Lawrence A. Martin
Specific Structures. The following presents available information on the housing styles of specific structures located along the hike:
645 Fairmount Avenue: R. L. Ware House; Built in 1897 (1895 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Georgian Revival in style; __?__ Stevens, architect. The structure is a two story, 4117 square foot, seven bedroom, three bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1902 and 1904 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ware resided at this address. Little Sketches of Big Folks indicates that Alvah H. Warren resided at this address in 1907. In 1911, A. H. Warren, the secretary-treasurer of the St. Paul Town & Country Club, resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Warren, their daughter, and A. H. Warren, Jr., all resided at this address. Alvah H. Warren, Jr., was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Alvah H. Warren (1854-1924,) the husband of Clara L. Warren, who was born in Maine to parents born in the United States and who died of a diabetic coma, resided at this address in 1924. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Warren, their daughter, and A. H. Warren, Jr., all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Clara H. Warren, the widow of Alvah Warren, resided at this address. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Robert O. Clark (1930- ,) who attended the school from 1941 until 1948, who attended Princeton University, and who pursued the hobbies of sailing, tennis, and golf, resided at this address. Robert Leslie Ware (1866- ,) the son of Edwin M. Ware and Lucy Topman Ware, was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey, was educated in the public schools of Bridgeton, New Jersey, attended the South Jersey Institute, was employed by the Farricut Machine Works of Bridgeton, New Jersey, for three years, then was employed in the grocery business by E. J. Crippen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, moved to Minnesota in 1886, settled in St. Paul, was employed as bookkeeper by W. J. Dyer & Brother, was employed by the Houpt Lumber Company, was employed by the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, was engaged in the loan and real estate business after 1888, represented two Eastern insurance companies, was the secretary of two building associations, married Belle Curtis in 1889, established and operated the E. M. & R. L. Ware Company, a mortgage loan business, with his father from 1890 until 1894, was the treasurer and general manager of the Buckingham Apartment House Company, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, was a member of the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church, platted Robert L. Ware's Addition in St. Paul, South and East of the corner of Cleveland Avenue and St. Clair Avenue, and became the president of the National Investment Company. Robert Leslie Ware and Belle Curtis Ware were the parents of two children, Carrie Eleanor Ware and Edwin Maurice Ware. Edwin M. Ware (1834- ,) the son of John S. Ware and Elizabeth Reeves Ware, was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey, was educated in the public and private schools of Bridgeton, New Jersey, was engaged in the general store business in Bridgeton, New Jersey, first married Lucy Topham ( -1878) in 1858 and then married Rebecca Oakford in 1882, moved to St. Paul, established the firm of E. M. & R. L. Ware in 1891, reorganized the firm as E. M. & H. F. Ware in 1894, was involved in mortgage loans, real estate and care of estates, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the Minnesota Society of New York, was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, resided at 487 Laurel Avenue in 1907, and officed at the National German American Bank Building in 1907. Howard F. Ware (1858- ,) the son of Edwin M. Ware and Lucy Topham Ware, was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey, was educated in the public schools of Bridgeton, New Jersey, attended the West Jersey Academy, Bridgeton, New Jersey, moved to St. Paul in 1887, was employed by E. W. Peet & Son, loans and insurance, until 1888, was a member of the firm of B. F. Weight & Company of St. Paul from 1888 until 1894, married Clara M. Wilson in 1891, was a member of the firm of E. M. & H. F. Ware since 1894, engaged in real estate, estates, mortgage loans and insurance, was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the Minnesota Society of New York, resided at 561 Laurel Avenue in 1907, and officed at the National German American Bank Building in 1907. Alvah H. Warren (1854/1855-1924,) the son of Edmund Warren and Elizabeth Hall Warren, was born in Shapleigh, Maine, was educated in the York County, Maine, public schools, was employed in a dry goods store from 1873 until 1875, manufactured parasols from 1875 until 1884, married Clara Sherwood Levings, the daughter of Dr. Noah C. Levings, of New York in 1883, moved to St. Paul in 1884, was the treasurer of Tibbs Hutchings & Company, a wholesale dry goods firm, was a Mason, was a Shriner, officed at the corner of Fifth Stret and Wacouta Street in 1907, and resided in St. Paul in 1912. Alvah Hall Warren and Clara Sherwood Levings Warren were the parents of six children, Edmund Leving Warren (1912- ,) William/Williams Allen Warren (1885- ,) Alvah Hall Warren, Jr. (1887- ,) Louise Leving Warren (1889- ,) Phoebe Allen Warren (1893- ,) and Alice Warren (1895- .) In 1882, Alvah H. Warren was an usher for the wedding of Marie Estelle Boardman and E. Robinson in New York City. Alvah H. Warren received 28 patents for steel railroad ties between 1899 and 1910. Clara Levings Warren was a descendant of Capt. John Clark (1738-1836,) a lieutenant in the Richmond militia, and Gardner Clark, a fifer in the New York regiment commanded by Col. Charles Dyer, and was a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Edmund Leving Warren was a medical doctor in St. Paul. Alvah Hall Warren, Jr., was a 1909 graduate of the University of Minnesota, was a member of Theta Tau, was a member of Snake and Skull, was the secretary of the Psi Upsilon Association of Minnesota, was a member of the White Bear Yacht Club, was a member of the University Club, was a member of the Minneapolis Club, and was a salesman employed at the Security Building in Minneapolis. Williams Allen Warren was a 1909 graduate of the University of Minnesota, was a member of the University Club, and engaged in real estate at the Merchants' Bank Building. Alvah H. Warren ( -1924) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Robert W. Gutenkauf and Vicki Jo Gutenkauf. Robert W. Gutenkauf is an attorney with the law firm of Gray Plant Mooty and was recognized by the firm for doing pro bono legal work during 2006. [See note on John Walter Stevens.] [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.]
