513-515 Portland Avenue: E. D. Neill House; Built in 1890 (1881 according to Ramsey County property tax records): Classical Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 5717 square foot, ten bedroom, three bathroom, asbestos-sided duplex. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1887 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. Norman Seaver resided at 513 Portland Avenue and Rev. and Mrs. Edward D. Neill and their daughter all resided at 515 Portland Avenue. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Russell W. Berthel resided at 515 Portland Avenue from 1899 to 1922. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur H. Howard and their daughter, Wilbur K. Howard, and Mrs. Helen B. Schenck all resided at 513 Portland Avenue. The 1910-1911 Directory of the University of Minnesota indicates that Marion Hastings Brown, a student, resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Berthel resided at 515 Portland Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Berthel resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Russell W. Berthel, a partner with Joseph F. Shellman in the dental practice of Berthel & Shellman, located at the Lowry Building, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Grenville W. Baker, an agent for the Aetna Life Insurance Company, and his wife, Annie Baker, resided at 513 Portland Avenue and that Edmund S. Foley resided at 515 Portland Avenue. Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893) was born at Philadelphia, was a student at Amherst and Andover from 1842 to 1844, was a Presbyterian home missionary in Illinois from 1847 to 1848, was a Presbyterian minister in St. Paul from 1849 to 1860, was the founder of churches in Minnesota, the state superintendent of education and the chancellor of the University of Minnesota from 1858 to 1861, was the chaplain of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and of the Philadelphia hospitals from 1861 to 1864, was the private secretary to Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson from 1864 to 1866, was the American consul at Dublin, Ireland from 1869 to 1871, was the president of and a professor of history and literature at Macalester College from 1873 to 1893, and was the author ofRailways in their higher aspects/a discourse delivered by Edward D. Neill, June 11, 1854, The history of Minnesota, published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott & Co. in 1858, Dahkotah land and Dahkotah life: with the history of the fur traders of the extreme Northwest during the French and British dominions, published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott & Co. in 1859, Terra Mariæ, or, Threads of Maryland colonial history, published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott & Co. in 1867, The Fairfaxes of England and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: including letters from and to Hon. William Fairfax, president of Council of Virginia, and his sons Col. George William Fairfax and Rev. Bryan, eighth Lord Fairfax, the neighbors and friends of George Washington, published in Albany, New York by J. Munsell in 1868, Early days of the Presbyterian branch of the Holy Catholic Church in the state of Minnesota, published in Minneapolis by Johnson & Smith in 1873, John Neill of Lewes, Delaware, 1739, and his descendants, published in Philadelphia in a private printing for the family in 1875, Notes on American history, published in Boston by D. Clapp in 1876, History of Dakota County and the city of Hastings: including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota, published in Minneapolis by the North Star Publishing Company in 1881, The history of Minnesota: from the earliest French explorations to the present time, published in Minneapolis by the Minnesota Historical Company in 1883, Virginia vetusta, during the reign of James the First. Containing letters and documents never before printed. A supplement to the History of the Virginia Company, published in Albany, New York by J. Munsell’s Sons in 1885, Matthew Wilson, D.D., of Lewis, Delaware, published in Philadelphia in 1888, The development of trade on Lake Superior and its tributaries during the French regime, published in Saint Paul by The Pioneer Press Company in 1890, and The ideal versus the real Benjamin Franklin published in St. Paul by the Department of History, Literature and Political Science of Macalester College in 1892. Neill also was the editor of Glimpses of the nation's struggle: a series of papers read before the Minnesota Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, published in St. Paul by the St. Paul Book and Stationery Company, H. L. Collins Co., Review Pub. Co., and Aug. Davis from 1887 to 1909. Neill was the founder of Macalester College, was chaplain of the First Minnesota Regiment during the Civil War (mustered in on April 29, 1861, and mustered out on July 13, 1862,) and served in a diplomatic post in Dublin, Ireland, from 1869 to 1870. Russell W. Berthel (1867-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rasel, and died in Ramsey County. Wilbur Howard (1924-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Howard, and died in Ramsey County. Grenville W. Baker ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. Annie MacMillan Baker (1884-1967) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Todd, and died in Ramsey County. Edmund S. Foley (1896-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rogers, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are David C. Coen and Joann K. Coen, who reside in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Peterka House is located at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Albert C. Heath, Sr., a physician who officed at 350 St. Peter Street, his wife, Ray Heath, Albert C. Heath, Jr., a supervisor at the Pioneer Building, and Eve Heath, a student, all resided at the former nearby 516 Portland Avenue. Albert Heath ( -1942) died in Hennepin County.
512 Portland Avenue: Built in 1900; Queen Anne in style. The structure is a two story, 2842 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. The 1920 city directory indicates that Martin S. Chandler, an editor employed by West Publishing Company, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Samuel H. Morgan (1911- ,) who was born in Duluth, Minnesota, who attended the school from 1922 until 1929, who was a 1933 graduate of Harvard University, who was a 1936 graduate of the Harvard University Law School, who was a Choate Law Club, and who was a lawyer with the law firm of Kellogg, Morgan, Chase, Carter, & Headley, resided at this address. Samuel H. Morgan married Natalie Peterson in Hingham, Massachussetts, in 1935 and the couple had one child, Jonathan Morgan (1938- .) The current owners of record of the property are Darlene M. McCain and Donovan L. McCain, Jr., who reside at 2156 Goodrich Avenue. Donovan L. McCain, LLC, is located at 801 Nicollet Mall #1900, Minneapolis. Donovan L. McCain, Jr., also owns 838 West Lincoln Avenue, the Kresko Apartments. Donovan L. McCain, Jr., was a financial supporter of the Minnesota Medical Foundation in 2004.
506 Portland Avenue: C. D. O'Brien House; Built in 1887 (1893 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Colonial Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 4079 square foot, six bedroom, four bathroom, frame house. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Christopher D. O'Brien resided at this address from 1896 to 1951. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. O'Brien and their daughter and R. D. O'Brien resided at this address. The 1910-1911 Directory of the University of Minnesota indicates that Gerald R. O'Brien, a student, resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. O'Brien, A. C. O'Brien, C. S. O'Brien, G. R. O'Brien, and C. S. O'Brien resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. O'Brien, A. C. O'Brien, and G. R. O'Brien all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. C. D. O'Brien and A. C. O'Brien resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Christopher D. O'Brien, Jr., the Ramsey County attorney, and his wife, Mary O'Brien, resided at this address. Christopher D. O'Brien, who was born in Ireland, was the mayor of St. Paul from 1883 to 1885. In 1909, Christopher D. O’Brien was the president of Governor John Albert Johnson Memorial Commission, established by executive order by Governor Adolph O. Eberhart to administer and direct the funding and the construction of a memorial honoring the late Governor Johnson and resulting in the erection of a statue at the capitol building in 1912 and a replica statue in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1913. The 1891, 1893, and 1895 city directories indicate that Hon. and Mrs. C. D. O'Brien and their daughter resided at 212 McBoal Street. Christopher D. O’Brien was the son of Dillon O'Brien, was one of three brothers in the family who were lawyers trained in the English-controlled courts in Ireland, was the second of St. Paul's Irish-born mayors, and actually used the police to enforce vice and other city ordinances rather than attempting to control. The 1930 city directory indicates that Gerald R. O'Brien, a partner with Ellsworth Bushnell in O'Brien & Bushnell, a manufacturer's agent, and his wife, Helen P. O'Brien, resided at 865 Fairmount Avenue. Gerald R. O'Brien ( -1949,) the son of Christopher Dillon O'Brien and Susan E. Slater O'Brien, married Helen Perkins (1895-1980,) who was a member of the St. Paul Women's Institute, a member of the St. Paul Junior League, and an employee of the Shuneman-Dayton-Hudson Department Store, and the couple had five children, Sarah O'Brien Driscoll, Susan O'Brien Soucheray, Geraldine O'Brien Finneren, Gerald R. O'Brien, Jr., and William P. O'Brien of LaPointe. Christopher D. O'Brien ( -1922) died in Ramsey County. Arnold C. O'Brien (1908-1972) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Derry, and died in Ramsey County. Arthur C. O'Brien (1878-1974) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Jason T. Patalonis. Jason Patalonis, with Jill Bernett, authored "Japanese Gardening Minnesota-Style" in Minnesota Horticulturist in 1996. In 1996, Jason Patalonis appealled a decision of the St. Paul Heritage Preservation Commission denying approval of the installation of sliding glass doors at the rear of the building at this address. Paul Kranz and Jason Patalonis were financial supporters of One Voice Mixed Chorus in 2006 and Clare Housing in 2007. Jason Patalonis was a financial supporter of Theatre de la Jeune Lune in 2003 and of Cretin Derham Hall High School in 2006.
502 Portland Avenue: P. Baldy House; Built in 1892; Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 4150 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, asbestos-sided house. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Peter Baldy resided at this address from 1893 to 1944. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. Baldy and their daughters and Fred C. Baldy resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mrs. Peter Baldy and her daughters and F. C. Baldy resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that the Misses Baldy resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Mary K. Baldy and Sarah E. Baldy resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that the Misses Baldy resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mary Baldy resided at this address. Peter Baldy was one of a number of St. Paul residents who were members of the Protestant Episcopalian Church Club and attended the general convention of the church held at Gethsemane Church in Minneapolis in 1893, along with John Q. Adams, J. H. Ames, S. C. M. Appleby, R. B. C. Bement, George B. Edgerton, Major John Espy, John Farrington, H. H. Galusha, Charles J. Ingles, Thomas Irvine, James I. Jellett, W. H. Lightner, Hon. W. R. Merriam, Harvey Officer, Frank O. Osborne, E, W. Peet, T. L. Schurmeier, H. F. Steves, W. S. Timberlake, Harry Warner, Melva J. Wilgus, and W. H. Yardley. Mary Pauline Baldy (1888-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Fautsch, and died in Wright County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Sona T. Plummer and William H. Plummer, Jr.
501 Portland Avenue: A. Messer House; Built in 1880 (1895 according to the National Register of Historic Places;) Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 3351 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Russell M. Berthel resided at this address from 1923 to 1958. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Berthel and Mrs. A. C. Messer all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Russell W. Berthel, a salesman, resided at this address. Russell W. Berthel (1867-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rasel, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are James H. Nicklas and Janet L. Nicklas. J. H. Nicklas Company and Sun Stop are located at this address.
496 Portland Avenue: Caroline Gotzian House; Built in 1884 (1900 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 7003 square foot, seven bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that James B. Beals resided at this address from 1878 to 1901. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Beals resided at this address and that James B. Beals was associated with Hon. Samuel J. McMillan, U. S. Senator, in the law firm of McMillan & Beals, located in the Gilfillan Block. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Beals resided at this address. The 1897 Catalogue of the Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi, edited by George Anthony Katzenberger and published by the Inland Press of Ann Arbor, Michigan, indicates that Frederick Carroll Baldy, an 1895 graduate of the University of Minnesota, resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mrs. S. J. R. McMillan and Mrs. J. B. Beals resided at this address. In 1916, Cyrus P. Brown was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Brown, their daughter, and C. P. Brown, Jr., all resided at this address. Cyrus P. Brown, Jr., and Edward C. Brown were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1919 History of the Field Artillery Central Officers Training School indicates that Edward C. Brown resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Brown and C. P. Brown, Jr., all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Cyrus P. Brown, the president of the First National Bank, and Cyrus P. Brown, Jr., a vice president of the Northwestern Trust Company, both resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Cyrus P. Brown and his wife, Fannie E. Brown, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Philip Wright Fitzpatrick (1895- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1908 until 1912, who graduated from Cornell University, who was a pilot in the Aviation Corps in France during World War I as well as serving as a First Lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, 89th Aero Squadron and was gassed, married Kathleen Skinner of Boston, was the vice president of Chemical Plastics, Inc. at the Pioneer Building, and had carpentry and carping as hobbies, resided at this address. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Philip W. Fitzpatrick (1895- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1908 until 1912, who graduated from Cornell University in 1917, who was a pilot and First Lieutenant in the 89th Aero Squadron of the American Expeditionary Force and was gassed during World War I, who was the president of the West Virginia Coal & Transportation Company, who was the president of the St. Paul Science Museum, and who engaged in the hobbies of carpentry and carping, resided at this address. Cyrus P. Brown was the president of First National Bank of St. Paul, was a member of the board of the Citizen's Alliance of Ramsey & Dakota Counties, and was a member in 1919 of the board of trustees of the Automobile Mutual Insurance Company of America, located in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1915, Cyrus P. Brown was an investor, with Ralph C. Emery, Ralph C. Watrous, and Melville Eastham and O. Kerro Luscomb, in the General Radio Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Philip W. Fitzpatrick married Kathleen Skinner in Boston in 1920 and the couple had four children, Joseph Taylor Fitzpatrick (1924- ,) Charlotte Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1927- ,) Sara Ann Fitzpatrick (1930- ,) and Phyllis Ingoldsby Fitzpatrick (1933- ,) and two grandsons. Samuel J. R. McMillan was a Republican and was a U. S. Senator from Minnesota from 1875 to 1887. Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897) was born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, graduated from Duquesne College/Western University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1846, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, moved to St. Paul in 1852, then moved to Stillwater, Minnesota, in 1854, returned to St. Paul in 1856, was judge of the first judicial district from 1858 to 1864, was a second lieutenant in the Stillwater Frontier Guards during the Dakota Conflict of 1862, was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1864 until his resignation in 1874, was chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1874 until 1875, was elected by the Minnesota Legislature, as a compromise candidate after a long and bitter fight between Alexander Ramsey, the incumbent, and Democrat-People's AntiMonopolist Party candidate Ignatius Donnelly (1831–1901,) as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1875 and served until 1887, was a member of the Committee of Revision of the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church, was a trustee of the State Reform School, was subsequently a lawyer until his death in St. Paul, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery. After national scandals involving Credit Mobilier of America/Union Pacific RailRoad and William M. "Boss" Tweed and local financial related scandals involving the State Treasurer, William Seeger, and the State Auditor, Charles McIlrath, Republican office holders, the Minnesota Republican Party was beginning to lose its hold on Minnesota government in 1873, reflected in the re-election failure of Alexander Ramsey, who subsequently was appointed Secretary of War by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879. In 1880, McMillan sponsored, with Senator John A. Logan of Illinois, a Senate Resolution that permitted the Secretary of the Navy to designate a ship free of charge to transport charitable contributions to Ireland. Philip Wright Fitzpatrick and Kathleen Skinner Fitzpatrick had four children, Joseph Taylor Fitzpatrick (1924- ,) Charlotte Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1927- ,) Sara Ann Fitzpatrick (1930- ,) and Phyllis Ingoldsby Fitzpatrick (1933- .) Caroline Gotzian ( -1913) died in Ramsey County. Cyrus Perrin Brown (1892-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Chadsey, and died in Ramsey County. James B. Beals ( -1932) and Fannie Brown ( -1945) both died in Hennepin County. Edward Clevland Brown ( -1973) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Chadsey, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1996 and the sale price was $455,000. The current owners of record of the property are James G. Keane and David T. Pizzuto. James G. Keane is a realtor with Edina Realty. David T. Pizzuto, M.D., is an anesthesiologist and was a member of the faculty of the Anesthesiology Department of the Medical School at the University of Minnesota in 1999.
