 1360 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The structure was built with standardized plans bought from the Snell Sash and Door Company and represents an adaptation of Prairie School style architecture to a small residence. Dr. George A. Binder reportedly lived at this address from 1904 to 1920. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Bahneman resided at this address. In 1935, Bahneman sold the house and took a job as a clerk. In 1942, the house was bought by Lewis Maurer, the secretary and treasurer of the Mother’s Friend Laundry. Maurer sold the property at the end of World War II. In 1924, John Bahneman was manager of the Ideal Home Company. In 1933, Bahneman became a real estate broker. Maurer changed the house into a duplex. John Bahneman ( -1948) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1999 with a sale price of $135,000. The current owners of record of the property are Jacqueline Narjes and Richard Narjes. Jacqueline Narjes, a social worker at the Minnesota Veterans Home, was a contributor to the Howard Dean for President campaign in 2004.
356 Bates Avenue: Built in 1885. The building is a two story, 2448 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tracy resided at this address and that Charles L. Tracy was a cashier for Campbell & Burbank. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tracy and Mrs. R. J. Hall resided at this address. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tracy resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Charles L. Tracy was a cashier at H. C. Burbank & Company, a wholesale clothier, and resided at this address. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Tracy resided at this address. The 1897, 1899, and 1901 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Tracy and their daughter and Miss N. A. Gilbert resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that C. L. Tracy and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fabian resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Bacon resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. Stolpestad and their daughters resided at this address. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kaese resided at this address. Albert Arthur Kaese (1896- ), a Private, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#22658) indicate that Albert A. Kaese (1896- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Battery D of the 333rd Field Artillery, who was born in St. Paul, had light brown eyes, black hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 8 3/4" tall, was a bank clerk at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was issued one bronze Victory button, was a bank clerk employed by the First National Bank after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Arthur A. Kaese, a teller for the First National Bank, boarded at this address and that Jno. A. Kaese, a bookkeeper for the First National Bank, resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that A. A. Kaese and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kaese resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John A. Kaese, an auditor employed by the First National Bank, and his wife, Caroline A. Kaese, resided at this address. Frank G. Campbell was a partner in Campbell & Burbank. Frank G. Campbell was born in St. Paul in 1857, was the son of T. B. Campbell and Louisa Catlin Campbell, was employed in his father's wholesale clothing firm, Campbell & Burbank, was married to Bertha L. Henning of West Prussia, and took over the clothing store with his brother, Fred H. Campbell, upon his father's death. Albert J. Stolpestad (1879-1961) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. Charles Lewis Tracy ( -1915) and Caroline A. Kaese ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. Albert A. Kaese (1896-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kernkamp, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Jerome C. Catlin and Virginia I. Catlin.
358 Bates Avenue: Charles L. Tracy House; Built in 1900 (approximately 1860 according to the 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey;) Italianate/Italianate Vernacular in style. The building is a two story, 1664 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the slightly altered, modestly maintained, wood frame, shingle-sided, house has three bays, a medium-pitched gable roof, one interior brick chimney, 2/2 rectangular fenestration, limestone and concrete foundation, simple massing, returns, bullseye window in the tympanum, widely and evenly spaced second story window openings with dog-eared frames, a main door with a transom, a flat roofed front porch supported by narrrow rectangular columns with simple brackets and a rear wing and one story addition. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey also indicates that the house is one of a dwindling number of Italianate style houses in St. Paul, is a good example of the style despite its deteriorated condition, and is one of the oldest houses in the city. In 1878, Charles L. Tracy, a bookkeeper for a wholesale clothing dealer, and Eva Tracy ( -1880) purchased the house, before it was relocated at this address in 1887 and became rental property. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. McIlwaine resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Henry C. Patterson was a life insurance agent and resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Patterson resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mrs. E. E. Warner, her daughter, and H. H. Warner resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mrs. Margaret Hoatson and her daughter, and W. L. Hoatson resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Horst resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that William J. North resided at this address 1900. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Johnson resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kennedy resided at this address. In 1905, Moriz Sporchutz, an artist employed by a local printing company, purchased the house. The 1909 and 1916 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Sporschutz resided at this address. In 1918, Claus Anderson, a railroad worker, purchased the house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Claus Anderson, a laborer, resided at this address and that Susan Bartholomew, a machine operator employed by Klinkerfues Brothers, boarded at this address. In 1922, the Lobsinger family purchased the house and resided at this address until 1979. The 1930 city directory indicates that Anthony L. P. Lobsinger, an upholsterer employed by George R. Witt, an upholsterer with a shop located at 1694 Grand Avenue, and his wife, Ida V. Lobsinger, resided at this address. Ernest Frederick Horst ( -1909) and Margaret L. Hoatson ( -1920) both died in Ramsey County. Anthony Lobsinger (1891-1978) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Ida V. Lobsinger (1892-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Liljegren, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $168,500 and that sale occurred in 2004. The previous owner of record of the property was Jeffery A. Christian and the current owners of record are Jose Eduardo Trujillo and Jessica D. Trujillo.
361 Bates Avenue: Built in 1900. The building is a two story, 3018 square foot, eight bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1897 and 1899 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Noble and their daughter resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinhagen and their daughter resided at this address. The 1903, 1905, 1909, 1916, and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinhagen resided at this address. The 1910-1911 Directory of the University of Minnesota indicates that Carl Weinhagen, a student, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Richard Carl Kneuertz (1863-1915,) the husband of Sophie Kneuertz, who was born in Germany to parents who were also born in Germany and who died of diabetes, resided at this address in 1915. The 1917 Catalogue of Delta Upsilon indicates that Carl Robert Weinhagen, a box manufacturer with the Charles Weinhagen Company located at 480 Jackson Street, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Hans Enes, the treasurer employed by the Home Comfort Company, resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Hans Enes resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Hans Enes, the president of Home Comfort Company, Inc., his wife, Margaret Enes, and Alice Enes, a teacher, and Nicholas N. Feider, a notions dealer, and his wife, Marie Feider, resided at this address. Marguerite Enes ( -1930) and Hans Enes (1899-1969) both died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is David John Peterson, who resides in Fridley, Minnesota.
364 Bates Avenue: Built in 1900. The building is a 940 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame rambler, with a detached one car garage. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gross resided at this address. The 1885 city directory indicates that William H. Gross was employed at John Matheis Carpets, located at 17 Third Street, and resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that E. C. Bell resided at this address. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mrs. R. E. Paine and Parker G. Paine resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Craig resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Peterson resided at this address. The 1902 Central Presbyterian Church directory indicates that Gilbert F. Philleo and Mrs. Lucy Philleo resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Catherine Weide (1845-1917,) the widowed mother of Otto A. Weide, who was born in Germany to parents born in Germany and who died of cancer of the liver, resided at this address in 1917. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Rockstroh, a carpenter, resided at this address. John Rockstroh ( -1943) died in Ramsey County. The most recent sale of the property occurred in 2005 and the sale price was $132,000. The previous owner of record of the property was James A. Winkels, who resided in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and the current owner of record is David M. Hult.
365 Bates Avenue: Built in 1890. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1648 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. George H. Brown resided at this address and that George H. Brown was a salesman for the Ohio Central Barge & Coal Company. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. George H. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pfeiffer resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that John W. Pfeiffer resided at this address in 1887. The 1889 and 1891 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lockwood and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pfeiffer resided at this address. The 1893, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1903, and 1905 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pfeiffer resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pfeiffer and their daughter resided at this address. The 1916, 1918, and 1923 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pfeiffer resided at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#2044) indicate that Raymond M. Pfeiffer (1896- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Company G, 56th Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, had brown eyes, brown hair, and a medium complexion, was 6' 1" tall, was a clerk at induction, served with the Second Army in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was a tariff clerk employed by Great Northern RailRoad after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Mrs. J. W. Pfeiffer, at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Michael J. Cummings, a clerk employed by the Liggett Drug Company, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John W. Pfeiffer, a salesman employed by the Adam Decker Hardware Company, and his wife, Caroline Pfeiffer, resided at this address. Charles Lockwood was a veteran of the First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War and reportedly was the sole survivor of its last man's club. Minnesota State Adjutant General's 1861-1865 records indicate that Charles M. Lockwood was a member of Company B of the First Minnesota Regiment, was born in 1842 in Wisconsin, enrolled in the regiment in 1861 from Washington County, and was promoted to corporal and sergeant. John William Pfeiffer ( -1931) died in Ramsey County. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2002 and in 2003. The property was last sold in 2000 for $82,000. The previous owner of record of the property was All Star of Minnesota, Inc., located in Woodbury, Minnesota, and the current owner of record is Rosegrove Properties LLC, located in Roseville, Minnesota. The 1885 and 1887 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Downing resided at the former nearby 366 Bates Avenue.
367 Bates Avenue: Built in 1900. The building is a two story, 1904 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stonaker and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Roberts resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stonaker and Mr. and Mrs. John Brown resided at this address. The 1901 and 1903 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. H. Mertens resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John Willis resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John Willis and their daughter resided at this address. World War I veteran Angus T. Willis (1887- ), a Private, resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Aug Willis, a machinist, Elmer Willis, a clerk, John Willis, a brakeman, Leo A. Willis, a switchman, and William T. Willis, a machinist, all boarded at this address and that Flora Willis, the widow of Jno Willis, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William Willis, a machinist, resided at this address. John Willey Willis (1854- ) was born in St. Paul, was the son of Charles L. Willis and Anna M. Geeson Willis, attended the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, and Dartmouth College (M.A. 1886,) read the law at Gilman, Clough & Lane (John M. Gilman, W. P. Clough, and Eugene F. Lane,) was admitted to the Bar in 1879, was a member of the St. Paul Board of Education 1881-1882, was a member of the State Board of Corrections and Charities in 1888, was a judge for the Second Judicial District 1893-1899, subsequently practiced law, and was the president of the Italian Catholic Society. John Willis was married twice, first to Eleanor Forsyth Willis, who died in 1894, and then to Margaret Wharton Willis in 1897. Margaret Wharton Willis was the daughter of Alfred Wharton, M.D. Charles L. Willis (1819-1898) was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1847, moved to St. Paul in 1850, practiced law and invested in real estate in St. Paul, Superior, Wisconsin, and Ashland, Wisconsin, was elected a life member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1856, and died in St. Paul. William Willis (1884-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kennedy, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 2001 and the purchase price was $135,000. The current owner of record of the property is David J. Peterson, who resides in Fridley, Minnesota.
370 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880. The building is a two story, 1862 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1908 city directory indicates that William J. Daly was a clerk for P. L. Hardenbergh & Company and boarded at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Daly resided at this address. The 1910-1911 Directory of the University of Minnesota indicates that Arthur R. Daly, a student, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that John W. Daly, a police officer employed by the Union Depot Company, resided at this address and Ellen Dolan, the widow of Michael Dolan, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John W. Daly, a police officer at the Central Police Station, and his wife, Mary A. Daly, resided at this address. In 1879, Peter R. L. Hardenbergh, a partner with Ebed L. Shackford in P. R. L. Hardenbergh & Company, a leather merchant located at 78 East Third Street, resided at 252 East Tenth Street. P. R. L. Hardenbergh (1834-1889) was born in New York City, New York, the son of a Dutch Reformed Church pastor, moved to Chicago in 1855, moved to St. Paul in 1867, established a large leather dealing business, became a Roman Catholic, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, while seeking medical treatment. Ebed L. Shackford (1843-1908,) the son of William Shackford (1783-1870,) once resided in Eastport, Maine, served in Company D in the First Maine Cavalry during the American Civil War, was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, married Lucy Parritt ( -1893) in 1869, and was a partner in P. R. L. Hardenbergh & Company, a wholesale leather and saddlery dealer in 1903. John W. Daly ( -1932) and Mary A. Daly ( -1934) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2001 for $129,900. The current owner of record of the property is Erikka Carter.
375 Bates Avenue: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 1512 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Peter G. Johnson and Augusta Johnson (1850-1892,) of Swedish heritage who died of Bright's disease, husband and wife, resided at this address in 1892. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that James A. Bodka resided at this address from 1907 to 1938 and that Elmer J. Pepin resided at this address from 1938 to 1978. The 1908 city directory indicates that Eileen V. McBride was a milliner at the Chamber of Commerce Building and roomed at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that C. Angela Bodka, a teacher, Helen M. Bodka, an operator employed by the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, Mary J. Bodka, a clerk employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and Paul J. Bodka, a marine, all boarded at this address and that Joseph A. Bodka, a cutter employed by C. Gotzian & Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that James A. Bodka, a shoe cutter, his wife, Clara M. Bodka, and Paul J. Bodka, a computer employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and Elmer J. Pepin, a window trimmer, and his wife, Grace R. Pepin, resided at this address. James A. Bodka (1863-1955) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. Clara Bodka (1862-1955) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Maloney, and died in Ramsey County. Elmer J. Pepin (1905-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Belanger, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Patricia M. Weaver and Ralph M. Weaver.
376 Bates Avenue: John Pfister House; Built in 1887; Queen Anne in style; MacCarthy & Doherty, architects; J. F. Romer, builder. The house was built for either $7,000 or $17,000. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the 2 1/2 story wood frame and clapboard duplex has three bays, an intersecting gable roof without any dormers, 1/1 rectangular fenestration and some stained glass, a limestone foundation, and a hipped roof open porch. The structure has an asymetrical, picturesque design that is dominated by a square hipped roof corner tower that has canted corners and raised square panels. The building has exposed rafters and a pediment over the main entrance, with floral/leafy ornamentation in tympanium. The entrance door has a transom and sidelights. There is a three bay window on the North side of the building, cornerboards, an open side porch, ornate carvings in the gable ends, and delicate stained glass. The building has been slightly altered, with sandblasted wood, new windows, and an altered porch base, and was in good condition in 1982. John Pfister was the original owner and resident in 1887. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John Pfister and their daughter resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that John Pfister was a jeweler, with his store located at 215 East Seventh Street, and resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John Pfister and their daughters resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John Pfister and their daughter resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Gebhard Bohn and their daughter resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hoff and Dr. P. A. Hoff resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Eddy resided at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that Adam H. Heck was a salesman for George Benz & Sons and boarded at this address and that Phil Heck resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Heck, Mrs. Louisa Oertel, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Grant, and A. H. Heck resided at this address. The 1918 and 1923 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Zimmerman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward F. Zimmerman, a salesman, and his wife, Laura E. Zimmerman, resided at this address. Pedar A. Hoff, M.D. (1874- ) was the son of Christopher Hoff and Christine Anderson Hoff, was born in St. Paul, and married Etta Marie Schacht in 1908. Christopher Hoff was an elevator manufacturer who came to Minnesota after the Civil War. Etta Schacht Hoff was the daughter of C. R. Schacht, who was a railroad contractor. Edward F. Zimmerman ( -1951) died in Ramsey County. Edward Fred Zimmerman (1883-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Pirius, and died in Goodhue County, Minnesota. The previous owner of record of the property was Doris Davis and the current owner of record is Sandra Jean Frederickson.
379 Bates Avenue: The property is a vacant residential lot. The 1897, 1899, 1901, 1903, and 1905 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Nienhauser resided at this address. The 1902 Central Presbyterian Church directory indicates that Charles P. Nienhauser, Lillie P. Nienhauser, and Roy B. Nienhauser resided at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#14273) indicate that Carl A. Kasimir (1889- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Sergeant in the Fourth Company, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Combined Arms Center, who was born in St. Paul, had gray eyes, blonde hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 8" tall, was a buyer at induction, was issued one bronze victory button, was a salesman employed by Finch, Van Slyck & McConville after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Marion Kasimir, at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that John E. Ayers, a switchman, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John E. Ayers, a switchman for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Emma E. Ayers, resided at this address. Roy Bailey Nienhauser (1887-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bailey, and died in Ramsey County. John E. Ayers ( -1935) died in Ramsey County. Emma A. O. Ayers ( -1950) died in Hennepin County. The previous owner of record of the property was the St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority and the current owners of record of the property, classified as exempt property, are Patricia M. Weaver and Ralph M. Weaver.
381 Bates Avenue: The structure is a multifamily apartment house. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hevener and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Jameson resided at this address. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hevener resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Ernst F. Horst was a physician who officed at 707 East Seventh Street and resided at this address and that Darius R. Hevener was a salesman for Lindekes, Warner & Schurmeier, a wholesale dry goods merchant, and resided at 729 East Sixth Street. The 1891 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. Ernst F. Horst, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Marshall, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thompson resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Peterson resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Allison resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that Mrs. Lizetta Nienaber and L. F. Nienaber resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mrs. Lizetta Nienaber and her daughter, L. F. Nienaber, and W. F. Nienaber resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Lizetta Nienaber and her daughters resided at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Armstrong and Mrs. Lizetta Nienaber and her daughters resided at this address. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. F. V. V. Churchill and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. C. Kemper resided at this address. William Laramy was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Henry J. Work, a conductor, resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. C. Kemper resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry B. Constans, associated with Constans Nolan & Company, and his wife, Clara A. Constans, resided at this address. Harry Becker Constans ( -1953) died in Ramsey County. Clara Constans (1880-1965) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The previous owner of record of the property was Gregory Young, who resided in Minneapolis, and the current owner of record is Two Ten Investments LLC, located at 1431 St. Clair Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. George F. Kuhles resided at the former nearby 382 Bates Avenue. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Linehan resided at the former nearby 383 Bates Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Lawrence R. Dyer, a travel agent, resided at the former nearby 383 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Gerald O. Eggert, a driver, and his wife, Marion Eggert, and Elizabeth Kisting resided at the former nearby 383 Bates Avenue. In 1879, George F. Kuhles, a partner with Henry F. Stock in Kuhles & Stock, a cigar manufacturer located at 70 Robert Street, resided at 223 Broadway Street. Henry Ferdinand Stock (1852-1929) was the cousin of George F. Kuhles. Henry F. Stock and George F. Kuhles were journeyman cigar makers who eventually settled in St. Paul and established their own cigar factory. A third partner, Tom McGinnis, was included in their cigar firm in 1875. George F. Kuhles (1850/1851-1904) was born in New York to parents born in New York, was married, was a cigarmaker according to the 1880 federal census, died at his residence at 451 Dewey Avenue in St. Paul, and merited an obituary in the New York Times. Mary Kuhles (1851- ) was born in Missouri to a father born in Missouri and a mother born in Prussia, was a housekeeper, was married to George F. Kuhles and was a part of his household according to the 1880 federal census. The 1880 federal census indicates the children of George F. Kuhles and Mary Kuhles were their son, Cicero Kuhles (1878- ,) born in Minnesota, and their daughter, Clara Kuhles (1880- ,) born in Minnesota. Gerald O. Eggert (1902-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Allenson, and died in Ramsey County. George F. Kuhles (1851-1904) was born in Germany and died in Ramsey County. Mary Josephine Kuhles ( -1911) and Cicero S. Kuhles ( -1933) both died in Ramsey County. Marion Eggert (1904-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schmid, and died in Hennepin County. Elizabeth Kisting (1876-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Miner, and died in Ramsey County.
387 Bates Avenue: Built in 1911. The building is a one story, 977 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Rank resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rudeen resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William F. Schuelke, a salesman, and his wife, Hazel Schuelke, resided at this address. Carl John Rudeen (1878-1967) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. Charles J. Rudeen ( -1937) died in Ramsey County. William Frederick Schuelke ( -1952) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2003 with a sale price of $136,500. The current owner of record of the property is John Crivits.
388 Bates Avenue: Built in 1924. The building is a two story, 1352 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Carl M. Anderson, a customs broker, and his wife, Anna W. Anderson, resided at this address. Carl Martin Raymond Anderson (1894-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gustafson, and died in Ramsey County. Carl Maurice Anderson ( -1937) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $184,900. The current owner of record of the property is Molly L. Miller.
393 Bates Avenue: 393 Bates Avenue; Built in 1929; Adobe Revival in style; Elmer H. Justus, builder. The building is a 1400 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, stucco rambler, with a two car tuck under garage. The Historic Dayton's Bluff Association indicates that this is a rare example of a one story Adobe Revival house. The small residence has a uniquely formal symmetrical facade. It has brick around the entrance stoop and the small pent roofs at the roof parapet and above the entry. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harold F. Hawkins, an inspector employed by Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, and his wife, Alice Hawkins, and Jennie U. Johnson, the principal at the Hayden Heights School, resided at this address. Alice Hawkins ( -1931) died in Hennepin County. Alice Rita Hawkins (1903-1994) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Monahan, and died in Ramsey County. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2002, in 2003, in 2004, and in 2005. The property was last sold for $55,500 and the sale occurred in 1993. The current owner of record of the property is Brent D. Anderson, who resides at 702 Wilson Avenue.
394 Bates Avenue: Built in 1912. The building is a one story, 1147 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Anderson resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Charles resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Carl M. Anderson, a clerk, resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Ghent resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Monroe M. Ghent, a physician, and his wife, Bertha Ghent, resided at this address. Monroe M. Ghent ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. Bertha K. Ghent (1877-1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johaukel, and died in Wabasha County, Minnesota. Zobius Leadership International is located at this address. The current owners of record of the property are Judith Ramsey and Donald W. Ramsey. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Keens resided at the former nearby 396 Bates Avenue.
397 Bates Avenue: Built in 1909. The building is a two story, 2160 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. The house formerly at this location was moved to 636-638 Bates Avenue in 2000 to make room for a Metropolitan State University expansion. The 1908 city directory indicates that Winslow W. Dunn, an attorney for the Hamm's Brewing Company, resided at this address, that Herbert L. Dunn, a clerk, boarded at this address, and that Winslow H. Dunn, a stenographer, boarded at this address. The 1909 Picturesque Dayton’s Bluff booklet indicates that W. H. Dunn resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that H. L. Dunn, the Hon. and Mrs. W. W. Dunn, and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Charles all resided at this address. The 1917 Catalogue of Delta Upsilon indicates that Herbert John Charles, a lawyer employed by the Theodore Hamms Brewing Company, resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Hon. and Mrs. W. W. Dunn and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Charles resided at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#2212) indicate that John Percival Enright (1896- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Sergeant First Class in the Second Company, Third Regiment, A. S. M., who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, had brown eyes, light brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 9 1/2" tall, was a clerk at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was a clerk employed by the American Hoist & Derrick Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred B. Blum, the proprietor of Blum's Drug Store, located at 786 East Seventh Street, resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Ghent resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Arva O. Nocks, a department manager, and his wife, Cleo Nocks, resided at this address. Winslow W. Dunn was a state legislator in 1897-1898, once was the lawyer for the Hamm's Brewing Company, and, in 1930, was an attorney for the Walsh Investment Company. In 1930, Winslow W. Dunn, Jr., was the first vice president and general manager of the J. C. Vander Bie Company, Inc., a manufacturer of ice cream. Winslow Whitman Dunn (1862-1952) was born in Washington County, Minnesota, was admitted to the practice of law in 1885, was a member and trustee of the Peoples Church/Hazel Park Congregational Church in the Hazel Park section of St. Paul, and was a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Ramsey County (Districts 25 and 33) from 1897 to 1902 and a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate representing Ramsey County (Districts 33 and 41) from 1902 until 1918. Elsie Dunn was the daughter of Winslow Whitman Dunn and attended the Harvester Works School while the family resided at 1007 Flandrau Street. In 1897, Dunn authored the "Brewer's Anmendment" to the Minnesota Constitution, which made constitutional amendments more difficult to enact by requiring a majority of all voters at an election (rather than requiring a majority of the voters on the amendment) as the threshold for passage. The constitutional amendment was approved in 1898 under the prior threshold standard. John Enright, of Long Beach, California, was the father of John Percival Enright. Winslow W. Dunn ( -1952) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1992 for $14,500. The current owner of record of the property is the Metropolitan State University. [See note for the American Hoist and Derrick Company for 2010 Summit Avenue.]
398 Bates Avenue: Built in 1923. The building is a one story, 932 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Uriah M. Holley, a painter employed by the Ford Motor Company, and his wife, Josephine Holley, resided at this address. Josephine C. Holley ( -1932) died in Ramsey County. Minnesota Cascade Landscape is located at this address. The current owner of record of the property is Pioquinto F. Balderrama.
400 Bates Avenue: Built in 1888. The building is a two story, 2408 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Charles Brown (1826-1902,) who was born in the United States to parents who also were born in the United States, who was married, and who died of capillary bronchitis, resided at this address in 1902. The 1909 city directory indicates that F. W. Krieger, Miss Caroline Krieger, Mrs. C. M. Krieger, and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. George resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline M. Krieger (1834-1910,) the widowed mother of Allen C. Krieger, who was born in Germany to parents also born in Germany and who died of cancer of the liver, resided at this address in 1910. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The property was last sold in 2000 for $42,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Paquito F. Melendez, who resided in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, and the current owner of record is Erasto Medina, who resides in Newport, Minnesota. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bascom and Mrs. S. C. Phillips all resided at the former nearby 401 Bates Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Phillips resided at the nearby former 403 Bates Avenue. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Charles resided at the former nearby 401 Bates Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board indicate that Harold B. Tepel (1893- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Private in Batalion C of the 151st Field Artillery, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion, was 5' 9" tall, was a chauffeur at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Marne, Champagne, St. Michel, the Meuse, and Argonne, was an iron constructor employed by the Standard Conveyor Company, North St. Paul, Minnesota, after the completion of service, and was married, resided at the nearby 401 Bates Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that William J. Davison, a salesman for the Co-Operative Laundry Company, and Mrs. Vivian Davison, an ironer for the Co-Operative Laundry Company, and Hale W. Roberts, a department manager employed by Brown & Bigelow, and his wife, Helen Roberts, resided at the former nearby 401 Bates Avenue and that John Blahowski, a letter carrier, and his wife, Alice Blahowski, resided at the former nearby 403 Bates Avenue. The conveyor industry actually started in 1900 in the Twin Cities by a group of men unloading wood shingles from rail cars. Part of that group moved to Ellwood City Pennsylvania, the home of National Tube, and called itself Mathews Gravity Conveyer Company, with Rufus P. Mathews as president, and the remainder started a conveyor company named Standard Conveyor Company. Ira Smith Eggleston (1902-1989) graduated from Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota, was a reserve officer and served as a Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery in training at Fort Monroe, Virginia before returning home to St. Paul in the 1920's, was a mechanical engineer and worked for many years for the Standard Conveyor Company in North St. Paul, and invented several conveyors and held patents on them. Standard Conveyor Company manufactured spiral slide fire escapes, various gravity feed conveyors, and various powered conveyors.
406 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880. The building is a two story, 2496 square foot, five bedroom, four bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. Blase and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Felton all resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Frederick Blase resided at this address, that Frederick Blase, Jr., was a laborer with H. G. Blase and boarded at this address, and that Henry W. Blase was a clerk for W. H. Elsinger & Company and boarded at this address. The 1910 city directory indicates that Fred H. Korfhage was a cigar maker for Kuhles & Stock Company and resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Richard K. Lawrence, Lewis M. Cullins, a helper, his wife, Minnie Cullins, and Aulden L. Cullins, an assistant manager for the Lyceum Theatre, resided at this address. Richard K. Lawrence (1892-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jacob, and died in Ramsey County. Aulden Leroy Cullins (1911-1958) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The last sale of the property occurred in 1997 and the sale price was $56,000. The current owner of record of the property is Wayne Isaac.