651 Fairmount Avenue: Dr. Henry Franklin Hoyt House/John Lind House/William Towle House; Built in 1896 (1890 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Queen Anne in style, A. Stem, architect. The structure is a two story, 4294 square foot, seven bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame 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 Henry F. Hoyt resided at this address from 1891 to 1898. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Otis N. Dunham and Florence Mae Dunham (1862-1893,) who died of septicaemia, husband and wife, resided at this address in 1893. The 1894 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Hoyt and Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Dunham all resided at this address, the 1896 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Rossum resided at this address, and the 1898 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Hoyt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dickerman, and James Kasson all resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Hoyt, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stem, and James Kasson all resided at this address. The 1902 city directory indicates that the Honorable and Mrs. John Lind resided at this address. The 1904 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Strong, their daughters, and Miss A. F. Potter all resided at this address. Little Sketches of Big Folks indicates that Freeman P. Strong resided at this address in 1907. The 1918 city directory indicates that F. P. Strong and Miss Anne Frances Potter both resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Towle resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Avelina F. Towle, the widow of William Towle, resided at this address. In 1934, Avelina Foley Towle, who was the widow of William J. Towle, resided at this address and was a member of the Minikahda Country Club, the Women's City Club of St. Paul, and the White Bear Yacht Club. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Augustus W. Clapp, Jr. (1931- ,) who attended the school from 1942 until 1949 and who attended Harvard University, and that John S. CLapp (1934- ,) who attended the school from 1945 until 1950, both resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that John C. Hunter, a member of the Class of 1944, resided at this address. Dr. Henry Franklin Hoyt (1855-1930) was born in St. Paul, accompanied the Yellowstone Expedition of David Stanley in 1873 as part of the railway route survey crew, graduated from the Columbia Medical College, was a friend of Henry McCarty, alias "William Bonney" and alias "Billy the Kid," in Tascosa, Texas, and later served as a major and Chief Surgeon under the command of General Arthur MacArthur, Jr., during the Filipino Insurrection. When Charlie Pitts/Sam Wells, a member of the Jesse James/Cole Younger gang, was killed by a posse outside of Madelia, Minnesota, following the attempted robbery on the Northfield, Minnesota, Bank in 1876, his body was unclaimed after being placed on exhibit in the State Capitol building and, under Minnesota law, was donated to a medical school for dissection and his remains eventually were given by Frank W. Murphy, the Minnesota surgeon general, to Dr. Henry F. Hoyt. The body initially was shipped to Rush Medical School in Chicago, where Dr. Henry Hoyt intended the skeleton for his office, but the school refused to accept it due to its damaged condition. In a subsequent attempt to bleach the bones over the winter while he took a job in Las Vegas, Dr. Hoyt weighted them down in a sealed box in Lake Como one night, but one end of the box floated up sufficiently to be seen through the ice and was discovered by a young boy, August Robertson, hunting muskrats a short time later and became a focus for citizen alarm until Dr. Hoyt gained word of the controversy from newspaper accounts sent to him by a friend and was able to recover the skeleton from the Ramsey County sheriff. The skeleton disappeared later and was never found, although there was a skeleton included in a museum at Savage, Minnesota, that some claim is the remains of Charlie Pitts. Dr. Hoyt reportedly met Jesse James at the Old Adobe Hotel in Hot Springs, near Las Vegas, in 1879, while James dined with Billy the Kid. Henry Franklin Hoyt was the author of A Frontier Doctor, published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1929, with an introduction by Frank B. Kellogg, which was an account of frontier and pioneer life in New Mexico and Texas. Henry Hoyt was a native Minnesotan, the son of Lorenzo Hoyt (1828-1909) and Sarah Philadelphia Terrell Hoyt (1832-1915) and the grandson of Benjamin F. Hoyt (1800-1875,) Elizabeth Haney Hoyt (1803-1873,) Henry Keeling Terrell (1808-1908,) and Jane Forsyth Cameron Terrell (1813-1891,) and graduated from the University of Minnesota. He worked as a rodman on a survey crew for the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad and also helped on a survey of the U.S./Canada boundary. In 1874, he studied medicine in St. Paul with his uncle, John Henry Murphy, a doctor, interned at Church/St. Luke's Hospital in St. Paul and, in 1876, attended Rush Medical School in Chicago. In 1877, he prospected and also practiced medicine in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, and then went to the Texas panhandle, where he supplemented his medical practice income by working as a cowboy. In 1877, after traveling ten miles outside of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, to see one of his first patients, who had a serious gunshot wound, Hoyt was paid with a considerable pile of gold dust, but upon his return to town, he was shocked to find that a good part of the dust did not contain gold and Hoyt henceforth carried with him in his medical saddlebag a bottle of acid to test the validity of his payment. He eventually arrived at Tascosa, Texas, in the middle of a smallpox outbreak, and became an immediate hero after saving the life of Piedad, the adopted daughter of Casimero Romero, the wealthiest of the pastores in that town, when he made a paste of water and gunpowder and smeared it over her skin, which was covered with the pustules of smallpox. He met Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid at Tascosa, Texas. Hoyt reportedly gave the Billy the Kid a lady's watch, which Hoyt had won in a poker game, for the Kid to present as a gift to his sweetheart, Duvelina, and, just before Hoyt departed for Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, Billy the Kid presented him with a sorrel racehorse, "Dandy Dick," formerly owned by Sheriff William Brady, whom the Kid had killed during the Lincoln County War. Hoyt resided for a time at Las Vegas, where for extra money, he tended bar at the Exchange Hotel, and then moved his practice