493-495 Portland Avenue: Fred Bigelow/Fred R. Bigelow House; Built in 1904 (1909 according to Ramsey County property tax records, 1910 according to Larry Millett;) Tudor Revival in style; Thomas Holyoke, architect. The structure is a two story, 5525 square foot, nine bedroom, five bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cunningham resided at 495 Portland Avenue and that John W. Cunningham was associated with J. W. Cunningham & Company, a printing company. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cunningham and their daughter resided at 495 Portland Avenue. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cunningham and their daughters resided at 495 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that John W. Cunningham and Walter C. Cunningham resided at this address in 1906. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Fred R. Bigelow resided at this address from 1909 to 1953 and that the building was divided into two addresses in the mid-1950's, with the former building at 495 Portland Avenue, built in the 1870's, having been razed in the late 1920's. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bigelow resided at 493 Portland Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cunningham and their daughters and Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Eshelby resided at 495 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Lillian Agnes Cunningham (1850-1918,) the wife of John W. Cunningham, who was born in New York to parents born in the United States and who died of a cerebral hemorrhage, resided at 495 Portland Avenue in 1918. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bigelow resided at 493 Portland Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cunningham and his daughters resided at 495 Portland Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred R. Bigelow, the president of the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, resided at 493 Portland Avenue and that John W. Cunningham resided at 495 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that John W. Cunningham (1839-1924,) the widower father of Edith Cunningham, who was born in Ohio to parents born in the United States and who died of c. myocarditis, resided at this address in 1924. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bigelow resided at 493 Portland Avenue and that J. W. Cunningham and his daughter resided at 495 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Alice Fraser Bigelow (1876-1926,) the wife of Fred R. Bigelow, who was born in Canada to parents born in Canada and who died of a cerebral hemorrhage, resided at 493 Portland Avenue in 1926. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederic R. Bigelow, president of the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, and Eileen Bigelow resided at 493 Portland Avenue. Frederick R. Bigelow of St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance was a member of the Board of Directors of the Citizen's Alliance in 1920, a panel that included such leading businessmen as Charles W. Ames of the Public Safety Commission, E. S. Warner, one of the founders of the Minnesota Employer's Association, M. W. Waldorf of Waldorf Paper Products Company, W. O. Washburn of American Hoist & Derrick Company, C. G. Roth of the St. Paul Hotel, J. G. Ordway of Crane Company of Minnesota, and Leslie Gedney of Gedney Pickles. Hortense Bigelow (Mrs. Hank) Ingram was the daughter of Frederic Bigelow. The F. R. Bigelow Foundation was formed in 1946 as a way to channel the philanthropy of Frederic Russell Bigelow and his family. Bigelow shared his time and money with the community in both good times in bad. In 1920, he was one of the organizers of the St. Paul Community Chest, now the United Way. During the Great Depression, he served on the board of the National Citizen’s Committee for Welfare and Relief Mobilization. He served on boards and committees of many other charitable organizations until his death. The Bigelow Foundation, a precursor to the current F.R. Bigelow Foundation, was incorporated in 1938, the year Frederic stepped down as Fire and Marine’s president. The Foundation was formed to "promote the well-being of mankind" and was chaired by C. F. Codere, Bigelow’s friend and successor at St. Paul Fire & Marine. As Bigelow intended, the Foundation was created to improve the local community through organizations such as the Community Chest, Macalester College, the YMCA and YWCA and St. Paul Academy. With tax reform in the 1960's, outside administrators were brought in, and the Foundation eventually became a client of Minnesota Foundation, the Minnesota Foundation eventually became affiliated with The Saint Paul Foundation, and now, the F. R. Bigelow Foundation is a client of The Saint Paul Foundation. During the early 1970's, Foundation board members also decided to spread investments beyond the stock of The St. Paul Companies, Inc., to secure the Foundation's future. O. H. "Orrin" Ingram (1830-1918) founded Dole, Ingram, & Kennedy, a lumber business in the Chippewa Valley, in 1857, began business dealings with Frederick Weyerhaeuser in 1881, and organized the O. H. Ingram Company in 1906. O. H. "Hank" Ingram ( -1963) formed the Wood River Oil and Refining Company in 1938, established the Wood River Oil Barge Company in 1942, and established the Ingram Barge Company in 1954. Ingram Barge Company is the leading carrier on America's inland waterways with nearly 4,000 barges and over 100 linehaul vessels and operates on the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Kanawha, Illinois, and Monongahela rivers. John Wesley Cunningham ( -1924,) Alice Fraser Bigelow ( -1927,) and Frederic Russell Bigelow ( -1946) all died in Ramsey County. Dr. Ezra C. Eshelby (1864-1961) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Eileen Bigelow (1905-1982) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Fraser, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Katherine L. O'Reilly and Jack Dickson Stewart, Jr. Historic Hill Homes is located at this address. Northland Organic Foods Corporation, a broker of organic and non-GMO grains, soybeans, flour meals, oils, and exports to Japan and Europe and a supplier of organic soybean seed, is located at this address. Peter Shortridge, CEO of Northland Organic, was a financial contributor to the Barack Obama for President campaign in 2008. [See note on Holyoke for 500 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Charles Bigelow, Frederic Bigelow, and the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company for 530 Grand Hill.] [See note for the Citizens Alliance for 216 Ann Street.]
487 Portland Avenue: Charles Bigelow III House; Built in 1909 (1910 according to Larry Millett;) Thomas Holyoke, architect. The structure is a one story, 3045 square foot, six room, one bedroom, two bathroom, brick condominium unit. The current owner of record is Phillip H. Martin.
486 Portland Avenue: Built in 1886. The structure is a two story, 3177 square foot, 11 room, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Russell R. Dorr resided at this address from 1883 to 1886. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Dorr resided at this address and that Russell R. Dorr was the secretary of the Bankers Association. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Johnston and C. A. Johnston all resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Johnston resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smit and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smit and their daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Eugene T. Eldredge, the vice president-treasurer of the Pioneer Maple Products Company, and his wife, Ruth Eldredge, resided at this address. Russell R. Dorr (1847- ) was born in Ghent, New York, was educated at Union College, moved to St. Paul in 1880, and was the president and general manager of the Banker's Life Association. In 1880, Russell Dorr founded the Bankers Association of Minnesota, the first life insurance company in the state. The Bankers Association of Minnesota became the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company. In 1910, Mrs. Russell Dorr, a member of the St. Paul Women's Club, was publicly critical of the O'Connor system in St. Paul, the "arrangement" under St. Paul Police Chief John J. O’Connor whereby gangsters and hoodlums were allowed free movement to, from, and around St. Paul so long as they "pulled no jobs" in the city. The O'Connor system ended following the 1933 kidnappings of William Hamm and Edward Bremer by the Barker-Karpis Gang. Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., was a prominent St. Paul architect. Securian Financial Group, Inc. started business in 1880 in downtown St. Paul as the Banker's Life Association. The company changed its name four times since 1880, including the Minnesota Life Insurance Company. Eugene T. Eldredge (1892-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Towle, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2002 for $550,000. The current owners of record are Kathleen H. Miller and Lawrence C. Miller. [See note on Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., for 476 Summit Avenue.]
485 Portland Avenue: Built in 1909. The structure is a one story, 3432 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, four bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick condominium unit. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles E. Bigelow resided at this address from 1909 to 1921 and that the house was subdivided into two addresses after 1921. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mrs. C. H. Bigelow and Miss S. E. Lyman resided at this address. In 1916, Harris Richardson was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. C. H. Bigelow and Miss S. E. Lyman both resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Alida Bigelow, the widow of Charles H. Bigelow, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Alida W. Bigelow (1839-1923,) the widowed mother of Charles H. Bigelow, who was born in Massachusetts to parents born in the United States and who died of myocarditis and senility, resided at this address in 1923. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. C. H. Bigelow and Miss S. E. Lyman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry T. Drake, a real estate agent with an office at 326 Jackson Street, and his wife, Emma B. Drake, resided at this address. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Carl B. Drake, Jr. (1919- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1930 until 1937, who graduated from Yale University in 1941, who was employed by the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company from 1941 until 1942 and after 1945, who served as a Lieutenant Sr. Grade in the U. S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II, and who pursued the hobby of golf, and Harry McC. Drake (1925- ,) who attended the school from 1937 until 1944, who attended Macalester College, and who pursued the hobbies of tennis, golf, and painting, both resided at this address. Carl B. Drake, Jr., married Frances Louise Boynton in Boston in 1942 and the couple had two children, Carl Bigelow Drake III (1943- ) and Eleanor Boynton Drake (1946- .) Harris Richardson (1858- ,) the son of Edwin Richardson and Mary Elizabeth Tenney Richardson, was born in Lowell, Wisconsin, graduated from the Janesville, Wisconsin, High School, attended the preparatory department of Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, graduated from Yale University in 1881, married Mary K. Fairchild in 1882 in Danbury, Connecticut, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1883, admitted to the practice of law in 1883, moved to St. Paul, started a solo practice of law in 1883, was a law partner with Charles D. Kerr from 1885 until 1887, was a law partner of James E. Markham in 1889, was a member of the law firm of Waner, Richardson & Laurence from 1890 until 1900, was an investigator employed by the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Timber Lands in 1893, was a member of the general relief committee and of the finance committee appointed after the 1894 Minnesota forest fires, returned to the solo practice of law after 1900, was a Republican, was a member of the Republican State Central Committee, was a trustee of the State Savings Bank, was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, was a member of the Minnesota Club, and was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club. In 1893, Harris Richardson was an attorney of the Central Trust Company of New York. Harris Richardson and Walter Richardson were attorneys in 1917. Harris Richardson was the law partner of Harold Kerr in 1905. Northome was a railway village near the southwest corner of Koochiching County that was named North Home by Harris Richardson of St. Paul, who with others platted the town, and had its spelling revised at the request of the U. S. Postal Service. Alida Wood Lyman Bigelow ( -1923) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1999 for $401,500. The current owner of record is Dale J. Sullivan. [See note on Charles Bigelow, Frederic Bigelow, and the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company for 530 Grand Hill.]
482 Portland Avenue: Built in 1921. The structure is a one story, 1620 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, three bathroom, stucco bungalow, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Rollin A. Lanpher and Obed P. Lanpher resided at this address in 1877. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Obed P. Lanpher resided at this address from 1889 to 1961 and that Adele Lanpher ( -1961,) Obed P. Lanpher's daughter, resided at this address until her death, when the original house at this address was razed under the terms of her will and was replaced by a smaller house owned by Macalester College that was moved from Cambridge Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Herman Rathjens resided at this address in 1892 and that Mrs. Marie Rathjens resided at this address in 1904. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Lanpher and their daughters resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Richard Lanpher (1894-1917,) the unmarried son of Obed P. Lanpher, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of septicemia meningitis, resided at this address in 1917. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Lanpher and their daughters all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. E. M. Lanpher, the widow of Obed P. Lanpher, resided at this address. In 2006, Charlie Neimeyer appealed a variance to the St. Paul Board of Zoning Appeals of the rear setback requirements in order to construct a second single-family house at this address. The 1880 federal census indicates that Obed Lanpher (1850- ) was born in New York and resided at 185 Fort Street with his wife, Emma Lanpher (1856- ,) who was born in Pennsylvania, and his daughter, Marion Lanpher (1879- ,) who was born in Minnesota. The 1900 federal census indicates that Obed Lanpher (1847- ,) born in Ohio, resided in Ramsey County with his wife, Emma M. Lanpher(1855- ,) born in Pennsylvania, his daughter, Marion Lanpher (1879- ,) born in Minnesota, another daughter, Adele Lanpher (1882- ) born in Minnesota, his son, Richard Lanpher (1893- ,) born in Minnesota, and three servants, and that Rollin A. Lanpher (1842- ,) born in Illinois, resided at 383 Dayton Avenue with his wife, Charlotte Lanpher (1848- ,) born in Pennsylvania, his daughter, Mabel E. Lanpher (1874- ,) born in Minnesota, his son, Rollin A. Lanpher, Jr. (1876- ,) born in Minnesota, another son, Morris Lanpher (1887- ,) born in Minnesota, and a servant, Hannah Concannon (1872- ,) born in Ireland. The Book of Minnesotans, Vol. 1., A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the State of Minnesota, edited by Albert Nelson Marquis and published by the A. N. Marquis Company in Chicago in 1907, indicates that Obed P. Lanpher (1848- ,) a wholesale merchant was born in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Morris Lanpher and Elvira Parker Lanpher, was educated in the public schools of St. Paul, was married at Ballietsville, Pennsylvania, in 1875, to Emma Balliet, was in business in St. Paul as O. P. Lanpher & Company, hats, caps and furnishing goods, from 1870 to 1875, then as Albrecht, Lanpher & Company in 1876, then as Lanpher, Finch & Skinner from 1884 to 1902, and Lanpher, Skinner & Company after 1902, was a director of the German American National Bank, was a Republican, was an Episcopalian, was a member of the Minnesota Club and of the Town & Country Club, officed at 184 East Fourth Street, and resided at 482 Portland Avenue. In 1879, Obed P. Lanpher, a partner with Ernst Albrecht and Dudley B. Finch in Albrecht, Lanpher & Finch, a hat, cap, fur and glove merchant located at 57-59 Jackson Street, resided at 124 Eighth Street. In 1889, Obed P. Lanpher was in business in St. Paul with Dudley B. Finch, James H. Skinner, and Charles W. Williams. The 1920 federal census indicates that Obed Lanpher (1849- ,) born in Illinois, resided at 482 Portland Avenue with his wife, Emma Lanpher (1852- ,) born in Pennsylvania, his daughter, Marion Lanpher (1880- ,) born in Minnesota, another daughter, Adele Lanpher (1882- ,) born in Minnesota, Lena Hurness (1899- ,) born in Minnesota, and Mae Nicola (1877- ,) born in Wisconsin, that Rollin A. Lanpher (1841- ,) born in Illinois, resided at 605 Portland Avenue, Maurice Lanpher (1888- ,) born in Minnesota, and Bridie Gynch (1885- ,) born in Ireland, and that Rollin A. Lanpher, Jr. (1877- ,) born in Minnesota, resided at 35 Irvine Park, Marie M. Lanpher (1879- ,) born in Wisconsin, Murray N. Lanpher (1903- ,) born in Minnesota, Dorothy D. Lanpher (1905- ,) born in Minnesota, Rollin A. Lanpher III (1911- ,) born in Minnesota, John D. Lanpher (1916- ,) born in Minnesota, and an unnamed lodger. In 1899, in Lanpher v. Burns, 80 NW 361, Obed P. Lanpher and others sued Joseph Burns, Judson D. Holmes and others over the assignment of a debt. Lanpher, Skinner &; Company was in business until at least 1926. John Malone Boxell, the son of Robert A. Boxell (1824-1899) and Mary Abel Shaw Boxell (1824-1895,) was married to Elmina Catherine Lanpher. Herman Rathjens (1851-1895) is buried in Oakland Cemetery. The Lanpher burial plots at Oakland Cemetery include the graves of Rollin A. Lanpher (1841-1922,) Charlotte M. Lanpher (1847-1914,) Murray N. Lanpher (1902-1972,) Aimee White Lanpher (1901-1994,) Edward W. "Ted" Lanpher (1935-2002,) Elvira Lanpher (1818-1856,) Morris Lanpher (1814-1893,) Harriet A. Lanpher (1827-1908,) Morris Lanpher (1887-1971,) Adele Lanpher (1882-1961,) Richard Lanpher (1893-1917,) Obed P. Lanpher (1848-1928,) Emma B. Lanpher (1853-1932,) Marion B. Lanpher (1879-1948,) Ida S. Balliet (1859-1905,) and Aaron Lanpher (1876-1877.) Obed P. Lanpher ( -1928,) Maurice C. Lanpher ( -1934,) and Marion Balliet Lanpher ( -1948) all died in Ramsey County. Adele Lanpher (1882-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Balliet, and died in Ramsey County. Murray Lanpher (1902-1972) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Murray, and died in Ramsey County. Dorothy Agnes Lanpher (1916-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Governor, and died in Ramsey County. Charlie Neimeyer is a realtor with Edina Realty. The current owner of record is Helene Smith. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that James L. McAfee resided at the nearby former 477 Portland Avenue, the Parks Ritchie residence, from 1882 to 1886 and that Parks Ritchie resided at the nearby former 477 Portland Avenue from 1887 to 1894. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. James L. McAfee and N. McAfee resided at the former nearby 477 Portland Avenue. The 1887 and 1900 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. Park Ritchie resided at the former nearby 477 Portland Avenue. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Lanpher resided at the former nearby 480 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mrs. Christina Laurence Ward resided at the former nearby 477 Portland Avenue in 1913. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wells resided at the former nearby 477 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. W. J. Grant and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Grant, Jr., all resided at the former nearby 477 Portland Avenue. Parks Ritchie ( -1913) died in Ramsey County. Christina L. Ward (1873-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Patterson, and died in Ramsey County. [See note for Rollin Lanpher for 35 Irvine Park.]
475 Portland Avenue: Built in 1886. The structure is a two story, 5544 square foot, 12 room, six bedroom, four bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Maude C. (Mrs. Louis) Hill resided at this address from 1935 to 1961. The 1930 city directory indicates that Ralph Budd, the president of the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Georgia Budd, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that J. Jerome Hill II (1905- ,) who attended the school from 1913 until 1922, who was a 1927 graduate of Yale University, and who engages in historical research, painting, photography, music, and travel as hobbies, resided at this address. Ralph Budd (1879-1962) was born near Washburn, Iowa, graduated from Highland Park College, completed training as a civil engineer in 1899, went into the railroad industry, caught the attention of John F. Stevens, the man in charge of building the Panama Canal, spent three years working on the Panama Canal from 1905 to 1908, and joined the Great Northern Railroad as Chief Engineer in 1909 to help survey a new line for the railroad. In 1916, at the time of James J. Hill's death, Ralph Budd was the Assistant to the President of the Great Northern Railroad, Louis W. Hill. In 1922, when Ralph Budd was the president of the Great Northern RailRoad and when there was an attempt to consolidate the three Hill railroads and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RailRoad, Hale Holden was president at the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, Howard Elliot was chairman of the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and Charles Donnelly was president of the Northern Pacific RailRoad. The Great Northern RailRoad's "Empire Builder" route and train was launched in 1929 by CEO Ralph Budd. In 1929, when the First Bank Stock Corporation was formed to join the First National Bank of St. Paul and the First National Bank Of Minneapolis, Ralph Budd was a director of the new corporation along with Clive T. Jaffray, the president of the Soo Line RailRoad and previously the president of the First National Bank of Minneapolis, Charles Donnelly, head of Northern Pacific RailRoad, James E. Woodward, president of Metals Bank of Butte, Montana, Sam Stephenson, president of First National Bank of Great Falls, Montana, John D. Ryan, chairman of the board of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Cornelius F. Kelly, president of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, and L. O. Evans, general manager of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. By 1932, Ralph Budd had become the president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad and pioneered the diesel powered streamlined stainless steel bodied Zephyr passenger trains in an attempt to revitalize passenger train service during the Great Depression. Budd also introduced the first Vista Dome cars. Ralph Budd was the president of the Great Northern RailRoad from 1918 to 1931 and was succeeded by William P. Kenney. Ralph Budd was considered one of the outstanding railway engineers of all time and was President of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad from 1932, replacing Frederick E. Williamson, until 1949. In 1949, Ralph Budd resigned as Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad president to become chairman of the Chicago Transit Authority and Harry C. Murphy was appointed as his successor at the Burlington. The Ralph Budd, a propeller-driven steel-hulled automobile/package freighter built in 1905 by Great Lakes Engineering at Ecorse, Michigan, that was originally named Superior, that was renamed the Ralph Budd before 1926, was stranded at Keweenaw Point of Lake Superior in 1929 with heavy damage, was declared a loss, but was later recovered, was sold and converted to a bulk/package freighter at Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, in 1930, was renamed the L. A. McCorquedale in 1959 and was finally scrapped in 1966. The property was last sold in 1994 for $400,000. The current owner of record is the trustee for Stanley Berger. [See note for Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill for 260 Summit Avenue.]