407-409 Bates Avenue: Zimmerman Flats; Built in 1900. The structure is a three story, 8622 square foot, multifamily apartment house. The 1891 city directory indicates that David R. Greenlee was a physician and resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keener resided at 407 Bates Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keaner resided at 407 Bates Avenue. P. H. Borden resided at 409 Bates Avenue in 1918. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board indicate that Thomas P. Borden (1896- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Sergeant, Headquarters Detail, Transportation Corps, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, light hair, and a fair complexion, was five foot eight and 1/2 inches tall, was a stenographer at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, and was employed as a stenographer by the Great Northern RailRoad upon the completion of service, and was married, resided at 409 Bates Avenue with his father, P. H. Borden. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#16066) indicate that Charles E. Mullen (1890- ,) a 1917 draftee and a Private First Class in Company E of the 21st Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, had brown eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion, was 5' 9" tall, was an engineer at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Toul Sector, the St. Mihiel Offensive, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, was issued one bronze Victory button, was an engineer employed by the Omaha Railway Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his aunt, Mrs. M. Keener, at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that George L. Abeler, a clerk, and Mary Borden, a machine operator employed by Klinkerfues Brothers, both boarded at 409 Bates Avenue, that Patrick H. Borden, superintendent of the Dayton's Bluff Post Office Station, resided at 409 Bates Avenue, that Agnes V. Dunphy, a telephone operator employed by the Illinois Steel Company, and Reagan J. Dunphy, a switchman employed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad, both boarded at 407 Bates Avenue, and that Mary E. Dunphy, the widow of John B. Dunphy, resided at 407 Bates Avenue. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Ericksen resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Albertine Hartman resided at the former nearby 409 Bates Avenue in 1899. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that August J. Studeman (1853-1924,) the husband of Christina Studeman, who was born in Ohio to parents born in Germany and who died of pernicious anaemia, resided at this address in 1924. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at 407 Bates Avenue were Mrs. Margie L. Nelson, a saleswoman employed by the Golden Rule department store (Apartment #2,) and John T. Duffy, a janitor, and his wife, Nellie Duffy (Apartment #4,) with Apartment #1 was vacant, and that the residents of the apartment building located at 409 Bates Avenue were Josephine A. Walsh, a clerk employed by the First National Bank (Apartment #1,) and Mrs. Marie Murphy, a saleswoman employed by Schunemans & Mannheimers (Apartment #2,) with Apartment #3 vacant. In 2000, 409 Bates Avenue, Apartment #2, was the subject of a code enforcement action by the City of St. Paul. Paul H. Hartman was the son-in-law of Albertine Hartman. Paul Hartman ( -1909) and Marie A. Murphy ( -1937) both died in Ramsey County. Margie Nelson (1905-1996) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wilson, and died in Koochiching County, Minnesota. Nellie B. Duffy (1895-1964) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wilson, and died in Ramsey County. Josephine Ann Walsh (1909-1960) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Marie L. Murphy (1882-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gensch, and died in Ramsey County. Marie T. Murphy (1902-1981) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1992 for $93,500. The previous owner of record of the property was 407 Bates LLC, located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and the current owner of record is the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota Colleges and Universities System of the State of Minnesota. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that August J. Studeman resided at the former nearby 410 Bates Avenue in 1888. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Studeman resided at the former nearby 410 Bates Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that James J. Coughlin, a clerk employed by the Railway Mail Service, Julia I. Coughlin, a clerk employed by The Emporium, and Mary C. Coughlin, a stenographer, all boarded at the former nearby 412 Bates Avenue and that Mary A. Coughlin, the widow of James Coughlin, resided at the former nearby 412 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Paul E. Falk and Ernest C. Strange resided at the former nearby 410 Bates Avenue. Paul Falk ( -1948) died in Ramsey County. [See note on Railway Mail Service for 360 Maria Avenue.] [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.] [See note on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad for 472 Ohio Street.]
412 Bates Avenue: Built in 1888. The building is a two story, 2222 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house. The house was originally the John Doeren house and was located at 795 East Seventh Street. It was moved to this site in the 1960's. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Rena Viericks, the widow of Charles Viericks and a clerk, resided at this address. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The last sale of the property was for $175,000 and occurred in 2002. The current owners of record of the property are Christine Goldade and Kevin Goldade, who reside in Oakdale, Minnesota. The 1920 city directory indicates that Lloyd C. Fitzenberger, a truckman employed by H & L Company, resided at the former nearby 422 Bates Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Minnie Meyer (1849-1926,) the widowed mother of Lydia Meyer, who was born in Iowa to parents who were born in Germany and who died of a carcinoma of the stomach, resided at the nearby former 422 Bates Avenue in 1926. The 1930 city directory indicates that Gustav Hanson and Lydia Meyer, a seamstress, resided at the former nearby 422 Bates Avenue. Lydia L. Meyer (1868-1965) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County.
441 Bates Avenue: Built in 1910. The building is a one story, 1061 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The property was last sold in 1993 for $57,000. The current owners of record of the property are Lea J. Ebensteiner and Mark A. Ebensteiner. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Henry Harrison Crooks and Mrs. Florence Virginia Hinchman resided at this address in 1918. The Hinchman burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Florence V. Hinchman (1859-1916,) Charles E. Hinchman (1859-1908,) Roy L. Hinchman ( -1921,) a Sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps, Vera B. Hinchman (1888-1966,) Mary A. Hinchman (1890-1946,) Mary B. Crooks (1850-1925,) Henry H. Crooks (1835-1918,) and Ethel Hinchman (1894-1894.)
604 Bates Avenue: Built in 1903. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1344 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The house was built for John Allenson. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Charlotte Carleen, the widow of John Carleen, resided at this address. The previous owners of record of the property were Dale A. Nelson and Jane E. Nelson and the current owner of record is Gallop Solutions Inc. of St. Paul. Charlotte C. Carleen ( -1943) died in Ramsey County. [See note on John Allenson for 635 Bates Avenue.]
608 Bates: Built in 1910; Patternbook design. The building is a two story, 1664 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The house was built for John Allenson. Ralph J. Hishon was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Mrs. Lillian Cournoyer, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jeremiah E. Young, an iron worker, and his wife, Eleanor A. Young, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 1991 for $59,000. The Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhood Association purchased the house in 1992 and had it rehabilitated through the City of St. Paul's "Houses to Homes" program. The Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhood Association was founded in 1982 by Karin DuPaul. The "Houses to Homes" program provides gap subsidies to non-profit or for-profit developers or prospective homeowners to renovate vacant houses requiring moderate to substantial rehabilitation and contributing to neighborhood blight, with the gap financing to be used for acquisition, title and closing costs, construction and contingency funding, and carrying costs, resale closing costs, interim financing fees, marketing, design and developer fees. Rehabilitation sponsored by the program is expected to go beyond simple city code compliance to make the properties marketable into the future. The current owner of record of the property is Michele M. Delorme. [See note on John Allenson for 635 Bates Avenue.] [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.]
612 Bates Avenue: Built in 1886. The building is a one story, 900 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame house. The 1923 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Steuer resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Walter R. Nadler, a painter employed by the Ford Motor Company, and his wife, Mavis H. Nadler, resided at this address. The house was built for John Allenson. The property was last sold in 1991 for $35,000. The current owners of record of the property are Hilary P. Pflepsen and Michael C. Watters. Walter Rudolph Nadler (1902-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sempf, and died in Ramsey County. [See note on John Allenson for 635 Bates Avenue.]
614 Bates Avenue: Built in 1888. The building is a two story, 3432 square foot, nine bedroom, three bathroom, frame house. The 1890 city directory indicates that Gebhard H. Blase was a carpenter who resided at this address, that Theodore E. Blase was a bookkeeper for Washington Life Insurance Company who boarded at this address, that Benjamin Blase boarded at this address, and that Emma Blase was a seamstress with the C. C. Eastwood Company, a ladies and children's wear manufacturer, who boarded at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Blase and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Blase resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Blase and daughters and Theodore E. Blase resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Blase resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Blase and Miss Sophia Blase resided at this address. The 1901 and 1903 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Blase resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Blaser and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Blase and their daughters resided at this address. The 1907 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Blase and T. E. Blase resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline E. Blase (1874-1907,) the unmarried daughter of Gerhardt H. Blase, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in Germany and who suffered from a mental aberration and committed suicide by pistol shot, resided at this address in 1907. The 1908 city directory indicates that Benjamin E. Blase, assistant foreman for the Great Northern RailRoad, boarded at this address, that Gebhardt H. Blase boarded at this address, that Henry G. Blase, bookkeeper, boarded at this address, and Theodore E. Blase, a bookkeeper, boarded at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Blase and their daughter and T. E. Blase resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Gerhardt H. Blase (1832-1914,) the husband of Anna Maria Blase, who was born in Germany to parents also born in Germany and who died of arteriosclerosis, resided at this address in 1914. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mrs. G. H. Blase resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. G. H. Blase, her daughter, and T. E. Blase all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Benjamin E. Blase, Henry G. Blase, Samuel J. Blase, a laborer, and Sophia H. Blase, a housekeeper, all boarded at this address and that Theodore J. Blase resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George B. Brooks, a laborer at the Commercial Post Office, and his wife, Agnes I. Brooks, Benjamin E. Blase, and Sophia Blase resided at this address. Gerhardt H. Blase (1832-1914,) the son of Gerhard Wilhelm Friedrich Blase (1782-1851) and Catherine Henrietta Dorothea Detering Blase (1802-1854,) was baptized at Lintorf, Germany, was the brother of John Henry Blase (1828-1885,) a member of the First Minnesota Regiment, Ernst F. Blase (1841-1922,) a member of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment and the Fifth U. S. Cavalry, and Clara Elizabeth Blase (Mrs. Frederick) Luetkemeyer, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1849, arrived in St. Paul in 1851, purchased land near the Salem Methodist Church in Dakota County, Minnesota, was a contractor and carpenter, married Anna Marie Gardener/Gerdener (1836-1919) in 1854 in St. Paul, resided at 110 Pine Street in 1869, lived at 46 Wacouta Street from 1869 and 1871, and resided at this address in 1900 and in 1914. Caroline Emma Blase was the daughter of Gerhardt H. Blase. The Blase burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Gerhardt H. Blase (1832-1914,) Anna M. Blase (1835-1929,) Elizabeth Blase (1867-1947,) Theodore E. Blase (1855-1928,) Benjamin Blase (1867-1931,) Samuel J. Blase (1869-1952,) Henry Blase (1876-1925,) William R. Blase (1861-1864,) and Louisa S. J. Blase (1858-1864.) Emma C. Blase (1874-1907,) Gehardt H. Blase ( -1914,) Henry Blase ( -1925,) Theodore Blase ( -1928,) Benjamin Ernest Blase ( -1931,) Sophia Henrietta Blase ( -1942,) and Samuel J. Blase ( -1952) all died in Ramsey County. Gebhardt H. Blase died in 1914. Henry Gebhard Blase (1894-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Halkert, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Telly Wilcox, who resides at 75 Wentworth Avenue West, West St. Paul. The 1930 city directory indicates that George C. Browne resided at the former nearby 616 Bates Avenue. [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.]
619 Bates Avenue: Built in 1908. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1365 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom asbestos-sided house. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mary S. Kolb (1834-1911,) the wife of Rev. Jacob Kolb, who was born in Germany to parents also born in Germany and who died of heart disease, resided at this address in 1911. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Jacob Kolb and Alfred Holenstein resided at this address in 1912 and that Jacob Kolb died in 1915. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles A. Blad, a salesman, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry E. Aicher, a finisher for Villaume Box & Lumber Company, and his wife, Rose C. Aicher, resided at this address. Rose Christine Aicher ( -1951) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is David J. Decker. Jane E. Carlstrom, who resided at this address in 2004, was a contributor to the John Kerry for President campaign in 2004. [See note on Eugene Villaume and the Villaume Box & Lumber Company for 123 Isabel Street West.]
620 Bates Avenue: Built in 1888. The building is a two story, 2588 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mangan resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Amy Harriette Johnson (1892-1907,) the unmarried daughter of Elias M. Johnson, who was born in St. Paul to parents born in Norway and who died of phthisis pulmonalis, resided at this address in 1907 and that Elias M. Johnson (1845-1907,) the husband of Anna N. Johnson, who was born in Norway to parents also born in Norway and who died of a malignant growth in the abdomen, resided at this address in 1907. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mina I. Johnson (1884-1910,) the single daughter of Anna M. Johnson, who was born in St. Paul to parents born in Norway and who died of pulmonary tuberculosis, resided at this address in 1910. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Nystrom and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nystrom resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Clifford M. Nystrom, a cashier for the City of St. Paul Department of Finance, and his wife, May E. Nystrom, resided at this address. Clifford M. Nystrom (1888-1978) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Telly Wilcox, who resides at 75 Wentworth Avenue West, West St. Paul.
621 Bates Avenue: Built in 1903. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1396 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Peter J. Dahlgren, a porter employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad building, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Peter J. Dahlgren, a porter for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Hannah Dahlgren, and Louis R. Larson resided at this address. Peter Dahlgren ( -1945) died in Ramsey County. Hannah Dahlgren ( -1952) died in Hennepin County. Louis R. Larson (1893-1982) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mikkleson, and died in Ramsey County. The previous owner of record of the property is Mark F. Lehner and the current owner of record is Henry J. Schnitzer, who resides at 716 Lincoln Avenue. [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad and Jay Cooke for 432 Summit Avenue.]
626 Bates Avenue: Built in 1906. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1423 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#32174) indicate that Arthur C. Albright (1894- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private First Class in Company A of the 313th Am. Tn., who was born in Ottona, Monnesota, had brown eyes, brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 8" tall, was a chauffeur at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Center Section in Haute Alsace, was a chauffeur employed by the American Can Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Helen A. Donahue, a stenographer employed by Linton & Scott, boarded at this address and that Patrick Donahue, a watchman employed by G. Sommers & Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Nora Smith, the widow of Edward Smith, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 1999 for $85,000. The current owner of record of the property is Ian S. Rouse.
628 Bates Avenue: Built in 1884. The building is a one story, 1176 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that William Neitge, an engineer, and his wife, Emily Neitge, resided at this address. William Neitge ( -1933) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Dolores Reed.
631 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880; Victorian in style. The building is a one story, 1095 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the two story, woodframe and clapboard, house has an intersectig gable roof without any dormers, one interior brick chimney, 1/1 rectangular fenestration, a limestone foundation, and an eclosed front entry porch with a shed roof. The house has almost no exposed foundation. It has gable ends with simple carving, perforations, kingpost ornamentation at the bargeboard, cornerboards, a zigzag pattern carved under the eaves, and a projecting one story rectangular bay window with a hipped metal roof and incised frame carvings. The house was only slightly altered in 1982, but was in poor condition. Charles H. W. Thoele was the owner and resident of the house in 1889, when the first city subpermit was issued for this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles H. Lockwood, a janitor, resided at this address. Charles H. Lockwood ( -1948) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Denise S. Erler and John B. Erler. [See note for Charles H. Lockwood for 365 Bates Avenue.]
632 Bates Avenue: Built in 1880. The building is a two story, 2464 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. The 1890 city directory indicates that Thomas L. Thompson owned the T. L. Thompson & Company, a clothier located at 315 Seventh Street, and resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Thompson resided at this address. The 1897 and 1899 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Warren resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry Preston resided at this address. The current owner of record of the property is Arthur E. Thom, Inc., located at 336 Robert Street North. The 1920 city directory indicates that May Beckett, a clerk employed by the Golden Rule, roomed at the former nearby 634 Bates Avenue and that Helen M. Engels, a clerk employed by the F. W. Woolworth Company, boarded at the former nearby 634 Bates Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that John W. Luth, a chiropractor and a switchman employed by the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Gertrude M. Luth, resided at the former nearby 634 Bates Avenue. John W. Luth ( -1952) died in Ramsey County. Gertrude M. Luth (1901-1990) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Koenig, and died in Washington County, Minnesota.
635 Bates Avenue: John Allenson House; Built in 1888 (1886 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Victorian/Eastlake in style. The building is a two story, 2517 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. It boasts a wonderfully complete Eastlake patternbook design. The 1982 Ramsey County Historic Sites Survey indicates that the 2 1/2 story wood frame and asbestos-sided house has three bays, a hipped with gable roof without any dormers, one interior endwall chimney, 1/1 rectangular and casement fenestration, limestone block foundation, and a shed roofed entry porch with square columns with brackets, dentils and pediment. The two main facade gable ends include one with a Palladian-like window and both have decorative bargeboards. The eave has corner brackets and dentils and the door has a transom. The structure was considerably altered in 1982, with added siding, new porch columns, and new windows, and was in fair condition. The lot once featured rear lot fancy rock gardens and fountains. The house originally cost $2,490. The Eastlake ornamental trim was a triumph of wood-working machinery. The gouge decorated the vergeboards and casings, the lathe turned the porch piers and spindles, and the fret-saw produced the ornate brackets. Most Eastlake buildings would be classified as Stick style or Queen Anne if they were not characterized by a distinctive type of ornament. This ornament is largely the product of chisel, gouge, and the lathe, and somewhat like ornamentation of furniture during that period. This imitation of the furniture motif can be seen in decorative knobs of various forms and the posts of porches or vernadas which often resemble table legs. The name refers to Charles Locke Eastlake (1833-1906), an English architect who advocated the use of wooden decoration. His designs became popular after his book, Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and Other Details, was published in 1872. It produced a revolution in design and a revival of hand craftsmanship which became known as the Arts and Crafts Movement. The Eastlake style features simple circular stylized flowers and pierced decorative elements. Never a big architectural hit, it was a popular furniture design in the late 1800's. The original owner and resident of the house was John Allenson. The 1890 city directory indicates that John Allenson was the foreman at the St. Paul Foundry Company and resided at this address. Mrs. Allenson lived in the house until the late 1970's. The 1907, 1916, and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. John Allenson resided at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that John Allenson, the superintendent of the St. Paul Foundry, resided at this address, that C. Edward Allenson, a baker, boarded at this address, and that Paul H. Allenson, a stenographer for the St. Paul Gas & Light Company (subsequently Northern States Power (NSP) and currently Xcel Energy), boarded at this address. World War I veteran Paul H. Allenson resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#10291) indicate that Paul H. Allenson (1889- ,) a 1918 draftee and a wagoneer in Company 49 of the 20th Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, light brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 7 1/2" tall, was an auto mechanic at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was unemployed after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Mrs. John Allenson, at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank O. Allenson, foreman at the St. Paul Foundry Company, and Paul H. Allenson, machinist at the St. Paul Foundry Company, both boarded at this address and that John Allenson, superintendent at the St. Paul Foundry Company, resided at this address. According to research in the 1930 Census by her great great neice, Minnie Morschauser Allenson resided with her husband, Frank O. Allenson, at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Oscar F. Allenson, a foreman at the St. Paul Foundry Company, and his wife, Minnie Allenson, and August E. Christopherson resided at this address. The St. Paul Foundry Company was founded in 1863 by C. N. Parker and M. W. Topping. The St. Paul Foundry complex, built in 1901 on the north side of the railroad tracks near Como and Western Avenues, was part of the early industrial development St. Paul's North End, along with the Great Northern and Northern Pacific RailRoads and the Planing Mill of the John Martin Lumber Company, in a neighborhood which began as a working class community when the area was settled in the 1880's and 1890's by northern European immigrants. The headquarters buildings of the St. Paul Foundry Company, at 500 West Como Avenue, were designed by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., in 1901. The St. Paul Foundry Company became the Maxson Corporation in 1963. The St. Paul Gas & Light Company subsequently became Northern States Power (NSP) and is currently Xcel Energy. John Allenson ( -1935) died in Ramsey County. August Edwin Christopherson (1900-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ringstrom, and died in Ramsey County. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The current owner of record of the property is Clifford M. Carey. [See note on the St. Paul Foundry Company for 1074 West Linwood Avenue.]
636-638 Bates Avenue: Winslow W. Dunn House/Winslow Dunn Condominiums: Built in 1908 (1909 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Victorian in style. The 2160 square foot house is a three story, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame duplex. It originally was located at 397 Bates Avenue and was moved to this location by the Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhood Association as part of the expansion efforts of Metropolitan State University in 2000. The first floor condo has a kitchen with a pantry, dining room, parlor, bedroom, library/guest bedroom, and a full bath. Special features in the house include French doors between the dining room and library, a built-in oak buffet in the dining room, hard wood floors, and leaded, beveled and stained glass windows. The second level has the same basic layout, but the wood is maple. It contains two bedrooms, a three-season porch, and a screen porch. The two units are now condominiums. The 1908 city directory indicates that Winslow W. Dunn was an attorney for the Hamms Brewing Company and resided at 397 Bates Avenue. Unit 1 last sold in 2003 for $155,000. Unit 2 last sold in 2002 for $156,005. Unit 1 is currently owned by Maryrose Dolezal. Unit 2 is currently owned by Anne Kukowski. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank W. Ashby, a credit man employed by the Liberty Outfitting Company, roomed at the former nearby 639 Bates Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Carl A. Blad, a trucker with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad, and his wife, Amanda Blad, resided at the former nearby 639 Bates Avenue. Carl August Blad (1908-1960) had a mother with a maiden name of Carlson and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Amanda Blad ( -1936) died in Washington County, Minnesota.
738 Beech Street: Built in 1884. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1440 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house. Joseph Warisch, Jr., and Karl Warisch were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Joseph Warisch, a brewer, and Joseph Warisch, Jr., a helper for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha RailRoad, both resided at this address and that Carl Warisch, a laborer, and George Dick, a laborer, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Andrew W. Spock, a letter carrier employed by the Industrial Post Office Station, and his wife, Anna C. Spock, resided at this address. Andrew W. Spock (1892-1987) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Beverly Truskolaski. The 1920 city directory indicates that Bernard Buehler, a carpenter, boarded at the former nearby 805 Beech Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Joseph M. Krieps resided at the former nearby 797 Beech Street and that Bernard Buehler, associated with Buehler & Altendorfer, and his wife, Anna M. Buehler, resided at the former nearby 805 Beech Street. Joseph Krieps ( -1941,) Anna Margaret Buehler ( -1941,) and Bernard Buehler ( -1949) all died in Ramsey County.
834 Beech Street: Built in 1889. The building is a two story, 2468 square foot, seven bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The property was last sold in 2000 for $95,000. The current owner of record of the property is Daniel T. Niezgocki, who resides in Maplewood, Minnesota. The 1930 city directory indicates that Anthony L. Yurek, a molder employed by the Northern Maleable Iron Company, and his wife, Anna Yurek, resided at the former nearby 836 Beech Street. Anthony L. Yurek (1896-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Matuszak, and died in Ramsey County.
838 Beech Street: Built in 1875. The structure is a two story, 5760 square foot, multifamily apartment house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary Palumbo resided at this address. Mary Concetta Palumbo ( -1953) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 1998 and the sale price was $157,000. The current owners of record of the property are Pao Her and Xia Yang Her, who reside at 2473 Brookview Drive East.
840 Beech Street: The property is a vacant residential lot. The property was last sold in 1998 for $157,000. The 1903 city directory indicates that John B. Heininger, a car operator with the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, resided at the former nearby 842 Beech Street and that John D. Heininger, a laborer, boarded at the former nearby 842 Beech Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Tobisch resided at this address. John Heininger ( -1934) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. John Edward Tobisch ( -1951) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Pao Her and Xia Yang Her, who reside at 2473 Brookview Drive East. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#31941) indicate that James A. Lizzett (1893- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Company K of the Fourth Pioneer Infantry, who was born in St. Paul, had gray eyes, black hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 6 1/4" tall, was a locomotive fireman at induction, was a round house helper employed by the St. Paul Union Depot after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his mother, Harriet Lizzett, at the nearby former 844 Beech Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Horace A. Hill, Maurice Schindler, a painter, and his wife, Stella Schindler, resided at the former nearby 842 Beech Street, that Arthur R. McCloskey, a tester employed by the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, and his wife, Ida McCloskey, resided at the former nearby 844 Beech Street, that Alvin C. Anderson, a laborer at the Twin City Hardwood Lumber Company, and his wife, Sylvia Anderson, resided at the former nearby 844 1/2 Beech Street, and that Louis Kaslin resided at the former nearby 846 Beech Street. Horace A. Hill (1888-1984) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hamilton, and died in Ramsey County. Alvin C. Anderson (1882-1980) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Holmes, and died in Ramsey County. Sylvia A. Anderson (1889-1970) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Port, and died in Ramsey County. Louis Kaslin (1862-1955) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County.
848 Beech Street: Built in 1908. The building is a two story, 1728 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The current owners of record of the property are Nang Neyer Her and Fong Xiong.
850 Beech Street: Built in 1874. The building is a 1300 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, frame rambler. The 1930 city directory indicates that Otto Gaetke, a clerk employed by Metzger Brothers, and his wife, Helen Gaetke, resided at this address. Otto L. Gaetke ( -1952) died in Ramsey County. Helen Gaetke (1890-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bemlott, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2003 and the sale price was $105,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Scott Flaherty, who resided in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and the current owners of record are Marika Hendricks and Shane Hendricks, who reside at 1414 Mechanic Avenue.
854 Beech Street: Built in 1880. The building is a 1164 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided rambler. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Batto resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Fred W. Belau, a packer for G. Sommers & Company, and his wife, Lillian Belau, resided at this address. Fred William Belau (1906-1985) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dubler, and died in Ramsey County. Lillian Belau (1900-2000) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Halstenson, and died in Ramsey County. The most recent sale of the property occurred in 2004 and the sale price was $140,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Laurie L. Poole and the current owner of record is Christine D. Poole.
860 Beech Street: Built in 1908. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1544 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Ella Titze and William Tobiason, a metal worker employed by the Seeger Refrigerator Company, resided at this address. Ella E. Titze (1888-1967) had a mother with a maiden name of Heck and died in Ramsey County. Williams Marius Tobiason (1895-1983) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2001 for $115,000. The current owners of record of the property are Yong Yia Vue and Youa Vue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Matt Helmbrecht, a firefighter, resided at the former nearby 861 Beech Street.
862 Beech Street: Built in 1878. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1372 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William H. Kemper resided at this address in 1907. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Herman Kemper resided at this address in 1908. World War I veteran Alb. Larson resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#26933) indicate that William Fred Ludwig (1889- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Company 22 of the 161st Depot Brigade, who was born in Marshall, Wisconsin, moved to Minnesota in 1916, had brown eyes, black hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 5 1/2" tall, was a farmer at induction, was a sheet metal worker employed by Armour & Company after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Stella Ketzeboch, at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. Florence L. Kemper was the daughter of William H. Kemper. Florence Kemper (1893-1906) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. William H. Kemper ( -1943) died in Ramsey County. William H. Kemper ( -1959) died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold for $139,900 and that sale occurred in 2005. The previous owner of record of the property was ERS Investment LLC of Edina, Minnesota, and the current owner of record of the property is Leticia E. Rivas.
866 Beech Street: Built in 1894. The building is a one story, 1042 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Angela Schulte, the widow of Herman Schulte, resided at this address. Angela Schulte ( -1935) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2002 with a sale price of $102,000. The current owner of record of the property is Shoua Ger F. T. Yang.
869 Beech Street: Built in 1909. The building is a one story, 896 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame house. The 1930 city directory indicates that William L. Sherin resided at this address. The current owner of record of the property is Tobin E. Peterson. Zion Lutheran Cemetery records indicate that Wilhelm Honebrink resided at the former nearby 916 Beech Street in 1882. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barnum and Frank Benoit all resided at the former nearby 876 Beech Street, that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Like resided at the former nearby 892 Beech Street, and that Mr. and Mrs. James R. Linden resided at the former nearby 901 Beech Street. The 1910-1911 Directory of the University of Minnesota indicates that Henry E. Wolff and Walter E. Wolff, students, both resided at the former nearby 914 Beech Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Jane Hughes (1827-1913,) the widowed mother of Mrs. A. B. Murphy, who was born in England to parents also born in England and who died of general debility, resided at the nearby former 895 Beech Street in 1913. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, Tower Exchange, was located at the nearby 881 Beech Street from 1914. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Wolff (1855-1914,) the husband of Lydia Wolff, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of valvular heart disease, resided at the nearby 914 Beech Street in 1914. The 1916 city directory indicates that G. D. Nelson resided at the former nearby 895 Beech Street and that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ritt resided at the former nearby 900 Beech Street. The 1918 city directory indicates that J. F. Buberl resided at the former nearby 906 Beech Street, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Lindeke resided at the former nearby 919 Beech Street, and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Ekholm resided at the former nearby 934 Beech Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Albert J. Reinhardt and Arch J. Stark, a checker, and his wife, Catherine Stark, resided at the former nearby 874 Beech Street, that Bennie Arneberg, a foreman at K. B. Arneberg, and his wife, Olga Arneberg, resided at the nearby 884 Beech Street, that the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, Tower Exchange, was located at the former nearby 885 Beech Street, that Mrs. Frances Huppert, the widow of Mathais Huppert, resided at the nearby 890 Beech Street, that Steph Buss, chief engineer for the Hamms Brewing Company, and his wife, Mary Buss, Anna M. Buss, a teacher at Harding High School, and Edward M. Buss, a grain dryer employed by the Hamms Brewing Company, resided at the former nearby 891 Beech Street, that Fred Koehn and William C. Koehn, a baggageman, and his wife, Lena Koehn, resided at the former nearby 895 Beech Street, that John A. Degerman, a carpenter with Griffin Wheel Company, and his wife, Anna Degerman, resided at the nearby 896 Beech Street, that Walter H. Kirchhoff, a painter employed by the Bohn Refrigerator Company, and his wife, Rose Kirchhoff, resided at the nearby 900 Beech Street, that Charles Berridge, a salesman for Adam Decker Hardware Company, and his wife, Ruth Berridge, and Mrs. Ruth Berridge, a saleswoman for The Emporium Department Store, and Herman J. Quast, a driver employed by Sanitary Farm Dairies, and his wife, Emma J. Quast, resided at the former nearby 901 Beech Street, that Nels A. Johnson, his wife, Ruth C. Johnson, and Oscar R. Anderson, a pipeman for St. Paul Fire Department Engine Company #7, and his wife, Alice Anderson, resided at the nearby 903 Beech Street, that John Hauprich/Haupricht, a laborer employed by the American Hoist & Derrick Company, and his wife, Margaret Hauprich, and John F. Sekevitch, a body builder employed by the Ford Motor Company, and his wife, Mae Sekevitch, resided at the nearby 905 Beech Street, that George H. Kappes, a packer, and his wife, Mathilda Kappes, Clarence Trudo, a laborer employed by Armour & Company, his wife, Margaret Trudo, a clerk employed by the Capitol City Cigar Store, Clarence K. Neumann, a driver employed by the Dora-Redpath Company, and his wife, Minnie Neumann, all resided at the nearby 906 Beech Street, that Roger Thieling, a proofreader employed by Brown & Bigelow, and his wife, Helen Thieling, resided at the former nearby 908 Beech Street, that John T. Kleiber, a clerk employed by West Publishing Company, and his wife, Mary Kleiber, resided at the nearby 910 Beech Street, that Mrs. Agnes Didion resided at the nearby 911 Beech Street, that Mrs. Ella Gannon, the widow of John Gannon and a writer at the Golden Rule Department Store, and Raymond J. Manders, a machinist employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and his wife, Florence Manders, resided at the former nearby 914 Beech Street, that Emma Gaines, the widow of James Gaines, and Bernard Gerner, a furrier, and his wife, Irene Gerner, resided at the nearby 915 Beech Street, and that William E. Honebrink, a salesman employed by Finch, Van Slyck & McConville, and his wife, Emma Honebrink, resided at the former nearby 916 Beech Street. James Gaines ( -1915,) Lydia Wolff ( -1926,) Mathias Huppert ( -1928,) Nels A. Johnson ( -1932,) Margaret Hauprich ( -1934,) Mary Buss ( -1936,) John Hauprich ( -1937,) Archibald J. Stark ( -1937,) John A. Degerman ( -1939,) K. Bert Arneberg ( -1941,) Emma S. Honebrink ( -1943,) William E. Honebrink ( -1944,) Stephen Buss ( -1945,) Emma J. Honebrink ( -1947,) Anna Buss ( -1948,) Anna Degerman ( -1949,) and Agnes B. Murphy ( -1953) all died in Ramsey County. Albert J. Reinhardt (1898-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Brenner, and died in Ramsey County. Bennie Arneberg (1892-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gragurd, and died in Ramsey County. Olga M. Arneberg (1897-1990) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Larson, and died in Ramsey County. Frances Huppert (1881-1956) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. Edward N. Buss (1898-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Huppert, and died in Ramsey County. Fred Charles Koehn ( -1942) died in Wabasha County, Minnesota. William C. Koehn (1894-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sote, and died in Ramsey County. Lena O. Koehn (1892-1989) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Glowe, and died in Ramsey County. Herman J. Quast (1894-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Augustine, and died in Ramsey County. Ruth C. Johnson (1914-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. John F. Sekevitch (1897-1955) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. George Kappes (1895-1978) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bodensteiner, and died in Ramsey County. Clarence Wyman Trudo (1902-1987) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jacobs, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. Clarence King Neumann (1903-1978) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Roger Conrad Thieling (1908-1972) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Danheim, and died in Ramsey County. John T. Kleiber (1877-1963) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kohn, and died in Ramsey County. Mary Kleiber (1879-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hentges, and died in Ramsey County. Agnes M. Didion (1890-1974) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Laux, and died in Ramsey County. Ella Gannon ( -1967) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Duffy, and died in Ramsey County. Raymond J. Manders (1903-1983) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bordeau, and died in Ramsey County. Emma Cecella Gaines (1896-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McKown, and died in Pipestone County, Minnesota. Bernard M. Gerner (1902-1967) had a mother with a maiden name of Schadegg and died in Ramsey County. Irene M. Gerner (1904-1985) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Aranson, and died in Ramsey County. Emma Honebrink (1880-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Juergenmier, and died in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
951 Burns Avenue: Built in 1912. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1008 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mary E. Daly, a teacher at Harding High School, and John Daly resided at this address. The property last sold in 1998 for $99,900. The current owners of record of the property are Stephanie A. Harr and Barry T. White.