to Bernalillo, New Mexico. In September, 1881, two months after Billy the Kid's death, Hoyt returned East. In March, 1882, he received his M.D. degree from the Columbus (Ohio) Medical College, then returned to St. Paul, where he became chief surgeon for the Great Northern RailRoad and then for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad. In 1888, Hoyt married a widow, Ella Owens Gray, who had a son by her first marriage, and the couple later also had a son, Terrell Hoyt, of their own. Hoyt was the head of the St. Paul health department from 1883 until 1884 and from 1888 until 1894. During the Spanish-American War, Hoyt served with the U. S. Volunteers in the Philippines, from 1898 until 1899, where he participated in 25 battles, was wounded, and received the Silver Star for gallantry in 1925. After his discharge in 1902, Hoyt practiced medicine in El Paso, Texas, and in 1910, he moved to Long Beach, California, where he remained until his retirement. Henry Hoyt died at Yokohama, Japan, while returning on a cruise with his sister, Sue Hoyt Wilson, and her husband, George S. Wilson. Rev. Benjamin Franklin Hoyt (1800-1875) was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, settled in Western New York, moved to Ohio, married Elizabeth Haney in 1826, moved to St. Paul in 1848, was a real estate dealer, was a Methodist Episcopalian preacher and the first Protestant minister in St. Paul, helped found Oakland Cemetery, was a founder and a financial supporter of Hamline University, built the Yandies Mansion on Daytons Bluff in 1856, once owned Manitou Island in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and died in St. Paul. Lorenzo Hoyt (1828-1909) was born in Richland County, Ohio (or Illinois according to the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library,) moved to Minnesota in 1848 (1840 according to the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers,) farmed in Rose Township (Roseville,) Minnesota, married Sarah P. Terrell, was a Ramsey County Commissioner from 1871 until 1873, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Ramsey County (District 24) from 1874 to 1876, was the winner of an election contest with Horace J. Brainard decided by the House of Representatives 67-30, and died in Minneapolis. Henry K. Terrell (1808- ,) the father-in-law of Lorenzo Hoyt, was born in Waynesborough, Augusta County, Virginia, married Jane F. Cameron in 1828, moved to Burlington, Iowa, in 1841, moved to California in 1850, moved to St. Paul in 1851, moved to Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1857, and was reputed to be the founder of Lake City, Minnesota. Lorenzo Hoyt, the son of Benjamin Franklin Hoyt and Elizabeth Haney Hoyt and the grandson of Elijah Hoyt and Mary Quintard Hoyt, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great grandfather Peter Quintard, a Sergeant in the Ninth Connecticut Militia, and great great grandfather Isaac Quintard, a Captain in the Ninth Connecticut Militia, during the Revolutionary War. John Lind (1854-1930) was born in Kanna, Smaland, Sweden, the son of Gustav Lind and Catherine Johnson Lind, immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1867, settled in Goodhue County, Minnesota, lost his left hand as a boy in a saw mill accident, moved to Sibley County, Minnesota, in 1872, graduated from the University of Minnesota, began teaching school while studying law, was admitted to the practice of law in 1877 and began practicing law in New Ulm, Minnesota, married Alice A. Shepard in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, in 1879, was employed as a receiver of the United States land office in Tracy, Minnesota, from 1881 to 1885, and served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from the Second Congressional District from 1886 until 1893, unsuccessfully campaigned for governor of Minnesota as a Democrat in 1896, losing to incumbent Governor David M. Clough, then served as a first lieutenant and quartermaster in the Twelfth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War, and was elected Governor as a Democrat in 1898, defeating William H. Eustis. Lind lost the governorship to Samuel Van Sant in the 1900 election and moved to Minneapolis. In 1902, Lind was re-elected as a Democrat to the U. S. House of Representatives from the Fifth District, retired from the U. S. House in 1905, resumed practicing law in Minneapolis, became the president of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, subsequently served as President Woodrow Wilson's personal representative to investigate the affairs of the U. S. Government in Mexico, and was the chairman of an advisory council to the United States Secretary of Labor in 1918. John Lind and Alice A. Shepard Lind had three children, Norman Lind, a lumbering and shipping entrepreneur, Jenny Lind, and Winfred Lind. John Lind died in Minneapolis and is buried in Lakewood Cemetery (Section 10.) William F. Towle was an 1888 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and once resided in Illinois. David Marston Clough (1846-1924) was born in Lyme, New Hampshire, moved to Minnesota with his father's family in 1857, initially settled in Spencer Brook, Minnesota, moved to Minneapolis in 1866, engaged in the lumber business, married Addie Barton in 1868, was a Republican, was a Minneapolis aldermen, was a Minnesota state senator from 1886 until 1890 for District 28, representing Anoka, Hennepin, and Isanti counties, was Minnesota lieutenant governor from 1893 until 1895, was Minnesota governor from 1895 until 1899, when Knute Nelson resigned to serve in the United States Senate, then moved to Everett, Washington, at the urging of James J. Hill, and engaged again in the lumber business while he championed the interests of the mill owners against their employees' unionization efforts. Roland Hill Hartley, an eventual Washington State governor, was a bookkeeper for the Clough Brothers Lumber Company and was the personal secretary for Minnesota Governor David Marston Clough before moving to Washington State. William Henry Eustis (1845-1928,) the son of Tobias Eustis and Mary Markwick/Marwick Eustis, was born in Oxbow, Jefferson County, New York, injured his hip in 1860 and was lame, graduated from Gouverneur Seminary, Gouverneur, New York, in 1869, graduated from the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut, in 1873, graduated from the law school of Columbia College of New York City in 1874, taught in the New York city schools, was a lawyer, was the law partner of John R. Putnam in Saratoga Springs, New York, from 1875 until 1881, moved to Minnesota in 1881 after a visit to Europe, settled in Minneapolis, erected the Corn Exchange Building and the Flour Exchange Building, was one of the original directors of the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic (Soo Line) Railroad, was an incorporator of the North American Telegraph Company, was a member of the Masonic Temple Association, was a Republican, was a Mason, was elected mayor of Minneapolis in 1892, was a Republican, was a Methodist, was a delegate to the Republican National Convention which nominated James G. Blaine for the presidency in 1892, was an unsuccessful candidate for Minnesota governor in 1898, supported women's suffrage in 1900, was appointed special United States commissioner to the Hawaiian Islands to report on post office sites for the cities of Honolulu and Hilo and on needed currency reform in 1902, was a member of the Minneapolis Commercial Club, resided at 9/11 South Sixth Street in 1907, officed at the Corn Exchange Building in 1907, was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Minnesota in 1908, donated the land and money for the Michael Dowling School for Crippled Children in 1920, donated an additional 64 acres to the University of Minnesota for a hospital for crippled children in 1923, and was buried in Lakeland Cemetery (Section 31.) The William Henry Eustis papers are located at the University Archives at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. The Hoyt burial plot at Oakland Cemetery contains the graves of Benjamin Franklin Hoyt (1800-1873,) Elizabeth Henry Hoyt (1803-1878,) Lorenzo Hoyt (1828-1909,) Sarah Terrill Hoyt (1832-1915,) Charles Cameron Hoyt (1878-1902,) Daisy Hoyt Henry ( -1906,) William Henry Hoyt (1841-1903,) Cynthia Hoyt Morrow (1836-1872,) Lafayette B. Morrow (1830-1910,) Thomas Franklin Morrow (1859-1927,) and Susan Owsley Morrow (1874-1957.) Lafayette Blair Morrow (1830/1831- ,) a physician, married, in 1860, Cynthia L. Hoyt, the daughter of Benjamin F. Hoyt (1800-1875) and Elizabeth Haney Hoyt (1803-1873,) and the couple had two children, Thomas Morrow (1860- ) and Wilson H. Morrow (1867- .) Lafayette B. Morrow married Sarah Wright in 1874. John Henry Murphy (1826-1894,) the son of Captain James Murphy, a shipbuilder, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, moved to Quincy, Illinois, in 1834, studied medicine with Dr. Hall of Lewiston, Illinois, married Mary Anne Hoyt of Fulton County, Illinois, in 1848, settled in St. Anthony, Minnesota, in 1850, graduated at Rush Medical college, Chicago, in 1851, was a physician, was a medical partner with Dr. Alfred Elisha/A. A. Ames in 1851, served as surgeon in the First, Fourth, Eighth and Tenth Minnesota Regiments during the American Civil War, moved to St. Paul, initially was a Whig, then was a Republican, was a member of the territorial House of Representatives representing Hennepin County (District 3) in 1852, was a member of the Minnesota constitutional convention representing Hennepin County (District 3) in 1857, was a member of the House of Representatives representing Ramsey County (District 3) from 1885 to 1887, was surgeon general of the state from 1870 until 1889, was a surgeon employed by several railroads, was the president of the National Association of Railway Surgeons in 1893, was the president of the Minnesota soldiers' pension board, was a vice president of the American Medical Association, was a member of the St. Paul school board for ten years, was a Mason, and died in St. Paul. John Henry Murphy and Mary Anne Hoyt Murphy had five children, Littor Ella Murphy ( -1852,) Emma Murphy (Mrs. David G.) Blaisdell, __?__ (Mrs. Robert) Gale, Ada/Adelaide G. Murphy, Mae Murphy, and John W. Murphy, Jr. Freeman P. Strong (1847- ,) the son of Charles D. Strong and Abigail S. Jefferson Strong, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, moved to St. Paul 1860, was a capitalist, first engaged with his father in the Strong-Hackett Hardware Company, was an incorporator of the Strong-Hackett Hardware Company, has been twice married, first to Margaret E. Gray in 1872 and second to Luella Bostwick ( -1892) in 1883, sold out his interest in the Strong-Hackett Hardware Company, purchased an interest in Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company, a hardware house, was the president of Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company, retired from Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company in 1906, was the vice president of Sharood Shoe Company, manufacturers of shoes, was a member of the board of directors of the People's Building Association, has interests in many industries, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, and officed at the Globe Building in 1907. Freeman P. Strong and Margaret E. Gray Strong were the parents of one child, Abbie M. Strong (1877- ,) and Freeman P. Strong and Luella Bostwick Strong were the parents of one child, Warren Bostwick Strong (1887- .) John F. Hoyt (1830-1905,) the son of Benjamin Franklin Hoyt and Elizabeth Haney Hoyt, was born in Ohio, was reared and educated in Fulton County, Illinois, came to St. Paul in 1848, went to school with D. A. J. Baker, took singing lessons from L. M. Ford, worked in the wagon shop of Col. William H. Nobles for one winter, attended school for three years in the East, returned to St. Paul, read the law in the law offices of Ames & Van Etten, was admitted to the bar by territorial judges, married the daughter of U. S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas in 1856, moved to Montana in 1862 to prospect for gold, was the judge for Bannack, Montana, returned to St. Paul in 1863, was a judge of probate twice, later married Mary E. Hobart (1840- ) in 1865, was Ramsey County Auditor, was Ramsey County Commissioner, was a charter member of the St. Paul Library Association, was engaged in the milling business several years, was a member of the St. Paul Board of Public Works, was a member of the St. Paul board of water commissioners, engaged in the settlement of important estates, invested in real estate, was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, was a Methodist, was a Democrat, moved to Montana in 1901, and died in Glasgow, Montana. Ella Belle Hoyt (1870-1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Fitch, and died in Hennepin County. James Kasson ( -1911) died in Ramsey County. Alice A. Lind ( -1942) died in Hennepin County. The current owners of record of the property are the trustees for Gordon L. Duke and Lynne E. Duke. [See note on Stem.] [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad.] [See the note for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad.] [See note for the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie RailRoad.] [See note on Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company for 406 Maple Street.] [See note on Charles Dibble Strong for 530 Grand Hill.] [See note on the St. Paul Commercial Club for 505 Summit Avenue.] [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.]