472 Portland Avenue: Built in 1917. The structure is a two story, 3322 square foot, eight room, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with an attached garage. The current owners of record are Jane L. Jenni and Philip M. Jenni. Jane L. Jenni represent artists Julie Delton and Joelle Nelson. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. George Wirth resided at the former nearby 468 Portland Avenue. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Morton resided at the former nearby 468 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that John W. Trueworthy and Albert Schuneman resided at the former nearby in 1892. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Percival H. Ryan and J. P. Moore resided at the former nearby 468 Portland Avenue. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. C. W. Potts and her daughter and C. J. Potts resided at the former nearby 468 Portland Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schuneman and their daughter, Carl T. Schuneman, and A. W. Schuneman resided at the former nearby 469 Portland Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schuneman, their daughter, and A. Wesley Schuneman all resided at the former nearby 469 Portland Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#5035) indicate that Albert W. Schuneman (1891- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Private at Mobile Hospital #11, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri, moved to Minnesota in 1892, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 5 1/2" tall, was a salesman at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was a salesman employed by Schuneman & Evans after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his father, Albert Schuneman, at the nearby former 469 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schuneman and A. W. Schuneman all resided at the former nearby 469 Portland Avenue. Charles J. Potts ( -1934,) Albert Schuneman (1862-1941,) and Albert Wesley Schuneman ( -1946) all died in Ramsey County. Carl T. Schuneman (1886-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Trueworthy, and died in Ramsey County. The Schuneman family heritage includes the Judah, Trueworthy, Hutchinson, Berry, Brandon, Ingalls, Hart, McCorkle and Snoddy family lines and dates to 1634 in America.
467 Portland Avenue: Built in 1900. The structure is a two story, 4714 square foot, 12 room, four bedroom, thee bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Roscoe F. Hersey ( -1906,) his wife, Eva C. Hersey, Dudley H. Hersey ( -1900,) Edward L. Hersey ( -1903,) and his wife, Mary H. Hersey, resided at this address in 1900. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Finch and their daughter, Mrs. D. H. Hersey, and Mrs. R. F. Hersey resided at this address. The 1918 city directorys indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Finch and Mrs. R. F. Hersey all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Sherman Finch, the president of Finch, Van Slyke & McConnville, located at Fifth Street and Wacouta Street, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Finch and Mrs. R. F. Hersey all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Jane Finch, the widow of Sherman Finch, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Sherman Finch, Jr. (1906- ,) who attended the school from 1917 until 1920, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2004 for $950,000. The current owner of record is Sarah C. Bohairy.
466 Portland Avenue: Built in 1885. The structure is a two story, 4036 square foot, 13 room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Henry K. Smyth resided at this address from 1885 to 1900. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Welcome B. Johnson and that Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Smyth and their daughters resided at this address. The 1885 city directory also indicates that Welcome B. Johnson was associated with Foot, Johnson & Company, a wholesale boot and shoe dealer, and that Henry M. Smyth was president of the H. M. Smyth Printing Company. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Smyth, their daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Noyes all resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Smyth and their daughters and Lieutenant and Mrs. E. F. Glenn resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Wolff, their daughter, and DeGraf Wolff all resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Wolff, their daughter, and DeGraff Wolff all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Wolff resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Louis P. Wolff, a consulting engineer with his office at the Globe Building, and his wife, Bertha Wolf, resided at this address. The H. M. Smyth Printing Company is still is business, is located at 1085 North Snelling, and does commercial printing. The company was founded in in 1877 by Henry Martin "H. M." Smyth as a commercial printer of bond certificates, books, surveying maps, and accounting forms and has shifted product focus over time to package labels for mass-marketed consumer goods and other printed items to facilitate in-store merchandising. The H. M. Smyth Printing Company was one of the earliest business establishments in St. Paul, capitalizing on the westward migration of people and business firms. The H. M. Smyth Printing Company is part of Smyth Companies, Inc., which consists of six operating companies. Smyth Companies, Inc. is North America's leading integrated producer of lithographic and pressure sensitive labels, package centered promotional vehicles, point of sales materials and labeling systems. Smyth is the fourth largest consumer product label printer and the third largest sheet-fed label printer in North America. Smyth ranks within the top 60 of 50,000 printing companies across the U.S. and within the top ten in Minnesota. In 1879, H. M. Smyth was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. The current owners of record are David H. Griffiths and Katherine W. Griffiths.
460 Portland Avenue: J. W. White/John White House; Built in 1885; Cass Gilbert, architect. The structure is a two story, 6912 square foot, 15 room, four bedroom, five bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with two detached garages. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that John W. White resided at this address from 1886 to 1897. The 1887 and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. White resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Carrie B. (Mrs. R. I.) Farrington, a member of the church since 1891, resided at this address. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Farrington resided at this address. In 1916, Robert I. Farrington was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Robert I. Farrington, a bond broker located at the Pioneer Building, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Wharton C. Smith, associated with Charles H. F. Smith & Son, and his wife, Esther Smith, resided at this address. Robert I. Farrington was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Minnesota during the period 1896-1904. Robert I. Farrington was a close associate of James J. Hill and was a vice president of the Great Northern RailRoad in 1907. Robert I. Farrington was an incorporator, with Louis W. Hill, James Fisher, Charles P. Wilson, and John Francis Fisher, of the Manitoba Great Northern Railway Company in Canada in 1909 (Manitoba Law S.M. 1909, c. 91, subsequently reenacted in French and English as Manitoba Law RSM 1990, c. 95.) The Manitoba Great Northern Railway Company was intended to be a railway from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Brandon, Manitoba, and from Brandon, Manitoba, to Elkhorn, Manitoba, and then west to Saskatchewan. Thayer B. Farrington and John D. Farrington were sons of Robert I. Farrington and were among the several beneficiaries of a trust established by James J. Hill containing his iron ore properties formerly in the Lake Superior Company, with Louis W. Hill, James N. Hill, Walter J. Hill, and Edward T. Nichols named as the trustees. James N. Hill was a vice president of the Northern Pacific RailRoad until 1912, when he resigned and was replaced by Col. William Clough, a Northern Pacific RailRoad director, and left the board of the Northern Pacific RailRoad in 1922. Thayer B. Farrington was an inventor, was granted a Canadian patent (CA 407627) for a lamp hanger in 1942, and was granted, with Harold L. Dalzell and Robert K. Farrington, a Canadian patent (CA 433175) for a multiple contact lamp hanger in 1946. Wharton C. Smith was the son of Charles H. F. Smith and was a childhood friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1896, Charles H. F. Smith & Son was a correspondent with the New York Stock Exchange. Charles H. F. Smith was a co-receiver of the Chicago Great Western RailRoad with A. B. Stickney, appointed by federal judge W. H. Sanborn, in 1908. In 1919, Wharton C. Smith was the manager of the newly established St. Paul branch office of the stock exchange company of Thomson & McKinnon. James J. Hill created the Lake Superior Company to hold his interests in the Mesabi Iron Range in trust for the Great Northern RailRoad because he was concerned that the Great Northern RailRoad could not legally own iron mining properties, paid Hill for the land holdings he contributed to the company, and distributed company earnings to Great Northern shareholders. The Lake Superior Company consisted of James J. Hill, Louis W. Hill, and James N. Hill. John W. White ( -1930) died in Ramsey County. The Lake Superior Company was supersceded by the Great Northern Iron Ore Properties Trust. Wharton C. Smith (1896-1982) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Shawl, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1993 for $880,000. The current owner of record is US Bank. [See note on Charles H. F. Smith for 2241 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.] [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.]
457-459 Portland Avenue: Boyden/Dorsey House; Built in 1901 (1913 according to the National Register of Historic Places;) Classical Revival in style. The structure is a one story, frame condominium. Unit #1 is an eight room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, condominium unit, with a detached garage, which sold in 2001 for $302,000, with the current owner of record Julie L. Vojtech. Unit #2 is a 1164 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owner of record Brigitte R. Bachmeier, who resides at Unit #4. Unit #3 is a 1727 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, condominium unit, which sold in 2004 for $280,000, with the current owner of record Mya E. Honeywell. Unit #4 is a 1164 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owner of record Brigitte R. Bachmeier. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that James C. Boyden resided at 459 Portland Avenue from 1873 to 1891. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Boyden and their daughters resided at 459 Portland Avenue and that James C. Boyden was the general northwestern freight agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RailRoad. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Boyden, their daughters, Charles A. Boyden, and Mrs. Wilkins Schenck all resided at 459 Portland Avenue. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Boyden and their daughters, Charles A. Boyden, and Mrs. W. B. Schenck resided at 459 Portland Avenue. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Grace (Mrs. W. A.) Dorsey, a member of the church since 1895, resided at 459 Portland Avenue. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dorsey resided at 459 Portland Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Elizabeth W. Dorsey boarded at 459 Portland Avenue and William A. Dorsey, a vice president of McKibbin Driscoll & Dorsey, Inc. resided at 459 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Birmingham, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Dorsey, their daughter, and William Weston all resided at 459 Portland Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that William A. Dorsey, the vice president of McKibben Driscoll & Dorsey, Inc., a coat and clothing retailer, and his wife, Grace Dorsey, resided at 459 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William A. Dorsey resided at 459 Portland Avenue in 1930. The Dorsey cemetery plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of William Allison Dorsey (1865-1955,) William Elliott Dorsey (1832-1879,) Robert Allison Dorsey (1824-1877,) Annie Crawford Dorsey (1840-1891,) Edward B. Dorsey (1874-1908,) Louise D. Camp (1876-1939,) and Mary Henderson Dorsey (1803-1884.) Charles A. Boyden ( -1947) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. William Allison Dorsey (1865-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Walker, and died in Ramsey County. Grace Dorsey (1872-1968) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McLaren, and died in Ramsey County. Brigitte Bachmeier was a financial supporter of St. Mary's University of Minnesota in 2003. Mya Honeywell is a realtor with Coldwell Banker Burnet. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Kirk resided at the former nearby 455 Portland Avenue.
453 Portland Avenue: Kirke-Murphy House; Built in 1900 (1889 according to Larry Millett.) The structure is a two story, 3712 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that William T. Kirke resided at this address from 1889 to 1896. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Woodworth resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Woodworth and Miss Mary Canby all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Woodworth resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that James G. Woolworth resided at this address. William T. Kirke worked for the St. Paul Apartment House Company and resided at 629 Summit Avenue after 1896. James Grant Woodworth (1864- ) was born in Hillsdale, Michigan, the son of Horace Gideon Woodworth and France Jane Jurney Woodworth, entered railway service in 1879 as office boy in the General Freight Department of the Chicago & North Western RailRoad, was a telegraph operator and station agent for the Chicago & North Western RailRoad from 1880 to 1883, was a chief clerk in the General Agent’s office of the Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee & Omaha RailRoad from 1883-1884, was a freight solicitor for the Union Pacific RailRoad from 1884 to 1886, was a freight agent for the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company from 1886 to 1889, was a freight agent for the Union Pacific RailRoad from 1889 to 1893, was a general freight agent for the Iowa Central RailRoad from 1893 to 1894, was an assistant to the receiver, to the general manager, and then to the president of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company from 1894 to 1899, married Helen Burnside in 1895, was traffic manager of the Pacific Coast Company from 1899 to 1902, was assistant to first vice-president, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad from 1902 to 1904, was the traffic manager and then vice-president in charge of traffic of the Northern Pacific RailRoad from 1905 to 1918, was traffic assistant to the regional director of the U.S. Railroad Administration from 1918 to 1920, was vice-president in charge of traffic of the Northern Pacific RailRoad from 1920 to 1931, and was the assistant to the president of the Northern Pacific RailRoad from 1931 to 1938. James G. Woodworth ( -1952) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2002 for $585,000. The current owners of record are Darlene M. McCain and Donovan Legare McCain, Jr. Donovan L. McCain, Jr., was a financial supporter of the Minnesota Medical Foundation in 2004. Donovan McCain appeared before the St. Paul City Council in 2005 in favor of an appeal of Mark Voerding relating to the grant of zoning variances for the addition of a single family residence/carriage house on the 449 Portland Avenue lot containing a duplex. Donovan and Darlene McCain were financial supporters of the Dodge Nature Center in 2006.
449 Portland Avenue: Cass Gilbert Condominiums; Built in 1884 (Units #1 and #2) and 2003 (Unit #A). The structure is a one story, brick condominium building. Unit #1 is a 980 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, condominium unit, which sold in 2003 for $377,500, with the current owner of record Thomas J. Haley, Jr. Unit #2 is a 2700 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owners of record Faezeh Effendi and Khalid Effendi. Unit #A is a 672 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with an attached garage, which sold in 2001 for $302,000, with the current owners of record Faezeh Effendi and Khalid Effendi, who reside at Unit #2. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles B. Gilbert resided at this address from 1890 to 1894 and that William C. Read resided at this address from 1907 to 1910. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Ella L. Jewett, a widow and a member of the church since 1894, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mrs. Laura Dawson Read resided at this address in 1910. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Shepard resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Mudge and D. H. Mudge all resided at this address. Dudley H. Mudge (1893- ,) a First Lieutenant, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. P. A. Hoff resided at this address. In 1915, Dudley Mudge of the Town and Country Club of St. Paul won the gold medal for low qualifying score in the second and final qualifying round in the United States Golf Association championship tournament at the Detroit Country Club, in a tournament attended by Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers, an avid amateur golfer. In 1915, Dudley Mudge also was the captain of the Yale University golf team and lost the Greenwich Country Club's annual invitation golf tournament to Philip V. G. Carter. In 1919, Dudley H. Mudge was included on the U.S.G.A. eligibility list for the national amateur golf championship and, in 1921, Dudley H. Mudge was an amateur golfer listed in the U.S.G.A. Blue Book and was eligible for the tournament at the St. Louis Country Club. Dudley Mudge was the Minnesota Golf Association champion in 1915 and 1916 and was the runner-up in 1913 (losing to H. G. Legg) and 1920 (also losing to H. G. Legg.) In 2002, Faezeh Effendi and Khalid Effendi were granted a variance by the St. Paul City Council to construct a carriage house at this address. William Cecil Read( -1909,) Laura Dawson Read ( -1937,) and Samuel McMillan Shepard ( -1945) all died in Ramsey County.
444 Portland Avenue (listed as 29 Arundel from 1885 to 1919;) Built in 1884. The structure is a 2 1/2 story, 3598 square foot, 11 room, five bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Alexander M. Peabody resided at this address from 1885 to 1886 and that Constantine J. McConville resided at this address from 1887 to 1919. The 1885 city directory indicates that Alexander M. Peabody was associated with Fred Brunhoff & Company, druggists, and was a banker who resided at 519 Marshall Street. In 1926, Clarence Butler McConville and Virginia Randolph McGill McConville resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William F. Johns, advertising director employed by the Dispatch-Pioneer Press Company, and his wife, Penrose Johns, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Paul N. Myers, Jr. (1908- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1921 until 1927, and who was president of Boss Auto Supply Company, resided at this address. Paul N. Myers, Jr., married Genevieve Pohl in St. Paul in 1931 and the couple had two children, Catherine Myers (1933- ) and Caroline Myers (1935- .) Alexander M. Peabody ( -1942) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. William Francis Johns ( -1939) died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 1995 for $351,000. The current owners of record are Ernest W. Orr and Mary E. H. Orr. In 1916, Elbert A. Young was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at the former nearby 443 Portland Avenue. Elbert A. Young was associated with Finch, Young & McConville in wholesale dry goods, was the president of the Minnesota Club from 1898 until 1901, and was the president of the St. Paul Library Board. Sarah Jane Sibley (1851- ,) the daughter of Henry Hastings Sibley, married Elbert A. Young.