959 Burns Avenue: Built in 1911. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1131 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that J. Edward Treise, a plumber, his wife, Elda Treise, Kenneth A. Treise, a caller employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and Pauline Treise, a clerk employed by George Kisch, all resided at this address. John Edward Treise ( -1938) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 2001 and the sale price was $109,900. The current owners of record of the property are James P. Horan Kimsal and Lora L. Horan Kimsal. Lora L. Horan Kimsal is a fifth grade teacher at Groveland Park Elementary School.
967 Burns Avenue: Built in 1886. The building is a two story, 1588 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Christian Klingeman, a furrier, and his wife, Louise Klingeman, resided at this address. Christian A. Klingeman ( -1941) and Louise Klingeman ( -1946) both died in Ramsey County. The property last sold in 1998 for $67,250. The current owner of record of the property is John F. Fahey, who resides at 180 Maria Avenue.
969 Burns Avenue: Built in 1912. The building is a 1 1/2 story, 1421 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that John B. O'Donnell, an engineer employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and his wife, Margaret O'Donnell, resided at this address. John B. O'Donnell ( -1940) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Linda Molina.
970 Burns Avenue: Built in 1903. The building is a two story, 1106 square foot, six room, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. World War I veteran Jos. N. Hope resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Arthur C. Miller, a switchman employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Mayme Miller, resided at this address. Arthur Christ Miller (1890-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Elling, and died in Ramsey County. Arthur C. Miller (1897-1965) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Bruce D. Montgomery.
974 Burns Avenue: Built in 1882. The building is a two story, 1588 square foot, eight room, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Peter J. Shups resided at this address. The property last sold in 1998 for $92,000. The current owners of record of the property are George A. Stone and Uschi C. Stone.
979 Burns Avenue: Built in 1954. The building is a one story, 1515 square foot, five room, one bathroom, frame house, with a basement garage. The property last sold in 1998 for $67,250. The current owners of record of the property are Darlene Wandersee and Stanley Wandersee. Stan Wandersee is associated with the Midwest Showmen's Foundation, located at this address, serving as its treasurer in 2005. The Midwest Showmen's Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that exists as a charitable organization to provide scholarships, student financial aid services, and awards.
985 Burns Avenue: Built in 1926. The building is a one story, 1073 square foot, five room, one bathroom, stucco bungalow, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Arthur R. Alsen, a dispatcher for the Chicago, Minneapolis, & St. Paul RailRoad, and his wife, Edith Alsen, resided at this address. Arthur Ralph Alsen (1895-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Thompson, and died in Ramsey County. The property last sold in 2000 for $83,500. The current owner of record of the property is Ian B. Elrod.
991 Burns Avenue: Built in 1959. The building is a one story, 1196 square foot, six room, one bathroom, stucco house, with an attached garage. The current owner of record of the property is James E. Kell.
995 Burns Avenue: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 2184 square foot, ten room, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The current owner of record of the property is Ardys L. Forrest, who resides in Maplewood, Minnesota.
996 Burns Avenue: Built in 1904. The building is a two story, 1520 square foot, six room, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry J. Philipson, an installer employed by the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, his wife, Clara Philipson, Michael Syfko, a helper employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and Mrs. Elizabeth Syfko, a seamstress employed by Husch Brothers, resided at this address. Henry J. Philipson ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. Michael Syfko (1891-1970) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property last sold in 2005 for $219,900. The previous owners of record of the property were Kent G. Coborn and Shannon M. Coborn and the current owners of record are Barbara Rapacz and Robert Marino.
999 Burns Avenue: Built in 1961. The building is a 7650 square foot, two story, multi-family apartment house. The property last sold in 2001 for $435,000. The current owner of record of the property is 999 Burns Ave. LLC, located at 45 Lexington Parkway North.
1000 Burns Avenue: Built in 1882. The building is a one story, 744 square foot, four room, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Louis Wolfgram and Otto Wolfgram, a box maker, both resided at this address. Louis Wolfgram ( -1934) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Ann M. Nordstrom.
652 Conway Street: Built in 1917. The structure is a two story, 5160 square foot, multifamily apartment house. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The property last sold in 1999 for $148,000. The current owner of record of the property is James Gates, who resides at 1027 East Fifth Street. The 1920 city directory indicates that John Bergstrom, a laborer employed by Bannon Brothers Company, roomed at the former nearby 624 Conway Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Coleman O'Connor, a car repairer employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Bridget O'Connor, resided at the former nearby 621 Conway Street, that Mary E. Connelly, John J. Connelly, a fireman employed by the Soo Line RailRoad, and Mark J. Connelly, a driver, resided at the former nearby 625 Conway Street, that John Kaluza, a laborer, and his wife, Margaret Kaluza, resided at the former nearby 627 Conway Street, that Charles Marik, a laborer employed by Armour & Company, and his wife, Josephine Marik, resided at the former nearby 631 Conway Street, and that James Stepoway, a washer, resided at the former nearby 633 Conway Street. Charles J. Marik ( -1941,) Mary Elizabeth Connelly ( -1946,) John F. Kaluza ( -1948,) Coleman Peter O'Connor ( -1950,) Mary E. Connelly ( -1953,) and John J. Connelly ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. Margaret Kaluza (1882-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hart, and died in Ramsey County. Charles John Marik (1914-1988) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gregor, and died in Ramsey County. The 1920 city directory indicates that John J. Connelly, a helper employed by the Union Depot Company, Mark J. Connelly, a chauffeur, Mary Connelly, an ironer employed by the Oriental Laundry, and Mary E. Connelly, a seamstress, all boarded at the former nearby 625 Conway Street and that John Cook, a laborer, resided at the nearby former 628 Conway Street.
657 Conway Street: Built in 1880. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1260 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that James A. Welch, a printer with a shop located at 8 East Sixth Street, his wife, Nellie Welch, and C. Eileen Welch, a stenographer employed by the Robinson Cary & Sands Companyresided at this address. James Abner Welch (1902-1977) was born in Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold for $145,000 and that sale occurred in 2004. The current owners of record of the property are Rebecca Masterman and Thomas Masterman, who reside at 658 East Third Street. Rebecca Masterman ( -1970) and Thomas Masterman ( -1971) both participated in the Apple Blossum 10K race at the Carpenter Nature Center, Hastings, Minnesota, the Yankee Doodle 5K in Edina, Minnesota, and the Junior League of Saint Paul Halloween Hustle 5K Road Race in 2006.
658 Conway Street: Built in 1890. The building is a two story, 1839 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Joseph Costello, a police officer, resided at this address and that Robert Costello, a bricklayer, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that E. William Hunter, his wife, Sarah J. Hunter, and John W. Mase, an investigator employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Clara M. Mase, resided at this address. Erastus William Hunter ( -1939) and Sarah Jane Hunter ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. John Werner Mase (1897-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nelson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Keith J. Pederson, who resides at 882 Payne Avenue.
659 Conway Street: Built in 1880. The building is a two story, 1889 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1889, 1891, 1893, and 1897 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Twohy resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Cornelius L. Twohy was a clerk employed at Twohy Brothers & Company, a commission sales merchant, and resided at this address and that John T. Twohy also was a clerk employed by Twohy Brothers & Company and boarded at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McHugh resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Carrie Barnett (1857-1911,) the single sister of Mrs. C. Nordstrom, who was born in Sweden to parents also born in Sweden and who died of chirosis of the liver, resided at this address in 1911. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that James H. Gustafson (1914-1914,) the infant son of Henning Gustafson, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in Sweden and in the United States and who died of pneumonia, resided at this address in 1914. The 1930 city directory indicates that Nellie M. Kelly, a teacher at the Cleveland Junior High School, and John E. Welch, a laborer, resided at this address. In 1891, Twohy Bros. & Co. was a grain dealer and shipper located in West Superior, Wisconsin. James F. Twohy (1889-1976) was successively the Secretary, Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-President, and President of Twohy Brothers Co. from 1910 to 1935, was successively the founder, with William Pigott and John Twohy, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Director of the Seattle Pacific Car & Foundry Co. from 1916 to 1935, organized the Seattle, North Pacific Shipbuilding Co., with his brothers, in 1917, was Regional Manager of the Home Owners Loan Corporation from 1935 to 1939, was a governor of the Federal Home Loan Bank System from 1939 to 1946, and was the National Catholic Co-Chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews from 1955 to 1960. In 1885, Mr. and Mrs. John Twohy resided at 276 Goodrich Street. The Twohy Brothers were a Portland, Oregon, company that was associated with railroad magnate James J. Hill. Nellie M. Kelly ( -1943) died in Hennepin County. The property was last purchased in 1995 for $15,750. The current owner of record of the property is Calabash Properties, located at 525 Ohio Street. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#13198) indicate that Archie O. Williams (1891- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private First Class in Company B of the 604th Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, moved to Hager, Wisconsin, returned to Minnesota in 1910, had light blue eyes, medium hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 9" tall, was a salesman employed by Griggs-Cooper & Company at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, was a foreman employed by Griggs-Cooper & Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at the nearby former 660 Conway Street. The 1920 city directory indicates that Axel Carlson, a carpenter employed by the Missouri & St. Louis RailRoad, resided at the former nearby 660 Conway Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Axel Carlson resided at the former nearby 660 Conway Street.
662 Conway Street: Built in 1908. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1198 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The current owners of record of the property are Charlene Byrnes and Julius E. Gronau.
663 Conway Street: Built in 1900. The building is a two story, 1512 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. John M. Connelly was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Michael J. Conley, a helper employed by the Northern States Power Company, and Patrick J. Connelly, a clerk employed by J. O'Connor, both resided at this address and that Elizabeth Connelly, a clerk, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Anthony Naughton and Margaret M. Connelly, a stenographer for R. R. Barry, resided at this address. John Connelly (1872-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dugan, and died in Ramsey County. Anthony Naughton ( -1942) and Margaret E. Connelly ( -1950) both died in Ramsey County. Margaret Connelly ( -1946) died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold in 2003 with a sale price of $160,000. The current owners of record of the property are Rebecca A. Masterman and Thomas B. Masterman, who reside at 658 Third Street East.
664 Conway Street: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 1538 square foot, six bedroom, one bathroom, frame house. The 1930 city directory indicates that John J. Graham, an ice cream shippers manufacturer, and his wife, Lillian Graham, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2002, in 2003, and in 2004. John Graham ( -1945) died in Ramsey county. Lillian M. Graham (1884-1973) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Neal, and died in Hennepin County. The last sale of the property occurred in 2002 and the sale price was $100,000. The current owner of record of the property is O'Neil & Associates Inc., located in Woodbury, Minnesota.
667 Conway Street: Built in 1905. The building is a two story, 2256 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Thomas Dugan, a laborer employed by the Union Depot Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mathew J. McDonough, a laborer, his wife, Frances McDonough, and John Welch, a laborer employed by the St. Paul Department of Public Works, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2003, in 2004, in 2005, and in 2007. Matthew Joseph McDonough (1901-1985) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McDonough, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property was in 1994 for $50,000. The current owner of record of the property is O'Neil Investments LLC, located in Woodbury, Minnesota. The 1920 city directory indicates that Arthur J. Blinkhorn, a telegraph operator, resided at the former nearby 668 Conway Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Arthur J. E. Blinkhorn, a telephone and telegraph valuation engineer for the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Sarah Blinkhorn, resided at the former nearby 668 Conway Street. Arthur J. Blinkhorn ( -1973) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County.
670 Conway Street: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 1920 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Magdalena Riemenschneider resided at this address. Magdalena Riemenschneider ( -1940) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property was for $129,000 and occurred in 2001. The current owners of record of the property are James E. Zehm and Lisa G. Zehm, who resided in Woodbury, Minnesota.
671 Conway Street: Built in 1864. The building is a two story, 1864 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. World War I veteran John Drinane, Jr., resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Catherine Drinane, a telephone operator at the Hotel Ryan, John M. Drinane, a clerk employed by Noyes Brothers & Company, Margaret L. Drinane, a clerk employed by Swift & Company, and Thomas J. Drinane, a fireman, all boarded at this address and that James E. Drinane, a teamster employed by the Butler Transportation Company, and John Drinane, a driver employed by the Butler Transportation Company, both resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Drinane, Sr., a teamster with Butler Transfer Company, his wife, Mary Drinane, and John Drinane, Jr., a driver for the Shell Petroleum Corporation, resided at this address. Mary Drinane ( -1936) and John M. Drinane ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $130,000 and that sale occurred in 2002. The previous owners of record of the property are Mai Xong and Xeng Vang and the current owners of record are Kou V. Xiong and Howard Xiong, who reside in Blaine, Minnesota.
681 Conway Street: Built in 1994. The building is a two story, 1531 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Eugene C. Bell resided at the former nearby 683 Conway Street in 1893. Ruth Clara Bell (1891-1893) was the daughter of Eugene C. Bell and died of pneumonia. Eugene C. Bell ( -1911) died in Hennepin County. Eugene Bell ( -1914) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2005 with a sale price of $250,000. The previous owners of record of the property were Lisa Probst and Matthew Probst and the current owner of record is Leslie M. Lewis.
685 Conway Street: Built in 1888. The building is a two story, 1840 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1890 city directory indicates that Alfred E. Vose was associated with Payne, Vose & Company, a printing company, and resided at this address and that Frederick W. Zollman was a lawyer who officed at 10 Rogers Building and resided here. On October 26, 1887, Fred W. Zollman married Elizabeth T. Ives in Pierce County, Wisconsin. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Zollman resided at this address in 1887. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Vose and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Zollman resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Stewart resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. Westby resided at this address. The 1899 and 1901 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Hermann resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Barbara Zollman (1834-1922,) the widowed mother of Fred W. Zollman, who was born in Austria to parents born in Austria and who died of chronic cystitis, resided at this address in 1922. The 1930 city directory indicates that Louis T. Herrmann, the general manager for Nicols, Dean & Gregg, and his wife, Louisa Herrmann, resided at this address. The October 16, 1909, Crookston Times indicates that F. W. Zollman, the St. Paul lawyer, traveled to Washington, D. C. on behalf of saloon owners near indian reservations to ascertain the intentions of the federal government to continue efforts to close liqour establishments selling alcohol to the Indians. In 1914, Fred W. Zollman appeared in the Supreme Court, with four other lawyers (Charles P. Spooner, John C. Spooner, Marshall A. Spooner and Joseph P. Cotton) representing unsuccessfully various residents of the city of Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota, who were engaged in business as saloon keepers, selling at retail liquor and who were closed down by order of the federal government because the sale of liquor is prohibited on indian reservations and because of their location on a former indian reservation that had been divided into allotments (Johnson v. Gearlds, 234 U.S. 422 (1914)). John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) was, from 1870 to 1907, one of the leading figures in Wisconsin politics, was a U. S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1885-1891 and from 1897-1907, and was the preeminent railroad lawyer in Wisconsin. From 1907 until his death, John C. Spooner was one of New York's leading corporate lawyers and enjoyed a national practice and reputation. Judge Marshall A. Spooner of Bemidji, Minnesota, helped obtain the incorporation papers for Spooner Township in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. Marshall Spooner (1858-1927) was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, graduated from Hughes College in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1876, came to Minnesota in 1882, settling first in Moorhead, Minnesota, then in Minneapolis in 1885, and then in Bemidji in 1901, and served as a judge of the 15th district from 1903-1908. Frederick W. Zollman, Sr., was a stone mason who lived on the West Side. F. W. Zollman ( -1905) was born in Germany and died in Ramsey County. Barbara Zollman ( -1922) and Fred W. Zollman ( -1933) died in Ramsey County. Louis T. Herrmann (1862-1956) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Louise A. Herrmann ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. Marshall A. Spooner ( -1927) died in Beltrami County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 2000 for $160,000. The current owner of record of the property is Douglas K. Moore.
687 Conway Street: Built in 1880. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1701 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1890 city directory indicates that John McDermott resided at this address, that John McDermott, Jr., was a boilermaker with Kenney Brothers and boarded at this address, that Martin McDermott was a laborer for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad and boarded at this address, that Agnes McDermott was a student at Miss Jennie D. Hess' School of Shorthand and Typing and boarded at this address, and that Thomas J. McDermott was a city buyer for the P. J. Kelly Mercantile Company and boarded at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that John McDermott and T. J. McDermott resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McDermott resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that John McDermott resided at this address and that John McDermott, Jr., a boiler maker employed by Kenney Brothers, and Thomas J. McDermott, a salesman, both boarded at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McDermott resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William P. Mulqueeney, Donald Blanchard, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and Homer S. Blanchard, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2005. John McDermott (1868- ) was born in Stillwater, Minnesota, graduated from St. John's University in 1885, was a traveling salesman for a wholesale saddlery house, was a state oil inspector from 1905 until 1908, and resided in St. Paul. Thomas Jefferson McDermott (1861-1939,) the son of Paul A. McDermott and Rose McMamee McDermott, was born in Kasota, Minnesota, graduated from a commercial college in Minneapolis, graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School, read the law with Eugene M. Wilson and Judge William Lochren, married Caroline T. Doran in Maryburg, Minnesota, in 1887, was admitted to the practice of law in 1892, was a lawyer who practiced in St. Paul, was a special attorney for the Singer Manufacturing Company and for the Western Supply Company, was the assistant general attorney for the Chicago Great Western RailRoad, was a Democrat, was the chairman of the state Democratic Party central committee, was a Roman Catholic, and was a member of the Independent Order of Foresters. Thomas J. McDermott and Caroline T. Doran McDermott had six children, Thomas J. McDermott, Jr. (1893-1896,) Sylvester McDermott, Paul McDermott, John McDermott, George McDermott, and Helen Grace McDermott. Paul A. McDermott ( -1918) died in Nicollett County, Minnesota. George E. McDermott ( -1938) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Sylvester McDermott (1891-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Doran, and died in Stearns County, Minnesota. William P. Mulqueeney (1876-1965) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Donald Blanchard (1910-1998) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bowman, and died in Ramsey County. Homer S. Blanchard (1907-1989) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bowman, and died in Ramsey County. The property last sold in 2006 with a purchase price of $194,000. The previous owners of record of the property were Carol A. Bartos and David M. Bartos and the current owner of record is Terry L. Fransen.
689 Conway Street: Built in 1888. The structure is a two story, 2432 square foot, ten room, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Albertine Hartmann (1825-1899,) of German extraction who died of influenza, resided at this address in 1899. The 1930 city directory indicates that Wilbert E. Remus and Harold D. Smith, a teller employed by the Commercial State Bank, and his wife, Anna Smith, resided at this address. Paul H. Hartmann was the son of Albertine Hartmann. Paul Hartmann ( -1959) died in Hennepin County. Wilbert E. Remus (1900-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Uhl, and died in Cook County, Minnesota. Harold Dobner Smith (1893-1970) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2004 and the sale price was $186,000. The current owner of record of the property is Jose G. Gonzalez.
690 Conway Street: Built in 1885. The structure is a two story, 1664 square foot, 11 room, six bedroom, four bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. Marr resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Andrews resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Hannah Holstrom, the widow of Peter Holstrom, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2005 and in 2007. Hannah Holstrom ( -1933) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $55,900 and that sale occurred in 1996. The previous owner of record of the property is Raymond J. Simpson, who resides at 3624 Grovner Road North, Oakdale, Minnesota, and the current owners of record are Kathryn Hessler and Raymond Hessler, who reside in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
691 Conway Street: Built in 1885. The structure is a two story, 2104 square foot, eight room, three bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Andrews resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kaese and J. A. Kaese all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Gertrude Caroline Kaese (1891-1902,) the daughter of John A. Kaese, who was an unmarried woman, was born in the United States of parents also born in the United States, and died of empyema, resided at this address in 1902. The 1920 city directory indicates that David Backer, a confectioner whose business was located at 681 East Third Street, resided at this address and that Edgar D. Backer, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, Elwin Backer, a clerk employed by David Backer, and Caroline L. Fletcher, the widow of Percival C. Fletcher, all boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry O. Bachmeier, a driver for Crane Company, and his wife, Rose Bachmeier, and Henry L. Riebkes resided at this address. Harry Otto Bachmeier (1893-1988) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Telthoster, and died in Ramsey County. Rose Bachmeier ( -1932) died in Ramsey County. Henry L. Riebkes ( -1964) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. The current owners of record are Elaine M. Mucciacciaro and Nicholas A. Mucciacciaro, who reside in Afton, Minnesota.
692 Conway Street: Built in 1888. The building is a two story, 2432 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1930 city directory indicates that William Drinane, a driver for Butler Transfer Company, and his wife, Anna Drinane, resided at this address. William Patrick Drinane ( -1940) and William Drinane ( -1954) both died in Ramsey County. William F. Drinane (1918-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Connor, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2002 for $150,000. The current owner of record of the property is Michael Butchko, who resides at 1138 Burns Avenue.
695 Conway Street: Chief Justice Warren Burger Boyhood home; Built in 1884 (1900 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Cottage in style. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1092 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The modest cottage was built for the cost of $2,000. It was the boyhood home of former United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger from 1914 to 1933. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles J. Burger, an inspector for the Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau, resided at this address and that Allen Burger, a messenger for the Chicago Great Western RailRoad, Carol L. Burger, an operator for the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, and Lawrence Burger, a clerk for the Great Northern RailRoad, all boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles J. Burger, a salesman, and his wife, Katharine E. Burger, Grace Burger, a saleswoman at the Golden Rule Department Store, Lawrence E. Burger, a clerk for the Great Northern RailRoad, and Warren E. Burger, a clerk employed by the Mutual Life Insurance Company, resided at this address. Warren Burger (1907-1995) was born in St. Paul to a family of Swiss and German descendants, the son of Charles Joseph Burger and Katharine Burger. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Burger (1848-1921,) emigrated from Switzerland and joined the Union Army at the start of the Civil War, when he was 14, served in Company H of the Second Minnesota Infantry, was severely wounded in combat, received both a battlefield commission as a Captain and the Congressional Medal of Honor for an engagement at Nolensville, Tennessee, as one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically defended a wagon train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed the attack, and saved the train, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, along with Caroline Burger (1850-1926) and Elizabeth A. Burger (1872-1944.) Warren Burger was one of seven children. The family initially lived on a 20-acre truck farm on the outskirts of St. Paul. In addition to farming, his father sold weighing scales. The Burger family's financial circumstances were modest. His father later worked as a railway cargo inspector and sometime traveling salesman. At St. Paul's John A. Johnson High School, from which Warren Burger graduated in 1925, he edited the school newspaper, was president of the student council and earned letters in hockey, football, track and swimming. He earned extra money by selling articles on high school sports and other news to the St. Paul newspapers. Burger worked days as an insurance salesman while earning his undergraduate degree at night from the University of Minnesota, and later earned a law degree (magna cum laude) at night at the St. Paul College of Law. He joined the law firm of Boyeson, Otis, Brill & Faricy in St. Paul in 1931, becoming a partner in 1933. As a young lawyer, Mr. Burger became active in community affairs. He was president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and was the first president of the St. Paul Council on Human Relations, which sponsored training programs for the police to improve relations with minority groups. For many years, he was a member of the Minnesota Governor's Interracial Commission. In 1939, Burger made his first foray into politics by managing the Minnesota gubernatorial campaign of a young Harold Stassen. He went to the 1948 Republican National Convention to help Governor Stassen's unsuccessful bid for the Presidential nomination. In 1952, he was at the Republican convention again, again as a Stassen supporter. But he helped Dwight D. Eisenhower's forces win a crucial credentials fight against Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. On the final day of the convention, with General Eisenhower lacking nine votes for the nomination, Mr. Burger helped swing the Minnesota delegation and gave Eisenhower the votes that put him over the top. President Eisenhower first named Burger to a Justice Department post, as Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, where he successfully prosecuted claims involving ships, and then named him to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1956. In 1969, President Richard Nixon selected him to top the federal judiciary and he received a 74-3 Senate vote. In 1987, he resigned from the Supreme Court to devote his time and energy to serving as chairman of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Burger also was the 20th Chancellor of the College of William and Mary, serving from 1986 to 1993. Burger was a gardener and a serious wine enthusiast who took pride in his wine cellar and occasionally sponsored wine-tasting dinners at the Supreme Court. As a justice, Burger was not a craftsman, and his opinions were often leaden. Burger was not a leader within the Court. During his tenure as Chief Justice, about 20 percent of decided cases were by a bare majority. Burger left a mixed legacy for his time on the court, since he apparently was unable to work well with his colleagues on the bench and was castigated for assigning opinions even when he was dissenting, but was, by all accounts, a very competent administrator who made the Court's work more efficient and was also a tireless promoter of judicial reform, including promoting a national court of appeals and working to increase the competence of lawyers trying cases in federal court. Elvera Stromberg Burger ( -1994,) his wife, was an amateur water colorist and was a trustee of the National Symphony. Elvera Stromberg Burger grew up in St Paul, Minnesota, graduated from the University of Minnesota, and was a grade school teacher in St Paul before her marriage to Warren Burger in 1933. Because Burger had no military service, a presidential exception by President Bill Clinton to policy was granted for her to be buried in Arlington Cemetery. The couple had two children, Wade Allan Burger, of Arlington, Virginia, and Margaret Mary Elizabeth Burger Rose, of Washington D. C. The Governor’s Interracial Commission, the Governor’s Human Rights Commission, the Fair Employment Practices Commission, and the State Commission Against Discrimination were all predecessor's of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights during the period 1948-1967. The Minnesota Department of Human Rights is a state agency that investigates charges of illegal discrimination, ensures that businesses seeking state contracts are in compliance with equal opportunity requirements, and attempts to eliminate discrimination by educating Minnesotans about their rights and responsibilities under the Minnesota Human Rights Act. The agency has a budget of $6.99 million and employs a staff of 44. It handles 15,000 inquiries and 1,000 charges annually. Built by A. B. Stickney, the Chicago Great Western Railway began in 1885 as a 110-mile route from St. Paul to Iowa, the Minnesota & Northwestern RailRoad, and quickly extended the tracks to Chicago and Kansas City. In 1887, the Minnesota & Northwestern RailRoad was acquired by another Stickney railroad, the Chicago, St. Paul, & Kansas City RailRoad. In January, 1892, the Chicago Great Western Railway Company took over the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul, and Kansas City Line. The Chicago Great Western RailRoad relied heavily on rate cutting and efficient operations to compete with other railroads. Its reputation as a rate cutter ended when Stickney retired in 1908. The Chicago Great Western RailRoad enjoyed relative economic prosperity during the post World War II boom. The Chicago Great Western RailRoad is remembered for its early use of internal combustion equipment, extremely long freight trains, piggyback service, and welded rail. The Chicago Great Western RailRoad merged with the Chicago & North Western RailRoad in 1968, and the Chicago & North Western RailRoad subsequently abandoned much of the Chicago Great Western RailRoad trackage. Alpheus Beede Stickney (1840-1918) was a native of Wilton, Franklin County, Maine, the son of Daniel Stickney and Ursala Maria Beede, who married Katherine Wilt Herzog Hall (1844-1899) of Collinsville, Illinois, in 1864, and, after her death, married May Crosby (1852- ) in 1901. A. B. Stickney and Katherine Stickney had eight children, Samuel Crosby Stickney (1865-1918,) Katherine Stickney (1866-1952,) Lucille Alice Stickney (1869-1924,) Edith Maria Stickney (1871-1872,) Ruth Stickney (1873-1941,) Charles Alpheus Stickney (1876-1928,) Emily Stickney (1878-1963,) and Jean Stickney (1883-1953.) In his earlier years, A. B. Stickney taught school and, in 1862, he was admitted to the bar, practicing law for seven years. Stickney engaged in railway construction in 1869. In 1871, Stickney organized and built the first section of the Northern Wisconsin Railway. In 1879, on the behalf of James J. Hill, Stickney began the construction of about 500 miles of the Great Northern and Canadian Pacific railways. In 1884, Stickney organized and constructed the Minnesota & Northwestern RailRoad. Charles Joseph Burger (1870-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nolte, and died in Ramsey County. Katharine E. Burger (1875-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lindencole, and died in Ramsey County. Lawrence E. Burger (1899-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schmitzer, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1994 with a sale price of $59,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Richard A. Rosset and the current ownert of record is Richard E. Mulkern. [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.]