654 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1902; Colonial Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 2681 square foot, five bedroom, three bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Reimbold resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Harris resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Kate B. Strickland, the widow of William G. Strickland, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Henry M. Smith (1919- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1932 until 1938 and who attended Harvard University, resided at this address. In 1946, Joseph F. Reimbold was a member, with Carl W. Cummins, Harry C. Palmer, Edwin H. Lundie and Gerald O'Donnell, of the St. Paul Planning Board and also of the Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission, an entity established by the Minnesota Legislature to supervise the redevelopment of St. Paul. William Gibson Strickland ( -1929,) Kate B. Strickland ( -1933,) and Joseph F. Reimbold ( -1953) all died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1999 with a sale price of $425,000. The current owners of record of the property are Mary E. Devine and Gregory J. Myers.
657 Fairmount Avenue: Ruloff Fossum House; Built in 1890 (1889 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 3726 square foot, six bedroom, four bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1894, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Strickland resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Strickland and R. G. Strickland all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Richard G. Strickland resided at this address in 1929. The 1930 city directory indicates that Richard G. Strickland, the president of the Strickland Doolittle Company, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Herbert F. Lewis, a member of the Class of 1956, and Bruce G. Ingersoll, a member of the Class of 1959, both resided at this address. The Strickland burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Richard G. Strickland (1884-1958,) Carolyn Patterson Strickland ( -1984,) William G. Strickland (1849-1919,) and Kate B. Strickland (1853-1933.) Richard G. Strickland was a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps during World War I and resided at this address in 1918. William Gibson Strickland ( -1929) and Kate B. Strickland ( -1933) both died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Katherine G. Lewis and Piers I. Lewis. Piers Lewis, a retiree, was a contributor to the John Kerry for President campaign in 2004. [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.]
661 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1890; Tudor Revival/Jacobethan in style. The structure is a two story, 4945 square foot, six bedroom, six bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1894, 1896, and 1898 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ritzinger and R. C. Ramsay all resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ritzinger and their daughter and R. C. Ramsay all resided at this address. The 1902 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ritzinger, their daughters, and R. C. Ramsay all resided at this address. The 1904 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ritzinger and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Hatch resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Budd, their daughter, and Robert Budd all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the property was vacant. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that John E. Barbey, Jr., a member of the Class of 1936 and a member of the Wesleyan College Class of 1940, Pierre Barbey, a member of the Class of 1936 who attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, W. Homer Sweney, who attended the school in 1908, who graduated from Yale University in 1915, who was stationed at the Great Lakes Training Station during World War I, who married Mary Griggs Barbey, and who was employed by the St. Paul White Lead & Oil Company, and William H. Sweney, Jr. (1917- ,) who was born in St. Paul, attended the school from 1928 until 1934, who attended Yale University, who was an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve, and who was employed by the St. Paul White Lead & Oil Company, all resided at this address. Robert H. Budd (-1939) died in Ramsey County. William Homer Sweney (1899-1973) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Trauernich, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1993 and the sale price was $277,000. The current owners of record of the property are Joseph W. Gagnon and Laura C. Gagnon. [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.] < a href="https://www.angelfire.com/mn/thursdaynighthikes/prtlndeast1.html"> [See note on Ralph Budd for 475 Portland Avenue.]
665 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1912. The structure is a two story, 3345 square foot, four bedroom, three bathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. John Wilkinson resided at this address. World War I veteran J. Humphrey Wilkinson (1893- ,) a Private, resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Isabel A. Bocarde, a bookkeeper employed by Thomas Irvine & Son, boarded at this address. The 1921 Carleton College Alumni Directory indicates that James Humphrey Wilkinson, a member of the Class of 1916 and associated with the Wells-Dickey Company of Minneapolis, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. John Wilkinson resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Isabel Wilkinson, the widow of John Wilkinson, resided at this address. J. Humphrey Wilkinson was a member of the Class of 1916 at Carlton College and was a friend of Dr. Warner Ogden, who resided at 1894 Summit Avenue in 1924. The Ogden-Wilkinson Scholarship Fund at Carleton College was established in 1980 by J. Humphrey Wilkinson, of the Class of 1916, and by gifts from Dr. Warner Ogden, Class of 1916. Mr. and Mrs. J. Humphrey Wilkinson established the Elizabeth M. Wyman Scholarship at Macalester College, in honor of their granddaughter, Elizabeth M. Wyman, Class of 1975. John Wilkinson (1843- ) was born in Liverpool, England, emigrated to the United States with his family in 1852, resided on a farm near Dyerville, Iowa, in 1852, was educated in Liverpool, England, attended high school in Dubuque, Iowa, attended Hamline University at Red Wing, Minnesota, was first employed in Potter Palmer's dry goods house in Chicago, Illinois, moved to St. Paul in 1882, was a merchant, engaged in the wholesale dry goods business, was the secretary of Tibbs, Hutchings & Company, a wholesale dry goods firm, married Isabel Humphrey in 1887, was a member of the board of directors of the American National Bank, resided at 626 East Central Park Place in 1907, officed at the corner of Fifth Street and Wacouta Street in 1907, and died in St. Paul. John Wilkinson ( -1918) died in Ramsey County. Isabel Sarah Wilkinson (1861-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Watson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Gail A. Amundson and Peter R. Rothe. Peter Rothe, a physician for Health Partners, Inc., was a contributor to the John Kerry for President campaign in 2004.