439 Portland Avenue: Built in 1878. The structure is a two story, 2312 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame condominium building, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Edward E. Scribner resided at this address from 1880 to 1889. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Scribner, Edward A. Scribner, and James H. Scribner resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Scribner and Edward A. Scribner resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kennedy resided at this address. The 1915 Woman's Who's who of America, compiled by John William Leonard and published by The American Commonwealth Company of New York, indicates that Jane McLeod (Mrs. Richard Lea) Kennedy resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Savage resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Carl B. Drake, a physician who officed at the Lowry Building, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Drake resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Theo A. Stewart, a district representative, and his wife, Lucia W. Stewart, resided at this address. Jane McLeod Kennedy (1876- ) was born at Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of John Cochrane McLeod and Emily Cooke McLeod, was educated at the Woodstock Collegiate Institute and the Conservatory of Music of London, Ontario, married Richard Lea Kennedy at Woodstock, Ontario, in 1902, was a Presbyterian, favored woman suffrage, and was a member of the Town & Country Country Club. Richard Lea Kennedy and Jane McLeod Kennedy had one son, Richard Lea Kennedy, Jr. Theodore Archibald Stewart (1867-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hull, and died in Ramsey County. Lucia W. Stewart (1874-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Powell, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is Margaret L. Linden.
436-438 Portland Avenue: Arundel Apartments; Built in 1904 (1905 according to the National Register of Historic Places;) Classical Revival in style. The structure is a brick condominium building. The structure is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. Unit #1 is a 1820 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 2002 for $265,000, with the current owner of record Donald L. McIntire. Unit #2 is a 1170 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owners of record Edward T. Evans and Lorraine C. Evans. Unit #3 is a 1820 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 1992 for $149,900, with the current owner of record David O. Kieft. Unit #4 is a 1280 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 2002 for $200,000, with the current owner of record Deborah A. Callahan. Unit #5 is a 1820 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owner of record James H. Niven. Unit #6 is a 1280 square foot, four room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 1993 for $79,000, with the current owner of record Mary Lillian Dees. Unit #7 is a 1820 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owners of record Ellen B. Green and Kenneth L. Green. Unit #8 is a 1280 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 1991 for $93,000, with the current owner of record Joan F. Guilfoyle. Unit #9 is a 2750 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owners of record Margiolina D. Hough and Mervyn H. Hough. Unit #10 is a 1170 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owners of record Madeline M. Fyten and Todd M. Fyten, who reside at 10 Benhill Road. Unit #11 is a 1820 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 1993 for $180,000, with the current owners of record Mary Kay Burfeind and Robert L. Burfeind. Unit #12 is a 1280 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owners of record the trustees for Leaetta M. Hough and Marvin D. Dunette, located at 370 Summit Avenue. Unit #13 is a 1820 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the current owner of record Susan Bergen. Unit #14 is a 1280 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 2002 for $272,000, with the current owner of record Geneva Cotton. Unit #15 is a 1820 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 1997 for $189,900, with the current owners of record Kristin E. Prestegard and Shawn Prestegard. Unit #16 is a 1280 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 2005 for $295,900, with the current owner of record Daniel J. Odegard. Unit #17 is a 1085 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, which last sold in 1993 for $103,750, with the current owner of record Steven C. Opheim, who resides at 27 Arundel Street, Unit #17. The 1910-1911 Directory of the University of Minnesota indicates that Dr. John Milton Armstrong, a faculty member, resided at 436 Portland Avenue and officed at the Lowry Building and that Rose Andrews, a student, resided at 438 Portland Avenue. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harris and their daughter, W. B. Harris, Dr. and Mrs. S. E. Brown and their daughters, Mrs. L. M. Driscoll, Mrs. W. D. Kirk, Mrs. Henry Nichols and her daughters, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Paterson, Douglas Putnam, Mrs. E. S. Robbins, Miss A. M. Semple, and Mrs. J. A. Wheelock and her daughter all resided at 436 Portland Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Barton, Mrs. Cornelia Brownell, L. M. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. P. Crowley and their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Cushing, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kopper, Edward Kopper, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Mansur, Mrs. John Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Rogers, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rothwell all resided at 438 Portland Avenue. In 1916, Frederick Gerard Ingersoll was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at 438 Portland Avenue and Douglas Putnam was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at 436 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Elizabeth Semple Robbins (1842-1918,) the widowed aunt of Charles B. Semple, who was born in Kentucky to parents born in the United States and who died of acute lobar pneumonia, resided at 436 Portland Avenue in 1918. The 1918 city directory indicates that the residents at 436 Portland Avenue were Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Barton, Dr. and Mrs. S. E. Brown, Mrs. L. M. Driscoll, Mrs. Henry Nichols and her daughters, Douglas Putnam, Mrs. E. S. Robbins, Mrs. Hagbarth Sahlgaard, and Mrs. J. A. Wheelock and her daughter and that the residents at 438 Portland Avenue were the Misses Yardley, W. H. Yardley, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kopper, Edward Kopper, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Mansur, Mrs. Jno Phelps, C. J. Potts, Harris Richardson, Mrs. S. H. Reeves, and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thornton. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred S. Blodgett, a manager employed by the Osgood & Blodgett Manufacturing Company, located on Duluth Avenue near East Seventh Street, Edward K. Brennan, a merchandise broker who represented the American Loose Leaf Company located at the Merchants Bank, and Lucy N. Driscoll, the widow of Fred Driscoll, all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Wilhelmina Phelps (1834-1923,) the widowed mother of Mrs. F. G. Ingersoll, who was born in Germany to parents who were born in Germany and who died of myocarditis, resided at 438 Portland Avenue in 1923. The 1924 city directory indicates that Ogden Brown, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Griggs, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hathaway, Mrs. C. F. How, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kennedy, Mrs. C. W. McIntyre and her daughter, Mrs. B. C. Nickel, Mrs. W. F. Phelps, O. J. Potts, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Putnam, Mrs. Hagbarth Sahlgaard, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stryker, Jr., W. H. Yardley, and the Misses Yardley, all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at these addresses were Walter J. Fritz, a janitor employed by the Arundel Apartments, and his wife, Marie Fritz (Basement Apartment,) Frank I. Breeze, a salesman for West Disinfecting Company, and his wife, Frances Breeze (Apartment #1,) Mrs. Mary Hadley, the widow of Emerson Hadley (Apartment #3,) Frederick G. Ingersoll, a lawyer who officed at the Merchants Bank Building, and his wife, Mary P. Ingersoll (Apartment #4,) Mrs. Abbie McIntyre, the widow of Charles McIntyre (Apartment #5,) Wade H. Yardley, a lawyer with the law firm of Yardley & Tiffany, located at the Endicott Building (Apartment #7,) Mrs. L. Andrea Floan, the widow of Albert C. Floan (Apartment #8,) Douglas Putnam, the treasurer of the Waldorf Paper Products Company, and his wife, Florence Putnam (Apartment #9,) Katherine I. Prendergast, principal of the Adams School (Apartment #10,) Mrs. Mary T. How, the widow of Calvin F. How (Apartment #11,) Harry E. Carney, Jr., and his wife, Mary Carney (Apartment #12,) Blanche M. Clough (Apartment #13,) Mrs. Lucy L. Sahlgaard, the widow of Hagbarth Sahlgaard (Apartment #14,) Mrs. Barbara Schroeder, the widow of Henry Schroeder (Apartment #15,) and M. Agnes Mowat and George G. Mowat, who moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1930 (Apartment #16,) with Apartment #2 and Apartment #6 vacant. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Calvin W. Griggs, a student during the period 1901-1915, resided at 438 Portland Avenue, Apartment #1. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Albert Edward Floan (1900- ,) who attended the school from 1916 until 1918, who was a 1922 Princeton University graduate, who was a 1927 graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, and who was employed by West Publishing Company, resided at 438 Portland Avenue and that Horace J. Warner (1895- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1911 until 1914, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1918, and who was the secretary and treasurer of the George Warner Company, a wholesale dry goods merchant located at 219 East Fourth Street, resided at 438 Portland Avenue. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Eugene T. Binger (1923- ,) who attended the school from 1936 until 1942, who graduated from Harvard University in 1947, who served as an Ensign in the U. S. Navy during World War II, and who pursued the hobby of photography, resided at 436 Portland Avenue. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Robert E. Platt, a member of the Class of 1950, and George G. Morton, a member of the Class of 1955, both resided at this address. Frederick G. Ingersoll married Mary Katinka Phelps (1859- ) in St. Paul in 1887. Wade Hampton Yardley was a friend and associate of Justice George Brooks Young (1840-1906) and spoke at court memorial ceremony for Justice Brooks. In 1870, the joint government of Norway and Sweden established a consulate in St. Paul, where five percent of the Twin Cities population were of Scandinavian descent, and Hagbarth Sahlgaard ( -1892,) a native of Kongsberg, Norway, was the Consul from 1870 until 1892, when he was succeeded by Engebreth Hagbart Hobe. Albert Edward Floan married Helen Dean in St. Paul in 1934 and the couple had one child, Laura Floan (1935- .) Mervyn Hough is the proprietor of "A Toast to Bread," a primarily wholesale bakery founded in the Summit Avenue-Selby Avenue area and now located at 705 E. 3rd Street in the Daytons Bluff neighborhood, grew up in Northern Minnesota, served in the Peace Corps from 1967-1970, met his wife in the Philippines, and previously taught in the St. Paul Public School System in special education. Todd Fyten is associated with the Lake Superior Brewing Company and with the Mantorville Brewing Company. Robert L. Burfeind is Managing Director of the Human Resources Consulting Practice in RSM McGladrey, Inc., has held managerial positions in manufacturing, economic development, retail and communications industries in over 25 years of business experience and 20 years in human resources, is past Chairman of the Board of the American Heart Association, Minnesota Affiliate, has a MBA from the University of Minnesota, and has been certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources. Kristin Prestegaard, a marketing employee with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, was a contributor to the John Kerry for President campaign and a contributor to the Democratic National Committee in 2004. Steven C. Opheim (1960- ) is a lawyer with the law firm of Dudley & Smith who has a B.A. from the University of Minnesota (1982) and a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law (1985.) The West Disinfecting Company was founded at the end of the 19th century by Dr. Robert S. West, who arrived in New York from Cambridge, bringing with him a formula for a tar-based disinfectant. In the late 1800's, the West Disinfecting Company developed the very first Drip Machine that combated restroom odors in toilets. Roland W. Smith of Ballston Spa, New York, was the owner of the West Disinfecting Company of New York in the mid-1900's. In 1911, the West Disinfecting Company was located at 2 East 42nd Street in New York City. Emil Taussig was the president of the West Disinfecting Company and he perished when the Titanic sank in 1912. Alfred Jowd was the export manager of the West Disinfecting Company in 1915. The company later expanded into the cleaning product industry. The West Disinfecting Company manufactured the "CN" (active ingredient: chloro-naptholeum) germicide product at a factory in Queens, New York. In 1925, established itself in Montreal, Canada, and quickly earned a reputation for offering Canadians high quality disinfecting and cleaning products coupled with superb service. In 1935, the West Disinfecting Company operated in Buffalo, New York. In the mid 1930's, the West Disinfecting Company produced a dispenser for wrapped Kotex pads. In 1938, the West Disinfecting Company operated in Long Island City, New York, and manufactured "CN" disinfectant, which was the subject to a Federal Trade Commission cease and desist order related to the company's advertising. In 1939, the West Disinfecting Company exhibited at the Medicine & Public Health building at the New York World's Fair. In 1957, the West Disinfecting Company became the West Chemical Products of Canada Ltd. In 1976, the Penetone Corporation, a pioneering manufacturer of safer cleaning products for more than 50 years, joined the West Family of Companies. West Sanitation Services, Inc., of Torrance, California, also indicates that it is a successor to the West Disinfecting Company. Henry Nichols ( -1912,) Cornelia Brownell ( -1915,) Emerson Hadley ( -1916,) Harry Harris ( -1918,) Elizabeth Semple Robbins ( -1918,) Edward Kopper ( -1920,) Henry Casper Schroeder ( -1920,) Wilhelmia Phelps ( -1923,) Wade Hampton Yardley ( -1934,) Mary T. How ( -1937,) Florence Boyd Putnam ( -1938,) Frederick G. Ingersoll ( -1941,) Lucy Sophia Lanpher Sahlgaard ( -1941,) Mary M. Hadley ( -1942,) Harry Harris ( -1942,) Harry Harris ( -1948,) Mary P. Ingersoll ( -1948,) Harry Harris ( -1949,) Andrea Floan ( -1951,) Walter E. Richardson ( -1953,) Barbara Joan Schroeder ( -1953,) and Harry B. Harris ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. Walter L. Kennedy (1891-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hoeveler, and died in Ramsey County. Walter L. Kennedy (1897-1985) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Twohy, and died in Ramsey County. Harry G. Harris (1898-1973) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Oien, and died in Ramsey County. Walter W. Richardson (1903-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Whitney, and died in Ramsey County. Walter J. Fritz (1888-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Fischer, and died in Ramsey County. Marie Fritz (1888-1968) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Marie M. Fritz (1891-1983) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stevens, and died in Ramsey County. Marie Fritz (1900-1984) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Prachar, and died in Ramsey County. Frank I. Breeze ( -1938) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Charles Fergus McIntyre ( -1930) died in Anoka County, Minnesota. Florence Ellis Putnam (1880-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Norcross, and died in Hennepin County. Katherine Prendergast (1869-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Haupers, and died in Ramsey County. Harry E. Carney (1904-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Clark, and died in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. Blanche Mae Clough (1878-1963) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. [See note on Frederick G. Ingersoll for 535 Grand Hill.] [See note on Frederick G. Ingersoll for 542 Portland Avenue.] [See note on Albert Christian Floan for 442 Summit Avenue.]
435 Portland Avenue: Built in 1878. The structure is a two story, 3318 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with an attached garage, a detached garage, and a carriage house. The carriage house was built in 1878 and is a onestory, 780 square foot, four room, one bedroom, one bathroom, frame bungalow. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Drake resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Emma B. (Mrs. H. T.) Drake, a member of the church since 1874, resided at this address. The 1910-1911 Directory of the University of Minnesota indicates that Charles B. Drake, a student, resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Drake and Dr. C. B. Drake all resided at this address. In 1916, Harry Trevor Drake was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Drake and Franklin Drake all resided at this address. Phelps Ingersoll (1891- ,) a Captain, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that E. Franklin Drake boarded at this address and that Harry T. Drake, the president of the Clovis Fruit Company, located at the Gilfillan Block, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Drake and Franklin Drake all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Carl B. Drake, a physician, and his wife, Louise Drake, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Carl B. Drake, Jr. (1919- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1930 until 1937, and who attended Yale University as part of the Class of 1941, resided at this address. John Phelps Ingersoll (1891- ) was the son of Frederick Gerard Ingersoll and Mary Katinka Phelps Ingersoll. Harry Trevor Drake ( -1933) and Franklin Drake ( -1953) both died in Ramsey County. Louise C. Drake (1906-1981) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Peck, and died in Ramsey County. Louise Hadley Drake (1892-1987) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Luce, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of the property occurred in 2007 and the sale price was $975,000. The previous owners of record are Joseph M. Fergen and Pamela A. Fergen and the current owners of record are Debra Mitts Smith and Marschall I. Smith. Joseph M. Fergen was a financial supporter of the University of South Dakota in 2006. Joseph and Pamela Fergen, who reside in West St. Paul, Minnesota, own 2.6 acres of recreational/seasonal property in Two Inlets Township, Becker County, Minnesota. Marschall I. Smith, formerly the vice president, general counsel and secretary of Brunswick Corporation, became the senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel of 3M in 2007. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that John D. Pollock resided at the nearby former 433 Portland Avenue from 1882 to 1887 and that Fred S. Bryant resided at the nearby former 433 Portland Avenue, the Fred S. Bryant residence, from 1887 to 1933. The 1885 city directory indicates that John D. Pollock was associated with Pollock, Donaldson & Ogden, dealers in crockery, china, and glassware. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick S. Bryant, a salesman employed by William B. Joyce & Company, and his wife, Shirley E. Bryant, resided at the former nearby 433 Portland Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pollock and N. M. Pollock resided at the former nearby 433 Portland Avenue. The 1887 city directory indicates that J. D. Pollock, his daughter, and N. M. Pollock all resided at the former nearby 433 Portland Avenue. In 1888, Fred S. Bryant resided at the nearby former 433 Portland Avenue. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bryant and Mr. and Mrs. James S. Bryant resided at the former nearby 433 Portland Avenue. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bryant and their daughter, Gordon S. Bryant, S. F. Bryant, and Mrs. Ida McManus resided at the former nearby 433 Portland Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bryant, their daughter, and G. S. Bryant all resided at the former nearby 433 Portland Avenue. Gordon F. Bryant and Stewart F. Bryant were World War I veterans who resided at the former 433 Portland Avenue in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred S. Bryant, a department manager employed by William B. Joyce & Company, resided at the former nearby 433 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that G. S. Bryant resided at the former nearby 433 Portland Avenue. John David Pollock (1825-1891) was born in Dearborn County, Indiana, was a merchant, moved to St. Paul in 1851, was a carpenter with Wilham T. Donaldson in building the James Burbank Crawford house, was a member and an elder of the Central Presbyterian Church, and died while traveling. In 1880, John D. Pollock, administrator of the estate of Nathaniel McLean, was involved in litigation with E. C. Palmer regarding the estate of Samuel G. P. Craig. Shirley McManus Bryant ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. [See note on Harry T. Drake and Harry T. Drake, Jr., for 874 Fairmount Avenue.]