696 Conway Street: Built in 1900. The building is a two story, 1776 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. The 1885 and 1887 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Burke resided at this address. The 1889, 1891, 1893, and 1897 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. P. J. McDonald resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Philip McDonald was a clerk for the Northern Pacific RailRoad and resided at this address and that Peter McDonald dealt in fuel at the corner of Third Street and Maria Avenue and boarded at this address. Roy H. Woods was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#31871) indicate that George F. Varney (1892- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Company H of the 351st Infantry, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, dark brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 6 1/4" tall, was a automobile driver at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Haute Alsace Sector, was a steamfitter employed by Bert Oneil after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Roy H. Woods, an electrician, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John E. Larkin, a steamfitter employed by Swift &;; Company, his wife, Ann G. Larkin, and Mrs. Cathryn Woods, the widow of Ray Woods and a copyholder employed by Webb Publishing Company, resided at this address. John E. Larkin (1897-1959) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rafferty, and died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold in 2002 for $138,750. The current owner of record of the property is James A. Richards, who resides in Crystal, Minnesota.
697 Conway Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a two story, 6516 square foot, multifamily apartment house. The building has a detached garage. World War I veterans Howard C. Iverson and Lauren E. Iverson resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Leonard Peters resided at this address. Howard Clayton Iverson ( -1950) died in Hennepin County. Lauren Eugene Iverson (1898-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Heindal, and died in Ramsey County. Leonard D. Peters ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. Leonard Peters (1902-1979) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Siegel, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1991 for $45,000. The current owners of record of the property are Randall Harwood and Sandra Harwood, who reside in Fort Myers, Florida.
698 Conway Street: Built in 1885. The building is a two story, 1648 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mrs. M. E. Tidball and C. J. Babcock resided at this address. The 1885 city directory indicates that Marcia E. Tidball was the widow of Ashel Tidball and resided at this address and that Charles J. Babcock was a bookkeeper and boarded at this address. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lowell resided at this address. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bell and Miss Louisa Bell resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Aschittino, a car repairer employed by the Soo Line RailRoad, and his wife, Marie Aschittino, and Michael J. Sauro, a police officer assigned to the Margaret Street Station, an his wife, Margaret Sauro, resided at this address. John G. Aschittino (1907-1985) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Angirre, and died in Ramsey County. Marie Aschittino (1909-1972) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Koenig, and died in Ramsey County. Michael Joseph Sauro (1903-1978) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The last sale of the property was in 2001 and the sale price was $93,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Basil G. Joseph and the current owner of record is the J. P. Morgan Chase Bank of San Diego, California. The 1920 city directory indicates that Lucille Archer, a clerk employed by the Golden Rule, boarded at the former nearby 699 Conway Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward G. Youngberg, a driver, and his wife, Elizabeth Youngberg, resided at the former nearby 699 Conway Street. Edward G. Youngberg (1892-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Erickson, and died in Ramsey County.
700 Conway Street: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 1536 square foot, two bedroom, three bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Lyon and Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Davis resided at this address. The 1885 city directory also indicates that Thomas M. Lyon was the travel agent for the Berrisford Baking & Confectionery Company who resided at this address and that Frank A. Davis was a clerk for the St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba RailRoad who resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Lyon resided at this address. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hussey resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Thomas M. Lyon was the travel agent for F. A. Harlow & Company and resided in Hazel Park and that Charles C. Hussey was a clerk for the Northern Steamship Company and boarded at 699 East Fifth Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Allen resided at the former nearby 699 Conway Street in 1890. The 1901 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Ryan resided at this address. James Henry McMahon (1890- ), a Private, Jas. C. McMahon, and William P. McMahon (1893- ), a Private, were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Florence Bannick, widow of Frank Bannick, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Charlotte Johnson and Roland Peterson resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2003, in 2004, and in 2005. William A. Allen ( -1904) was born in Burlington, Vermont, settled in Winona, Minnesota, practiced law in Winona, Minnesota, was a municipal judge in Winona, Minnesota, moved to St. Paul and became the assistant librarian in the State Law Library in 1899, and died in St. Paul. The Northern Steamship Company was a company formed in 1888 by James J. Hill to continue the reach of his railroad connections to Japan. In the 1890's, two companies, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, combined with their continental railway services and enjoyed dominance of the U.S.-Pacific shipping market. Hill sought to gain entry into this market, and the Great Northern Steamship Company entered into a cooperative agreement with the Japanese steamship company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). Hill saw the immense profit potential of silk, so he shipped it via high-speed train from Seattle to the midwest and east. He knew that he needed two-way trade to be fully profitable, so he came up with many ideas, such as shipping wheat to Asia. Hill commissioned two steamers, the Minnesota and the Dakota, incorporated under the Great Northern Steamship Company of Saint Paul, to sail between Seattle and Yokohama, Kobe, and Nagasaki in Japan, and Shanghai, Manila, and Hong Kong. From 1905 to 1915, there were regular runs between Seattle and Japan. The "Dakota" ran aground near Yokohama in 1907 and finally broke apart and sank. The "Minnesota" was 28,000 tons and was the largest passenger ship operating in the Pacific at the time. It was 622 feet long and 73.5 feet across the beam, and had 11 decks. The "Minnesota" was launched in 1903 in Groton, Connecticut, and sailed the Pacific until 1917, when the ship was sold to the British government for service in World War I. In 1915, Hill decided to abandon the Great Northern Steamship Company venture, as the trade that he envisioned never materialized, and the "Minnesota" could not keep up with the faster, bigger ships that were being developed. However, the Great Northern Rail Road-NYK agreements remained, and the highly profitable silk runs continued until the early 1930's. In 1893, the Northern Steamship Company built the 385-foot ocean style passenger steamers "Northland" and "North West" as the Great Lakes' first ships employed exclusively for passenger service. In the peak year of 1911, 80,000 passengers traveled by ship to Lake Superior, but after 1920, the number of passenger cruise ships diminished with the advent of the automobile. The Great Northern Steamship Company was a rare commercial failure for Hill. Enoch F. Berrisford (1846-1930,) the son of Thomas Berrisford (1813-1873) and Ann Ford Berrisford, was born in Staffordshire, England, moved to the United States and Minnesota in 1856, served in the Indian War in 1864, and founded the Berrisford Baking & Confectionery Company, a wholesale confectionery company, in 1867. In 1879, E. F. Berrisford, Thomas Berrisford, and Reuben F. Little were partners in Little & Berrisfords, manufacturing confectioners, located at 74-76 Robert Street. Thomas Berrisford (1840-1894) was born in Staffordshire, England, emigrated to Minnesota in 1856, settled in St. Paul, owned a bakery, and died in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Enoch Berrisford married Isabella J. Young in 1868 and the couple had six children, Ada A. Berrisford, Katherine M. Berrisford, Isabella J. Berrisford, Gertrude F. Berrisford (Mrs. Edward M.) Brick, and Emma D. Berrisford (Mrs. Charles W.) Fogarty. In 1890, he sold the confectionery company to the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company, but was retained as its manager. In 1896, Enoch Berrisford retired and entered into the real estate business. Dr. Charles W. Fogarty resided in Brown's Valley, Minnesota, in 1912. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Fogarty resided at 1826 Summit Avenue and the 1930 city directory indicates that Charles W. Fogarty, a surgeon at the St. Paul Clinic, and his wife, Emma Fogarty, resided at 1826 Summit Avenue. In 2004, Andy W. Schoenbauer appealed two variances to the St. Paul Board of Zoning Appeals of lot width and size in order to legalize the existing duplex at this address. The last sale of the property was in 2001 for $112,900. The current owner of record of the property is Andy W. Schoenbauer, who resides at 718 Orange Avenue East. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charlotte Feeney, the widow of Martin Feeney, resided at the former nearby 701 Conway Street and that Charlotte L. Feeney, an apprentice employed by the Minnesota Typographic Company, boarded at the former nearby 701 Conway Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Hector W. Houle resided at the former nearby 701 Conway Street.
702 Conway Street: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 2198 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Charles Paulson resided at this address in 1886. The 1889, 1891, and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Andrews resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Carlton D. Andrews was a livery man at 696 East Third Street and resided at this address. In 1892, John Morris, a headwaiter at the Ryan Hotel, resided at nearby 705 Conway Street. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lewis resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Julius Decker, a car repairer employed by the Soo Line, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anna G. Paulson, Arthur S. Wigen, a clerk employed by the Elov Ericsson Company, and his wife, Mary Wigen, resided at this address. Arthur S. Wigen (1904-1988) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1999 for $94,500. The current owners of record of the property are Catherine C. McFerrin and Michael B. McFerrin, who reside in Newport, Minnesota. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles Speth, a proofreader employed by McGill-Warner Company, and his wife, Eunice Speth, resided at the former nearby 703 Conway Street and that George Olson resided at the former nearby 705 Conway Street. Charles W. Speth ( -1938) died in Hennepin County. [See note on the Soo Line RailRoad for 688 East Fourth Street.]
706 Conway Street: Built in 1885. The building is a two story, 1862 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house. The 1887 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Davis all resided at this address. The 1889 and 1891 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Fisher resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Henry B. Fisher was a transitman for the Ramsey County surveyor and boarded at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Fisher resided at this address in 1890. The 1893 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Fisher resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Baillon resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Mary Anderson, the widow of Conrad L. Anderson, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Emil Lefrooth, a tire repairer, his wife, Hilda Lefrooth, and Arthur Lulling, a packer employed by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company, and his wife, Ida Lulling, resided at this address. Jennie E. Fisher (1872-1890) was the daughter of William Fisher and died of consumption. Emil Lefrooth (1893-1976) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property was in 2001 and the sale price was $107,000. The current owners of record of the property are Curtis L. Woetzel and Kelly M. Woetzel, who reside in Ham Lake, Minnesota.
713 Conway Street: The property is currently a vacant residential lot. The 1910 city directory indicates that Edward H. Slater was an insurance agent and resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Cecil A. Doyon, a dry cleaner employed by the Model Laundry, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Robert E. Hawkins, a bookkeeper employed by Butler Brothers, and his wife, Mildred Hawkins, resided at this address. Edward Slater ( -1937) and Robert Earl Hawkins ( -1948) both died in Ramsey County. Robert E. Hawkins (1904-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lehaney, and died in Ramsey County. Mildred Hawkins (1892-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lockhart, and died in Ramsey County. Mildred Hawkins (1886-1975) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gleason, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Francis J. Patterson, who resides at 462 Arlington Avenue East.
717 Conway Street: Built in 1885. The building is a two story, 2040 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. In 1892, John DeCourcy resided at this address and precipitated a July 4 "riot" when he repeatedly removed a British flag flown by Percival Noble from a flag pole at 258 Bates Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank R. Albright, a clerk, and Maurice J. DeCourcy, a watchman employed by the Minnesota Transfer RailRoad, both resided at this address and that Donald DeCourcy, a student, and Joan M. DeCourcy, a stenographer, both boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Margaret De Courcy, the widow of Maurice J. De Courcy (1859-1930,) Don M. De Courcy, Elizabeth De Courcy, a clerk, and Theo S. De Courcy, a plumber, resided at this address. Mike Olson resided at this address for several years before 1990. Percy Dave Noble (1898-1987) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Koochiching County, Minnesota. Frank R. Albright ( -1944) died in Hennepin County. John DeCourcy (1883-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Spring, and died in Ramsey County. Margaret De Courcy (1888-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Thavis, and died in Ramsey County. Maurice J. De Courcy ( -1930) and Dr. Donald M. DeCourcy ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. Donald Michael DeCourcy (1942-1998) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Talbot, and died in Ramsey County. Elizabeth Mary DeCourcy (1899-1985) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bailey, and died in Ramsey County. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The previous owner of record of the property was Francis J. Patterson, who resided at 462 Arlington Avenue East, and the current owner of record is Mary Mensah.
721 Conway Street: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 1568 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. Patrick J. Hines (1895- ), a Sergeant, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Patrick Hines, a switchman employed by the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Leontine Hines, resided at this address. Patrick Hines ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. Leontine T. Hines (1897-1970) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Martin, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2002 for $110,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Cog Investments LLC, located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and the current owner of record is Brigid M. Madden.
723 Conway Street: Built in 1900. The building is a 664 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one halfbathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Stephen Nelson resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2001 for $90,000. The current owners of record of the property are Charles R. Feucht and Kathleen A. Feuht.
727 Conway Street: Built in 1897. The building is a 772 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided rambler, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Olivia Bauer, the widow of John Bauer, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Herman P. Radeck resided at this address. In 2006, SK Builders & Re-roofing appealed a variance to the St. Paul Board of Zoning Appeals of the front yard setback in order to construct a new addition to an existing single family dwelling at this address. Herman Paul Radeck ( -1943) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $39,500 and the sale occurred in 1993. The current owners of record of the property are Ka Ying Khang and Neng Hang.
729 Conway Street: Built in 1897. The building is a 800 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame rambler, with a detached garage. The property once was the Deaconess Home of the Northern German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The staff of the Deaconess Home was Reverend J. G. Bauer, the superintendent, Mrs. Carrie Lehnert, the deaconess at the Home, Miss Lillian Sticker, the matron, Miss Carrie Wehrind, the nurse, and Julia Ausman, the missionary. In 1910, the Home for the Aged and the Infirm, operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor, with Sister Emilie de St. Anne, superintendent, and with an inmate population of 133, was located at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Albert W. Sandquist, a yardman employed by Abr Slimmer, resided at this address. Jacob G. Bauer was born in Germany in 1837, moved to Minnesota in 1857, and died in 1918. Albert William Sandquist ( -1951) died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 2000 for $64,000. The current owner of record of the property is Erin Sobaski.
<;a href="http://www.realestatehomepages.com/brimages/Full/3043146.jpg"> 733 Conway Street: Built in 1880. The building is a one story, 1892 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1910 city directory indicates that Frank C. Slater, a brakeman for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and William J. Slater, a salesman for the National Candy Company both boarded at this address and Robert F. Slater, a manager for the American Express Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Gottlieb G. Kotke, a helper employed by the Superior Metal Products Company, and his wife, Nellie Kotke, resided at this address. Frank Slater ( -1915) died in Ramsey County. William J. Slater ( -1954) died in Washington County, Minnesota. Gotlieb G. Kotke ( -1947) died in Ramsey County. Nellie Kotke (1893-1982) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Yike, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 2001 and the sale price was $120,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Dennis Hastings and the current owner of record is Chue Yang, who resides in Corona, California.
735 Conway Street: Built in 1888. The building is a two story, 1804 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline Minnie Horack resided at this address in 1893. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline Hartkopf (1801-1897,) of German extraction who died of old age, resided at this address in 1897. World War I veteran Frank S. Boyer resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank S. Boyer, a pipeman with St. Paul Fire Department Engine Company 18, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. Henry Horack (1835-1893) and Caroline Hartkopf (1802-1898) were both buried at Oakland Cemetery. Caroline M. Horack was the daughter of Caroline Hartkopf. Frank S. Boyer (1892-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Matz, and died in Hennepin County. The last sale of the property was for $146,000 and the sale occurred in 2001. The current owner of record of the property is NBN Properties, which is located in Rogers, Minnesota. In 1879, George C. Messig, a coppersmith employed by the St. Paul & Duluth RailRoad, resided on the North side of Conway Street one address West of Maple Street. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that a St. Paul Fire Department station was located at the nearby former 745 Conway Street from 1880 to 1930. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mabel Wallander (1903-1921,) the single daughter of Alex Wallander, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in Norway and who died of acute nephritis, resided at the nearby former 739 Conway Street in 1921. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mrs. Hannah Wallander resided at the former nearby 739 Conway Street in 1928. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frank S. Boyer, a captain with the St. Paul Fire Department Engine Company #11, and his wife, Bertha Boyer, and Alf Pfiffner resided at the former nearby 739 Conway Street and that the St. Paul Fire Department Hook and Ladder Company #7 and Engine Company #19 were located at the former nearby 745 Conway Street. Alex Wallander ( -1928) died in Ramsey County. Hannah Wallander (1871-1963) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. Frank S. Boyer (1892-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Matz, and died in Ramsey County. Bertha A.Boyer (1888-1966) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Zadach, and died in Ramsey County. Alfred Pfiffner (1883-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hemmerly, and died in Ramsey County.
203 Earl Street: Built in 1909. The building is a 1278 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Leland E. Breen, an agent employed by Sreator Clay Manufacturing Company, resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Farrell resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Oley W. Farrell, a travel freight agent employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Alice Farrell, a saleswoman employed by the Golden Rule Department Store, resided at this address. Ole W. Farrell ( -1939) died in Anoka County, Minnesota. Alice Mary Farrell (1904-1978) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 2005 and the sale price was $174,900. The previous owner of record of the property was Roy L. Sandstrom and the current owners of record are Gretchen L. G. Gustafsson and Jan M. G. Gustafsson. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that the Mounds Park Sanitorium/Mounds Park Hospital was located at the nearby former 200 Earl Street from 1906. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Mounds Park Sanitarium Hospital was located at the former nearby 200 Earl Street.
211 Earl Street: Built in 1904 (1903 according to Ned Brooks;) Victorian farmhouse in style. The building is a one story, 1761 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. A 2005-2006 remodel added one full bathroom and one half-bathroom, tripled closet space and increased the house's square footage from 2000 to 2400 by converting a walk-in attic under a hip roof to a bedroom under a gable roof and converting a former bedroom into a bathroom. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William F. Tubbesing and Benjamin F. Tubbesing resided at this address in 1898 and purchased a cemetery plot jointly with Edward H. Tubbesing ( -1917,) Charles F. Tubbesing, Theodore H. Tubbesing, and Louis H. Tubbesing. The 1920 city directory indicates that Angeline C. Davis, a clerk employed by the Golden Rule Department Store, roomed at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Benjamin F. Tubbesing resided at this address in 1922. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frank Tubbesing, Arthur Tubbesing, an assistant department manager employed by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company, Laura Tubbesing, an apprentice employed by F. V. Ekholm, and Norman F. Tubbesing, an experimental engineer employed by the Donaldson Company, resided at this address. Ned Brooks reports that the Tubessing family resided in the house until the late 1980's. Louis H. Tubbesing was a member of Company D of the First Minnesota National Guard Infantry Regiment in 1892 and took a trip to Yellowstone National Park with his unit which resulted in his authoring of a book, Trip taken by Company D in 1892 to Yellowstone Park, in 1893. Louis H. Tubbesing resided at 909 Goodrich Avenue in 1898. Charles Tubbesing ( -1930,) Benjamin F. Tubbesing ( -1938,) and Louis Henry Tubbesing ( -1938) all died in Ramsey County. Theodore H. Tubbesing (1865-1956) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1993 for $85,000. The current owners of record of the property are Ned T. Brooks and Gundrun/Gudrun L. Carroll. [See the note for the Golden Rule Department Store for 657 East Fourth Street.] [See note on Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company for 406 Maple Street.]
213 Earl Street: The property is a vacant residential lot. The 1918 and 1923 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Landon resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George M. Landon, associated with the Landon-Sauer Insurance Company, located at the Pioneer Building, and his wife, Susan V. Landon, resided at this address. The current owner of record of the property is Ned T. Brooks, who resides at 211 Earl Street.
217 Earl Street: Built in 1890. The building is a one story, 918 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles W. Dolan, a carpenter, and his wife, Edell Dolan, resided at this address. Charles William Dolan ( -1938) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1994 for $54,000. The current owner of record of the property is James O. Asp.
221 Earl Street: Built in 1890. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1155 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame house. The last sale of the property occurred in 1995 and the sale price was $67,500. The 1917 city directory indicates that C. J. Peter resided at this address and 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Peter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Herbert W. Stahnke, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Grace Stahnke, resided at this address. Herbert W. Stahnke (1895-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Unger, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Kimberly A. Ulmer and Patrick L. Ulmer. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that the Mounds Park Nurses' Home was located at the nearby former 222 Earl Street from 1910. The 1920 city directory indicates that Alric Anderson, an elevator operator employed by the Mounds Park Sanitorium, Rose E. Bergstrom, a dietician employed by the Mounds Park Sanatorium, Edna Cain, a nurse employed by the Mounds Park Sanitorium, Myrtle Dahlby, a nurse, Aleda E. Dahleen, a nurse employed by the Mounds Park Sanitarium, Mary Danielson, a historian employed by the Mounds Park Sanitorium, Mildred E. Dunlap, a nurse employed by the Mounds Park Sanatorium, and Agnette Ekstrand, a nurse employed by the Mounds Park Sanitorium, all roomed at the former nearby 222 Earl Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Mounds Park Sanitarium Nurses Home was located at the former nearby 222 Earl Street.
225 Earl Street: Built in 1886. The building is a one story, 941 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. John B. Helget (1892- ), a Private, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Stewart G. Everson, an assembler employed by the Ford Motor Company, and his wife, Velma Everson, resided at this address. Stewart Everson (1904-1972) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. Velma B. Everson (1909-1993) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Olson, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $142,850. The previous owner of record of the property is Berndine E. Still, who resided in Inver Grove Heights, and the current owners of record are Bruce Rohde and Jennifer Rohde. The 1920 city directory indicates that Albertine Faust resided at the former nearby 227 Earl Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Albertina Faust resided at the former nearby 227 Earl Street. Albertina Faust ( -1946) died in Ramsey County.
229 Earl Street: Built in 1911; totally remodeled in 2008; Schlemmer & Sons Construction, contractor. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1071 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The remodel included a two story addition for the kitchen and a bedroom, the addition of two bathrooms, and a garage with a loft room. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2003, in 2004, and in 2007. The property was last sold in 1996 with a sale price of $30,000. The previous owners of record of the property were Jerome N. Bette and Eleanor Kasler, the interim owner of the property was the St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and the current owner is Gretchen Gilbertson. The 1920 city directory indicates that Rhoda Anderson, a nurse, boarded at the former nearby 230 Earl Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Parkside Nurses Home was located at the former nearby 230 Earl Street.
231 Earl Street: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 1014 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Myron L. Kimble, an engineer employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and his wife, Emma Kimble, resided at this address. Myron Floyd Kimble ( -1931) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1996 and the sale price was $28,000. The current owner of record of the property is Marcus M. Muggli.
234 Earl Street: The property is currently tax exempt.
238 Earl Street: The property is currently a commercial parcel. The 1930 city directory indicates that Perry Zoukos, a confectionery worker, resided at this address. Perry T. Zoukos ( -1953) died in Ramsey County.
241 Earl Street: Built in 1910. The property is a two story, 3948 square foot, commercial building. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#19453) indicate that Clarence P. Thomssen (1896- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Corporal in Company 615 of the Motor Transport Corps, who was born in St. Paul, had brown eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion, was 6' 2" tall, was a chauffeur and live stock buyer at induction, was a cattle buyer employed by Union Cattle Company of South St. Paul, Minnesota, after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Mrs. J. J. Thomssen, at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John J. Thomssen, a confectionery worker, and his wife, Anna Thomssen, resided at this address. John J. Thomssen (1867-1956) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $50,000 and that sale occurred in 1993. The current owners of record of the property are Ahmad H. Kahtib and Nadia A. Kahtib, who reside in Woodbury, Minnesota.
245 Earl Street: Built in 1913. The building is a one story, 859 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house. World War I veteran Chas. L. Chatterton resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Axel B. Carlson, a manager employed by the St. Paul Co-op Association, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Leo N. DeMoully, an attorney, and his wife, Vina DeMoully, resided at this address. Charles Chatterton ( -1941) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2005 with a sale price of $153,300. The previous owner of record of the property was Jason M. Lindmeyer and the current owner of record is Jill M. Brandel.
249 Earl Street: ;;; Built in 1911. The building is a two story, 1494 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The property was last sold in 1997 for $84,000. The current owners of record of the property are Gerald J. Malean and Diane L. Yeager.
255 Earl Street: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 1344 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary T. Whelan, the widow of James Whelan, resided at this address. Mary Whelan ( -1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hurlihe, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 2005 and the sale price was $184,900. The previous owner of record of the property was Nicholas A. Pastorius and the current owner of record is David Michael Lachapelle.
264 Earl Street: Built in 1893. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1533 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that George Tregor and Walter O. Larson, a fire cleaner employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and his wife, May Larson, resided at this address. The current owners of record of the property are Harriet Cairl and Beverly J. McKenna.
265 Earl Street: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 1344 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Lee resided at this address. The property was last sold in 1998 for $72,000. The current owners of record of the property are Destiny D. Sparks and Frederick L. Sparks.
270 Earl Street: Built in 1884. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1089 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. Hartley A. Olson was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#20909) indicate that Hartley A. Olson (1894- ,) a 1917 draftee and a Sergeant in U. S. Army Infantry, who was born in Hastings, Minnesota, had light brown eyes, light brown hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 9 2/3" tall, was a bill clerk at induction, was a bookkeeping machine demonstrator employed by the Underwood Typewriter Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Earl Klinkhammer, a laborer employed by the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, resided at this address. Hartley A. Olson ( -1948) died in Ramsey County. Earl D. Klinkhammer (1904-1984) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lange, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $155,000 and that sale occurred in 2002. The current owner of record of the property is Dan Kissinger.
271 Earl Street: Built in 1960. The structure is a three story, 14070 square foot, multifamily apartment building. The last sale of this property was in 1995 and the sale price was $1. The current owner of record of the property is the Geisen Group LLC, located at 768 Rice Street. The 1920 city directory indicates that John Blumel, a laborer, resided at the former nearby 280 Earl Street.
290 Earl Street: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 1748 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, one halfbathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. The 1910 city directory indicates that Anna Korta, a clerk at Burley & Tyrrell Company, and Lillian E. Korta, a stenographer at the Minnesota Chandelier Company, both boarded at this address and John Korta, a porter at Maurice L. Rothschild & Company, resided at this address. World War I veteran John J. Korta (1896- ), a Private, resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that John H. Korta, a porter employed by Maurice Rothschild & Company, and Alan Olson resided at this address. John H. Korta ( -1939) and Anna Korta ( -1950) both died in Ramsey County. Alan E. Olson (1910-1986) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anfenson, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1998 for $82,000. The current owners of record of the property are Mai Her and Say Chia Vang.
291 Earl Street: Built in 1900. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1039 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Joseph D. Belliveau, a clerk, resided at this address and that Juliette H. Bisson, a teacher, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Adam Wilwert, a helper, his wife, Catherine Wilwert, Adam Wilwert, Jr., a helper, Peter Wilwert, a basketmaker employed by the Coffin Box & Lumber Company, and his wife, Leona Wilwert, resided at this address. The current owner of record of the property is Arthur M. Miller, Jr.
295 Earl Street: Built in 1900. The building is a 676 square foot, one bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached garage. The property was last sold for $101,000 and that sale occurred in 2004. The previous owner of record of the property is Yue Pheng Vang and the current owner of record is Cary S. Grinnell.