666 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1900; Tudor Revival (Colonial Revival, with Craftsman accents, according to its current owners) in style. The structure is a two story, 3186 square foot, five bedroom, three bathroom (four bathrooms and two half-bathrooms according to its current owners,) stucco and cedar shake house, with a detached garage and an attached basement garage. The house has soffits, beams and braces under gables, exposed roof rafters, decorative Northern tradition post-medieval English porch pendants, and with a belt course that girdles the house. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Neely resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Skinner resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William W. Skinner, treasurer of Gordon & Ferguson Inc., and his wife, Elizabeth C. Skinner, resided at this address. In 1934, William W. Skinner and Elizabeth Crunden Skinner both resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that William W. Skinner (1888- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1900 until 1905, who graduated from Yale University in 1908, who was a First Lieutenant in the 333rd Field Artillery with the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, and was employed as an investment officer by the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that J. Clifford Janes, a member of the Class of 1928, resided at this address. William W. Skinner married Elizabeth Crunden in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, in 1915 and the couple had two children, Elizabeth C. Skinner (1917- ) and William W. Skinner, Jr. (1924- .) In 1950, the Skinner family commissioned the carved sculpture of owls in the Skinner Room at the St. Paul Central Library as a memorial to William W. Skinner, Jr., who was killed in World War II. Rick Hauser indicates that the most famous persons to reside at this address were Judge J. Clifford Janes and his wife, Mary Janes, who purchased the house from the Skinners. Julian Clifford Janes (1910-1973) was born in Pipestone, Minnesota, graduated from St. Paul's Central High School and the University of Minnesota Law School, returned to Pipestone, Minnesota, where his father and grandfather practiced law, served with the Minnesota National Guard during and immediately after World War II, married Mary Blake Young, practiced law in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, and then in St. Paul, was involved in the Kid Caan-Twin City Rapid Transit Company street car liquidation litigation, served for eight years in the U. S. District Attorney's office in St. Paul, was appointed a St. Paul municipal court judge by Governor Elmer L. Anderson, and died in office of leukemia. Before becoming a judge, J. Clifford Janes was an Assistant U. S. Attorney under George E. MacKinnon in 1957 and was the U. S. Attorney for Minnesota briefly in 1958, and after Fallan Kelly, again briefly in 1961. Miles Lord was appointed to replace Janes in 1961. Clifford Janes successfully represented the United States against fabled lawyer Edward Bennett Williams in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals case of Brennan v. United States, 240 F.2d 253 (1957,) cert. denied, 353 U.S. 931 (1957,) which was criminal conspiracy litigation under the Labor Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) following the payment of alleged bribes to International Brotherhood of Teamsters officials by or on behalf of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company to end a strike and to shift the United Mine Workers union representation of some workers. Mrs. Clifford Janes was the compiler of the Brooks and Young family records, published in 1984. Mrs. Julian Clifford Janes was the owner of a painting at the Smithsonian American Art Museum of Mrs. Hercules Dousman (Jane Fisher Rolette) by George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894,) and of a painting at the Smithsonian American Art Museum of Rev. Alexander Young, D.D. (1800-1854,) by Joshua Hayward. Mary Blake Young (Mrs. J. Clifford) Janes ( -1995) was a member of the Colonial Dames of Minnesota. Mary Blake Young donated a chestnut shaped pincushion to the Minnesota Historical Society. Mary Blake Young was the co-author with her mother, Violet Dousman Young, of llustrated handbook of the historic home of Hercules L. Dousman, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, St. Paul, Clymer-Huelster, 1936. Mary Young Janes donated a 19th century Satsuma-ware Ceramic Vase and the painting "The Beet Harvest" (1881) by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The Janes family grandfather clock, which once occupied the foyer of this residence, was given to U. S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Elizabeth Crunden Skinner was an original founder of the Junior League of St. Paul in 1917, with Elizabeth Ames Jackson and Anne Turney White, the 19th city to form this type of organization. The Junior League of St. Paul is intended to provide volunteer services and charitable contributions to improve the social, economic, educational, and cultural conditions of the community. Mary Young Janes continued to reside at this address from 1973 until 1990. The Minnesota Dance Alliance is also located at this address. Julian Clifford Janes (1910-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wood, and died in Ramsey County. Mary Blake Janes (1910-1989) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dousman, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1991 with a sale price of $190,500. The current owners of record of the property are Nancy Mason Hauser and Richard A. Hauser. Nancy Mason Hauser has been dance critic for the Christian Science Monitor, Dance Magazine, and the Boston Globe. She was the founder of the Dance Television Workshop at the WGBH Workshop for New Television in 1974 and was the editor of Dance & Television. Ms. Hauser also founded the Los Angeles Dance Video Archive. As a video cameraperson, she was official documentarian for dance activities in the Los Angeles Olympics and now is concentrating on the documentation of exemplary teaching practices for the Perpich Center for Arts Education. Rick Hauser, a graduate of Yale College, is a media producer. He was producer, director and writer at PBS national production center, WGBH Boston, and for various Hollywood studios. Among his productions is the mini-series, "The Scarlet Letter." He moved to the Twin Cities to be Senior Executive Producer for Twin Cities Public Television, is a founding partner of Beyond Broadcast, a media production company, and co-founder of The Performance Lab, a company that is building a network of interactive studios across America for the exchange of innovative arts experiences. Rick Hauser is Research Associate for the International Archeological Expedition to ancient Urkesh (Tell Mozan) and is a specialist in third millennium terra-cotta figurines. His book on the subject, Reading Figurines, is published by Undena Publications. [See note on Hercules Louis Dousman.] [See note related to Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld for 2505 East Lake of the Isles Parkway.] [See note on Richards Gordon and the Gordon-Ferguson Company for 378 Summit Avenue.] [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.]