431 Portland Avenue: Built in 1880. The structure is a two story, 2124 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Neal resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Neal and Miss Louise Batchelder resided at this address. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Neal resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Sophronia T. Neal (1842-1919,) the wife of William H. Neal, who was born in New Hampshire to parents born in the United States and who died of valvular heart disease, resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Alfred S. Grosche, assistant secretary employed by Schunemanns & Mannheimers department store, and his wife, Margaret W. Grosche, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Alfred S. Grosche (1892- ,) who was born in Missouri, who attended the school from 1908 until 1911, who was a 1914 graduate of Yale University, who served during World War I as a Private First Class in the Aviation Section at Fort Crook, and who was vice president of Schunemans, Inc., resided at this address. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Alfred S. Grosche, who attended the school from 1908 until 1911, and Charles S. Grosche, who attended the school from 1942 until 1946, who was a student at the University of Minnesota, and who married Sarah Elizabeth Arouni in 1948, both resided at this address. Alfred S. Grosche married Margaret Wells in 1922 and the couple had one child, Charles S. Grosche (1928- .) Sophronia T. Neal (1842-1919) and William H. Neal (1838-1923) are both buried at Oakland Cemetery. William H. Neal (1882-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kimball, and died in Ramsey County. William Henry Neal (1913-1999) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lohlker, and died in Ramsey County. Sophvonia Thompson Neal ( -1919) died in Ramsey County. Alfred Schuneman Grosche (1892-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schuneman, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1999 for $325,000. The current owners of record are Lori Anderson Miskowiec and Robert Miskowiec.
427 Portland Avenue: Paul Doty House; Built in 1915; Georgian in style; Emmanuel Masqueray, architect, R. Thomas Gunkelman, renovation interior designer. The structure is a two story, 5168 square foot, 11 room, seven bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Samuel D. Sturgis resided at this address from 1888 to 1889. The 1900 city directory indicates that General S. D. Sturgis, Mrs. S. D. Sturgis, and their daughter, S. D. Sturgis, Jr., and Mrs. J. D. Lawler resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Clark and their daughter and A. E. Clark, Jr., resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doty resided at this address. Paul Doty was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Paul Doty resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doty resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Paul Doty resided at this address. Samuel Davis Sturgis (1822–1889) was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1846 as a brevet second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Dragoons, served during the Mexican-American War and subsequent Indian wars, married Jerusha Wilcox (1827-1915,) was a major in the 1st U.S. Cavalry at the start of the Civil War, succeeded to command of the Federal forces after the death of Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in 1861, was routed by Nathan Bedford Forrest at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads in Mississippi in 1864, which effectively ended his Civil War service, was colonel and commander of the 7th U.S. Cavalry in 1869, lost a son, Second Lieutenant James G. Sturgis (1854-1876,) at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, led the 7th Cavalry in the campaign against the Nez Percé in 1877, retired in 1886, and died in Saint Paul. Sturgis, Kentucky, and Sturgis, South Dakota, are named for General S. D. Sturgis. His son, Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr. (1861-1933,) graduated from the Military Academy in 1884, served in the Artillery, married Bertha Bement (1875-1955,) became a general in the U.S. Army, and was a division commander in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. His grandson, Samuel D. Sturgis III (1897-1964,) was born in St. Paul, graduated from the Military Academy in 1918, married Frances Jewett Murray (1897-1975,) served in the Philippines in 1944, became the chief of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1953, and died in Washington, D. C. Jerusha Wilcox Sturgis was the daughter of Jeremiah Cullen Wilcox and Lorena Bushnell Wilcox. Frances Jewett Murray Sturgis was the daughter of Peter Murray and Harriet Tingley Jewett Murray. The property was last sold in 1998 for $710,000 and is reportedly again for sale. The current owners of record are Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson. Garrison Keillor/Gary Edward Keillor (1942- ) was born in Anoka, Minnesota, and is an actor, journalist, radio announcer, writer, creator and host of public radio's Prairie Home Companion. Jenny Lind Nilsson (1957- ) was born in Anoka, Minnesota, studied violin at the New School of Music in Philadelphia and the Manhattan School of Music, is a violinist in the Minnesota Opera orchestra, and is co-author of The Sandy Bottom Orchestra. Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson were married in 1995 and have one daughter, Maia Grace Keillor (1997- .) Garrison Keillor has a son, Jason Peter O'Bleness Keillor (1969- ,) from a prior marriage to Mary Constance Guntzel (1944-1998.) Keillor and Nilsson also maintain a residence in New York City, a two-bedroom apartment on Central Park West in Manhattan that they sold in 1993 for $1.5 million and are buying back for $3.5 million. Garrison Keillor, a self-employed writer, was a contributor to the Democratic National Committee in 2004. Thomas Gunkelman first entered the design business in 1962, after earning a business degree with a minor in art and design, and studying design at Occidental College and the University of Southern California. In 1964, Gunkelman bought Black Interiors of Fargo, Minnesota, then sold the company's assets and moved to Minneapolis in 1971, where he opened his first Minneapolis studio on the Nicollet Mall. Gunkelman is a member of the American Society of Interior Design and is an award-winning 30-year design veteran. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mitchell resided at the former nearby 425 Portland Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hardenbergh resided at the former nearby 425 Portland Avenue. [See note on Emmanuel Masqueray for 225 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the Bement and Sturgis families for 27 Summit Court.]
420 Portland Avenue: Built in 2002. The structure is a two story, 1709 square foot, five room, one bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with an attached basement one car garage. The property was last sold in 1994 for $16,000. The current owners of record are Mary I. Severson and Ronald J. Severson.
405 Portland Avenue: Built in 1896. The structure is a two story, 5490 square foot, 15 room, nine bedroom, three bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Jule M. Hannaford resided at this address from 1891 to 1934. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Jule M. Hannaford resided at this address in 1909. The 1914, 1918, and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hannaford resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jule M. Hannaford, vice chairman of the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Cordelia Hannaford, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that William E. Ward (1908- ,) who was born in Evanston, Illinois, who attended the school from 1920 until 1928, who attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1932, and who was employed by Straw Products Paint & Chemical Company, resided at this address. In 1879, Jule Hannaford, assistant general freight and passenger agent for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, located at 43 Jackson Street, boarded at the Merchants Hotel. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Jule M. Hannaford III (1912- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1923 until 1930, who was a 1935 graduate of Yale University, who was a 1938 graduate of the Yale University Law School, and who was associated with the law firm of Fletcher, Dorsey, Barker, Colman & Barber in Minneapolis, resided at Manitou Island, White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Jule Murat Hannaford was twice president of the Northern Pacific RailRoad, from 1912 to 1918 and from 1920 to 1921. Jule M. Hannaford (1850-1934,) the son of Eli R. Hannaford and Paulina Jewett Hannaford, was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, attended the Northfield, Vermont, and St. Albans, Vermont, public schools, entered railway service in 1866 as a clerk in general freight office of the Vermont Central at St. Albans, Vermont, settled in Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1872, was, from 1872 to 1921, with the Northern Pacific Railroad and its successor, the Northern Pacific Railway, as a clerk in the general freight and passenger office, as an assistant general freight and passenger agent, as a general freight agent in the Eastern Division, as an assistant superintendent in Freight Traffic, as a general freight agent, as a traffic manager, as a general traffic manager and a general traffic manager for the Wisconsin Central Lines during their lease to the Northern Pacific RailRoad, as a third vice-president, as a second vice-president, as the general superintendent and vice-president for the Northern Pacific Express Company, as the president of the Northern Pacific Express Company, as president of the Northern Pacific RailRoad, succeeding Howard Elliott, as federal manager of the Northern Pacific RailRoad, again as president, and as vice-chairman and director after he moved to St. Paul, married Cordelia L. Foster of St. Albans, Vermont, in 1882, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, was a member of the St. Paul Association of Commerce, was a member ot the Town & Country Club, and became a member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1922. Jule Murat Hannaford and Cordelia L. Foster Hannaford were the parents of two children, J. M. Hannaford, Jr., and Foster Hannaford. William E. Ward married Mary Clapp in St. Paul in 1934 and the couple had two children, William E. Ward, Jr. (1936- ,) and Charles Ward (1938- .) Jule M. Hannaford ( -1934) and Jule Murat Hannaford ( -1952) both died in Ramsey County. Jule M. Hannaford (1912-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schurmeier, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2001 for $729,000. The current owners of record are Anne F. Larsen Hooley and Mark T. Hooley. Anne F. Larsen Hooley, a homemaker, was a contributor to the Democratic National Committee in 2004. Mark Hooley, an executive with Winmark, also was a contributor to the Democratic National Committee in 2004. [See note for 644 Summit Avenue for information on Jule Hannaford, Jr., and Jule Hannaford III.]
403 Portland Avenue: Built in 1900. The structure is a two story, 4632 square foot, 12 room, five bedroom, five bathroom, two half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Kenneth Clark resided at this address from 1892 to 1919. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Kenneth Clark and Alice G. (Mrs. Kenneth) Clark, members of the church since 1874, resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Clark and Mrs. Andrew Gilchrist resided at this address. In 1916, Kenneth Clark was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Kenneth Clark (1847-1917,) the husband of Alice G. Clark, who was born in New York to parents born in the United States and who died of arteriosclerosis, resided at this address in 1917. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Clark resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. A. R. Moore, her daughters, and James Moore all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles O. Jenks, vice president of the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Delia Jenks, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Roger B. Shepard, a member of the Class of 1904, resided at this address. Della Downing (Mrs. Charles O.) Jenks was a member of the National Society Magna Charta Dames and Somerset Chapter Magna Charta Barons. The "C. O. Jenks" was built by Pullman as a solarium-observation car for the Great Northern RailRoad's 1929 Empire Builder and became a semi-streamlined baggage-express-storage mail railroad car when it was rebuilt in the 1950's by the Great Northern RailRoad. Downing B. Jenks (1915-1996) was the son of Charles O. Jenks and Della Downing Jenks, began his railroad career in 1937 with the Pennsylvania RailRoad, worked for Great Northern RailRoad and for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois RailRoad, joined the Rock Island RailRoad in 1950, was president and CEO of the Missouri Pacific RailRoad from 1961 to 1971, was chairman of the Missouri Pacific RailRoad from 1971 until his retirement in 1983, pioneered car scheduling and trip planning programs at the Missouri Pacific RailRoad, was president of the Boy Scouts of America in 1977, in 1978, and in 1979, and was president of the Kent T. Healy Fund, Inc., operated by a group of active and retired railroad executives to stimulate interest in and knowledge of transportation, particularly railroads. The Missouri Pacific RailRoad was merged into Union Pacific RailRoad in 1982. The Downing B. Jenks locomotive repair shop, built in 1984, is in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Kenneth Clark ( -1917,) Alice Gilchrist Clark ( -1919,) and Della Downing Jenks ( -1940) all died in Ramsey County. Charles Orlando Jenks (1874-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hayford, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is James G. Hirsh. James Hirsh, Mark Voerding, Thomas Darling and William Sell unsuccessfully appealed a decision to the St. Paul City Council in 2003 of the Planning Commission approving a conditional use permit and variances for a carriage house dwelling at 449 Portland Avenue. James Hirsh is an attorney and is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association.
387-389 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a brick condominium. Unit #1B is a one story, 2680 square foot, six room, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, condominium unit which was last sold in 1993 for $255,000 and for which the current owners of record are Michael Birdsall and Roger Haase. Unit #2 is a one story, 3947 square foot, six room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit which was last sold in 1999 for $250,000 and for which the current owner of record is Thomas Harkcom. Unit #1A is a one story, 2941 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit which was last sold in 2002 for $475,000 and for which the current owner of record is Ronald J. Zweber. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that John I. H. Field resided at 389 Portland Avenue from 1905 to 1936. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Julia S. Field, a widow and a member of the church since 1871, John I. H. Field, a member of the church since 1900, and Caroline S. (Mrs. J. I. H.) Field, a member of the church since 1881, all resided at 389 Portland Avenue. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John I. H. Field resided at 389 Portland Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. I. H. Field resided at 389 Portland Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that John I. H. Field, the president of Schlick & Company, resided at 389 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. I. H. Field resided at 389 Portland Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that John I. H. Field, his wife, Carolyn S. Field, John E. Stryker, Jr., a lawyer and a partner with his father, John E. Stryker, Sr., in the law firm of Stryker & Stryker, patent lawyers and solicitors of patents located at the Merchants Bank Building, and his wife, Elizabeth Stryker, all resided at 389 Portland Avenue. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that John F. Stryker, a member of the Class of 1942, resided at 389 Portland Avenue. Michael Birdsall and Roger Haase were financial supporters of the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2004 and 2005. Thomas Harkcom is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Museum of Asmat (an ethnic group of New Guinea) Art at the University of St. Thomas. Thomas Harkcom is a Rheumatology physician with HealthPartners Medical Group. Thomas Harkcom was a financial supporter of the Minnesota Aids Project in 1998 and 2004 and of Out Front Minnesota in 2006. Ronald J. Zweber is the Senior Vice President of Bremer Bank’s Nonprofit Banking Department, is associated with the Office for Business & Community Economic Development at the University of Minnesota, and is a member of the board of Out Front Minnesota. Ronald J. Zweber was a financial supporter of the Philanthrofund Foundation in 2005 and of Out Front Minnesota in 2006. Carolyn S. Field ( -1936) and John E. Stryker ( -1940) both died in Ramsey County. John E. Stryker (1895-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Perrin, and died in Ramsey County. Elizabeth Julia Stryker (1900-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Field, and died in Ramsey County.
383-385 Portland Avenue: James Skinner and Annie Skinner House; Built in 1901; Combination of Georgian and Neo-classical in style; Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., architect. The structure is a two story, 8553 square foot, 19 room, nine bedroom, four bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a 1 1/2 story, 3277 square foot, six room, three bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, a brick carriage house, built in 1901, and with a basement garage. The structure has 15 fireplaces, elegant living and dining rooms, and a billiard room with a nine-foot ceiling in the basement. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that James H. Skinner resided at 385 Portland Avenue from 1902 to 1944. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Skinner, their daughter, and W. W. Skinner resided at 385 Portland Avenue. In 1916, James H. Skinner was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Skinner and their daughter resided at 385 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Skinner resided at 385 Portland Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anna W. Skinner, the widow of James H. Skinner ( -1945) resided at 385 Portland Avenue. James Henry Skinner (1838-1926) was born in Faribault, Minnesota, the son of George E. Skinner, attended Cornell University, Class of 1882, and made his first fortune in the fur business with the firm Lanpher, Skinner & Company, leaving that firm in 1915. In 1868, Rollin A. Lanpher (1841/1842-1922) began a men's hat company in St. Paul, first known as R. A. Lanpher & Company, then known as Lanpher, Skinner & Co., and then known as Lanpher, Finch & Skinner Company, which Rollin Lanpher owned and operated for the remainder of his life. James Skinner and his wife, Annie Skinner, bought the Portland Avenue land in 1901. Skinner founded the Merchants Trust Company, later the First Trust Company, in 1915, was president of that business until 1922, when he retired due to poor health, and also served the United States government as a member of the Inter-Allied Council of War Purchases and Finance in London during World War I. James Skinner also was a director of the State Savings Bank and the Saint Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. James H. Skinner was an 1880 graduate of Cornell University, was appointed the representative of the Government Food Administration in the Inter-Allies Food Council in 1918, and was the president of the Merchants' Trust and Savings Bank of St. Paul. Railroad lawyer Edwin Matthias and his family bought the house in 1945 and lived there until 1957, when it was purchased by John B. Hilton and his family. The Hiltons lived there until 1977. James H. Skinner was one of the original trustees of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, the result of a merger of three prior Wilder charities, in 1910 with Victor M. Watkins, George C. Power, Kenneth Clark, Charles L. Spencer, and John I. H. Field, and continued as a trustee of the foundation until his death. The Skinner Room on the first floor at the main St. Paul Library was named for library benefactor James H. Skinner, was designed by local architect Magnus Jemne, and opened in 1939. In 1950, the Skinner family commissioned the carved sculpture of owls in the room as a memorial to William W. Skinner, Jr. who was killed in World War II. The James Skinner summerhouse, located at 2540 Manitou Island, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, was designed by Cass Gilbert. James H. Skinner ( -1926) and Annie Wood Skinner ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is Martin P. Fleming. Bethany Village is located at 383 Portland Avenue and Bethany Manor is located at 385 Portland Avenue.