304 Earl Street: Built in 1917. The building is a 572 square foot, one bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided rambler, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Michael C. O'Toole resided at this address. Michael C. O'Toole (1904-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Neill, and died in Ramsey County. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The property was last sold in 1998 for $28,000. The current owner of record of the property is Jeffery L. Parker, who resides in Lakeland, Minnesota.
312 Earl Street: Built in 1917. The building is a 572 square foot, one bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided rambler, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Ralph F. Sawyer, a mechanic employed by the Northern States Power Company, and his wife, Marie Sawyer, resided at this address. Ralph F. Sawyer (1885-1966) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hobert, and died in Ramsey County. The property last sold in 2000 for $77,500. The current owner of record of the property is Joel S. Germain.
319 Earl Street: Built in 1917. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1176 square foot, six room, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward B. Ronicker resided at this address. Edward Bonar Ronicker (1891-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bonar, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1991 for $39,900. The current owner of record of the property is Michelle J. Yeske. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jay D. Barnes, a department manager with Maurice L. Rothschild & Company, and his wife, Louise Barnes, resided at the former nearby 333 Earl Street, that John P. Rupp, Floyd Vandevere, a watchman, and his wife, Ruth Van de Vere, resided at the former nearby 337 Earl Street, and that Fred H. Jass, a salesman, and his wife, Ottilie Jass, resided at the former nearby 343 Earl Street. Jay Dee Barnes ( -1943) and John Peter Rupp ( -1954) both died in Ramsey County. Louise E. Barnes (1892-1980) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Friedrich H. Jass (1888-1970) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schultz, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Ottilie Jass (1890-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dornfeld, and died in Ramsey County. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bradley resided at the former nearby 333 Earl Street.
361 Earl Street: The structure is a commercial building. In 1905, the building was occupied by the Otto Drug Store. The 1930 city directory indicates that Ernst A. Otto, a druggist, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Rocco Digiulio, a barber located at the former nearby 363 Earl Street, resided at 418 Earl Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Price, a barber, resided at the former nearby 363 Earl Street. Ernest A. Otto ( -1928) and John Price ( -1936) both died in Ramsey County.
365 Earl Street: Built in 1898. The structure is a two story, 15,000 square foot, commercial building. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Topel and Roy Topel resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at this address were George E. Burfiend, a physician, and his wife, Edith Burfiend (Apartment #1,) E. F. Guenther, a nurse, and Hattie M. Nelson, a nurse (Apartment #2,) Erwin L. Bergh, a dentist (Apartment #3,) Clarence T. Godfrey, a clerk employed by A. F. Luchau, and his wife, Florence Godfrey (Apartment #4,) and Elmer N. Woll (rear apartment.) Edith Clara Burfiend ( -1950) and Hattie M. Nelson ( -1953) both died in Ramsey County. Erwin Lyle Bergh (1903-1993) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Erwin, and died in Ramsey County. Clarence T. Godfrey (1909-1991) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schneiker, and died in Ramsey County. Arthur Frederick William Luchau ( -1944) died in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Florence Marie Godfrey (1908-1985) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Williams, and died in Ramsey County. The previous owners of record of the property were Michael L. Gresafe and Patricia Gresafe and the current owner of record is Heron Lopez, who resides at 1225 Bradley Street.
367 Earl Street: The structure is a commercial building. The 1930 city directory indicates that Meyer Gardner's tailor shop was located at this address. Meyer Gardner ( -1947) died in Ramsey County. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Agnes Bric, the widow of John Bric and a dressmaker, and Ethel McCarthy, a beauty shop operator, resided at the former nearby 369 Earl Street. Agnes R. Bric (1885-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Moran, and died in Ramsey County. Ethel Cecelia McCarthy (1899-1982) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mackey, and died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Ethel Mae McCarthy (1909-1987) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sanders, and died in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.
371 Earl Street: The structure is a commercial building. The 1930 city directory indicates that Kornel Sutter, a shoe rebuilder, and Earl C. Weyrauch, a superintendent, and his wife, Eva Weyrauch, resided at this address. Kornel Sutter ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick A. Fillbrandt, a foreman employed by the Dispatch-Pioneer Press Company, and his wife, Rose S. Fillbrandt, resided at the former nearby 380 Earl Street and that Paul Neuschwander resided at the former nearby 384 Earl Street. Fredrick A. Fillbrandt (1895-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kaske, and died in Ramsey County. Rose S. Fillbrandt (1897-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kaelberer, and died in Ramsey County. Paul Christ Neuschwander (1895-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Herzog, and died in Ramsey County. The 1920 city directory indicates that Louisa Blumel, a helper, and Rose S. Blumel, a clerk employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, both boarded at the former nearby 380 Earl Street.
393-399 Eichenwald Street: Eichenwald Rowhouses; Built in 1892 (1885 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Victorian rowhouse in style; Andrew J. Hoban, masterbuilder. By the early 1890's, all of the dramatic sites facing the city had been taken, and builders turned their attention to open lots in the vicinity of the mansions to build their upscale projects. Eichenwald Row was the most elaborate serial housing venture in the Dayton's Bluff area. Created by the local masterbuilder Andrew Hoban, it reportedly demonstrates nearly every phase of the Queen Anne style of architecture, from the English Tudor of the gable facings, to the Early American of the porch columns, to the Richardsonian Romanesque of the broad-arched stone and brickwork. 393 Eichenwald Street is a 1763 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom unit, with a detached one car garage. 395 Eichenwald Street is a 1501 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom unit, with a detached one car garage. 397 Eichenwald Street is a 1501 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom unit, with a detached one car garage. 399 Eichenwald Street is a 1763 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom unit, with a detached one car garage. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. McClary resided at 393 Eichenwald Street. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ames resided at 393 Eichenwald Street, that Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lorentz resided at 395 Eichenwald Street, that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Larpenteur resided at 397 Eichenwald Street, and that Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Courtney resided at 399 Eichenwald Street. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hull and M. L. Hull resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Roberts resided at this address. The 1903 and 1905 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Roberts resided at 393 Eichenwald Street, that Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Nienaber resided at 395 Eichenwald Street, that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Larpenteur resided at 397 Eichenwald Street, and that Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Arford resided at 399 Eichenwald Street. The 1908 city directory indicates that George A. Smith was the assistant chief clerk of the Northern Pacific Rail Road and resided at 395 Eichenwald Street. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Conzett resided at 393 Eichenwald Street, that Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Smith resided at 395 Eichenwald Street, and that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Larpenteur resided at 397 Eichenwald Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Josiah Conzett (1842-1913,) the husband of Nellie M. Conzett, who was born in Switzerland to parents also born in Switzerland and who died of bronchitis and senility, resided at this address in 1913. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rudeen resided at 397 Eichenwald Street. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Mathais Moe resided at 395 Eichenwald Street. Louis P. Billstein was a World War I veteran who resided at 393 Eichenwald Street in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Agnes Flannigan, an inspector, Sarah Flannigan, a forewoman, and Thomas Flannigan, a carpenter, all boarded at 399 Eichenwald Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Nellie Moriarty resided at 393 Eichenwald Street, that Mrs. Elizabeth Rutherford resided at 395 Eichenwald Street, that Mrs. Ethel Von Essen and Vernon Von Essen, a clerk, resided at 397 Eichenwald Street, and that George A. Swanburg, a nurse employed by the Mounds Park Sanatarium, and his wife, Ethel Swanburg, resided at 399 Eichenwald Street. Andrew J. Hoban (1857- ) was born in St. Paul, was a contractor, and built many important buildings in the city. Willis Amherst Larpenteur was the son of Auguste Louis Larpenteur (1823- ) and Josephine Presley Larpenteur and was connected with Noyes Brothers & Cutler. Auguste L. Larpenteur (1823-1919,) the son of Louis Augustine Larpenteur/Louis Bernard Larpenteur (1802-1840) and Melinda/Belinda/Malinda Simmons Larpenteur (1802-1827) and the grandson of Louis Benoist Larpenteur (1777/1778-1849,) was born in Mount Washington, Baltimore County, Maryland, first moved to St. Louis, Missouri, came to St. Paul in 1843, was a clerk and interpreter employed by Indian traders William Hartshorn and Henry Jackson from 1843 until 1846, married Mary Josephine Presley (1825-1902) in St. Paul in 1845, managed the William Hartshorn Company from 1846 until 1848, assisted in the survey of St. Paul from 1847 until 1848, was a member of the committee which resolved pre-governmental survey/squatter St. Paul land title questions in 1848, purchased Hartshorn's business in 1848 and formed Freeman, Larpenteur & Company, was a sole proprietor of the business from 1850 until 1860, was a member of the St. Paul City Council from 1855 to 1860, was a partner with J. C. Burbank and H. C. Burbank in a wholesale grocery and transportation business from 1860 until 1866, was a partner of A. H. Wilder and Channing Seabury in A. H. Wilder & Company from 1866 until 1868, engaged in the commission business from 1868 until 1877, moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, for his health, in 1877, returned to St. Paul and was in the mercantile business until 1887, owned a .45 caliber muzzle loaded hunting rifle crafted by gunsmiths Golcher & Simpson, was a Democrat until 1896, then was a Republican, was a member of the Odd Fellows, was a Roman Catholic, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, was a member of the Minnesota Old Settlers Association, traveled to France in 1887, moved to California, returned to St. Paul in 1888, died in St. Paul, and was buried at Calvary Cemetery. Auguste L. Larpenteur was a prominent St. Paul citizen who invested in the St. Paul Bridge Company, which was formed to build the Wabasha Avenue bridge, with William R. Marshall, Lyman Dayton, Louis Robert, John R. Irvine, and William Gates LeDuc. The former Minneapolis Avenue was renamed Larpenteur Avenue in A. L. Larpenteur's honor by the St. Paul City Council in 1904. Auguste Louis Larpenteur and Mary Josephine Presley Larpenteur had ten children, Mary Rosa Ellen "Rosa/Rosa Marie" Larpenteur (Mrs. Willis A./William David) Stanton (1847-1921,) the first European-American child born in St. Paul, Samuel B. Larpenteur (1850-1926,) Teresa Emma Larpenteur (Mrs. Miles E.) Briggs (1853-1927,) Caroline Stella Larpenteur Hill (Mrs. Edward) Noalan (1854-1919,) Auguste L. Larpenteur, Jr./Louis Auguste Larpenteur (1856-1942,) Martha Jane Larpenteur (Mrs. Thomas) Smith (1859-1944,) Clara Josephine Larpenteur (Mrs. John) Sutter (1860- ,) George Albert Larpenteur (1864-1947,) Willis Amherst Larpenteur (1866-1962,) and Paul Larpenteur (1869-1926.) Paul Larpenteur was held by the Minneapolis police in 1916 in connection with the death of his wife, who died from a gunshot to the head. In 1879, William E. Hartshorn, a pilot, resided at 45 Westminster Street. William E. Hartshorn was the son of William Hartshorn. William Hartshorn (1794-1865) was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, was trained as a hatter, moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, and opened a hat and fur store, moved to Brockport, New York, moved to Lewiston, Maine, moved to Michigan City, Indiana, moved to St. Louis, Missouri, trading in furs and pelts, moved to St. Paul in 1843, was a partner with Henry Jackson in the Hartshorn & Jackson Company for two years, then was a sole proprietor of a mercantile store, sold out to Randall, Freeman & Larpenteur, left St. Paul for Stillwater, Minnesota, in 1847, was present for the signing of the treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851, subsequently returned to St. Paul, and died in St. Paul. Tyle Hartshorn ( -1874) was the widow of William Hartshorn. Henry Jackson (1811-1857) was born in Abingdon, Virginia, was an orderly sergeant in the Texas "Patriot War" of 1836-1837, returned to Buffalo, New York, where he married Angelina Bivins (1814- ) in 1838, relocated to Green Bay, Wisconsin, then came to Galena, Illinois, moved to St. Paul with his wife in 1842, was appointed St. Paul's first justice of the peace by Wisconsin Territorial Governor Dodge in 1843, was St. Paul's first postmaster, serving the fourth post office established in the territory from 1846 until 1849, was a member of the Wisconsin State General Assembly in 1847, was a member of the first St. Paul Town Council, was a member of the House of Representatives of the first Minnesota Territorial Assembly representing Ramsey County (Crawford County, Chippewa County St. Croix County, and La Pointe County according to the Minnesota Historical Society) (District 3) in 1849, was influential in establishing the St. Croix River as the Eastern boundary of the territory and state, was a fur trade partner of William Hartshorn, was a charter member of the Minnesota Historical Society, operated a hotel in St. Paul, was a founder of Mankato, Minnesota, in 1852, moved to Mankato, Minnesota, in 1853, was the namesake for Jackson County, Minnesota, and Jackson Street in St. Paul, and died in Mankato, Minnesota. Nellie Moriarty ( -1940) died in Hennepin County. Elizabeth E. Rutherford (1873-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schultz, and died in Ramsey County. In 1879, Andrew J. Hoban, a stonemason, boarded at 50 Rosabel Street. The current owners of record of 393 Eichenwald Street are Gerald T. Flannery and Jeanne F. Henjum. The previous owner of record of 395 Eichenwald Street was Erik R. Hendrickson and the current owner of record is Timothy P. Carey. The current owners of record of 397 Eichenwald Street are Robert J. Douglas, Jr., and Susan Jo Middleton. The current owner of record of 399 Eichenwald Street is Harold B. Freshley. In 2003, Gerald Flannery and J. Reyjen were contributors to the Randy Kelly for Mayor campaign and resided at this address. Gerald T. Flannery, the self-employed owner of Flannery Construction Co., was a contributor to the John Kerry for President campaign in 2004. Jean Henjum, in administration with Flannery Construction, contributed to the Bill Richardson for President campaign in 2007-2008. Harold Freshley was a financial supporter of the College of Continuing Education at the University of Minnesota in honor of Viola Freshley in 2003.
394 Eichenwald Street: Built in 1959. The structure is a two story, 4352 square foot, multifamilty apartment building. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mrs. Annice E. Keller, her daughters, C. E. Keller, and Louis S. Keller all resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mrs. Annice E. Keller, her daughters, C. E. Keller, George W. Keller, and Mrs. S. A. St. Clair all resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mrs. A. E. Keller, C. E. Keller, and J. M. Keller all resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lee and the Misses Lee resided at this address. Charles Edward Keller (1858- ) was born in St. Paul, was the son of John M. Keller and Annice E. Scott Keller, was the brother of Herbert P. Keller (1875- ,) engaged in the lumber and real estate business, was a deputy Ramsey County auditor from 1901 to 1906, was the state fire marshal in 1911, married Ella M. Love in 1901, was a member of the Dayton's Bluff Commercial Club, and resided at 771 East Sixth Street in 1910 and 1912. The property was last sold for $185,000 and that sale occurred in 1999. The current owner of record of the property is Scott G. McCoy, who resides in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. The 1879 city directory indicates that A. E. Keller, proprietor of a shingle, lumber, lath, and moulding retailer located at East Seventh Street and Minnesota Street, Annie C. Keller, the widow of John M. Keller, Charles E. Keller, a manager employed by A. E. Keller, and Louis S. Keller, a salesman employed by A. E. Keller, all resided at the corner of Eichenwald Street and Sixth Street. The 1902 Central Presbyterian Church directory indicates that Earl Regnier and Margaret Regnier resided at the nearby former 295 Eichenwald Street. John M. Keller (1833-1879) was a wealthy lumber baron. Charles Keller and Annice E. Keller were the owners of the C. E. Keller & Company, a lumber company. In 1889, Annice E. Keller had the eight homes, the "Keller Row," designed by architect Edwin S. Radcliffe, built on the East Sixth Street by E. Sephton & Company. John M. Keller married Annice E. Scott Keller (1835-1895) in 1857 and the couple were the parents of Annice Bourey Keller (1878- ,) Charles Edward Keller (1858- ,) Louis Scott Keller (1860- ,) George William Keller (1863- ,) Mary Edith Keller (1866- ,) Sadee Alice Keller (1869- ,) John Michael Keller (1871- ,) Joseph Anderson Keller (1873- ,) and Herbert Paist Keller (1875- .) Herbert Paist Keller resided at 771 East Sixth Street in 1910. Louis Keller ( -1936) and Charles Edward Keller ( -1943) both died in Ramsey County.
402 Eichenwald Street: Built in 1901. The building is a two story, 2665 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1918 city directory indicates that William Figge resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that William Figge, a brewmaster employed by the Hamm Brewing Company, resided at this address and that William C. Figge, a clerk employed by the First National Bank, boarded at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that William Figge resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William Figge, superintendent of the Hamm Brewing Company, and his wife, Ella Figge, resided at this address. William Figge was the master brewer and plant superintendent at the Hamm's Brewery from 1914 to 1962. William Figge succeeded Chris Figge, his father, in this position and was, in turn, succeeded by William C. Figge, his son. William Figge ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. William C. Figge (1904-1995) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dahl, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Marjorie A. Bleakmore and Robert W. Bleakmore.
403 Eichenwald Street: Built in 1894. The building is a two story, 1852 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. The 1889 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. H. Caldwell resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Harry Caldwell was associated with a loan company located at the Chamber of Commerce building and resided at this address. The 1897 and 1899 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Caldwell and their daughter resided at this address. The 1901, 1903, and 1905 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Fitzgerald resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Swanberg resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Robert F. Altman, a superintendent at Bishop & Babcock Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Gust Johnson, a laborer, his wife, Helen Johnson, and Percy J. McKnight resided at this address. Percy James McKnight ( -1934) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Helen J. Stoltenburg and John R. Stoltenburg, who reside in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.
407 Eichenwald Street: Built in 1890. The building is a two story, 2320 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Albrecht and their daughter resided at this address. The 1897, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1909, 1916, and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Albrecht resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Christian G. Albrecht (1847-1920,) the husband of Jennie Albrecht, who was born in Germany to parents born in Germany and who died of apoplexy, resided at this address in 1920. The 1920 city directory indicates that Chris G. Albrecht, a harness maker with a shop located at 444 Broadway Street, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles Gohlke, a painting and paperhanging specialist, his wife, Wilhelmina Gohlke, and Charles F. Signs resided at this address. Wilhelmina Frederika Gohlke ( -1943) died in Ramsey County. Charles Frederick Signs (1899-1993) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lambrecht, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Daniel C. Wilcox and David H. Williams.
410 Eichenwald Street: Built in 1870. The building is a two story, 2272 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Freeman P. Strong and Maxwell P. Gray resided at this address in 1879 and subsequently moved to 1011 Portland Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Chase resided at this address. The 1887, 1889, 1891, and 1893 city directories indicate that M. P. Gray, D. W. Gray, Miss M. J. Perry, and Miss S. C. Perry resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Maxwell P. Gray resided at this address and that David W. Gray boarded at this address. The 1897 and 1899 city directories indicate that M. P. Gray, D. W. Gray, and the Misses Perry resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that D. W. Perry and the Misses Perry resided at this address. The 1903 and 1905 city directories indicate that the Misses Perry, D. W. Gray, and M. P. Gray resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Emma M. (Mrs. D. W.) Gray, a member of the church since 1906, and Margaret J. Perry, a member of the church since 1892, both resided at this address. The 1909, 1916, and 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Gray, M. P. Gray, and Miss Margaret Perry all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Maxwell P. Gray (1860-1922,) the unmarried brother of David W. Gray, who was born in Pennsylvania to parents born in Ireland and who died of bronchial pneumonia, resided at this address in 1922. The 1930 city directory indicates that Guy O. Berggren, a carpenter, and his wife, Eva D. Berggren, Herbert Wallerick, and his wife, Harriet Wallerick resided at this address. Freeman Poole Strong (1847- ) was born in Boston, came to St. Paul in 1860, engaged in the hardware business from 1863 to 1897, and was the treasurer of the Sharoad Shoe Company after 1906. Maxwell P. Gray ( -1922,) David Wesley Gray ( -1931,) and Herbert E. Wallerick ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. Guy Oluf Berggren (1886-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Goranson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is David L. Thom.
411 Eichenwald Street: Built in 1885; 19th Century Vernacular in style. The building is a two story, 1512 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The house was originally a single family residence, then was converted into a duplex, and now is being restored to a single family residence. The current owner of record of the rental property is the Dayton's Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services.
700 East Eighth Street: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 2780 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Irma H. Codden, a hairdresser employed by Schwartz & Crowl, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John G. Erickson, a radioman, and his wife, Florence L. Erickson, and Frederick J. Kaiser, a grocer, and his wife, Elizabeth A. Kaiser, resided at this address. in 1879, Frederick Kaiser resided at 76 Burr Street. John Gilbert Erickson ( -1945) died in Ramsey County. Florence Leona Erickson (1885-1959) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Frederick J. Kaiser ( -1935) died in Ramsey County. Elizabeth Alvina Kaiser (1886-1972) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hecht, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is People Incorporated, located at 317 York Avenue.
706 East Eighth Street: Built in 1903. The building is a two story, 1952 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Aug Weyand, the president of Weyand Furniture Company, and his wife, Josephine Weyand, resided at this address. August Weyand ( -1932) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Florence A. Kulisheck.
687 Euclid Street: Built in 1888. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1230 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Clarence R. Ball, a brakeman, his wife, Josephine Ball, and Ralph Ball, a helper, resided at this address. The previous owners of record of the property are Carmen I. Silva and Josephine Silva and the current owner of record is Carmen I. Silva.
688 Euclid Street: Built in 1908. The building is a two story, 1456 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles S. French, a telegraph operator employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Ethel M. French, resided at this address. Charles S. French (1872-1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schroeder, and died in Ramsey County. Ethel M. French (1889-1964) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Zeimer, and died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold in 1992 for $65,000. The current owner of record of the property is Eva J. Lopez.
691 Euclid Street: Built in 1885. The building is a 768 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided rambler. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred Doehne, a teamster, resided at this address and that George Doehne, a blacksmith, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick W. Doehne, a teamster, and his wife, Elizabeth M. Doehne, resided at this address. Fred Doehne ( -1930) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2005 with a sale price of $124,000. The previous owner of record of the property is Lucille Mays, who resided in Evansville, Indiana, and the current owner of record is CNC Houses LLC, located in West St. Paul, Minnesota.
692 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 1932 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. William E. F. Erickson (1893- ), a Private, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Nels W. Erickson, a helper employed by the Great Northern Shops, resided at this address and that William E. F. Erickson, a clerk employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George T. Blanchard, a painter, and his wife, Gertrude Blanchard, resided at this address. George T. Blanchard ( -1929) died in Ramsey County. George T. Blanchard (1894-1967) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Branmeir, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is trustee of Jeanette E. Diegnau.
695 Euclid Street: Built in 1885. The building is a two story, 1806 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Angeline Perillo and Henry Ricci resided at this address. Angela Marie Perillo ( -1931) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Gloria A. Frye and Raymond H. Frye.
697 Euclid Street: Built in 1899. The building is a two story, 1664 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Becker and R. A. Becker all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that George R. Becker, a partner with Rudolph A. Becker in R. A. Becker & Son, druggists, resided at this address and that Rudolph A. Becker, a partner with George R. Becker in R. A. Becker & Son, druggists, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George A. Membrez and Fred Mollett resided at this address. George A. Membrez (1899-1987) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Blessing, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. The house was a vacant property in 2002, in 2003, and in 2004. The property was last sold in 2002 for $157,900. The previous owner of record of the property was Ernesto Lopez, who resided at 38 George Street East, and the current owner of record is the Bank of New York.
698 Euclid Street: Built in 1900. The building is a two story, 1728 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Reese (1844-1910,) the widower father of Edward Reese, who was born in Germany to parents also born in Germany and who died of hemiplegia-general marasmus, resided at this address in 1910. The 1930 city directory indicates that William J. Menz, a plaster contractor, resided at this address. William Reese (1844-1910) and Mary Reese (1850-1897) are both buried in Oakland Cemetery. Edward Reese ( -1914,) Edward Ferdinand Reese ( -1945,) and William J. Menz ( -1945) all died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $221,720. The previous owners of record of the property were Ann M. Schiller and Anthony Schiller, who resided in Prior Lake, Minnesota, and the current owners of record are Aida Maricela Mendoza and Gustavo Becerra Carrillo.
720 Euclid Street: Built in 1917. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1550 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edwin O. McKliget resided at this address. Edward O. McKliget ( -1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Conley, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Mary Ann E. Van Guilder and Robert J. Van Guilder. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Albertina Katzenmaier resided at 722 Euclid Street in 1925. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick Katzenmaier, his wife, Albertine A. Katzenmaier, a midwife, William J. Katzenmaier, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Mildred Katzenmaier, resided at the former nearby 721 Euclid Street. Frederick Katzenmaier ( -1937) and Albertina Katzenmaier ( -1938) died in Ramsey County. William J. M. Katzenmaier (1906-1988) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Harder, and died in Ramsey County. Mildred O. Katzenmaier (1913-1983) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gilbertson, and died in Ramsey County.
724 Euclid Street: Built in 1924. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1309 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. TThe 1930 city directory indicates that William Reedy resided at this address. William M. Reedy ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2005 and in 2007. The property was last sold in 1994 for $50,000. The previous owners of record of the property were Chia Neng Fang and Tong Kao Thao and the current owner of record is the Federal National Mortgage Association.
726 Euclid Street: Built in 1912. The building is a 768 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame rambler, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Carrie M. Davidsen, the widow of Charles Davidsen, Grant C. Davidsen, an auto mechanic, and Jesse W. Davidsen, a mechanic, resided at this address. Grant C. Davidsen ( -1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sorenson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are John G. Davidsen and Theresa E. Davidsen.
728 Euclid Street: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 1384 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Joseph L. McGuire resided at this address. Joseph McGuire ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Tia Kue and Wa Seng Yang.
732 Euclid Street: Built in 1912. The building is a two story, 1384 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. World War I veterans John W. Mase (1897- ), a Private, and Milton C. Mase (1896- ), a Private, resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry Nachtsheim resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Raymond J. Horihan resided at this address from 1944. John Werner Mase (1897-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nelson, and died in Ramsey County. Milton C. Mase (1896-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nelson, and died in Ramsey County. Henry Nachtsheim (1875-1970) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Kerry P. Johnson and Theresa A. Johnson. The 1930 city directory indicates that John C. Ryan resided at the former nearby 733 Euclid Street and that Luke J. Rowan resided at the former nearby 735 Euclid Street. John C. Ryan (1898-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lorberter, and died in Ramsey County. John Collins Ryan (1893-1965) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Luke J. Rowan (1878-1967) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of La Valle, and died in Ramsey County.
736 Euclid Street: Built in 1996. The building is a two story, 1684 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. Gilbert J. Haaf and Phil A. Haaf were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Louise Adams, a clerk employed by Bannon Brothers Company, Inc., boarded at this address and that John S. Bull, a switchman employed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Nellie McMillin (1859-1924,) the wife of Charles W. McMillin, who was born in New York to parents born in Ireland and who died of sepsis, resided at this address in 1924. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at this address were Alice Smith (Apartment #1,) Frederick C. Madsen (Apartment #2,) and J. H. William Schurmeier, the chief clerk for the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Florence E. Schurmeier (Apartment #3,) with Apartment #4 vacant. Frederick C. Madsen (1895-1973) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bartlesen, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1996 for $82,500. The current owners of record of the property are Latesa S. Pye and Laurence A. Pye, Jr. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at the former nearby 738 Euclid Street were Harold R. Hunter, a machinist employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and his wife, Mary Hunter (Apartment #1) and Carl P. Berg, a carpenter, and his wife, Selma Berg, (Apartment #2,) and that Alice M. King, a stenographer employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and Anthony Blumenthal, a laborer for the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, and his wife, Clara M. Blumenthal, resided at the former nearby 739 Euclid Street. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, the official name of the "Burlington Route," began in 1849 in Aurora, Illinois, as the Aurora Branch RailRoad, and was the second railroad, after the Galena & Chicago Union RailRoad, to serve Chicago. By 1864, the railroad had 400 miles of track and had adopted the name "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company," which described its trackage stretching from Chicago to Burlington, Iowa, and Quincy, Illinois, on the Mississippi River. The railroad, operated by John Murray Forbes of Boston and Charles E. Perkins, forged a system out of previously loosely-held affiliates, virtually tripling Burlington's size from 1881 to 1901. The company became known as a "Granger Railroad," due to its association with farmers and ranchers. At the turn of the 20th century, 97.2 percent of the CB&Q was purchased by James J. Hill, founder of the Great Northern Railroad, for $200 per share. The Burlington's first freight diesels were purchased in 1944, and 95 percent of its trains were dieselized by 1953. In 1945, Burlington created America's first vista-dome passenger car. The railroad eventually reached Denver, its western terminus, and reached east to the Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis gateways. CB&Q lines also went to Omaha, Nebraska, and St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1970, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad became a part of the Burlington Northern Railroad. In 1995, another merger took place, combining the BN with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RailRoad and creating the current Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) RailRoad. Harold Remington Hunter (1897-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Walsch, and died in Ramsey County. Mary E. Hunter (1894-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gerguson, and died in Ramsey County. Selma Marie Berg ( -1944) and Selma Berg ( -1952) both died in Ramsey County. Selma Berg (1891-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Larson, and died in Ramsey County. Alice M. King (1872-1966) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Clara Blumenthal (1886-1966) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Hennepin County.