671 Fairmount Avenue: Herbert Davis House; Built in 1883 (1892 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Georgian Revival in style; __?__ Nickel, architect. The structure is a two story, 4224 square foot, six 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 Dr. Herbert Davis resided at this address from 1896 to 1946. The 1898 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Davis and William R. Wallace all resided at this address. The 1900, 1902, and 1904 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Davis resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Davis and their daughters all resided at this address. World War I veteran Wallace Davis resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Herbert W. Davis, a physician who officed at the Lowry Building, resided at this address and that James P. Davis, Lucille Davis, an inspector employed by the State Department of Labor, and Marguerite Davis, a partner with Mary Morrissey and Augusta Murphy of Deer River Studios, located at the Endicott Arcade, all boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. H. W. Davis and his daughters all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Herbert Davis, a physician who officed at 350 St. Peter Street, resided at this address. In 1934, Dr. Herbert W. Davis, Jennie Wallace Davis, Lucille Davis, Marguerite Davis, and Wallace Davis all resided at this address. Dr. Herbert W. Davis was a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Dr. Herbert Davis ( -1944) died in Ramsey County. Wallace W. Davis (1889-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Elizabeth, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Kathleen M. Knauer and Mark K. Shirk. Mark Shirk was the director of product marketing at Tricord Systems, a Plymouth, Minnesota, server company, in 1990 and currently is engaged in computer software sales.
677 Fairmount Avenue: R. C. Helbert House; Built in 1892 (1894 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Colonial Revival in style; Louis Lockwood, architect. The base structure is a two story, 3802 square foot, five bedroom, four bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage, and was last sold for $280,000 in a sale that occurred in 1991. Unit 1 is a 1728 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom condominium, with a detached one car garage, which last sold in 2001 with a sale price of $310,000, and which is currently owned by Kristin Lee Erickson Young and Todd Anderson Young. Unit 2 is a 3049 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom condominium, with a detached one car garage, which is currently owned by Carol L. Pine. Carol Pine is president of Pine & Partners, which helps client companies and organizations shape their cultures with customized historical research, education and communications programs. Carol Pine was a weekly newspaper editor and business magazine journalist, co-founded a student mentoring program at the University of Minnesota, co-founded the Smooth Sailing Program for the Greater Minneapolis Girl School Council, was the chair of the Hazelden Foundation, was Vice Chair of the Minnesota News Council, was Chair of the Journalism Alumni Board at the University of Minnesota, is a member of the board of Voyageurs Outward Bound School, is a member of the board of the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's University, is a member of the board of the Minnesota News Council, and was Captain of Hot Flash Sailing in the 2001 and 2003 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Robert C. Holbert resided at this address from 1897 to 1908. The 1898, 1900, 1902, and 1904 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Holbert and Mrs. E. L. Cannon all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Robert C. Holbert resided at this address in 1898 and in 1899. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Martha R. Holbert resided at this address in 1907. Robert Holbert was the son of Martha R. Holbert. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Kalman resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Kalman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward C. Williams, a manager employed by H. M. Byllesby & Company, and his wife, Caroline M. Williams, resided at this address. Richard Holbert ( -1950) died in Hennepin County. Emma Louise Cannon ( -1935) and Edward C. Williams ( -1944) both died in Ramsey County. Paul J. Kalman ( -1935) died in Washington County, Minnesota. [See note on the Northern States Power Company and Henry M. Byllesby for 21-27 South St. Albans Street.]
680 Fairmount Avenue: Allen H. Stem House; Built in 1888; Shingle in style. The structure is a two story, 2493 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The 1894 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stem resided at this address, the 1896 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wann resided at this address, and the 1898 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Curtis resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stickney resided at this address. The 1902 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ames and J. A. Heffenstein all resided at this address. The 1904 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Stutz resided at this address. In 1916, Judge Frederick M. Catlin was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Hon. and Mrs. F. M. Catlin and their daughter resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frederick M. Catlin, a lawyer who officed at the Merchants Bank Building, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Hon. and Mrs. L. M. Catlin and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Arch B. Jackson resided at this address. In 1934, Archibald B. Jackson, Margaret McDonald Jackson, Margaret Jackson, John J. Jackson, and Lucy Jackson all resided at this address. From at least 1903 to 1912, the Charles A. Stickney Company manufactured various three to 16 horsepower steam and gasoline stationary engines. Archibald B. Jackson was a graduate of Princeton University. Archibald B. Jackson (1899- ,) a Second Lieutenant, was a World War I veteran who resided at 483 Grand Avenue in 1919. Margaret McDonald Jackson was a member of the Junior League in 1934. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald B. Jackson were members of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church. Frederick M. Catlin (1859- ,) the son of Henry Catlin, was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, received a bachelors degree from Cornell University in 1882, was admitted to the practice of law in Pennsylvania in 1884, moved to St. Paul in 1884, practiced law in Minnesota, was connected with Minnesota National Guard for 14 years, was the adjutant of the 15th Regiment of the Minnesota Volunteers during Spanish-American War, was a Notary Public in Ramsey County in 1890 and in 1891, practiced law in St. Paul, married Bertha Crosman at St. Paul in 1898, officed at the Manhattan Building in 1907, became the acting St. Paul Chief of Police, briefly replacing Chief John O'Connor in 1912, represented the oil company in the case before the Minnesota Supreme Court of Bartles Oil Company v. State of Minnesota, 155 N.W. 1035 (1916,) was an elected member of the board of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1919 and 1920, became a Ramsey County District Court judge, was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society, was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was a member of the St. Paul Charter Convention, was a member of the Minnesota Club, and resided at The Marlborough in 1907. Thomas Leslie Wann ( -1925,) Frederick M. Catlin ( -1929,) Allen H. Stem ( -1931,) Archibald Jackson ( -1945,) and Thomas L. Wann ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. Archibald Blake Jackson (1899-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dean, and died in Ramsey County. Margaret McDonald Jackson (1903-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Davis, and died in Ramsey County. Frederick G. Stutz ( -1960) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. The last sale of this property was in 1993 and the sale price was $375,000. The current owners of record of the property are Douglas G. Clock and Kathleen Throssel Clock. [See note on Stem for 929 Summit Avenue.]