55 Western Avenue North: Built in 1953. The structure is a one story, 1140 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with an attached garage. The 1887 and 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Edward Corning and Gardner Corning resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Annie Y. (Mrs. Ross) Clarke, a member of the church since 1889, and James Y. Clarke, a member of the church since 1904, resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. H. G. Beeman resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. O'Brien, Jr., resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Nixon resided at this address. In 1879, Christopher D. O'Brien, a lawyer and a partner with C. K. Davis and H. A. Wilson in the law firm of Davis, O'Brien & Wilson, located at Third Street and Wabasha Street, resided at 51 McBoal Street. H. G. Beeman ( -1916) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1993 for $85,000. The current owner of record is Martin M. P. Fleming, who resides at 385 Portland Avenue. The 1887 and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cochran, Jr., resided at the former nearby 59 Western Avenue North. The 1887 city directory also indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. L. C.Brooks and Springer Harbaugh all resided at the former nearby 73 Western Avenue North. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Thomas Cochran and Emilie B. (Mrs. Thomas) Cochran, members of the church since 1869, Emily Cochran, a member of the church since 1888, and Louise Cochran and Moncrieff M. Cochran, members of the church since 1892, all resided at the former 59 Western Avenue North. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mrs. Thomas Cochran, her daughter, and M. M. Cochran resided at the former nearby 59 Western Avenue North. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. Thomas Cochran and her daughter resided at the former nearby 59 Western Avenue North and that Mrs. Sophie Freund, her daughter, and Sanford H. E. Freund all resided at the nearby former 73 Western Avenue North. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Emily Cochran (1873-1924,) the single sister of Thomas Cochran, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of a carcinoma, resided at the nearby former 59 Western Avenue North in 1924. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. Emilie Cochran and Thomas Cochran resided at the former nearby 59 Western Avenue North. The 1930 city directory indicates that Moncrieff Cochran, the president of the Cochran-Sargent Company, a wholesale supplier of plumbing, steamfitting, and engineering materials, and his wife, Margaret Davis Cochran, resided at the former nearby 59 Western Avenue North. The Cochran-Sargent Company was the successor to the Western Supply Company, established 1889, was located at 180-184 East Sixth Street in 1916, and was located at 2831 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, in 1923. In 1929, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachussets, trustee Thomas Cochran, Class of 1890, purchased and gave to the school a tract of 125 acres, the Moncrieff Cochran Sanctuary, named for Thomas Cochran's brother Moncrieff Cochran, Class of 1900. The Cochran family included Emilie Belden Cochran (1844-1924,) Emily Cochran (1872-1924,) and Thomas Cochran (1871-1936.) Springer Harbaugh (1816-1887,) the son of William Harbaugh (1799-1833) and Sarah Springer Harbaugh (1782-1842,) was born in Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, resided in Cleveland, Ohio, married Roxana Arminda "Roxa" Brooks, daughter of Thomas Brooks, of Montpelier, Vermont, in 1844, was a real estate dealer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1850, was corn merchant in 1860, was appointed director of the railroad on the part of the government by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, reported to the U. S. Secretary of the Interior on the Union Paciic RailRoad in 1866, leased the Superior Rolling Mill in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on behalf of Harbaugh, Mathias & Owens, in 1867, was a member of the board of directors of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad in 1869, moved to Minnesota, was appointed commissioner of the Northern Pacific RailRoad by President Chester Arthur in 1881, was the manager of the Lockhart farm in Norman County, Minnesota, in 1885, and died in St. Paul. Roxana Arminda Brooks Harbaugh and Springer Harbaugh had three children, two apparently adopted, William E. Brooks Harbaugh (1845- ,) Delorme Brooks Harbaugh (1847- ,) and Mary E. Harbaugh (1857- .) Thos. G. Cochran ( -1914,) Emily Cochran ( -1924,) and Margaret Charles Cochran ( -1929) all died in Ramsey County. Thomas G. Cochran (1922-1996) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sheehan, and died in Ramsey County.
76 Western Avenue North: James Knox Taylor House; Built in 1884; Significantly Modified Colonial Revival/Queen Anne in style. The structure is a two story, 978 square foot, 11 room, four bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The trim on the second floor of the front of the house is indicative of its past Colonial Revival styling. The sash on the north side stairwell window is indicative of its past Queen Anne styling. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Granger resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Farrington resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2004 for $537,000. The current owner of record is Lee T. Egbert. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mrs. L. L. C. Brooks resided at the former nearby 73 Western Avenue North. Lelana Louise Brooks ( -1918) died in Ramsey County. [See note on James Knox Taylor for 365 Summit Avenue.]
79 Western Avenue North: The Commodore Hotel/The Commodore Condominiums; Built in 1920; Art Deco in style. Before 1978, the Commodore was a residential hotel and was home to such notables as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. It has since become a condominium building. Unit A is a 8500 square foot condominium office unit and is owned by 79 Western LLC located at the St. Paul Building, 6 West Fifth Street. Unit B is a 1100 square foot condominium office unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1994 at a sale price of $27,000, and is currently owned by Mary Jo Elliott. Unit C is a 1300 square foot condominium office unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1997 at a sale price of $86,300, and is currently owned by John W. Byers and Susan L. Byers, who reside at 2148 Stanford Avenue. Unit #1/2 is a 15852 square foot lodge hall and is currently owned by Commodore Condominium Cord, located at 480 Grand Hill. Unit 100 is a 900 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1993 at a sale price of $43,000, and is currently owned by Cynthia Wherry Merrill and Richard O. Power. Unit 101 is a 900 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1995 at a sale price of $50,000, and is currently owned by Penny J. Heibel. Unit 102 is a 646 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1993 at a sale price of $32,000, and is currently owned by Amy M. Bohaty. Unit 103 is a 646 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with a prior sale of the unit occurring in 2000 at a sale price of $85,000 to Shelly R. Losee, which was last sold in 2005 for $169,900 and for which the current owner of record is Mark E. Rose. Unit 110 is a 2058 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Marion G. Winzen. Unit 200 is a 2516 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1987 at a sale price of $24,000, and is currently owned by Elaine M. Elnes and Charles T. Silverson, Jr. Unit 201 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1996 at a sale price of $83,500, and is currently owned by Mary E. Lange. Unit 203 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1992 at a sale price of $64,000, and is currently owned by Richard L. Mensing. Unit 205 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1999 at a sale price of $114,885, and is currently owned by Vera Alenov. Unit 206 is a 1170 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2002 at a sale price of $207,000, and is currently owned by Sara M. Ziegler. Unit 207 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Meredith B. Alden, who resides in West St. Paul, Minnesota. Unit 208 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1996 at a sale price of $79,000, and is currently owned by Sanna N. Towns. Unit 300 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Monica M. Manning. Unit 301 is a 1250 square foot, three room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Hollis M. Ylinen. Unit 302 is a 1170 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2003 at a sale price of $190,000, and is currently owned by Phyllis J. Beaudet. Unit 303 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Beth G. Sullivan and Timothy A. Sullivan, who reside at 1068 Lombard Avenue. Unit 304 is a 1632 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2003 at a sale price of $195,000, and is currently owned by Catherine B. Hartnett and John D. Monto. Unit 305 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1997 at a sale price of $53,500, and is currently owned by Maureen C. O'Brien. Unit 306 is a 1170 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Ruth G. Armstrong. Unit 307 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2004 at a sale price of $238,500, and is currently owned by John E. Evans and Wilma G. Evans. Unit 308 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1995 at a sale price of $76,000, and is currently owned by Stephanie P. McDonough. Unit 400 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2004 at a sale price of $210,000, and is currently owned by Patricia M. Hampl and Terrence J. Williams. Unit 401 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Robert Cohanim. Unit 402 is a 1170 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2004 at a sale price of $178,000, and is currently owned by Michael S. Wilson, who resides at 1882 Idaho Avenue East. Unit 403 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1997 at a sale price of $89,900, and is currently owned by Richard L. Duncan. Unit 405 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Robert R. Nardi. Unit 406 is a 1170 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Diana Brainard. Unit 407 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1997 at a sale price of $88,000, and is currently owned by Lorraine D. Koenen and William B. Koenen. Unit 408 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2000 at a sale price of $142,000, and is currently owned by the trustee for Linda B. Harris, residing in Cambridge, Massacusetts. Unit 500 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1993 at a sale price of $77,500, and is currently owned by Jane Lawrenz. Unit 501 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Gretchen L. Durkot and Thomas H. Selwold. Unit 502 is a 1170 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1997 at a sale price of $85,000, and is currently owned by Adriana L. Trevino. Unit 503 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Gretchen L. Durkot, who resides at Unit 501. Unit 504 is a 1632 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2001 at a sale price of $179,900, and is currently owned by Timothy P. Long. Unit 505 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with a prior sale of the unit occurring in 2000 at a sale price of $140,000 to Louis S. Hill, which was last sold in 2005 for $223,000 and for which the current owners of record are David D. Schaefer and Tara C. Schaefer. Unit 506 is a 1170 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1993 at a sale price of $52,000, and is currently owned by Carl Brandt. Unit 507 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Sharon M. Hogenson. Unit 508 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1994 at a sale price of $71,900, and is currently owned by Matthew J. Brophy. Unit 600 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2002 at a sale price of $202,100, and is currently owned by Susan Schloff. Unit 601 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Kent C. Guptil. Unit 602 is a 1170 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 2004 at a sale price of $177,000, and is currently owned by Laurence D. Haggerty and Nancy T. Haggerty. Unit 603 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Dee Elwood. Unit 604 is a 816 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1998 at a sale price of $69,500, and is currently owned by Julia P. Mairs and Robert P. Mairs. Unit 605 is a 990 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1991 at a sale price of $69,900, and is currently owned by Mary A. Rayan and Rajen Rayan. Unit 606 is a 1170 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with the last sale of the unit occurring in 1999 at a sale price of $110,000, and is currently owned by Charlotte J. Johnson. Unit 607 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit, with a recent sale of the unit occurring in 1987 at a sale price of $24,000 to Eugene G. Lupino, which was last sold in 2005 for $275,000 and for which the current owner of record is Mary S. Rosenthal. Unit 608 is a 1250 square foot, four room, two bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit and is currently owned by Geovanna M. Perrino. Public areas of the Commodore include the Lobby, the Bar, the Dining Room, and the Upper Lounge. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Belle I. Wright (1860-1921,) the widowed mother of Cushing Wright, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of a. lobar pneumonia, resided at this address in 1921. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that James T. Clark (1853-1922,) the husband of Fannie M. Clark, who was born in New York to parents born in the United States and who died of angina pectoris, resided at this address in 1922. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. B. E. Tripp, Mrs. Daniel Aberle, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Akers, the Misses Aurun, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Bowe, Miss Eva Breault, Mrs. R. A. Breen, Miss M. L. Brennan, Mr. and Mrs. William Burn, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carley, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Currie, Miss Sara Converse, Mrs. M. C. Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Craig, Miss L. B. Craig, Miss Cora Crowder, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Davis, E. E. Dildine, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Duspain, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dickey, Mrs. Eisenberg and her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ferree, G. P. Flannery, Mrs. A. F. Stair, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Furniss and their daughter, Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Gauger, F. A. Goodard, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gonyon, Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Goodrich and their daughter, Mrs. C. L. Greene, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Harmon, the Misses Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Highland, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hooper, James Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Shackleford, Mrs. G. B. Slaymaker, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith, the Misses Smith, C. F. Speakes, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Stebbins, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Stein, Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stolberg, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Terrell, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Totten and their daughter, and G. J. Vines all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Ellen Blakeley Wann (1866-1925,) the wife of Thomas L. Wann, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of a gunshot from her husband, and that Thomas L. Wann, Sr., the widower father of Thomas L. Wann, Jr., who was born in Missouri to parents born in Iceland and who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, both resided at this address in 1925. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents at this address were Berry H. Akers, an editor employed by the Webb Publishing Company, and his wife, Marion Akers, E. Anderson, Harriet C. Auran, a stenographer employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, Alice G. Auran, a clerk employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, Mrs. Sally Becker, Isabel A. Bocarde, a bookkeeper employed by Horace Hills Irvine, Mrs. Thomas M. Breen, Mary Brennan, Mrs. Lilla Carney, Mrs. Jane W. Chamberlain, Sarah E. Clapp, the widow of Newell H. Clapp, Florence Connolly, a teacher at the Webster School, Alford W. Crampton, a merchandise manager at the Golden Rule department store, Mrs. C. Luther Culler, Lucien Culver, associated with Larsen, Wheeler, Wold & Culver, Grant D. Curtis, the general manager of the Railway Express Agency, and his wife, Jessie Curtis, S. A. Davis, the superintendent for the Railway Express Agency, and his wife, Maude Davis, Joel M. Dickey, the clerk of the U. S. District Court, and his wife, Bessie B. Dickey, Leonard J. Dobner, a lawyer who officed at the Merchant Block, and his wife, Eunice Dobner, Charles I. Dolan, the resident manager of the Cowden Manufacturing Company, Edward Feldhauser, Mrs. D. B. Finch, Ray G. Fletcher, an assistant professor employed by Macalester College, Joseph Friedman, the president-treasurer of Friedman Brothers Holding Company, F. M. Fryburg, assistant to the general superintendent of the Great Northern RailRoad, Edward C. Gager, Charles W. Gillam, Commissioner of Securities in the State Department of Commerce, Securities Division, Mrs. George A. Goodell, Mrs. L. B. Grant, Siegmund Greve, the president of the Greve Advertising Agency, and his wife, Esther Greve, Margaret A. Grimm, an office manager employed by the Minnesota Milk Company, Samuel Gunzberg, a manufacturing agent, and his wife, Dora Gunzberg, Mrs. S. A. Harley, Ida C. Haupt, Gladys Hays, a stenographer employed by Clapp, Richardson, Elmquist, Briggs & Macartney, Edwin C. Hellweg, a department manager employed by Finch, Van Slyck & McConville, and his wife, Agnes Hellweg, Mrs. Etta Hoff, the widow of Peter Hoff, Oscar E. Holman, a lawyer, Mrs. H. J. Howard, Charles M. Irwin, a sales manager employed by McKibbin, Driscoll & Dorsey, and his wife, Maude Irwin, Mary Jennings, executive director of the Ramsey County League of Women Voters, Mrs. A. D. S. Johnston, Hattie M. (Mrs. A. P.) Keam, the widow of Alf P. Keam and a manager, Eileen M. Kennedy, a teacher at St. Paul Central High School, Harry J. Krause, manager of D. A. Odell Motor Company, John P. Kyle, a partner with Richard E. Kyle in the law firm of Kyle & Kyle, Jacob Leuthold, Cornelia Lusk, Mrs. Adele McCormack, the widow of Michael L. McCormack, Josephine McCormack, the president of the Junior League, Mrs. Ethelyn McCree, the widow of George W. McCree, Marie Mork, Samuel Neuman, the business manager for the Metropolitan Theatre, Hiram M. Pearce, Consuella Piel, a teacher, Michael Piel, a department manager employed by A. Schoch Grocery Company, Mellie Ray, a teacher at the St. Paul Vocational School, Mrs. M. A. Rice, Rossanne D. H. Robbins, a dental hygenist employed by V. H. Storberg, John T. Rogers, a physician at the Miller Hospital Clinic, his wife, Lillian Rogers, James Russell, the general superintendent of the St. Paul Union Depot Company, his wife, Louise Russell, Sarah (Mrs. Albert B.) Savage, Mrs. Channing Seabury, Jessie/Jesse E. Settle, the house manager employed by Montgomery Ward & Company, Roland R. Sheadle, an auditor employed by the Lowery Hotel, Mrs. Daisy/Daisie B. Sheldon, a teacher at the Baker School, Mrs. Clara S. Slaymaker, Carl E. Speakes, the sales manager employed by the Speakes Company, dealers in building supplies, coal, and coke located at the Griggs Building, Clara L. Start, Lewis C. Stebbins, who officed at the Pioneer Building, and his wife, Eliza Stebbins, Mrs. Adeline Stewart, a grocer located at this address and residing at 1238 North St. Albans, Royal A. Stone, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Mrs. Mary Stoughton, W. Oakley Stout, the advertising director employed by Gordon & Ferguson, and his wife, Lilian Stout, Joseph Stronge, proprietor of the Crystal Palace and proprietor of Stronge Realty Company, and his wife, Louise Stronge, Mrs. Katherine Thompson, the widow of Harrison Thompson, William J. Totten, sales manager employed by the Illinois Steel Company, and his wife, Octavia A. Totten, Mrs. A. Taenholm, Charles C. Upham, vice president and treasurer of the Gates, Hurty Company, Ida D. Veith, a bookkeeper employed by the American Organization of University Women, Andrew J. Volstead, legal adviser to the U. S. Prohibition Department, Grant Waldref, who officed at the Minnesota Building, Mrs. Mary W. Warner, department manager employed by E. Sundkvist & Company, William Weiller, Margaret T. Whalen, an osteopath who officed at 6 West Fifth Street, Joseph P. Whitwell and his wife, Ellen Whitwell, and Elbert A. Young, the Ramsey County Assessor. The lobby was originally for Commodore