740 Euclid Street: Built in 1924. The building is a one story, 922 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Townsend and Margaret Townsend (1854-1890,) who died of enteritis, husband and wife, resided at the former nearby 742 Euclid Street in 1890. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jas R. Moore resided at this address. William Townsend ( -1917) died in Ramsey County. James R. Moore (1888-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hart, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Harold L. Driskill and Virginia M. Driskill. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Ann Townsend (1816-1900,) a widow of English extraction who died of bronchitis, resided at the former nearby 742 Euclid Street in 1900. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Townsend (1836-1917,) the widower father of William Townsend, Jr., who was born in England to parents born in England and who died of senility, resided at the nearby former 742 Euclid Street in 1917. Emily Townsend was the daughter of Ann Townsend. Emily J. Townsend ( -1910) died in Hennepin County. The 1920 city directory indicates that Mary E. Dickhudt, the widow of Andr A. Dickhudt, resided at the former nearby 742 Euclid Street and that Pauline W. Dickhudt, an operator, boarded at the former nearby 742 Euclid Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that William King, a laborer, his wife, Lenora E. King, and Mrs. Emily Zellmer, the widow of William Zellmer, resided at the former nearby 742 Euclid Street, and that Earl M. Kelly, a plumber, and his wife, Carrie H. Kelly, resided at the former nearby 743 Euclid Street. Emily Zellmer ( -1933) and Carrie Kelly ( -1951) both died in Ramsey County.
854 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1204 square foot, seven room, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Emma L. Bley, a stenographer employed by Merrill Greer & Chapman, and Freda E. Bley, a furrier employed by Glemaker & Company, both boarded at this address and that Oscar E. Bley, a janitor employed at the State Capitol, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Oscar Bley, a janitor at the State Capitol, his wife, Bertha Bley, Eleanor Bley, a stenographer, Emma L. Bley, a stenographer employed by Merrill Greer Chapman Company, and Irma Bley, a stenographer employed by A. H. Savage Company, resided at this address. Bertha Dorothea Bley ( -1934,) Emma L. Bley ( -1935,) and Oskar Bley ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the unit occurred in 2000 at a sale price of $96,000. The current owner of record of the property is Alyssa A. Burger.
856 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 944 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#23634) indicate that William P. McLaughlin (1893- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in the Signal Corps, who was born in St. Paul, had brown eyes, dark brown hair, and a dark complexion, was 5' 8" tall, was a clerk at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France and in Belgium, was a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Virginia McLaughlin, at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry C. Mullen resided at this address. Harry Chester Mullen ( -1944) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1995 and the sale price was $9,000. The previous owners of record of the property were Margaret A. Starr Knox and Robert A. Knox, who reside in Minneapolis, and the current owner of record is the Knox Companies of Minneapolis.
858 Euclid Street: Built in 1909. The structure is a two story, 1911 square foot, ten room, five bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Joseph J. Barbeau, a clerk employed by the Soo Line RailRoad, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Narcisse Simonet, a laborer, and his wife, Barbara Simonet, resided at this address. Narcisse Simonet ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $59,900 and that sale occurred in 1998. The current owner of record of the property is Fredy Zambrano, who resides at 895 Rose Avenue East.
860 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a one story, 1261 square foot, nine room, four bedroom, two bathroom, bungalow. The 1920 city directory indicates that Arthur Acker, a foreman employed by the Union Depot Company, and Frank L. Ellenbecker, an electrician, both boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Levi D. Johnson resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2004 with a sale price of $168,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Jack Y. Vang and the current owner of record is Su Thao. Ida Christina Erickson (1866-1951) resided at the former 863 Euclid Street in 1920. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles J. Lund, a laborer employed by the Central Warehouse Company, and his wife, Ida C. Lund, resided at the former nearby 863 Euclid Street. Ida Christina Erickson emigrated from Sweden in 1870 with her parents, John Erickson and Marie Erickson, initially settled in Rush City, Minnesota, had nine children by 1910, and is buried in Union Cemetery. Ida Christina Erickson ( -1941) died in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Charles John Lund ( -1940) and Ida C. Lund ( -1951) both died in Ramsey County.
868 Euclid Street: Built in 1879. The structure is a two story, 1636 square foot, six room, four bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Julius Noldly and George M. Grout, a washer employed by the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, and his wife, Helen C. Grout, resided at this address. Julius Johannes Nordly (1857-1939) resided at this address in 1930 and in 1939. Charles Lewis Nordly (1887-1955) resided at this address with his parents in 1930. Karen Sophia Martinsdatter (1857-1942) resided at this address in 1930. Julius Johannes Nordly was born in Nordli, Østfold Norway, was the son of Johannes Anderson (1822- ,) a Swede, and Johanne Syversdatter Anderson (1826- ,) a Norwegian, married Karen Sophia Martinsdatter, was a clerk at a department store in 1910, was a tinner at other times, and is buried at Union Cemetery. Charles Lewis Nordly was a fireman at the railroad in 1910, was a pipefitter at the packing plant in 1920, and was a steamfitter at the electric company in 1930. Charles L. Nordly is buried in Union Cemetery. Karen "Carrie" Sophia Martinsdatter Nordly, the daughter of Martin Andreasen (1826- ) and Gunnild Marie Andreasdatter Andreasen (1833-1920,) the wife of Julius Johannes Nordly, was born in Spydeber, Østfold Norway, emigrated from Skougen, Hobol, Ostfold, Norway, in 1886 and is buried in Union Cemetery. Julius Nordly and Karen Nordly had six children, Charles Lewis Nordly (1887-1955,) Margaret J. Nordly (1888-1975,) Marie L. Nordly (1890-1972,) Helen E. Nordly (1891-1963,) Harriet Nordly (1896-1978,) and Alan C. Nordly (1901-1956). Levy Wither was a boarder with the Nordly family, was born in Washington, was single, and was a fireman at the railroad when he was 77 years of age. George M. Grout ( -1948) died in Ramsey County. Helen E. Grout (1891-1963) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the unit occurred in 1999 at a sale price of $77,000. The current owners of record of the property are Dee Ann J. Buchholz and Dave R. Lindstrom. The 1930 city directory indicates that Morten Wold resided at the former nearby 869 Euclid Street and that the former nearby 871 Euclid Street was vacant. Morten Wold (1882-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Helm, and died in Pine County, Minnesota.
872 Euclid Street: Built in 1879. The structure is a two story, 1654 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline M. Griswold (1824-1899,) of English extraction who died of chronic bronchitis, resided at this address in 1899. Josiah W. Lowe was the son-in-law of Caroline M. Griswold. The 1930 city directory indicates that Devitt C. Wilcox, a salesman employed by A. Schoch Grocery Company, his wife, Mildred M. Wilcox, and Frederick A. Flick, a stationary fireman employed at the Omaha Shops, and his wife, Rose Flick, resided at this address. Frederick A. Flick ( -1939) and Dewitt C. Wilcox ( -1944) both died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1995 and the sale price was $68,999. The current owners of record of the property are Ai Lor and Nhia Vue. Matthew Frable, a National Lutheran Secretariat of Via de Cristo Representative from Lutheran Via de Cristo of Minnesota, listed this address as his residence in 1999. In 2006, Matthew Frable was a music and drama teacher at Seton Catholic High in Chandler, Arizona, and was minister of music at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona.
880 Euclid Street: Built in 1889. The structure is a one story, 672 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that George Ehlers, a clerk employed by the Post Office, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William J. Pringle, a cutter employed by P. J. Memmer, and his wife, Cora M. Pringle, resided at this address. William J. Pringle ( -1947) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $39,950 and that sale occurred in 1991. The previous owner of record of the property was Constance Mitchell and the current owner of record is Constance Regina Anderson.
881 Euclid Street: Built in 1995. The structure is a two story, 1288 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mark B. McEwen, who was born in the United States, resided at this address in 1908 and he and his wife had a stillborn daughter as the result of a difficult labor in 1908. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Fred C. Merrill (1871-1912,) the husband of Mary Merrill, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of pulmonary tuberculosis, resided at this address in 1912. The 1930 city directory indicates that Margaret C. Lee, a dressmaker, Patrick V. Lynch, a stockman employed by the Quality Pack Box Company, Edward C. Schmidt, a steamfitter, and his wife, Hermione M. Schmidt, all resided at this address. Fred C. Merrill ( -1912) died in Ramsey County. Margaret C. Lee ( -1943) Mary Russell Merrill ( -1945) died in Ramsey County. Mary E. Merrill (1890-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Cameron, and died in Ramsey County. Patrick V. Lynch (1889-1969) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Edward C. Schmidt (1901-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Fritag, and died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold in 1995 with a sale price of $72,000. The current owners of record of the property are Lee Vang and Mai Xiong. The property was sold by the City of St. Paul in 1995 as part of the Houses to Homes Program and the Replacement Single Family New Construction Program.
885 Euclid Street: Built in 1929. The structure is a one story, 864 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Martin E. Bjoskie resided at this address. The last sale of the unit occurred in 2002 at a sale price of $126,000. The current owners of record of the property are Xa Tou Lor and Mai Vang.
886 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1176 square foot, eight room, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Godfried Berggren, a painter, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edwin W. Ward and his wife, Cora E. Ward, resided at this address. Edwin N. Ward ( -1937) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Thomas J. Moseng.
889 Euclid Street: Built in 1929. The structure is a one story, 864 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mathew S. Egan, a clerk, and his wife, Alice H. Egan, resided at this address. Mathew Stephen Egan (1891-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Egan, and died in Ramsey County. Alice H. Egan (1902-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McCoy, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1991 and the sale price was $41,000. The current owners of record of the property are Dorothy L. Hamblin and Ken Hamblin.
893 Euclid Street: Built in 1926. The structure is a one story, 864 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco bungalow, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frank M. Cleary, a conductor, and his wife, Alice Cleary, resided at this address. Alice Cleary ( -1932) and Frank M. Cleary ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. Alice Cleary (1888-1983) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rauland, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $117,000 and that sale occurred in 2002. The current owner of record of the property is Jon Lawford Severson.
894 Euclid Street: Built in 1879. The structure is a one story, 1109 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Theresa M. Ross (1851-1912,) the widowed mother of Alfred L. Ross, who was born in Pennsylvania to parents born in the United States and who died of lobar pneumonia, resided at this address in 1912. The 1930 city directory indicates that William A. Christianson, a fireman with the Concord Steam Laundry, and his wife, Fanny Christianson, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2001 with a sale price of $99,900. The current owner of record of the property is Kathryn S. Kamrud.
897 Euclid Street: Built in 1978. The structure is a one story, 1564 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided split-level house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred J. Aldrich, a clerk, and Glendus Aldrich, a clerk, both resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Norman L. Kenny, a driver employed by the Cochran-Sargent Company, and his wife, May L. Kenny, resided at this address. Norman L. Kenny (1896-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wood, and died in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The last sale of the unit occurred in 2000 at a sale price of $129,900. The current owners of record of the property are Lee Yang and Doua Neneg Vang.
898 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a one story, 1120 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame bungalow. The 1930 city directory indicates that Walter A. Mortenson, a clerk employed at the Commercial Post Office Station, his wife, Carrie Mortenson, and Mrs. Marie Swanson resided at this address. Walter A. Mortenson (1888-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mortenson, and died in Ramsey County. Marie Swanson ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2002 and the sale price was $161,000. The current owners of record of the property are Jennifer Lange and Robert J. Lange.
901 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 868 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#18641) indicate that Gregory Joseph Geisenhoff (1894- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Corporal in the headquarters detachment of Dev. Battalion #2, who was born in St. Paul, had brown eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 9 3/4" tall, was a draftsman at induction, was a draftsman employed by the St. Paul Gas Light Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his father, John Geisenhoff, at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jerome B. Geisenhoff, a clerk employed by the Griggs, Cooper & Company, his wife, Vivian A. Geisenhoff, John G. Geisenhoff, a clerk employed by F. E. Bremer, and Grace M. Geisenhoff, a music teacher, resided at this address. Jerome B. Geisenhoff (1896-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of King, and died in Ramsey County. Vivian A. Geisenhoff (1902-1993) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Berg, and died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. John Geisenhoff ( -1935) and John Geisenhoff ( -1937) died in Ramsey County. Griggs, Cooper & Company produced Radium Lump Gloss Starch in the 1920's. Griggs, Cooper & Company started up in the late 1800's as a producer of candy and crackers and marketed the Home Brand line of products in 1912, when it completed a large modern factory on the corner of Fairview Avenue and University Avenue in St. Paul for the manufacture of crackers and candy. Griggs, Cooper & Company remains in business in 2007, is located at 489 N. Prior Avenue in St. Paul, and is a wholesale distributor of wines and spirits. The property was last sold for $39,900 and that sale occurred in 1991. The current owner of record of the property is Osprey II LLC, located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
904 Euclid Street: Built in 1907. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1071 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that John Dippel, a janitor employed by the Church of the Sacred Heart, resided at this address and Stephen J. Dippel, a bookkeeper employed by the Drovers State Bank, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Dippel, an engineer at Harding High School, his wife, Cecelia Dippel, Marie Dippel, a clerk with Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, and Susan M. Dippel, a stenographer with the St. Paul Electric Lamp Company, resided at this address. John Dippel ( -1951) died in Ramsey County. Cecelia Dippel (1881-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Eathen, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Rita Mealey.
905 Euclid Street: Built in 1917. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1092 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Aug W. Wolfe, a yardman employed by the St. Paul Union Stockyards Company, his wife, Ricka Wolfe, Victor A. Ostrum, a conductor employed by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, and his wife, Agnes L. Ostrum, all resided at this address. Victor A. Ostrum ( -1942) and August W. Wolfe ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1991 with a sale price of $35,655. The current owners of record of the property are James C. Bicknell and Laura J. Bicknell.
907 Euclid Street: Built in 1907. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1638 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Joseph N. Auge, Jr., a salesman employed by Fairbanks Morse & Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edgar E. Elsner, a clerk for the Railway Mail Service, and his wife, Ellen A. Elsner, Herbert Groetsch, a tinner employed by Home Comfort Company, Inc., and his wife, Rose Groetsch, resided at this address. The Railway Mail Service began in 1832, but grew slowly until the Civil War. In 1862, mail was sorted en route, as a train moved between two points. The idea proved to be exceptionally successful, and as the postal service decentralized its operations, it concentrated on sorting much of the growing volume of mail while it was being carried on the nation's rail lines. By the early 1900's, railroads were critical to postal operations. Like Union Station in Washington, D.C., located adjacent to the City Post Office Building, the Post Office Department ordered that all new main post offices in large cities be built as near as possible to the principal railroad station. In the decade from 1890 to 1900, there were over 6,000 accidents involving trains equipped with mail cars or compartments. Over 80 mail clerks were killed in those accidents and 2,072 were injured. To guard against mail robberies, Railway Post Office clerks were required to carry small .38-caliber pistols. Railway Post Office trains used a system of mail cranes to exchange mail at stations without stopping. As the train approached, a clerk prepared the catcher arm which would then snatch the incoming mailbag in the blink of an eye. The clerk then booted out the outgoing mailbag. Railway postal clerks were considered by many to be the most highly trained postal employees. They were required to sort 600 pieces of mail an hour. Owney, the mascot of the Railway Mail Service, was a stray mutt who wandered into the Albany, New York, post office in 1888. The clerks let the dog stay, and he fell asleep on some mailbags. Owney was attracted to the texture or the scent of the mailbags and followed them when they were placed on a Railway Mail Service train. Owney began to ride with the bags on trains across the state and then across the country. In 1895, Owney made an around-the-world trip, traveling with mailbags on trains and steamships to Asia and across Europe, before returning to Albany, New York. Railway mail clerks considered the dog a good luck charm. At a time when train wrecks were all too common, no train was ever in a wreck while Owney was riding too. Edgar Eugene Elsner (1892-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wolter, and died in Ramsey County. Ellen A. Elsner (1886-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Weiner, and died in Ramsey County. Herbert J. Groetsch ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. Rose G. Groetsch (1903-1988) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Zimmerman, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the unit occurred in 2005 at a sale price of $170,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Soua Thao and the current owner of record is Youa Hang.
911 Euclid Street: Built in 1907. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1212 square foot, six room, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that William L. Wussler, a fireman employed by the Ramsey County Home, his wife, Minnie R. Wussler, Agnes Wussler, a cashier employed by Cleland-Hughes Motors Company, and Gertrude C. Wussler, a bookkeeper, all resided at this address. William Leo Wussler (1884-1972) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Huppert, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The last sale of this property was in 1997 and the sale price was $46,500. The current owners of record of the property are Fue Thao and Seng Her, who reside at 790 East Idaho Avenue.
914 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a one story, 1372 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#23429) indicate that Mrs. Hulda Gebhard, the mother of World War I veteran William Charles Gebhard (1893- ,) resided at this address in 1918. The 1930 city directory indicates that Walter J. Nielsen, a worksman employed by the Standard Oil Company, his wife, Marie F. Nielsen, Mrs. Pauline Lindquist, and Mrs. Ida L. Maylone, the widow of Samuel Maylone, resided at this address. Walter J. Nielsen (1895-1972) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Heacht, and died in Ramsey County. Ida L. Maylone (1877-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Apitz, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $138,000 and that sale occurred in 2003. The current owners of record of the property are Cynthia C. McClain and Harry McClain.
917 Euclid Street: Built in 1888. The structure is a two story, 1524 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that James Masterson, Frances S. Masterson, a clerk employed the Quality Pk Envelope Company, Joseph J. Dehen, a cashier employed by Cities Service Oil Company, and his wife, Agnes M. Dehen, all resided at this address. The property was the subject of a property clean-up assessment by the City of St. Paul in 1999. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2005 and in 2007. James Masterson ( -1947) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2006 and the sale price was $215,000. The previous owners of record of the property were Floyd R. Unruh and Jane L. Unruh and the current owners of record are Clarence A. Kempke and Yeng Vang.
918 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a one story, 911 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame bungalow, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Selma Lindberg, the widow of Alfred Lindberg, resided at this address. Selma Lindberg (1894-1968) was born outside of Minnesota and died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 1999 with a sale price of $55,000. The current owner of record of the property is Maura C. Wallin.
921 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a two story, 1872 square foot, ten room, four bedroom, three bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Joseph Claus, a fireman, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anna Yourchuck, Frank Cylkowski, a cutter employed by Armour & Company, his wife, Agnes Cylkowski, Agnes C. Cylkowski, a clerk employed by Braunig & Sons Baking Company, Benjamin F. Price, a cook, and his wife, Pauline E. Price, resided at this address. Anna Yourchuck ( -1931) died in Ramsey County. Frank Vincent Cylkowski (1898-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sierakowski, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Agnes K. Cylkowski (1904-1980) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Erin O'Neil Linnell and Thomas N. Linnell, who reside in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
922 Euclid Street: Built in 1996. The structure is a one story, 1411 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Probst and his wife, Thorletta Probst, resided at this address. John Probst ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the unit occurred in 1996 at a sale price of $79,000. The current owners of record of the property are Thia Cha and Ying Thao.
925 Euclid Street: Built in 1905. The structure is a one story, 1588 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached one car garage. The last sale of this property was in 2005 and the sale price was $179,900. The previous owners of record of the property were David L. Stephenson and Jane M. Stephenson and the current owners of record are Toua Thao and Zoua Xiong.
926 Euclid Street: Built in 1889. The structure is a one story, 1384 square foot, six room, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred G. Bailey, a laborer employed by the Bohn Refrigerator Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jacob H. Goebel, a gas station attendant, and his wife, Josephine Goebel, resided at this address. Jacob H. Goebel (1883-1971) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Josephine Goebel ( -1953) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $53,000 and that sale occurred in 2001. The current owners of record of the property are Houa M. Yang and Julie Yang.
929 Euclid Street: Built in 1885. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1232 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The property was last sold in 2000 with a sale price of $87,900. The current owner of record of the property is the 929 Euclid Land Trust, located in Maplewood, Minnesota.
930 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a one story, 462 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Otto C. Dash, a laborer, and his wife, Lillian Dash, resided at this address. The last sale of the unit occurred in 2002 at a sale price of $40,000. The current owner of record of the property is Khanti Properties, located in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
934 Euclid Street: Built in 2002. The structure is a one story, 1920 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with an attached basement garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that S. Bettie Bauer, a nurse, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles H. Smith, a laborer employed by the City of St. Paul Department of Public Works, his wife, Mary A. Smith, and Mrs. Sarah B. Bauer resided at this address. In 1996, the City of St. Paul issued an order to the owner to remove or repair the building at this address after finding it to be a nuisance property. The Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul purchased the property from the State of Minnesota in 2001. The property was last sold in 2006 and the sale price was $179,900. The previous owner of record of the property was James F. Ferrara and the current owner of record is Adam Rindahl. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frank Topritzhofer, a lithography pressman employed by the McGill-Warner Company, and his wife, Agnes M. Topritzhofer, an operator employed by Gordon & Ferguson, resided at the former nearby 937 Euclid Street.
942 Euclid Street: Built in 1886. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1424 square foot, ten room, three bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank R. Carlson, an engineer, and Richard F. Carlson, an engineer employed by G. Sommers & Company, both resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Raymond F. Cael, a driver, and his wife, Anna A. Cael, and Mrs. Anna M. Dornfeld, the widow of Raymond Dornfeld and a saleswoman at The Emporium department store, and Evelyn Dornfeld, a clerk, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2004 and in 2005. Raymond Francis Cael (1894-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Haster, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Anna Cael (1896-1968) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Anna Marie Dornfeld (1884-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Manthe, and died in Ramsey County. Evelyn L. Dornfeld (1907-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Joph, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. The last sale of this property was in 1998 and the sale price was $77,500. The current owner of record of the property is John Clifford, who resides at 762 Holly Avenue.
943 Euclid Street: Built in 1903. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1596 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Benjamin C. Dornfield, associated with Northern Malleable Iron Company, and his wife, Amelia L. Dornfield, resided at this address. Northern Malleable Iron Company originated in 1892 as part of the Walter A. Wood Harvestor Company, later known as International Harvester, until the foundry was bought by local businessmen in 1906 and moved to the present location to produce malleable iron for the agricultural, automotive and trucking industry. Northern Malleable Iron Company first poured ductile iron in 1968. The current management team purchased the company from Atlantic Richfield in 1983. Ductile iron gradually replaced malleable iron after 1968 until malleable iron was discontinued in 1996, when the name of the company was changed to Versa Iron & Machine, with 80 percent of current production in ductile iron and austempered ductile iron and with the balance in gray iron. Versa Iron & Machine is located at 867 Forest Street. The Northern Malleable Iron Company/General Casting Northern Division site (MNT280010851) is one of 39 federal Superfund (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Contamination and Liability Act) active and remediated sites located in St. Paul. The property was last sold for $166,000 and that sale occurred in 2004. The current owner of record of the property is Bryon Jo Wheaton.
944 Euclid Street: Built in 1888. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1544 square foot, six room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1920 city directory indicates that John A. Carlson, a blacksmith employed by Mahle Wagon & Auto Company, Inc., resided at this address and that Serie U. Carlson, a stenographer employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Nora Whalen, the widow of Thomas Whalen, and Francis W. Whalen, a driver employed by the Purity Baking Company, resided at this address. The house was on the city's vacant house list in 2002 and in 2003, was designated a nuisance property by the City of St. Paul in 2003, and was one of 509 vacant houses in St. Paul in 2004 and one of 552 vacant houses in St. Paul in 2005. Nora Whalen ( -1942) and Nora Whalen ( -1946) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2003 with a sale price of $185,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Michael V. Walker, who resided in Minneapolis, and the current owners of record are Christa Owens and Edward M. Owens.
948 Euclid Street; Built in 1880. The structure is a two story, 1928 square foot, eight room, two bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Alb Bertuleit, a clerk, and Roy Bertuleit, a grinder employed by A. F. Williams, both boarded at this address and that George Bertuleit, a grocer with a store located at 500 University Avenue, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Sarah Wulff, the widow of Adolph Wulff, Martha T. Wulff, an operator employed by the Klinkerfues Brothers Company, and Aug W. Henke resided at this address. Sarah Wulff ( -1932) and August W. Henke ( -1949) both died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the unit occurred in 2005 at a sale price of $157,500. The previous owner of record of the property was Krystal K. Myers and the current owners of record are Chad Christensen and Lori Anne Christensen, who reside at 1670 Rome Avenue.
949 Euclid Street: Built in 1908. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1371 square foot, ten room, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Agnes Flaherty, a clerk employed by the Golden Rule, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Martin J. King, a switchman employed by the Chicago, Miilwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Ann M. King, resided at this address. Martin J. King (1886-1963) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Tillman, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Steven R. Schwartz, who resides in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
951 Euclid Street: Built in 1900. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 932 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Denis D. McCormick, a conductor, and his wife, Mae A. McCormick, resided at this address. The last sale of this property was in 1999 and the sale price was $53,900. The current owner of record of the property is Simone K. Gaede.
952 Euclid Street: Built in 1885. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1761 square foot, nine room, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that William J. Bartkey, an inspector, and his wife, Amelia A. Bartkey, Hazel E. Bartkey, a wrapper with the Sunshine Creamery Company, and John Cassidy, a car cleaner for the Soo Line RailRoad, and his wife, May Cassidy, resided at this address. William John Bartkey ( -1938) died in Ramsey County. Amelia Bartkey (1871-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Pinski, and died in Ramsey County. John Cassidy (1888-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dowd, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Daniel J. Feess.
957 Euclid Street: Built in 1885. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 928 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that George J. Boldt, a driver for Schunemans & Mannheimers, and his wife, Anna M. Boldt, resided at this address. George J. Boldt ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. Anna M. Boldt (1890-1977) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bergman, and died in Scott County, Minnesota. The property was last sold for $130,000 and that sale occurred in 2004. The current owner of record of the property is Laura L. Greenwood.
958 Euclid Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a two story, 1560 square foot, seven room, two bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Grace J. Espe, a helper employed by the Webb Publishing Company, Louis F. Espe, a helper employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and Lydia E. Espe, a clerk, all boarded at this address and Paul W. F. Espe, a laborer employed by the Northern Malleable Iron Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Corald H. Olson, an agent employed by the Prudential Insurance Company, his wife, Ophelia E. Olson, and Mrs. Hannah Olson, the widow of Louis L. Olson, all resided at this address. Corald Olson (1901-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Heldeson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Edward Lynn Johnson.
959 Euclid Street: Built in 1900. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1308 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Edward Flaherty, a switchtender employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and Redmond Flaherty, a switchman, both resided at this address and that Joseph J. Flaherty, a helper, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Ferdinand Schahn, his wife, Lena Schahn, an operator employed by the Li Perl Dress Company, and Fay G. Schahn, a cashier employed by A. Schoch Grocery Company, all resided at this address. The current owners of record of the rental property are Kathryn C. Hessler and Raymond Hessler.
960 Euclid Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a one story, 1764 square foot, nine room, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided bungalow. The 1930 city directory indicates that Bertha F. Splittstosser, a deputy collector employed by the U. S. Internal Revenue Service, Amanda A. Splittstosser, an operator employed by the O'Donnell Shoe Company, and Augusta L. Splittstosser, a housekeeper, resided at this address. The property was last sold for $174,000 and that sale occurred in 2003. The current owners of record of the property are Kong Yang and Maikou Vu.
964 Euclid Street: Built in 1910. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1300 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that William C. Pearson, a chauffeur employed by Drewry & Sons, and his wife, Pauline R. Pearson, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2001 with a sale price of $128,293. The current owner of record of the property is Nathan D. Anderson.