Hotel residents and guests and is appointed with traditional furnishings arranged in intimate conversational groups and has a Mahogany bar. The Art Deco Bar was designed to be reminiscent of an ocean liner's cocktail lounge and was spared in the great Commodore Hotel explosion and fire in 1978, with all of the original elements intact, including the two gold leaf ceiling domes, mirrored side walls and louvered glass back wall. Sinclair Lewis is reputed to have spent a lot of time in the Commodore Bar. The Dining Room boasts a decorative plaster ceiling, has an elevated dance floor in traditional black and white tile, and is decorated with a dramatic carpet. The Upper Lounge is elevated and is decorated to complement the Lobby. In 1939, the Spring Festival of the Northwest Puppet Guild was held at the Commodore Hotel. Charles P. McCarty, Mayor of Saint Paul in 1970, moved his office from downtown St. Paul to the Commodore. In 1978, a gas main exploded in the building, which had been evacuated shortly before the accident because of the prompt action upon detecting gas by architect Thomas Blanck, who then officed in the building. In 1908, Cushing F. Wright, with Edward S. Stringer, Reece M. Newport, Jr., and Arthur S. French, all of the Minnesota Boat Club, St. Paul, participated in the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen Regatta in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the Connecticut River. Cushing F. Wright (1880-1961) was an employee of the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press and wrote an article on the history of St. Paul post offices. Frank P. Donovan Jr., and Cushing F. Wright were authors of The First Through a Century 1853 - 1953: A History of The First National Bank of Saint Paul published by the Itasca Press U.S. in 1954. Cushing F. Wright, an author, and his wife, Margaret Wright, resided at 511 Grand Hill in 1930. T. L. Wann was the treasurer of the Minnesota Boat Club in 1892. In 1893, T. L. Wann was a member, with L. Mahon, P. Houghton, and E. C. Halbert, of the Minnesota Boat Club of St. Paul junior fours crew that won a championship at the Northwestern Association national regatta at Detroit, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leslie Wann resided at 680 Fairmount Avenue in 1896, at 586 West Lincoln Avenue in 1898, and at 131 South St. Albans Street in 1900. Thomas Wann was employed by the Northwestern Trust Company in 1911. In 1911, Thomas L. Wann, a prominent businessman and a member of the Ramsey County Grand Jury, charged the Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith, pastor of the People's Church and a member or the faculty of the University of Mlnnesota, with an attempt to influence him as a member of the jury while considering an indictment against Dr. Eugene Hubbell, a prominent physician, on the charge of manslaughter in the the death of Rose Ibson. Thomas L. Wann resided in White Bear, Minnesota, in 1915 and was the author of a letter published in the New York Times about the responsibility of the German nobility for the start of World War I. Thomas L. Wann resided in Germany for five years and at age 15 received the personal permission of Kaiser Wilhelm to enter the cadet corps at Lichterfelde, Germany. In 1922, Thomas L. Wann was a trap shooter and won the runner-up cup at the Camden, South Carolina, Country Club at the Kirkwood Handicap annual midwinter target tournament. Dr. Eugene Hubbell (1855- ) was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, the son of Wellington Stiles and Mary Patrick Hubbell, was educated at the Elroy, Wisconsin, Academy and the Normal School at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, graduated with an M. D. degree from the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago from 1881 to 1883, practiced in Merrimac, Wisconsin, from 1883 to 1884, in Clearwater, Minnesota, from 1884 to 1888, in Waseca, Minnesota, from 1888 to 1890, and in St. Paul from 1890, was medical examiner for the Knights of the Maccabees, the Ladies of the Maccabees, the Woodmen of the World, the Woodman Circle, and the Mutual Benefit Association, was a member of the Minnesota State Homœopathic Institute, was a member of the American Association of Orificial Surgeons, and was a member, president, and secretary of the St. Paul Society of Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons, was a Knight of Pythias, married Cora M. Cummings in 1887, and the couple had four children, Charles Arthur Hubbell, Mary Winifred Hubbell, Edna Louise Hubbell, and Lucile C. Hubbell. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Clapp, A. H. Clapp, and N. H. Clapp, Jr., resided at the former nearby 560 Portland Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Newel H. Clapp resided at 524-526 Portland Avenue in 1902 and the 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Clapp resided at 524 Portland Avenue. Channing Seabury (1842-1910) was one of the driving forces in the construction of Minnesota's $4.5 million State Capitol, serving without pay for more than a decade as vice president (and de facto chair) of the State Capitol Board of Commissioners, the panel established in 1893 to guide the development of the new Capitol building that hired architect Cass Gilbert to design the building and oversee its construction. Channing Seabury was born in Massachusetts, worked as an errand boy in New York, moved to St. Paul in 1860 to escape tuberculosis, worked for J. C. & H. C. Burbank & Company, a wholesale clothing business, and after the company was acquired by Amherst H. Wilder, eventually became a partner in the company. Seabury was treasurer of the Northwestern Union Packet Company from 1867 to 1872, was associated with C. Gotzian and Co., a wholesale boot and shoe manufacturer from 1872 to 1882, was a partner in Maxfield, Seabury & Company, a wholesale grocery business, from 1882 to 1892, and was a partner in the successor Seabury & Son after 1892. Seabury married Frances W. Cruft in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1870, and after her death, married Elizabeth P. Austin in 1883 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and fathered four children, John Seabury, Gerald A. Seabury, and Paul Richardson Seabury, and Edith Seabury Nye. Channing Seabury lived on Ashland Avenue and was a neighbor of Cass Gilbert's mother. Channing Seabury wrote to Minnesota Governor Cushman Davis critically of the Spanish-American War in 1898. Paul Richardson Seabury resided in St. Paul in 1921. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry F. Nye, the physical director employed by the YMCA, and his wife, Edith Nye, resided at 602 West Lincoln Avenue. Channing Seabury (1915-1936) died in Minneapolis while practicing aerobatics in NC 11043, a 1931 Granville Brothers Gee Bee Model D Sportster with a Menasco C-4 125 hp engine, when he hit his head on the horizontal stabilizer of the plane's tail while bailing out and failed to open his parachute. Granville Brothers built only 24 aircraft, of which only eight were Sportsters and the Seabury accident plane was the only Model D produced. The Seabury plot at Oakland Cemetery includes Channing Seabury (1842-1910,) Fannie Warren Seabury, the wife of Channing Seabury (1843-1878,) Elizabeth Austin Seabury (1860-1944,) Gerald Abbot Seabury (1884-1949,) Caroline Russell Seabury (1827-1893,) Alfred Nelson Seabury (1915-1980,) Charles William Seabury (1871-1882,) and Austin Sumner Seabury (1887-1889.) Gerald Abbot Seabury received a bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1908 and married Mrs. Elizabeth Neilson DeWitt, the daughter of Alfred Neilson ( -1912) of New York City and the widow of New York real estate dealer William Archibald DeWitt ( -1907), on Long Island, New York, in 1912. W. Oakley Stout was a substitute on the undefeated 1893 University of Minnesota Golden Gopher football team, which was the champion of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest. In 1934, Wilfred Oakley Stout, Sr., Lillian DeCoster Stout, and Wilfred Oakley Stout, Jr., resided at 618 Fairmount Avenue. Wilfred Oakley Stout, Sr., was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and Wilfred Oakley Stout, Jr., was a graduate of Princeton University. A manuscript "Freedom for the North Carolina Negro" by Wilfred Oakley Stout, Jr., from 1933 is in the Princeton University Library as part of the Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker Papers. Wilfred O. Stout, Jr., was an assistant professor at the University of Chattanooga in 1942. Wilfred O. Stout was a member of the faculty of the General College at the University of Minnesota. Wilfred O. Stout, Sr., was the executor of the estate of Edgar B. Tolson, from which a memorial fund was established in 1942 for the purchase of history and philosophy books at the University of Chattanooga. Andrew John Volstead (1860-1947) was born near Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota, the son of Jon Einertsen Volstead (1828- ) and Dorthea Mathea Lilloe Volstead, both Norwegian immigrants, studied at St. Olaf’s College, in Northfield, Minnesota, transferred to the Decorah Institute, Decorah, Iowa, and graduated in 1881, studied law while also employed as a schoolteacher, was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1883 and to the Minnesota bar in 1884, practiced law in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, moved to Grantsburg, Wisconsin, then moved to Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, in 1886, served as Yellow Medicine County's prosecuting attorney from 1887 to 1893 and from 1895 to 1903, was a Lutheran until 1894 and then became a Congregationalist, was mayor of Granite Falls, Minnesota, from 1900 to 1902, also was a member of the Granite Falls, Minnesota, board of education and city attorney of Granite Falls, Minnesota, was elected to Congress as a Republican from 1903 to 1923, argued for enactment of federal legislation outlawing lynchings, spearheaded passage of the Capper-Volstead Act, the "farmer cooperative Magna Charta," which enabled farmers to form combines without fear of prosecution under the Sherman Antitrust Act, sponsored the Volstead Act (National Prohibition Act) in 1919, which prohibited the production or consumption of alcohol in the United States, resumed law practice in Minnesota after failing to win re-election in 1923, was a delegate to the 17th International Congress Against Alcoholism in 1923, was the legal adviser to the chief of the National Prohibition Enforcement Bureau in St. Paul from 1924 until 1933, and then returned to Granite Falls, Minnesota, to practice law. Volstead married Helen Mary Osler ("Nellie") Gilruth (1868-1918) in 1894 and the couple had one child, Laura Ellen Volstead (Mrs. Carl Joys) Lomen (1895- .) The Nova Group is located at Suite 300 of this building. Title Infotech Inc. and Title Provisions Inc. are located at this address. The Commodore Squash & Fitness Club is also located at this address. Thomas H. Selwold is a retired teacher, formerly with the Bloomington School District. Thomas Selwold, a retiree, was a contributor to the Democratic National Committee in 2004. Char Nycklemoe, a lobbyist and real estate agent and a member of the board of NAMI-MN (The Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Minnesota,) resides at this address. The Minnesota Facilitators Network is located at Suite 201. The Commodore is now owned and operated by the University Club of St. Paul. The Lawrence University (Wisconsin) Alumni Association of Minneapolis-St. Paul sometimes meets at the Commodore. Patricia Hampl also is recorded in Ramsey County property records as residing at 286 Laurel Avenue and is a Regents Professor in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota, has a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and a M.F.A. from the University of Iowa, was Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor of Literature at Carleton College in 1987, Emens Distinguished Professor at Ball State University in 1989, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Writing at the University of Iowa in 1994, resident fellow at the Bellagio Study Center of the Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy, in 1991, and is the author of The Silken Chamber, published by Beacon Press in 2002, <;u>I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1999, Virgin Time, published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in 1992, Spillville, published by Milkweed Editions in 1987, Resort and Other Poems, published in New York by Houghton Mifflin in 1983, A Romantic Education, published in New York by Houghton Mifflin in 1981, and Woman Before an Aquarium, published in Pittsburgh by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1978. Patricia Hampl and Terrence Williams own a 1940 Chris Craft 33’ Sedan Cruiser which won the Best Antique Cruiser in 2003 award from the Bob Speltz-Land O' Lakes Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society, Inc. Cushing F. Wright (1880-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Irvine, and died in Ramsey County. Bernice E. Tripp (1918-1976) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Berry Hughes Akers (1887-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Smith, and died in Ramsey County. Dudley Baldwin Finch ( -1910,) Channing Seabury ( -1910,) George Arthur Goodell ( -1914,) Alfred P. Keam ( -1916,) Belle Devine Wright ( -1921,) James Truman Clark ( -1922,) Michael L. McCormack ( -1922,) Thomas W. Furniss ( -1924,) Ellen Blakeley Wann ( -1925,) Thomas Leslie Wann ( -1925,) Rollo R. Stevens ( -1926,) Lettie H. Bowe ( -1927,) Peter Hoff ( -1927,) Charles Irwin ( -1929,) George W. McCree ( -1929,) Maude Davis ( -1930,) Grant D. Curtis ( -1931,) Samuel Alfred Davis ( -1931,) Joel M. Dickey ( -1933,) Sarah Adams Savage ( -1933,) Margaret Whalen ( -1934,) Adelphus C. Terrell ( -1935,) Elbert A. Young ( -1936,) Ernest V. Shackleford ( -1937,) Clara Steele Slaymaker ( -1937,) Sarah E. Clapp ( -1938,) Dr. John Thomas Rogers ( -1938,) Elbert A. Young ( -1938,) John Sutherland Craig ( -1939,) Ida O. Haupt ( -1939,) Oscar E. Holman ( -1939,) Ida Doris Veith ( -1939,) Edward J. Feldhauser ( -1940,) Hiram M. Pearce ( -1940,) Mary A. Stoughton ( -1940,) Royal A. Stone ( -1942,) Joseph Stronge ( -1942,) Francis Marion Fryburg ( -1943,) John P. Kyle ( -1944,) William Weiller ( -1944,) Wilfred Oakley Stout ( -1945,) Lilian Decoster Stout ( -1945,) Charles Chandler Upham ( -1946,) Esther Greve ( -1948,) Daisie B. Sheldon ( -1948,) Robert L. Carley ( -1950,) Clara L. Start ( -1950,) Grant Waldref ( -1950,) Siegmund Greve ( -1951,) Alfred Smith ( -1951,) Edwin Charles Hellweg ( -1952,) Ralph A. Stone ( -1952,) and Thomas L. Wann ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. William Burn (1871-1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Smith, and died in Ramsey County. Thomas F. Chapman (1890-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Talor, and died in Hennepin County. Roy H. Currie (1887-1955) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gilbert, and died in Ramsey County. Sarah B. Converse (1883-1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Converse, and died in Ramsey County. Charles Willet Gillam ( -1933,) Daniel Austin Odell ( -1935,) Channing Seabury ( -1936,) Ernest W. Gonyon ( -1939,) Daniel Austin Odell ( -1946,) Lillian Christina Rogers ( -1946,) and John Stolberg ( -1953) all died in Hennepin County. Agnes Hellweg (1877-1958,) Sally M. Becker (1885-1973,) Ralph A. Stone (1893-1976,) and Roland R. Sheadle (1904-1977) were born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Lilla Carney ( -1936) died in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Jane Harding Chamberlain (1904-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Helliwell, and died in Hennepin County. Margaret Grimm (1882-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schwartz, and died in Ramsey County. Samuel S. Gunzberg (1895-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gunzberg, and died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mary E. Jennings (1890-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Tierney, and died in Ramsey County. Hattie Mary Keam (1877-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Brawley, and died in Ramsey County. Eileen Kennedy (1883-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Neill, and died in Ramsey County. Jacob Leuthold ( -1946) died in Dodge County, Minnesota. Marie Mork (1903-1984) was born in Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. Samuel Neuman ( -1953) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mellie E. Ray (1875-1960) was born in Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. Victor H. Storberg (1888-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Ramsey County. Lillian Virginia Rogers (1891-1994) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kucera, and died in Hennepin County. Lillian Frances Rogers (1876-1967) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McSweeney, and died in Hennepin County. Lillian M. Rogers (1894-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Smith, and died in Hennepin County. Carl E. Speakes (1882-1978) and Adeline D. Stewart (1901-1986) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Mary L. Stoughton (1881-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mansfield, and died in Ramsey County. Wilfred Oakley Stout (1909-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of De Coster, and died in Ramsey County. Louise Stronge (1869-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Boyd, and died in Ramsey County. Harrison Thompson ( -1930) died in Anoka County, Minnesota. Andrew J. Volstead ( -1947) died in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Joseph P. Whitwell (1860-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rogers, and died in Hennepin County. [See note for Thomas W. Furniss and Rose B. Furniss for 1779 Summit Avenue.] [See note for Newell Clapp for 524-526 Portland Avenue.] [See note on the Union Depot Company for 165 Western Avenue North, the Albion Hotel/Angus Hotel.]
96 Virginia Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a two story, 4488 square foot, 13 room, five bedroom, three bathroom, one half bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1887 and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Hager resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Watson and Miss Marie Barry resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Clark resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Morse, their daughter, and A. A. Morse, Jr., all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Georgia Clarke, the widow of Charles A. Clarke, resided at this address. Marie Barry (1897-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hable, and died in Hennepin County. Marie Barry (1910-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ross, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record is Janet M. Quam.
90 Virginia Street: Built in 1960. The structure is a one story, 3,610 square foot, apartment building. The property was last sold in 1991 for $170,000. The current owner of record is Gerald E. Manion, who resides in Hopkins, Minnesota.
89 Virginia Street: Charles P. Noyes Residence; Built in 1886. The structure is a three story, 9,806 square foot, nursing home/private hospital. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Noyes resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Noyes and R. H. Noyes resided at this address. In 1916, Charles Phelps Noyes was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Noyes and L. G. Noyes all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. A. E. Noyes resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Emily H. Noyes, the widow of Charles P. Noyes, resided at this address. Charles P. Noyes (1842-1931) was the President of the Sons of the Revolution in Minnesota in 1893 and Emily Hoffman Gilman (Mrs. Charles P.) Noyes, a descendant of Winthrop Sargent Gilman, was a member of the Minnesota branch of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, formed in 1896. Charles P. Noyes, Jr. (1912-1994,) was born in St. Paul, graduated from Yale University and its law school, practiced with the New York firm of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts until 1941, then joined the legal staff of the Lend-Lease Administration, was sent to London as an assistant to W. Averell Harriman, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's special representative to Britain, was a member of the United States Mission to the United Nations in the late 1940's, briefly worked for the Department of Defense, was a consultant to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in the 1950's, served as Minister-Counselor to the United States Mission at the United Nations under Adlai E. Stevenson from 1961 to 1965, when he became an alternate delegate to the 1964 Session of the General Assembly. Noyes married Elizabeth McCutcheon ( -1964,) married Carol Rothschild Bradford in 1965, and fathered two sons, Charles P. Noyes III and James McC. Noyes. The current owner of record is Donetta F. Johnson. [See note for Charles P. Noyes and the Noyes family for 235 Summit Avenue.] [See note for Charles P. Noyes 775-795 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Charles Phelps Noyes for 335 Bates Avenue.]
333 Maiden Lane: The property is a vacant lot. The property was last sold in 1993 for $130,000. The current owners of record are Linda M. Bjorkland and Thomas R. Blanck.
117 Farrington Street: Built in 1871. The structure is a two story, 4580 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, three bathroom, one half bathroom, brick house. The 1887 and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Rogers resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Burnside Foster resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Burnside Foster and their daughter resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. R. O'Brien resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Sophia Foster, the widow of Burnside Foster, resided at this address. Burnside Foster ( -1917) and Sophia Foster ( -1948) both died in Ramsey County. Sophia Foster ( -1932) died in Hennepin County. The current owners of record are N. Christopher Richardson and Rebecca G. Richardson.
113 Farrington Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a two story, 3232 square foot, ten room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Maxwell and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ingersoll all resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Maxwell, W. O. Varney, and Mrs. V. Schulten resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mrs. James Pennington, E. D. Pennington, L. M. Hastings, E. B. Mills, and I. B. Mills resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hastings, I. B. Mills, E. B. Mills, and Mrs. Mary Homan all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hanford resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Edith De Long, the widow of Charles E. De Long, resided at this address. Edwin D. Pennington (1884-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Denton, and died in Ramsey County. Louis M. Hastings ( -1922) died in Hennepin County. Harry Carson Hanford ( -1934) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. The current owners of record are Mary E. Texer and Mark A. Voerding. <;p>
107 Farrington Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a two story, 3989 square foot, 13 room, seven bedroom, three bathroom, frame house, with two attached one car garages. The 1914, 1918, and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bend resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles M. Bend, the president of William B. Joyce & Company, Inc., and his wife, Miriam Bend, resided at this address. Charles Meredith Bend ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. Miriam Holman Bend (1883-1971) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Balliet, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Robert Lawrence, Jr., and Susan P. Reed.
315 Maiden Lane: Built in 1966. The structure is a one story, 1589 square foot, two room, one bedroom, one bathroom, masonry and frame house. The property was last sold in 1993 for $130,000. The current owner of record is Judith Schlick Pryor.
297 Maiden Lane: Built in 1914. The structure is a one story, 571 square foot, two room, one bedroom, one bathroom, brick bungalow. The property was last sold in 2000 for $145,000. The current owner of record is Nicolas P. Appert.
148 Nina Street: Built in 1884. The structure is a frame condominium building. Unit #1 is a one story, 1400 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit that was last sold in 1994 for $116,000 and is currently owned by Lois F. Malone. Unit #2 is a one story, 1600 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit that was last sold in 1992 for $121,500 and is currently owned by Burton L. Shapiro and Eileen Shapiro. Unit #3 is a one story, 1500 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit that was last sold in 1997 for $145,100 and is currently owned by Gary L. Pederson and Michael P. Dugan. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. George Sommers, George Sommers, Jr., and Benjamin Sommers all resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. E. O'Connell and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. E. O'Connell resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that J. Bates, a salesman employed by Leslie-Donahower, a wholesale paper and stationery dealer, roomed at this address and that Leon A. Bethel, a foreman employed by N. B. Keeney & Son, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. E. O'Connell resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Daniel E. O'Connell, a general contractor and the president of Citizen's State Bank, his wife, Mary I. O'Connell, Mrs. Rose Murphy, a nurse, Alf Frogner, a pressman employed by Charles Weinhagen & Company, and his wife, Laura Frogner, resided at this address. Daniel E. O'Connell ( -1937) died in Ramsey County. Rose L. Murphy (1907-1993) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Zwicki, and died in Ramsey County. Alfred Frogner (1901-1981) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The 1920 city directory indicates that James L. Brogan, a machinist employed by the Omaha Shops, resided at the former nearby 149 Nina Street.
147 Nina Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a one story, 1100 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium unit. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The property was last sold in 1998 for $85,700. The current owners of record are Evan Fulton and Robert L. Fulton. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Luther Karr and Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Karr all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Buehler, a tinner employed by the Milton Hardware Company, and his wife, Phillippine Buehler, resided at the former nearby 147 1/2 Nina Street. John N. Buehler (1904-1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Buehler, and died in Ramsey County. Philippine K. Buehler (1900-1987) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Reiss, and died in Ramsey County.
145 Nina Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a one story, 1320 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half bathroom, brick condominium unit. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mrs. A. G. Langford resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Lee resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that F. S. Barnard resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Hennrietta Eitens, a clerk employed by the L. R. Brown Company, resided at this address and that John D. Farrell, a brakeman, and Charles P. Flaherty, a clerk employed by the Crex Carpet Company, both roomed at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The property was last sold in 2006 for $301,000. The current owner of record is Susan T. Molnar. The 1887 and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Robertson resided at the former nearby 144 Nina Street. The 1920 city directory indicates that John B. Bailey resided at this address and that Roland Faricy roomed at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Abraham Dudovitz, an engineer employed by the Tri-State Telegraph & Telephone Company, resided at the former nearby 144 Nina Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Nina Peterson (Apartment #1,) Abr Dudovitz, a clerk employed by the Tri-State Telegraph & Telephone Company, and his wife, Eva Dudovitz (Apartment #2,) Jesse L. Howe, a store manager employed by the National Tea Company, and his wife, Freda Howe (Apartment #3,) Marion A. Leff, a dressmaker, and Amelia B. Leff, a milliner (Apartment #4,) and Daniel J. Murphy, a conductor employed by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, and his wife, Mary Murphy (Apartment #5) resided at the former nearby 144 Nina Street. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Peterson resided at the former nearby 144 Nina Street. Abe E. Dudovitz (1894-1973) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Eva S. Dudovitz (1894-1967) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Katz, and died in Ramsey County. [See note for the Tri-State Telegraph & Telephone Company for 596 Portland Avenue.]
143 Nina Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a condominium building. Unit #G1 is a detached one car garage for which the current owner of record is Tony L. Branfort. Unit #G4 is a detached one car garage for which the current owners of record are Jon S. Jacobson and Katherine M. Jacobson. Unit #G6 is a detached one car garage for which the current owner of record is Robert Fulton. Unit #G7 is a detached one car garage for which the current owner of record is the Robert Engstrom Companies, located in Bloomington, Minnesota. Unit #4 is a one story, 1300 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium unit which was last sold in 2002 for $258,000 and for which the current owners of record are Jon S. Jacobson and Katherine M. Jacobson. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Harris resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bigelow, Jr., resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Harold E. Benson, a salesman employed by Wherrie Evans & Company, boarded at this address, that Clarence W. Bowers, a salesman employed by the U. S.-Mexico Oil Company, and Annabel Annaud, a department manager, both roomed at this address, and that Mary C. Flynn was a housekeeper at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. Charles H. Bigelow ( -1911) and Charles Henry Bigelow ( -1943) both died in Ramsey County. Charles H. Bigelow (1901-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hairchild, and died in Ramsey County. The 1920 city directory indicates that Soloman Feldstein, an inspector employed by Gordon & Ferguson, boarded at the nearby former 144 Nina Avenue.
141 Nina Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a one story, 1380 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half bathroom, brick condominium unit. The property was last sold in 1995 for $134,500. The current owner of record is Elizabeth Ann Griffith.
139 Nina Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a one story, 1360 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, one half bathroom, brick condominium unit. The current owner of record is Robert L. Fulton. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mrs. H. Sahlgaard resided at the former nearby 138 Nina Street. The 1930 city directory indicates that Margaret Heck, a dressmaker, had her business located at the former nearby 138 Nina Street and that John "Jack" O'Bryan, a foreman employed by the William J. Haas Manufacturing Company, his wife, Lucy O'Bryan, and Lillian Bladechek all resided at the former nearby 138 Nina Street. Margaret A. Heck (1903-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Colmey, and died in Ramsey County. Jack O'Bryan (1885-1966) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hurst, and died in Ramsey County. Lucy J. O'Bryan (1898-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Cassidy, and died in Ramsey County.
137 Nina Street: Built in 1880. The structure is a one story, 1100 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium unit. The property was last sold in 2004 for $209,000. The current owner of record is Tony L. Branfort. In 2003, Tom Triplett was a financial supporter of the Randy Kelly for St. Paul Mayor campaign and resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Loweth, H. L. Baker, and W. W. Curtis all resided at the former nearby 136 Nina Street and that Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Jilson resided at the former nearby 134 Nina Street. The 1900 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. Burnside Foster resided at the former nearby 134 Nina Street. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mrs. Jane Hudgin and her daughter resided at the former nearby 136 Nina Street. The 1920 city directory indicates that Roy Christ, an engineer, resided at the nearby former 116 Nina Avenue, that Max Cohen, a partner with Haskell Fink in Fink & Cohen, a dealer in woolens located at the Peoples Bank Building, resided at the nearby former 136 Nina Street, that Eulalie L. Donlon, a clerk employed by E. E. Atkinson & Company, boarded at the nearby former 136 Nina Street, and that Mrs. Regina Donlon resided at the nearby former 136 Nina Street. Burnside Foster ( -1917) and Sophia Foster ( -1948) both died in Ramsey County. Sophia Foster ( -1932) died in Hennepin County.
132 Nina Street: Built in 1889; Victorian in style. The structure is a two story, 3058 square foot, ten room, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with an attached garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bushnell, A. R. Bushnell, and George H. Hurd all resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Magee and G. S. Heron resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Magee, H. C. MaGee, and G. S. Heron resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. G. W. Magee resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. Elizabeth Magee and H. C. Magee resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry C. Magee, an engineer, and his wife, Margaret Magee, resided at this address. William M. Bushnell (1853-1901) was born in Lafayette, Stark County, Illinois, moved to St. Paul in 1874, married Ella M. Hurd, was an agricultural implement and machinery salesman from 1874 until 1885, was the manager of the South Branch of the St. Paul Plow Works in 1880, then was engaged in real estate, was president of the State Agricultural Society in 1889, was elected to a life membership in the Minnesota Historical Society in 1890, moved to Monterey, Mexico, in 1892, operated a general railroad and steamship agency in Mexico, and died in Monterey, Mexico. William M. Bushnell, Jr., the brother of George Hurd Bushnell, moved his family to the Los Angeles area in 1937. George Stacy Heron ( -1912) and Margaret Magee ( -1931) both died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Candace K. Hart and Thomas M. Hart IV.
130 Nina Street: Built in 1979. The structure is a two story, square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, one half bathroom, masonry and frame house, with a detached garage. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Dyer and W. C. Bennett all resided at this address. The 1900, 1914, and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Dyer resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Caroline P. Dyer, the widow of David M. Dyer, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Leslie H. Bromley, a chauffeur, and his wife, Clara Bromley, and Edna Hoenhous, a nurse, resided at this address. David M. Dyer ( -1917) and Clara M. Bromley ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. Leslie H. Bromley (1882-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Arnold, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1995 for $237,000. The current owner of record is Nan P. Lightner.
127 Nina Street: Built in 1888. The structure is a three story, 14,508 square foot, multifamily apartment building. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Page, Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Fagan, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. White, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Guernsey, Miss Estelle O'Brien, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hamilton resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that F. W. Bobbett, Alexander Grant, Anthony Magnus, and Alexander Rajkovics resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that F. W. Bobbett, Hans Von Lorenz, E. L. Masqueray, and C. M. Nye all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at this address were Walter A. Link, a chauffeur, and his wife, Corianne Link (Apartment #A,) Lucille Fitzgerald, a clerk employed by Ancker Hospital (Apartment #B,) Charles R. Park (Apartment #C,) Mrs. Edith N. Jeffers, the widow of John H. Jeffers (Apartment #E,) and Andrew G. Dakis and his wife, A. E. Nills Dakis, a nurse (Apartment #F,) with Apartment #D vacant. Eva Keeney Guernsey of Keeneyville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of George Daniel Keeney and Jane A. Drew Keeney, was the wife of Elmer E. Guernsey and the couple had at least one daughter who was born in 1884. Anthony Magnus (1864- ) resided in Ramsey County in 1920. Alexander L. Grant ( -1936,) Elmer E. Guernsey ( -1940,) and Lucille Fitzgerald ( -1944) all died in Hennepin County. Wade H. Hamilton (1892-1974) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Steel, and died in Ramsey County. William H. Hamilton ( -1924,) Corinne D. Link ( -1946,) and Edith M. Jeffers ( -1951) all died in Ramsey County. Alexander Lewis Grant (1886-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Donnelly, and died in Hennepin County. Anthony Magnus ( -1924) died in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Walter A. Link (1887-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kuske, and died in Hennepin County. Charles R. Park ( -1963) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Richardson, and died in Hennepin County. John Jeffers ( -1922) died in Pope County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 1997 for $375,000. The current owner of record is GTR Properties LLC, located at 1862 Fairmount Avenue. [See note on Emmanuel Masqueray for 225 Summit Avenue.]
266 Maiden Lane: Built in 1922. The structure is a one story, 978 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium building, with a detached one car garage. The property was last sold in 2004 for $175,000. The current owners of record are Jane D. Buxtell and John H. Buxtell.
264 Maiden Lane: Built in 1922. The structure is a one story, 1208 square foot, four room, two bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium building. The property was last sold in 1998 for $149,900. The current owner of record is Michael R. Saeger.
262 Maiden Lane: Built in 1922. The structure is a one story, 880 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium building. The property was last sold in 2004 for $146,000. The current owners of record are Jane D. Buxtell and John H. Buxtell.
260 Maiden Lane: Built in 1922. The structure is a one story, 5796 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, two bathroom, brick condominium building. The current owners of record are Jane D. Buxtell and John H. Buxtell.
252 Maiden Lane: Built in 1887. The structure is a one story, 1700 square foot, five room, two bedroom, two bathroom, stone condominium building. The property was last sold in 1993 for $144,000. The current owner of record is Anne S. Decoster. Anne S. Decoster was a financial supporter of the League of Women Voters during 2003-2005. Anne Decoster is a Minnesota landscape artist who studied painting with Sidney Delevante in New York in the 1960's, studied at the Instituto Allende in Mexico in 1974, and completed an MFA at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1984 and who has taught at Hamline University, has been a visiting artist at Macalester College and St. Olaf College and was a resident artist at Concordia College. Anne Decoster resided at 108 Leech Street in 2008 and donated to the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
250 Selby Avenue: The property is a vacant lot. The current owner of record is the City of St. Paul. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Riley resided at the former nearby 252 Selby Avenue.
249 Selby Avenue: The structure is a commercial structure with a detached garage. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Birchall, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Irish, Mrs. Ellen McInerny, George Walker, John Moore, Miss Cora Gillett, Howard A. Treat, S. T. Osborne, W. Clift, L. H. Johnson, Mrs. G. F. De Camp, W. Neustadtl, and N. E. Neustadtl resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Elisha S. Triggs, who operated a lodging house at this address also resided at this address. In 1905, Ernest Birchall resided at 234-238 Bates Avenue, the Euclid View Apartments. In 1912, Ernest Birchall was the assistant secretary of the Capital Trust & Savings Bank of St. Paul. In 1917, Ernest Birchall was the assistant treasurer of the Capital Trust & Savings Bank of St. Paul. William Lloyd Clift (1877-1955) was born in East Alton, Illinois, and died in St. Paul and his wife, Harriet Myrtle McKenney (1876-1941,) was born in Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesota and died in St. Paul. Georder De Camp ( -1916) and Ernest Birchall ( -1930) both died in Ramsey County. William Lloyd Clift (1876-1955) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lloyd, and died in Ramsey County. Elisha S. Triggs (1862-1957) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is the Cathedral of St. Paul. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Schultz resided at the former nearby 247 Selby Avenue, that Mrs. W. Rietzke and Herman Rietzke both resided at the former nearby 246 Selby Avenue, and that W. O. Bates and Mrs. J. W. Johnstone both resided at the former nearby 245 Selby Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Rev. J. J. Cullinan, Rev. J. C. O'Hara, Rev. W. W. Finley, Rev. J. C. Harrington, Rev. T. R. Talbot, and Rev. J. B. Webber all resided at the nearby former 239 Selby Avenue and that H. W. Rietzke and the Misses Rietzke all resided at the former nearby 246 Selby Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that H. W. Rietzke and Miss F. A. Rietzke resided at the former nearby 246 Selby Avenue and that Rev. T. W. Muliane, Rev. J. F. Doherty, and Rev. R. E. Nolan reside at 239 Selby Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Herman W. Rietzke, a druggist with a store at 380 Selby Avenue, resided at the former nearby 246 Selby Avenue and that the Cathedral Rectory was located at and that the Very Rev. Lawrence F. Ryan, the Rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul, resided at 239 Selby Avenue. In 1904, Herman Rietzke was a member of the executive committee of the Minnesota Pharmaceutical Association. In 1905, Herman Rietzke was a delegate from Minnesota to the National Association of Retail Druggists annual meeting in Boston. Rev. T. W. Muliane ( -1937) died in Young America, Minnesota. Fredrica Albetina Rietzke ( -1924) and Herman W. Rietzke ( -1932) died in Ramsey County. Lawrence F. Ryan (1891-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Horn, and died in Hennepin County. Lawrence F. Ryan (1898-1984) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Carlson, and died in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
229 Selby Avenue: The property is a vacant lot. The current owner of record is the City of St. Paul.
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