965 Euclid Street: Built in 1885. The structure is a one story, 1571 square foot, ten room, four bedroom, three bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Emil W. Wyland resided at this address in 1899. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Jessie Wyland (1905-1907,) the daughter of Emil W. Wyland, who was born in the United States to parents also born in the United States and who died of croup and pneumonia, resided at this address in 1907. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mathilda Bruckner, the widow of Charles Bruckner, and Hans P. Jorgenson, a cleaner employed by the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Mathilda Jorgenson, resided at this address. The 1989 Arlington Hills Lutheran Church directory indicates that Vicki Juelfs resided at this address. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, known as the "Milwaukee Road," was chartered in 1847 to Byron Kilbourn and a committee of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, citizens to build a railroad over the 20 miles between Milwaukee and Waukesha, Wisconsin, first named the Milwaukee & Waukesha RailRoad Company, then in 1850, after its charter was amended to permit it to extend track to the Mississippi, named the Milwaukee & Mississippi RailRoad Company. The railroad's line to Waukesha was completed early in 1851. In late 1851, after John Catlin replaced Byron Kilbourn as railroad president, the main line was extended to Eagle, Wisconsin, and then in the Fall of 1852 to Milton, Wisconsin. During 1853, the main line was extended to Stoughton, Wisconsin, and, early in 1854, to Madison, Wisconsin. In 1857, the line was completed through to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. By 1858, the Milwaukee & Mississippi RailRoad had more than 260 miles of track, 43 locomotives, 46 units of passenger equipment (including baggage and express cars,) and more than 550 freight cars, but was weakened financially by the Panic of 1857 and went bankrupt in 1860. The railroad was sold for $7.5 million in 1861 and was reorganized as the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railway Company. Russell Sage, a New York financier, Alexander Mitchell, president of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, and Sherburn S. Merrill, saw the chance to build a large, unified system from the small railroads that had been broken by the panic, and they moved to gather up a number of these lines. Eventually, more than 200 corporate entities were aggregated into the corporation that became the Milwaukee Road. By 1868, the Milwaukee & St. Paul had 825 miles of track, 135 locomotives, more than 130 units of passenger equipment, and more than 2,400 freight cars. In 1874, the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway changed its name to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. In 1880, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company acquired the Chicago & Pacific RailRoad. By the end of 1880, the railroad had 3,775 miles of completed road, had 425 locomotives, 319 pieces of passenger equipment, and more than 13,000 freight cars. With the departures of Sage, Merrill and Mitchell, control of the company began to pass to a new group, headed by the Rockefeller/Standard Oil interests. In 1881, William Rockefeller joined the board of directors, with some associates. In the mid-1880's, the Armour meat packing interests began to be represented on the board by Philip Armour. The Rockefeller and Armour interests were to be dominant until into the 20th Century. In a remarkable engineering feat from 1906 to 1909, about 2,300 miles of railroad was built on a path going through five major mountain ranges, the Saddles, Belts, Rockies, Cascades and Bitter Roots, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RailRoad connected to Seattle, Washington, and by 1927, 440 miles of the western route was electrified, eliminating the problem of steam locomotives in harsh winter climates, but at a huge expense that was four times greater than the initially estimated amount. From December, 1917 through March, 1920, the federal government had taken over the Milwaukee Road and other railroads during World War I and operated them at capacity, with maintenance deferred. Accumulated debt, deferred maintenance, and the costs of acquiring other debt laden railroads weakened the railroad, and in 1927, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company was organized to acquire the property of the previous company, which it bought that November in an auction held in Butte, Montana. In 1986, the railroad was acquired by the Soo Line RailRoad, which subsequently has been incorporated into its parent, the Canadian Pacific RailRoad. Myrtle R. Wyland (1895-1899,) of German extraction who died of phthisis, was the daughter of Emil W. Wyland. Emil W. Wyland ( -1918,) Hans Peter Jorgenson ( -1949,) and Mathilda Bruckner ( -1950) all died in Ramsey County. Mathilda Jorgenson ( -1938) died in Hennepin County. The property was on the city vacant house list in 2007. The last sale of the unit occurred in 2004 at a sale price of $240,000. The current owner of record of the property is Shane Noud, who resides in Blaine, Minnesota.
967 Euclid Street: Built in 1890. The structure is a two story, 1752 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Henry Freeman (1842-1896,) of German extraction who died of vavular heart disease, and Sibilla Freeman, husband and wife, resided at this address in 1896. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry A. Stolp, a laborer employed by Armour & Company, and his wife, Gertrude E. Stolp, resided at this address. Sebilla Freeman ( -1909) and Henry A. Stolp ( -1948) both died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2001 and the sale price was $116,000. The current owner of record of the property is Brent Hybben.
968 Euclid Street: Built in 1888. The structure is a one story, 1032 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame bungalow. The 1930 city directory indicates that Vernon C. Thompson, a nurse, and his wife, Clara B. Thompson, resided at this address. Vernon C. Thompson ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $134,500 and that sale occurred in 2004. The current owner of record of the property is Wendy A. Toner, who resides in Loretto, Minnesota.
970 Euclid Street: Built in 1885. The structure is a 1 3/4 story, 1638 square foot, eight room, two bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house. The 1930 city directory indicates that George Ewen, a tile setter, his wife, Marcella J. Ewen, and Robert S. Garvey resided at this address. George J. Ewen (1888-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hellmeister, and died in Ramsey County. Marcella Ewen ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. Robert S. Garvey (1906-1994) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Connell, and died in Ramsey County. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2003. The property was last sold in 2004 with a sale price of $155,000. The current owners of record of the property are Tong Vang and Xong Yang.
972 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a two story, 1550 square foot, eight room, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Ingrid Johnson, the widow of Swan E. Johnson, resided at this address. The current owners of record of the property are Craig L. Fohrenkamm and Elsie R. Fohrenkamm, who reside at 442 Dewey Street.
973 Euclid Street: Built in 1890. The building is a two story, 2147 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Peter A. Olson, a decorator, his wife, Lucy M. Olson, Lloyd C. Olson, a painter, and his wife, Frances L. Olson, all resided at this address. The last sale of this property was in 2004 and the sale price was $200,400. The previous owner of record of the property was Yesmin Ahmed, in care of Dillons in New York City, New York, and the current owners of record are James Joel Onstad and Tammy L. Onstad, who reside in Tamarack, Minnesota. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Willard N. Merrill resided at the former nearby 872 Euclid in 1907. Rose L. Merrill was the daughter of Willard N. Merrill. Willard H. Merrill ( -1921) died in Ramsey County.
975 Euclid Street: Built in 1890. The building is a two story, 2506 square foot, three bedroom, three bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Emil C. Ekstrom, a contractor, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John S. Feipel, a brakeman, his wife, Della Feipel, Mrs. Charlotte Higgins, the widow of Samuel Higgins, Charlotte Higgins, a bookkeeper employed by the First National Bank, and Robert S. Higgins, a clerk employed by the First National Bank, all resided at this address. John Stephan Feipel (1896-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Arndt, and died in Ramsey County. Delia Elizabeth Feipel (1903-1977) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. Charlotte V. Higgins (1884-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Leftault, and died in Ramsey County. Robert Samuel Higgins (1909-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Belliveau, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $232,000 and that sale occurred in 2004. The previous owners of record of the property were Dawn M. Johnson Skelly and Joseph J. Skelly, who resided at 1198 Edmund Avenue, and the current owner of record is Colin Piper, who resides in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
978 Euclid Street: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 1716 square foot, nine room, two bathroom, frame house. The 1930 city directory indicates that Kornell Sutter, a shoe repairer with a shop at 371 Earl Street, and his wife, Anna M. Sutter,resided at this address. Kornel Sutter ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2000 with a sale price of $118,000. The current owners of record of the property are Mai Yang and Vang Cha Lee.
980 Euclid Street: Built in 1906. The building is a one story, seven room, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anna L. Peterson, the widow of Eric Peterson, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2004 with a sale price of $135,000. The current owner of record of the property is Na Lee.
981 Euclid Street: Built in 1890. The building is a two story, 2165 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Jess W. Coates, a caller, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Julia Sorn, the widow of Charles W. Sorn, Eleanor L. Sorn, a clerk employed by the North West Trust Company, Harvey B. Jentink, a varnish maker employed by Farwell, Ozman, Kirk & Company, and his wife, Linnea Jentink, resided at this address. The house was listed as vacant in 2003 and was one of 509 vacant houses in St. Paul in 2004 and one of 552 vacant houses in St. Paul in 2005. Julia Otelia Sorn ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. Harvey Benjamin Jentink (1905-1999) was born in Wisconsin, had a mother with a maiden name of Williams, and died in Hennepin County. Linnea Jentink (1904-1998) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Carlson, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The last sale of this property was in 2000 and the sale price was $50,512. The previous owner of record of the property was Taiwo O. Okanla, who resided in Orlando, Florida, and the current owner of record is the St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
983 Euclid Street: Built in 1895. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 2283 square foot, eight room, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred Bahneman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Wilhelmina Bahneman, the widow of Frederic W. Bahneman, and Mrs. Emma Wilson resided at this address. Wilhelmine Bahneman ( -1938) died in Ramsey County. Emma B. Wilson ( -1930) and Emma M. Wilson ( -1932) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $65,000 and that sale occurred in 1998. The current owner of record of the property is Sarah A. Ryan.
986 Euclid Street: Built in 1881. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1361 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#32398) indicate that Thomas A. Keane (1894- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Bakery Company #376 of the Quartermaster Corps, who was born in Cork, Ireland, moved to Minnesota in 1913, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 6 1/2" tall, was a glazer at induction, was a carpenter/car repairer employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Myrtle Keane, at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Louis Deutsch, a garageman, and his wife, Lucetta M. Deutsch, John A. Forbes, a boilermaker employed by the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, his wife, Anna Forbes, and Mrs. Julia Anderson, the widow of Elmer H. Anderson and a cook, resided at this address. Louis Deutsch (1889-1981) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sommer, and died in Ramsey County. Lucetta M. Deutsch (1895-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Carver, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. John Alexander Forbes ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. Anna M. B. Forbes (1872-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jensen, and died in Ramsey County. Anna C. Forbes (1895-1978) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Flaherty, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2002 with a sale price of $125,900. The current owner of record of the property is Muriel E. Anderson.
653 East Fifth Street: Adolph Munch/Muench and Anna Munch/Muench House/The Manor; Built in 1884 (1889 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Queen Anne in style; Emil W. Ulrici, architect. The building is a two story, 3188 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The German architect Emil W. Ulrici built almost exclusively for wealthy German immigrants scattered throughout Saint Paul in the 1880's and this house is the finest of his surviving residential commissions. The rolling hills and oak forest that first drew the wealthy onto Dayton's Bluff are long gone, as are the great stone mansions of the early years. But spectacular views of the city across the hollow and the river remain. Financiers and entrepreneurs Gustav Muench and Adolph Muench enjoyed two of the finest such views. Gustav Muench's house of 1869 faces the city directly, while across Fifth Street, Adolph Muench and Anna Muench caught it with a sidelong glance. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Adolph Munch resided at this address from 1873 to 1903. The Adolph Muench family was the first owner of this house. Many of Adolph Muench's brothers and sisters also lived in the lower bluff area of Dayton's Bluff. The 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. Muench and daughters and Emil Muench resided at this address. The 1885 city directory indicates that Adolph Muench was the president of Die Volkszeitung Printing & Publishing Company and resided at this address. The 1885 city directory also indicates that Emil Muench was a carpenter for the Bohn Manufacturing Company and boarded at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. Muench, their daughters, and Emil Muench all resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Adolph Muench was a lumber worker who resided at this address and that Emil Muench was a clerk for the Railway Mail Service who boarded at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Adolf Munch and his daughters resided at this address. The 1899 and 1901 city directories indicate that Adolph Munch, his daughters, and Bernard Munch resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Griswold, Misses Munch, and Bernard Munch resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Kirk resided at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that Charles H. Gardner was a salesman and resided at this address and that Peter N. Kirk was an inspector and resided at 1013 Sims. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Faithorn and their daughter resided at this address. The 1909 city directory also indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Munch and the Misses Munch resided at the former 652 East Fifth Street. The 1910 city directory indicates that S. Lee Slocum was a clerk and resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Muessel resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that B. F. Wooley and Peter McFarlane resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Herbert Brandberg, a driver, roomed at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wooley resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Benjamin F. Wooley, a lawyer with an office at the Commerce Building, his wife, Mary M. Wooley, John Wooley, a cook employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, William W. Wooley, a salesman employed by East Side Motor Sales, and his wife, Nanna Wooley, resided at this address. The Adolf Muench house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 because of its influence in the areas of industry, architecture, exploration/settlement, and communications. The 1879 city directory indicates that Adolph Munch, the president of the Die Volkszeitung Company, resided at 415 East Fifth Street. Adolph Munch (1829-1901) was born in Saxony, Prussia, emigrated to the United States in 1850, moved to Minnesota in 1854, initially resided at Taylor's Falls, Minnesota, and at Pine City, Minnesota, was a merchant, and moved to St. Paul in 1871. Die Volkszeitung/Sonntags-Blatt der Volkszeitung, the first German paper of St. Paul, was established in 1857, consolidated with another German language newspaper in 1877 under the Die Volkszeitung name, and was published daily and weekly on Sundays from 1877 until 1878, and ceased publication in 1941. In 1888, Charles H. Lineau was Die Volkszeitung's general manager, Albert Wolff was its editor-in-chief, C. Newhausen was its city editor, and Louis Hern was its literary editor. In 1894, the Die Volkszeitung Publishing Company also published Das Samstagsblatt. Albert Wolff (1825- ,) a theologian, was the editor of Die Volkszeitung from 1877 until 1897. In 1912, George H. Moeller was an employee of the Business and Circulation Departments of the Volkszeitung Printing and Publishing Company. In 1917, in addition to Die Volkszeitung in St. Paul, the leading German newspapers published in America were Die Illinois-Staatszeitung in Chicago, Die New Yorker Staatszeitung in New York, and Der Herald in Minneapolis. In 1917, Dr. Friedrich "Fritz" Bergmeier, the president of Die Volkszeitung, was arrested and held without trial as an enemy alien under an order signed by President Woodrow Wilson. Die Volkszeitung once owned the former building at the corner of Third Street and Jackson Street that was built by the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. In 1933, the Minnesota Newspaper Guild began organizing the employees of Die Volkszeitung as well as the Minneapolis Journal, the Minneapolis Tribune, the Minneapolis Star, the St. Paul Daily News, the St. Paul Dispatch, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and the local press or wire services. Emil Munch (1831- ) was born in Prussia, emigrated to the United States in 1849, initially settled in Taylor's Falls, Minnesota, in 1852, served in the Minnesota Legislature from 1860 to 1861, was captain of the First Minnesota Light Artillery Battery from 1861 to 1865, was treasurer of the State of Minnesota from 1868 to 1872, and moved to Afton, Minnesota and opened a flour mill there after 1875. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Emil Munch/Muench resided at the nearby former 652 East Fifth Street in the 1870's and that Ferdinand Hinrichs resided at the nearby former 652 East Fifth Street from 1894 to 1931. Albert Wolff (1825-1893) was born in Brunswick, Germany, studied Protestant Theology at the University of Goettingen from 1846 until 1849, participated in an attempted revolution in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, in 1849, was convicted and sentenced to death, had his sentence commuted to ten years imprisonment, was pardoned in 1852, emigrated to the United States and settled in St. Paul in 1852, published the Republican Minnesota Deutsche Zeitung in 1855, worked for other newspapers after 1851, married the daughter of jeweler J. B. Sommer, was the Emigration Commissioner of the Minnesota State Board of Immigration to Germany from Minnesota from 1864 until 1871, was an elected member of the St. Paul Board of Education in 1872, was the editor of Die Volkszeitung in 1886, and committed suicide by throwing himself under a Chicago Great Western RailRoad locomotive at the St. Paul Union Depot rail yard. Ferdinand Hinrichs (1860-1903) was born in Essens, Germany, emmigrated to the United States in 1873, settled in St. Paul in 1885, married Alma __?__, was a wholesale grocer, was a purveyor of bar furniture, billard tables, and butcher supplies with his brothers, Adolph Hinrichs, Fritz Hinrichs, and Henry Hinrichs, in the firm Koehler & Hinrichs Company, applied for a patent for an improved refrigerator coil in 1898 (#684,913,) and died of pneumonia in St. Paul. Koehler & Hinrichs Company was succeeded in 1916 by the Koehler & Hinrichs Mercantile Company and was inactive by 1918 according to the United States Alien Property Custodian. Gustave Heinemann ( -1922,) Peter N. Kirk ( -1923,) Emil Munch ( -1925,) Bernard Munch ( -1937,) and Benjamin Franklin Wooley ( -1938) all died in Ramsey County. Charles H. Gardner (1874-1955) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Charles Andrew Muessel (1881-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wedell, and died in Ramsey County. Sheldon Lee Slocum (1887-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hitchcock, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Barbara K. Larson and Timothy J. Larson. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Otto Streissguth and Edward H. Streissguth resided at the former nearby 654 East Fifth Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Gustave Heinemann resided at the former nearby 652 East Fifth Street in 1890. The 1916 city directory indicates that the Misses Munch, O. M. Ploch, and Mrs. Ferd Hinrichs all resided at the former nearby 652 East Fifth Street. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#10082) indicate that Melville E. Young (1885- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Sergeant First Class in Company F of the 68th Infantry, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, moved to Minnesota in 1898, had brown eyes, iron grey hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 5" tall, was a chauffeur at induction, was a laborer employed by the Simmons Manufacturing Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at the nearby former 633 East Fifth Street. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#24210) indicate that Milton A. Eberle (1894- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in the 161st Depot Brigade, who was born in Alma, Wisconsin, moved to Minnesota in 1902, had dark brown eyes, black hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 6 1/2" tall, was a laborer at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, was a laborer employed by Armour & Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his father, Albert Eberle, at the nearby former 631 East Fifth Street. The 1920 city directory indicates that Robert H. Dietzinger, a laborer, boarded at the former nearby 633 East Fifth Street, that Robert J. Dietzinger, a janitor, resided at the former nearby 633 Fifth Street East, that Alb Eberle, a harnessmaker employed by P. R. L. Hardenbergh, resided at the former nearby 631 East Fifth Street, that Merton Eberle, a laborer, and Milton Eberle, a laborer employed by the Wells Brothers Construction Company, both boarded at the former nearby 631 East Fifth Street, and that Emil Falk, a machinist, resided at the nearby former 633 East Fifth Street. Gustave Heinemann was a dry goods and notions merchant at Seventh Street and Jackson Street after working for Esterly & Heineman, a prominent dry goods merchant, was president of the Dayton's Bluff Building and Loan Association while he lived on Dayton's Bluff, and later relocated to 427 Dayton Avenue. In 1879, Gustave Heinemann, a partner with Charles A. Esterley in Esterley & Heinemann, a dry goods merchant located at 103-105 East Seventh Street, resided at 416 East Fifth Street on Dayton's Bluff.
655-657 East Fifth Street: John Seeger and Alvina Seeger House; Built in 1901; Victorian Colonial Revival in style. This house and its companion to the East display many features of the Colonial Revival style. The structure is now a multifamily apartment building, with a detached garage. The extended Muench family built a second large dwelling on this site in the early 1880's. This house is one of a pair built just after the turn of the century by John A. Seeger, a longtime Dayton's Bluff resident. The building is currently being converted into two condominium units. The 1890 city directory indicates that Marie Munch, the widow of Gustave Munch, and Augusta Schmidt, the widow of Christian H. Schmidt, both resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seeger and their daughters resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seeger and their daughter resided at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that John A. Seeger was the secretary-treasurer of the Seeger-Gallarch Refrigerator Company and resided at this address and that Walter G. Seeger was a salesman for the Seeger-Gallarch Refrigerator Company and boarded at this address. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seeger and their daughter, W. G. Seeger, and W. C. Hall resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seeger and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 and 1923 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seeger resided at 657 East Fifth Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that John A. Seeger, the president of the Seeger Refrigerator Company, and his wife, Alvina Seeger, resided at 657 East Fifth Street. John A. Seeger (1853- ) was born in Civington, Kentucky, moved to Minnesota, moved to St. Paul in 1868, was a contractor and builder from 1872 to 1905, and manufactured refrigerators after 1905. Seeger began to invest in local real estate while still an officer for Bohn Manufacturing Company, a local millwork concern that provided the woodwork for the houses of St. Paul's elite. John A. Seeger (1855- ) was born in Covington, Kentucky, entered into the contracting business in 1872 and was associated with Leonard & Seeger Contractors 1872-1877, married Elvina Yoerg of the St. Paul brewing family in 1876, became the secretary of Bohn Manufacturing Company in 1885, was the president of Bohn Manufacturing Company 1895-1905, then founded the Seeger Gallasch Company, a railroad refrigeration car manufacturer which became the Seeger Refrigeration Company, and was the president of the Daytons Bluff Commercial Club. John Seeger founded the Seeger Refrigeration Co., in 1902. It developed the first electric refrigerators and became the nation's largest manufacturer of private-brand refrigerators. In 1955, the Seeger Refrigerator Co. merged with the Whirpool Corporation. Charles Cristadoro was the president of the Whirlpool Mixer and Kneader Company in 1905. Elvina Yoerg was a relative of Anthon Yoerg (1816- ), who was the first brewer in St. Paul, was born in Bavaria in 1816, arrived in St. Paul in 1848, failed in an attempt to run a butcher shop, and built and operated, with his son, the Yoerg Brewing Co., the first brewery in St. Paul, which was located near where Washington and Eagle Streets once met, below the present Civic Center Parking Ramp. The Yoerg Brewing Company subsequently moved across the river to Commercial (Ethel) and Ohio Streets. Maria Munch ( -1911,) John A. Seeger ( -1938,) and Elvina Seeger ( -1940) all died in Ramsey County. Augusta Schmidt (1827-1904) was born in Germany and died in Ramsey County. Walter G. Seeger (1886-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Yoerg, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Thomas G. Gilbert, who resides in Anoka, Minnesota.
660 East Fifth Street: Built in 1883. The building is a 1054 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler. The 1887 and 1889 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Otto Streissguth resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Otto Streissguth was the president of the Minnesota Brick Company and resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kelly resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Fitzgerald resided at this address. The 1897 and 1899 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Drew resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Buck resided at this address. The 1905 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Young resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Anthony J. Ahrens, a laborer, and his wife, Cora Ahrens, and Martin Connolly, a laborer, and his wife, Delia Connolly, resided at this address. Margaret Walsh Kelly (1851- ) was born in Ireland, came to the United States in 1891, married John F. Kelly in 1870, moved to St. Paul in 1891, was a temperance worker, and was one of the first policewomen in St. Paul, with a ten year tenure on the force. Edward Albert Drew ( -1916) died in Ramsey County. Anthony J. Ahrens (1885-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Heintz, and died in Ramsey County. Martin Connolly ( -1932) died in Ramsey County. Martin Connolly (1881-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Connolly, and died in Ramsey County. Delia A. Connolly (1886-1970) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kelly, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Jodi Hebert and Linda Meier, who reside at 334 Mounds Boulevard.
661-663 East Fifth Street: Seeger Flats; Built in 1904; Late Queen Anne in style. The building originally was a double house, built by John Seeger for his two daughters, then became a multifamily apartment house, and has been converted into a set of condominiums. The Queen Anne massing of these flats includes a prominent corner tower and classical details, including Ionic columns supporting the porch roofs. One of the porches displays a dentilled pediment, and a row of dentils at the eave line and under the gable. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Beggs resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Seeger resided at 661 East Fifth Street and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Korfhage resided at 663 East Fifth Street. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Korfhage resided at 663 East Fifth Street. World War I veteran Robert S. Ahrens resided at this address in 1919. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Robert Seeger (1851-1919,) the widower brother of John A. Seeger, who was born in Prussia to parents born in Germany and who died of valvular heart disease, resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Albert E. Damkroger, a salesman, and his wife, Lulu M. Damkroger, resided at 661 East Fifth Street and that Russell R. Perkins, the president of the Terminal Motor Bus Company, and his wife, Juliette Perkins, resided at 663 East Fifth Street. 661 East Fifth Street was on the city vacant house list in 2004, in 2005, and 2007. Seeger was a businessman and a Saint Paul activist who owned Seeger Refrigeration (later the Whirlpool Corporation.) Seeger Flats has been renovated into four condominiums. A Damkroger burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Charlotte Krumbusch Damkroger ( -1870,) Magdalene Hedwig Damkroger ( -1880,) and Edward Albert Damkroger ( - .) Lulu M. Damkroger ( -1935,) Albert E. Damkroger ( -1940,) Robert S. Ahrens ( -1944,) and Jerry R. Beggs ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1998 for $177,900. The current owners of record of the property are Jennifer M. Gilbert and Thomas G. Gilbert, who reside in Anoka, Minnesota. [See the note for John A. Seeger for 655-657 East Fifth Street.]
662 East Fifth Street: Built in 1955. The building is a 756 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler. The current owner of record of the property is Carol A. M. Johnson.
665 East Fifth Street: Built in 1883. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1653 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1879 city directory indicates that Michael McDonough, a laborer employed by the St. Paul Water Company, resided on the South side of Fifth Street East two addresses East of Maria Avenue and James McDonough, a tinsmith employed by the Prendergast Brothers, boarded on the South side of Fifth Street East two addresses East of Maria Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that Maria Munch/Muench was the widow of Gustave Munch/Muench who resided at this address and that Emil C. Munch/Muench was the foreman at the Bohn Manufacturing Company who boarded at this address. The 1887, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1897, 1899, 1901, and 1903 city directories indicate that Mrs. Maria Muench and Mrs. Augusta Schmidt resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Augusta Schmidt was the widow of Christian H. Schmidt who resided at 655 East Fifth Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Augusta Schmidt (1817- ,) the widowed sister of Marie Munch, who was born in Germany to parents also born in Germany and who died of degeneration of the heart, resided at this address in 1904. The 1905 and 1909 city directories indicate that Mrs. Maria Munch resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gardner resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Emil Munch (1863-1925,) the husband of Emma Munch, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in Germany and who died of a gun shot wound to the head, resided at this address in 1925. The 1930 city directory indicates that Michael Metrick, a car repairer employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Mary Metrick, resided at this address. Augusta Schmidt (1827-1904) was born in Germany and died in Ramsey County. Charles H. Gardner (1874-1955) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Emma Munch (1871-1964) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Klug, and died in Ramsey County. Michael Metrick (1891-1969) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Genarus B. Hernandez and Rose M. Hernandez. [See the note for the Munchs/Muenchs for 655-657 East Fifth Street.]
667 East Fifth Street: Edward/Edwin Mahle House; Built in 1874 or 1880; Eastlake in style. The building is a two story, 2138 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house. The single-family house previously has been a duplex and a triplex. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mahle resided at this address. The 1889 and 1891 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. P. C. Harmegnies and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mahle resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Edwin C. Mahle was a bookkeeper for Mahle & Sutmar, a carriage and wagon manufacturer, that Edmund C. P. Harmegnies was a clerk for Griggs, Cooper, & Company, a wholesale grocer, and that both resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that P. A. Cowan resided at this address in 1890. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lindeke and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mahle resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Southern resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Earl Regnier and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Southern resided at this address. The 1901 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wiseman and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Southern resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Emil Munch, Jr., resided at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that Emil Munch was a clerk with the Railway Mail Service and resided at 687 East Fifth Street and that Charles S. Kidder was a student and roomed at 822 Simpson. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Kidder resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William H. Cunningham, a laborer employed by Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, and his wife, Marie Cunningham, and Temistocle Bertini, a laborer, his wife, Corinna Bertini, Adolph Bertini, a salesman, and Emil Bertini, a helper employed by the A. Schoch Grocery Company, resided at this address. The house was purchased in 1993 for $18,000 from the Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhoods Association, which bought it at a bank auction, and it has been rennovated by its new owners. Edwin C. Mahle was a St. Paul City Council member in 1906 and 1908. In 1920, Charles S. Kidder was a partner with Charles N. Orr, Herman F. Stark, Walter A. Liener, Harry E. Cook, and Carroll Gunderson in the law firm of Orr, Stark & Kidder, located in the Globe Building, which represented the First National Bank, the National Bank of Commerce, the North West Electric Equipment Company, the First and Security National Bank of Minneapolis, Janney, Semple, Hill & Company of Minneapolis, the Simmons Hardware Company of Minneapolis, the MacDonald Brothers Company of Minneapolis, the Chase National Bank of New York, the National Surety Company of New York, the Lyon Furniture Merchandising Agency of New Yrok, the Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, Vose & Page of Chicago, Swift & Company of Chicago, Phipps, Durgin & Cook of Boston, the Shoe and Leather Merchandising Agency of Boston, J. Howard Reber of Philadelphia, Carr & Steinmetz of Philadelphia, Bottum, Bottum, Hudnall & Lechner of Milwaukee, Quaries, Spence & Quaries of Milwaukee, Clark, Emmons, Bryant, Klein & Brown of Detroit, Abbott & Edwards of St. Louis, J. Zach Spearing of New Orleans, Dana, Blount & Silverstein of Denver, Morris, Walker & Boyle of Pittsburgh, and White, Johnson, Cannon & Spelth of Cleveland. Charles Noah "Charlie" Orr (1877-1949,) the son of Abraham Orr and Emma J. Orr, was born in Princeton, Minnesota, graduated from the Princeton Public Schools, attended Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, for one year, graduated from Hamline University in 1901, was an employee of the Minnesota Office of the State Auditor from 1901 until 1904, graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1904, married Ellen May Adams ( -1938) in 1906, was a lawyer, was a partner with Herman F. Stark and Charles S. Kidder in the Orr, Stark & Kidder law firm until 1915 and subsequently in the Orr, Stark & Collett law firm, resided in St. Paul, was a member of the board of directors of the Hamline State Bank, was a Methodist, was a member of the Hamline Methodist Church, was a member of the board of trustees of Hamline University, was a Mason, was the Worshipful Master of Midway Lodge, A. F. & A. M., was Commander of Damascus Commandery, was Grand Commander of Minnesota in 1928, was the Most Eminent Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar of the United States from 1943 until 1946, was an honorary 33rd degree Mason, was a member of St. George's Conclave, was a member of Red Cross of Constantine, was a member of the Osman Temple Shrine, was a Republican/Conservative, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Ramsey County (District 37) from 1911 until 1915, was a member of the Minnesota Senate representing Ramsey County (District 42) from 1915 until 1949, was the President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate from 1923 until 1924, was the Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate from 1933 until 1949, was a primary legislative sponsor of the building of the State Office Building, the building of the old Minnesota Historical Society Building and the building of the Capitol Mall Approach, died from a heart attack in St. Paul while driving his car to the Minnesota State Capitol, and was buried at Oakland Cemetery. Charles Noah Orr and Ellen May Adams Orr were the parents of two daughters, Marian Orr (Mrs. John A.) Pfaender and Janet Orr (Mrs. Frank E.) Leslie, Jr. Edwin Charles Mahle ( -1935,) Philip A. Cowan ( -1943,) and Thomas "Temistocle" Bertini ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. Albert Henry Wiseman ( -1936) died in Hennepin County. Charles S. Kidder (1885-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ayers, and died in Ramsey County. Marie R. Cunningham (1897-1992) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Corinna Bertini (1883-1974) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Martini, and died in Ramsey County. Emil P. Bertini (1914-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Biagina, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is James Notebaark.
668 East Fifth Street: Built in 1890. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1306 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The property was last purchased in 2000 for $50,100. The 1879 city directory indicates that Dell Loverin, the widow of Robert Loverin, resided at one door East of Maria Avenue on the South side of Fifth Street East. The 1899 and 1901 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brink resided at this address. The 1910 city directory indicates that Emmet A. Mosher, a carpenter, resided at this address and that Joseph C. Mosher, a carpenter, boarded at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#17352) indicate that Charles J. Petsch (1892- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Corporal in the 54th Company of the Transportation Corps, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, sandy light hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 10 1/2" tall, was a railroad switchman at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, received one bronze Victory button, was a railroad switchman employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Mrs. Herman Petsch, at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Bartley Conney, a laborer employed by North West Fuel Company, and his wife, Mary Conney, Margaret Conney, a packer, and Mary Conney, a packer for Griggs Cooper & Company, resided at this address. Emmet A. Mosher ( -1915) died in Ramsey County. Mary A. Conney (1923-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Iosue, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is VF Associates LLC, located at 61 St. Albans Avenue South.
670 East Fifth Street: Built in 1889. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1511 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Hascall Ransford resided at this address. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bell and Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Bell resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. McMillan and C. C. Upham resided at this address. The 1897 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller resided at this address. The 1899 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Confare resided at this address. The 1901 and 1905 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller and their daughters resided at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that Edward H. Miller was the assistant cashier at the Capital National Bank, located at Robert Street and Fifth Street, and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller and their daughters resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward H. Miller, the bookkeeper employed by the Oakland Cemetery Association, and his wife, Molly F. Miller, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Edward H. Miller resided at this address in 1930. Edward H. Miller ( -1932) and Charles Chandler Upham ( -1946) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1996 with a sale price of $32,500. The current owners of record of the property are Juan A. Ponferrada and Maria L. Ponferrada. In 1879, Lucien A. Lloyd boarded at the nearby former 680 Fifth Street East.
687 East Fifth Street: Built in 1910. The building is a two story, 1768 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Willie resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Lillian Ash, Phillip E. Ash, a clerk for the Great Northern RailRoad, Patrick J. Conlin, an egg candler for the Sunshine Creamery Company, his wife, Caroline Conlin, and Robert Conlin, a clerk, resided at this address. Patrick Conlin ( -1947) and Caroline Conlin ( -1953) died in Ramsey County. Robert Patrick Conlin (1912-1997) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Carlson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Thomas R. Rider, who resides in Hugo, Minnesota.
688 East Fifth Street: Built in 1898. The building is a two story, 1312 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1920 city directory indicates that Pauline Dosh, a nurse, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward Lange, an eggman employed by the A. Schoch Grocery Company, and his wife, Katherine Lange, resided at this address. Edward H. Lange ( -1947) died in Ramsey County. Katherine R. Lange (1870-1958) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Frank K. Fukumoto.
690 East Fifth Street: Built in 1884. The building is a 1028 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided rambler. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that the Wichman family resided on East Fifth Street between Bates and Maria in 1895. The property was last sold in 1996 for $42,900. The current owner of record of the property is Souane Khamvan.
691 East Fifth Street: Built in 1890. The building is a two story,1984 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. The 1885 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. Ruel W. Arnold resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Larson resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Oscar Elliert, a clerk employed by the Railway Mail Service, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Albert B. Farrand, a barber employed by Anton Daniel, his wife, Mathilda Farrand, and J. Henry McGoon resided at this address. Mathilda A. Farrand ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 1995 for $44,000. The current owner of record of the property is John Yang.
693 East Fifth Street: Built in 1878. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1443 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stowell resided at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#5930) indicate that Richard Foley (1894- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Corporal in Company H of the 58th Infantry, who was born in Le Sueur, Minnesota, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 8 1/2" tall, was an electrician at induction, was an electrician employed by L. M. Frye after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Allie B. Farrand, a barber and a partner with Titus L. Medved in Medved & Farrand, a barber shop, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jeremiah W. Le May, an inspector employed by the Western Weighing & Inspection Bureau, his wife, Jeanette Le May, and Clarence W. Simon resided at this address. Clarence Simon ( -1932) and Jeremiah Le May ( -1949) both died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Dennis P. Ruettimann and Lila Ruettimann.
694 East Fifth Street: Built in 1884. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1316 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that James Burns, a janitor employed at the State Capitol, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John J. Stewart, a laborer, and his wife, Mary Stewart, resided at this address. The current owners of record of the property are Daniel G. Schober and Donna M. Schober. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Glanville and their daughters resided at the former nearby 695 East Fifth Street.
696 East Fifth Street: Built in 1880. The building is a two story, 2021 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1879 city directory indicates that William Eagan, a coachman, resided at the northeast corner of Bates Avenue and Fifth Street. The last sale of this property was in 2003 and the sale price was $204,000. The current owners of record of the property are Amy M. Hunter and Jay R. Hunter.
697 East Fifth Street: Built in 1899. The building is a two story,1736 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Louis Marr resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mahlon H. Shelp (1859-1896,) of German extraction who died of endocarditis, and Mary Shelp, husband and wife, resided at this address in 1896. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Zollman resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Agnes G. Brennan, a bookkeeper employed by the Peoples Coal & Ice Company, Anna Brennan, a clerk, and Edna C. Brennan, a bookkeeper employed by the Peoples Coal & Ice Company, all boarded at this address and that Patrick D. Brennan, a teamster, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Burdette Lynch, a barn superintendent employed by the Minnesota Milk Company, and his wife, Julia Lynch, resided at this address. Frederick W. Zollman, Sr., was a St. Paul stonecutter who lived on the west side of St. Paul in the 1880's. Frederick W. Zollman (1860- ) was born in Le Seuer, Minnesota, moved to St. Paul with his parents in 1864, graduated from Northwestern College in 1881, was admitted to the practice of law in 1886, and practiced law in St. Paul after 1886. Fred W. Zollman ( -1933) died in Ramsey County. Mary Shelp (1862-1955) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Balzer, and died in Ramsey County. Burdette Lynch (1877-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wood, and died in Ramsey County. Julia M. Lynch (1895-1995) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hutcheson, and died in Ramsey County. Julia Lynch (1890-1966) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Steven R. Schwartz, who resides in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. The 1885 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. E. H. Votaw and their daughter resided at the former nearby 698 East Fifth Street. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. Rink resided at the former nearby 698 East Fifth Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Hannah Jones (1868-1911,) the wife of John H. Jones, who was born in the United States to parents born in Germany and who died of general paresis, resided at the nearby former 698 East Fifth Street in 1911. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary E. Nyquist resided at the former nearby 698 East Fifth Street. Hannah Jones ( -1912) and John H. Jones ( -1933) died in Ramsey County. [See note on Mahlon H. Shelp for 284 North Maple Street.]
699 East Fifth Street: Built in 1883. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1092 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, one halfbathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stewart resided at this address. The 1909, 1916, and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nolting resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Heman Danlofski, a helper employed by the Valley Iron Works, resided at the former nearby 709 East Fifth Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that John T. O'Brien, a car repairer employed by the Northern Pacific shops, and his wife, Mary V. O'Brien, resided at this address. Julius Charles Nolting ( -1915) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Gary Earl Salzman and Shirley Ann Salzman. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Julia L. Strate (1861-1921,) the wife of Adolph G. Strate, who was born in Minnesota to a father born in Germany and a mother born in the United States and who died of bronchial pneumonia, resided at the nearby former 700 East Fifth Street in 1921. The 1930 city directory indicates that Ralph W. Canine, Louis F. Wackerfuss, a driver employed by Sanitary Farm Dairies, and his wife, Alma Wackerfuss, resided at the former nearby 700 East Fifth Street. Julia L. Strate ( -1921) died in Ramsey County. Ralph W. Canine (1902-1980) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lee, and died in Ramsey County. Louis F. Wackerfuss (1899-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schroeder, and died in Ramsey County.
721 East Fifth Street: Built in 1911. The building is a two story, 1620 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Terrence R. Cavanaugh, an engineer, and his wife, Theresa Cavanaugh, resided at this address. Terrance R. Cavanaugh (1872-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kelly, and died in Ramsey County. Theresa Cavanaugh (1874-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hosey, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1999 for $80,000. The current owner of record of the property is Vincent L. Scheele.
722 East Fifth Street: Built in 1906. The building is a two story, 3209 square foot, six bedroom, three bathroom, frame house. The last sale of the property occurred in 1995 and the sale price was $72,000. The 1909 and 1916 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. G. O. E. Henry resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Henry resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Anth Daniel, a barber with a shop located at 335 Jackson Street, resided at this address and that Bertha Dunn, the widow of William Dunn and a seamstress, and Rudolph J. Dunn, a helper employed by Foot Schulze & Company, both boarded at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Devlin resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Anton Daniel, a beauty parlor operator at the Hamm Building, and his wife, Regina Daniel, and Walter E. Daniel, a clerk at the Anton Daniel beauty parlor, resided at this address. Frank G. Devlin ( -1944) Gilbert Henry ( -1952) died in Ramsey County. Regina Daniel (1877-1966) was born in Minnesota and died in Goodhue County, Minnesota. The property was last sold for $225,000 and that sale occurred in 2004. The previous owner of record of the property was Mark R. Murname, who resided in Cape Coral, Florida, and the current owners of record of the property are Jenny M. Jones and Joshua A. Leventhal.
724 East Fifth Street: Built in 1880. The building is a two story, 2496 square foot, six bedroom, four bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCall resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Alexander R. Robertson resided at this address from 1898 to 1903. Elmer H. Kuether (1893- ), a Private, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Mary Anderson and James H. Farrell, a cigar stand proprietor at the Ramsey County Court house, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George H. Farrell, a salesman employed by the H. C. Boyeson Company, and his wife, Florence Farrell, resided at this address. Alexander Roderick Robertson ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. George H. Farrell (1897-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lobemeir, and died in Ramsey County. Florence C. Farrell (1902-1992) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mossbruger, and died in Ramsey County. Florence L. Farrell (1899-1991) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gibbons, and died in Ramsey County. Henry C. Boyeson ( -1926) died in Ramsey County. The property last sold for $57,500 and the sale occurred in 1998. The current owner of record of the property is Rosebear Inc., located in Roseville, Minnesota.
725 East Fifth Street: Built in 1910. The building is a two story, 1584 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Francis A. Farrell, a clerk, roomed at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Rieke resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jos. Woytuk, a policeman employed by Armour & Company, his wife, Lena Woytuk, John Stapeway, a butcher employed by Swift & Company, and his wife, Hannah/Hanna Stapeway, a helper employed at the Green Gate Tea Shop, resided at this address. Joseph Woytuk (1890-1985) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are E. Lillian Beaudry and Henry J. Beaudry.
726 East Fifth Street: Built in 1890. The building is a two story, 1644 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. World War I veteran Robert A. O'Connell (1895- ), a Private, resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that James Cavanaugh and Stewart Cavanaugh, an inker employed by C. Gotzian & Company, both boarded at this address and that Owen Cavanaugh, Terrance R. Cavanaugh, an engineer, and Timothy R. Cavanaugh, an engineer employed by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad, all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John B. Vanderlinde, a plumber, his wife, Emma B. Vanderlinde, Ethel C. Vanderlinde, a clerk employed by the St. Paul Public Library, Evelyn E. Vanderlinde, a stenographer employed by the Edward Kopper Company, and Mildred C. Vanderlinde, a clerk employed by the Equitable Life Assurance Society, all resided at this address. Robert Angus O'Connell (1896-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lockhart, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1998 for $42,849. The current owner of record of the property is Northern Home Inc., located in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
727 East Fifth Street: Built in 1926. The building is a two story, 2376 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Adolph G. Glowe, a furrier, his wife, Lydia A. Glowe, Frank G. Kunsman, a fuel inspector employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Ruth M. Kunsman, resided at this address. Adolph G. Glowe (1880-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wolf, and died in Ramsey County. Frank Kunsman ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. Ruth M. Kunsman (1901-1982) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kaufman, and died in Ramsey County. The previous owner of record of the property was Cha Xiong Her and the current owner of record of the property is Sia Thao.
728 East Fifth Street: Built in 1885. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1747 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Arthur Martin resided at this address in 1879 and in 1894. The 1909 and 1916 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin and their daughter resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary Martin, the widow of Arthur Martin, resided at this address. Henry J. Martin (1889- ), a Private, and Louis M. Martin (1891- ), a Seaman, were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. Arthur G. Martin (1853-1924,) the son of Michael Martin ( -1857) and Fredericka Martin ( -1908,) was born in Detroit, Michigan, came with his parents to St. Paul in 1855, resided in the Battle Creek section of St. Paul, where his family owned several lots, was an apprentice coppersmith, joined the St. Paul Fire Department in 1870, was foreman of the old Trout Brook/No. 4 Engine Company, married Anna Norton (1854-1879) in 1875, re-entered the department as a horseman with the No. 4 Engine Company in 1878, was promoted to the position of Captain in 1880, married Mary Ann Dahl (1858-1940) in 1883, was appointed stoker of Engine Company No. 2 in 1883, became Captain of Engine Company No. 2 in 1885, then was in charge of Engine Company No. 7, was subsequently transferred as Captain to Chemical No. 2, and Hook and Ladder No. 4, was the first assistant chief engineer of the St. Paul Fire Department from 1889 until 1904, retired from the fire department, and engaged later in the life, property and fire insurance business with Edward Dahl, his brother-in-law. Arthur Martin and Anna Norton Martin had two children, William Martin (1876-1962) and Jennie Martin (1878-1878,) and Arthur Martin and Mary Ann Dahl Martin had six children, Edward Lewis Martin (1884-1953,) Arthur G. Martin, Jr. (1887-1894,) Henry J. Martin (1889-1920,) Louis Michael Martin (1891-1963,) Mary Margaret Martin (1893-1985,) and Catherine G. Martin (1896-1964.) This property remained in the Martin family until the mid-1960's. Arthur G. Martin ( -1924) died in Ramsey County. Louis M. Martin (1891-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dahl, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Christine Marie Bergman and Gary Lee Bergman.
730 East Fifth Street: Built in 1890. The building is a two story, 1274 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Austin M. Walsh, an engineer employed by the Ryan Hotel, and his wife, Nora Walsh, resided at this address. Austin Walsh ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Patricia J. Nahl.
731 East Fifth Street: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 1926 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. Wichman and their daughter resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that George Wichman and Edward H. Funk resided at this address in 1886. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. Wichmann, their daughter, and Edward H. Funk all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Emma B. Wichman (1862-1891,) of German heritage who died of tuberculosis, resided at this address in 1891. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Julia E. Wichman (1865-1906,) the single daughter of George Wichman, who was born in St. Paul to parents born in the United States and who died of lobar pneumonia, resided at this address in 1906. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. George Wichman, their daughters, and William A. Wichman resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. And Mrs. George Wichman and their daughter resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mary Wichman (1837-1916,) the wife of George Wichman, who was born in Ohio to parents born in Germany and who died of carcinoma of the stomach, resided at this address in 1916. The 1918 city directory indicates that F. A. Rode and Mr. and Mrs. George Wichman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George V. Fournelle, a stockman employed by Crane Company, his wife, Emma A. Fournelle, and Mrs. Ella Wolterstorff, an attendant employed by the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company, resided at this address. Emma B. Wichman was the daughter of George Wichman. Edward H. Funk ( -1929) died in Dakota County, Minnesota. Julia E. Wichman (1865-1906,) George Wichman ( -1927,) Franklin Arthur Rode ( -1939,) William A. Wichman ( -1946,) and George H. Wichman ( -1951) all died in Ramsey County. The previous owner of record of the property was Northern Home Inc., located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and the current owner of record is Joel D. Kennedy, who is located in Bloomington, Minnesota.
732 East Fifth Street: Mrs. D. Pasel House #2; Built in 1886. The building is a two story, 1387 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom asbestos-sided house. Mrs. Pasel resided in this house for a number of years. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Muench resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Marks Cahn, a furrier employed by Gordon & Ferguson, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Avedles Roopernian, a salesman employed by the Golden Rule department store, resided at this address. The house was on the city vacant house list in 2004, in 2005, and in 2007. The house was last sold in 1999 for $40,245. The previous owner of record of the property was Emilio Rodriguez, who resided at 343 Maple Street, and the current owner of record of the property is Pilz Property LLC, located in Roseville, Minnesota.
733 East Fifth Street: Built in 1885. The building is a 1189 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame rambler, with a detached garage. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Edward Funk resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O'Connor resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The property was last purchased in 2003 for $141,000. The current owner of record of the property is Moua Lo.
734 East Fifth Street: Built in 1886. The building is a two story, 1387 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom,one half-bathroom, asbestos-sided house. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown resided at this address. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Stolpestad resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that William E. Blinkhorn, chief clerk employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Richard R. Cunningham, a welder, and his wife, Doris E. Cunningham, resided at this address. Herbert L. Stolpestad (1907-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Boman, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 2000 for $38,895. The previous owner of record of the property was Emilio Rodriguez, who resided in New Richmond, Wisconsin, and the current owners of record of the property are Mishelle Pilz and Robert E. Pilz, who reside in Roseville, Minnesota.
735-737 East Fifth Street: Mrs. D. Pasel House #1; Built in 1883 (1885 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Queen Anne in style. The house was originally a side-by-side duplex. Over the years the building was turned into a four-plex. The building at 735 East Fifth Street is a two story, 1794 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The building at 737 East Fifth Street also is a two story, 1794 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house and sold in 2001 for $159,700. The Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhood Association has rehabilitated the house and has converted it into a single family residence. The house has hardwood floors and a fireplace on the first level. It has three bedrooms on the second level. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John H. Niebaum resided at 735 East Fifth Street and that Mr. and Mrs. F. Huelster resided at 737 East Fifth Street. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cobb resided at 735 East Fifth Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Frederick W. Huelster and Christina Huelster, husband and wife, resided at 735 East Fifth Street in 1899. The 1915 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Rindal resided at 735 East Fifth Street. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Rindal resided at 735 East Fifth Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Theo C. Engstrom and Constantine "Connie" J. Jansen, a painter employed by Ford Motor Company resided at 735 East Fifth Street and that Robert J. Vanderbosh, a laborer employed by Armour & Company, and his wife, Anna Vanderbosh, resided at 737 East Fifth Street. Frederick Huelster (1831-1905) was born in Germany and died in Ramsey County. Ole O. Rindal ( -1938) and Constant Joseph Jansen ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. Theodore C. Engstrom (1888-1906) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Theodore C. Engstrom (1907-1983) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Judith Ries and Peter Ries, Jr.
741 East Fifth Street: Built in 1887. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1484 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. The 1930 city directory indicates that George W. Smith, his wife, Ruth Smith, and Robert C. Rolker resided at this address. In 1930, Miss Ruth Alice Smith opened a playground for pre-school and kindergarten children in her back yard at this address. The current owners of record of the property are John C. Kelliher and Kathleen A. Starr, who reside in Oakdale, Minnesota.
743 East Fifth Street: Built in 1885. The building is a two story, 1708 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1923 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kleinschmidt resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Reinhold Witte, his wife Frieda Witte, Herbert Witte, a packer employed by Montgomery Ward & Company, Louis H. Yeager, a driver employed by the St. Paul Laundry, and his wife, Pauline Yeager, all resided at this address. Reinholdt Witte ( -1953) died in Ramsey County. Louis H. Yeager (1893-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Connell, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1991 for $51,000. The current owner of record of the property is Kara A. Lindquist.
752 East Fifth Street: Built in 1881. The building is a one story, 736 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with three garages, which are two detached one car garages, and a two car tuck under garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Henry Albertson, a storekeeper, resided at this address and that Frances Behm, a stitcher, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William Armstrong, a machinist employed by the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Victoria M. Armstrong, Joseph Armstrong, a scaler employed by Montgomery Ward & Company, and Robert Armstrong, a student, resided at this address. William Joseph Armstrong ( -1955) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Maloney, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 and the sale price was $144,900. The previous owners of record of the property were Norma Atwood and Richard E. Atwood and the current owners of record of the property are Jeffrey W. Sibben and Tami L. Sibben.
754 East Fifth Street: Built in 1904. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1188 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Rosenquist resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that John J. Devitt, a custodian for the Great Northern RailRoad, boarded at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William C. Hayden, a conductor employed by the Pullman Company, resided at this address. Louis M. Rosenquist ( -1928) and William Hayden ( -1944) both died in Ramsey County. John J. Devitt (1896-1966) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Crawford, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Allen W. Dornfeld and Dorothy I. Dornfeld, who reside in Oakdale, Minnesota.
755 East Fifth Street: Built in 1903. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1134 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house. The 1909 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lemon, W. F. Proudlock, and Miss J. V. Proudlock resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Minnie Maude Lemon (1881-1915,) the wife of Walter T. Lemon, who was born in Wisconsin to parents born in the United States and who died of acute dilation of the heart, resided at this address in 1915. The 1915 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lemon and Miss J. V. Proudlock both resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lemon resided at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board indicate that Edward W. Tepel (1891- ,) a Private in Battery C of the 151st Field Artillery, enlisted in 1917, served in the Marne and the Meuse, France, was a farmer before induction, resided at 667 East Fourth Street at induction, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion, was five foot, nine inches tall, and was employed in iron construction by the Standard Conveyor Company of North St. Paul, Minnesota, after discharge. E. L. Tepel, the father of Edward W. Tepel, also resided at this address in 1919. The 1924 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Ferris resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward L. Tepel, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, his wife, Hettie A. Tepel, Edward W. Tepel, a painter, and George H. Tepel, a clerk employed by the Twin City Wholesale Grocery Company, all resided at this address. Minnie Maude Lemon ( -1915,) Edward L. Tepel ( -1946,) and Walter T. Lemon ( -1948) all died in Ramsey County. W. F. "Alice" Proudlock (1885-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hounihan, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property was in 1998 and the sale price was $53,000. The current owners of record of the property are Laurie L. Baumann and Kristine M. McMichael.
758 East Fifth Street: Built in 1904. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1188 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Otto Paul Rudolph Hiersekorn resided at this address in 1902. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hiersekorn and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 and 1923 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hiersekorn resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Otto P. Hiersekorn and his wife, Ida D. Hiersekorn, resided at this address. Ida Hiersekorn ( -1935) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property was in 1999 for $87,900. The current owner of record of the property is Glen O. Meyer.
759 East Fifth Street: Built in 1913. The building is a two story, 1892 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Charles W. Eichhorn resided at this address in 1914. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mrs. George Eichhorn, C. W. Eichhorn, and C. H. Eichhorn all resided at this address. World War I veterans Geo. W. Eichhorn and Carl H. Eichorn (1896- ), a Seaman, resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Carl H. Eichhorn, a clerk employed by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company, Maida M. Eichhorn, and Martin Eichhorn, a laborer, all boarded at this address and Charles W. Eichhorn, a department manager employed by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company, and Susanna Eichhorn, the widow of George W. Eichhorn, both resided at this address. The 1923 city directory indicates that C. W. Eichhorn resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Susanna Eichhorn (1843-1925,) the widowed mother of Charles W. Eichhorn, who was born in Germany to parents born in Germany and who died of uraemia, resided at this address in 1925. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Martin Eichhorn (1874-1925,) the unmarried brother of Charles W. Eichhorn, who was born in Germany to parents born in Germany and who died of a cerebral hemorrhage, resided at this address in 1925. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles W. Eichhorn, a department manager for Farwell Ozmun Kirk & Company, and his wife, Stella M. Eichhorn, resided at this address. Susanna Eichhorn ( -1925) and Charles W. Eichhorn ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. Stella M. Eichhorn (1887-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kemper, and died in Ramsey County. Carl H. Eichorn (1892-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Boettcher, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Mary M. Arrigoni and Vincent C. Arrigoni.
764 East Fifth Street: Built in 1940. The building is a 998 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler, with a detached one car garage. The current owners of record of the property are Harlan C. Miller and Karen I. Miller.
765 East Fifth Street: Built in 1924. The building is a one story, 1116 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that William E. Blake, a collector, and his wife, Helene S. Blake, and Lowell E. Blake, a clerk, resided at this address. William E. Blake ( -1935) died in Ramsey County. Helene S. Blake (1872-1963) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 and the sale price was $165,000. The previous owner of record of the property was Bernard M. Schueler and the current owners of record of the property are Daniel A. Woods, Jr., and Lisa M. Woods.
766 East Fifth Street: Built in 1912. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1358 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house. The 1916 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Rosenquist resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward F. Miller, a soliciter employed by Weed Parker & Company, and his wife, Lydia E. Miller, resided at this address. Edward F. Miller ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Myron F. Miller and Amy Jo Miller Schwichtenberg.
767 East Fifth Street: Built in 1903. The building is a two story, 1520 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Philip Heck resided at this address in 1907. The 1909 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Miller and Mrs. Sarah Billings and her daughter resided at this address. The 1916 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Phil Heck resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Philip Heck (1842-1916,) the husband of Philippina Heck, who was born in Germany to parents born in Germany and who died of senility, resided at this address in 1916. The 1930 city directory indicates that Emilie Schaefer, Kurt E. Marty, a pricer employed by Hackett Gates Hurty Company, and his wife, Pauline Marty, all resided at this address. Arthur W. Miller (1870- )was born in Bushnell, Illinois, came to St. Paul with his parents in 1872, graduated in medicine from the University of Minnesota in 1897, was a physician, practiced in St. Paul, was assistant city health commissioner after 1899, and was the coroner of Ramsey county from 1901 until 1910. Sarah Lavina Billings ( -1909,) Philip Heck ( -1916,) and Philipina Heck ( -1918) all died in Ramsey County. Kurt E. Marty (1906-1983) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kraemer, and died in Stearns County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 2004 for $186,000. The current owner of record of the property is Nicholas W. Struzik. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that George Eichhorn (1841-1914,) the husband of Susanna Eichhorn, who was born in Germany to parents also born in Germany and who died of carcinoma of the superior maxillary bone, resided at the nearby former 769 East Fifth Street in 1914.
771 East Fifth Street: Built in 1903. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1320 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1920 city directory indicates that Amelia C. Burger and Elizabeth Burger, a clerk with the Golden Rule, both boarded at this address and that Joseph Burger resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline Burger (1850-1920,) the wife of Capt. Jos Burger, who was born in Missouri to parents born in Germany and who died of cerebral apoplexy, resided at this address in 1920. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Joseph Burger (1849-1921,) the father of Mrs. W. E. Spicker, who was born in the Tyrol to parents born in Austria and who died of pneumonia, resided at this address in 1921. The 1930 city directory indicates that William W. Kienholz, salesman employed by G. Sommers & Company, and his wife, Amelia F. Kienholz, resided at this address. Caroline Burger ( -1920,) William Walter Kienholz ( -1939,) Elizabeth A. Burger ( -1944,) William Edward Spicker ( -1944,) Amelia C. Burger ( -1950,) and Amelia F. Kienholz ( -1951) all died in Ramsey County. Joseph Burger ( -1921) died in Hennepin County. The last sale of the property occurred in 1996 and the sale price was $47,485. The current owners of record of the property are Jennifer L. Pal and Ujean P. Pal.
772 East Fifth Street: Built in 1900. The building is a 864 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, stucco rambler. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Devlin resided at this address. B. J. Sendner (1888- ), a Petty Officer, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank G. Devitt, an assistant paymaster employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Fertile J. Walker, a salesman, and his wife, Mable Walker, resided at this address. Frank G. Devlin ( -1944) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Glen A. Latondress and Sylvia D. Latondress.
774 East Fifth Street: Built in 1915. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1099 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that James J. O'Malley, a laborer employed by the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, and his wife, Clara L. O'Malley, resided at this address. The current owners of record of the property are Linda S. Schmitt and Walter W. Schmitt, Jr.
777 East Fifth Street: Built in 1887. The building is a 1 3/4 story, 1220 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Hans J. Geisenbeyner, a bottler employed by the Hamms Brewing Company, his wife, Helen Geisenbeyner, and Guido Geisenbeyner, a chef, resided at this address. The property was on the vacant house list in 2007. The property was last purchased in 1997 for $57,500.