682 Fairmount Avenue: Dawson Moreland Residence/William Dawson House; Built in 1893 (1884 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Shingle in style; W. T. McLaughlin, architect. The structure is a two story, 2663 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame 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 Dawson Moreland resided at this address from 1890 to 1899. The 1891 city directory indicates that Dawson Moreland, superintendent of the Bradstreet Company, resided at this address. The 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. D. Moreland and Mrs. Mary Footner all resided at this address. The 1902 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William Dawson, Jr., resided at this address. The 1904 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William Dawson resided at this address. The 1910 federal census indicates that the Dawson household included William Dawson, Jr. (1862- ,) head of household and real estate agent, born in Minnesota to a father born in Ireland and a mother born in Illinois, married in 1894, Maria R. Dawson (1865- ,) wife, born in Minnesota to a father born in Vermont and a mother born in New York, William Dawson (1885- ,) son, born in Minnesota, Mary F. Dawson (1886- ,) daughter, born in Minnesota, Vincent Walsh Dawson (1888- ,) son, born in Minnesota, Anna R. Dawson (1891- ,) daughter, born in Minnesota, Anna M. Rice (1829- ,) widowed mother, born in New York to a father born in New York and a mother born in Massachusetts, Virginia Rice (1869- ,) a sister-in-law, born in Minnesota to a father born in Vermont and a mother born in New York, and one female servant. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William Magivny resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Francis G. Okie, a research engineer employed by the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, and his wife, Rebecca Okie, resided at this address. In 1934, Francis B. Tiffany, Nina Moore Tiffany, and Esther A. Tiffany all resided at this address. In 1879, William Dawson was the chairman of the Ramsey County Board of County Commissioners. Francis Gurney Okie (1880-1975) authored Selected lines. Dawson Moreland (1853-1910) was born in Ontario, Canada, was one of the best sharpshooters in the state as a member of the Company C team, married Louisa Footner (1858-1923) in West Galena, Illinois, in 1881, had a summer home at White Bear Lake, Minnesota, initially enlisted in Company I, First regiment, in 1883, transferred to Company J in 1887, and became a member of the regimental team and also of the Company C rifle team in 1888. Francis G. Okie, a small-scale manufacturer of printing inks in Philadelphia, sent a letter to the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company in 1920 requesting samples of every mineral grit size used by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company in making its abrasives, interesting 3M Company vice president William L. McKnight, who hired Okie, the developer of "Wetordry" coated abrasives, the world's first water-resistant sandpaper. The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company was founded at the turn of the century by a doctor, a lawyer, two railroad executives, and a meat market manager on the shores of Lake Superior. Their purpose was to mine corundum, an abrasive used in sandpaper. Unfortunately, the corundum mine yielded a mineral of no value to the sandpaper industry. Most of the original investors left, and those who remained turned to inventing. Their first success was an abrasive cloth used in metal polishing. Okie's wet or dry sandpaper was the company's second success. William L. McKnight was a legend in the company, having worked himself up from bookkeeper through sales to chairman and chief executive. The elder William Dawson (1825-1901) was an incorporator of the St. Paul Boom Company with C. D. Gilfillan, Frederick Driscoll, C. D. Strong, D. D. Merrill, William R. Merriam, C. H. Bigelow, John S. Prince, Amherst H. Wilder, and Maurice Auerbach. The St. Paul Boom Company was a Weyerhaeuser affiliate and was organized to build and operate a log boom on the Mississippi River below the Falls of St. Anthony in Minneapolis. William Dawson (1825-1901) was born in County Cavan, Ireland, came to North America in 1846 and initially settled in Peterborough, Ontario, where he worked as a civil engineer, moved to the United States in 1849, working as a school teacher and country merchant in Louisiana, moved to Minnesota in 1861, became a banker, was a member of the St. Paul City Council, was mayor of St. Paul from 1878 until 1881, was elected a life member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1879, and died of apoplexy in St. Paul. In 1886, William Dawson and Mary Dawson platted out the new town of "Gladstone," northeast of St. Paul at the junction of the Wisconsin Central Railroad and the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad, named after William Gladstone, a popular British statesman of the time, relocated Dawson's plow work business there, and were able to entice the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad to locate its shops there. In the 1890’s, a fire destroyed the Plow Works and the founder of the town, William Dawson, then filed for bankruptcy. In 1896, William Dawson, Sr., was the president of and a director of the Bank of Minnesota, which reportedly was founded by Dawson & Company and by brothers Horace Thompson and James Thompson in 1859, was the oldest bank in St. Paul in the 19th Century, and was closed by the State bank examiner in 1896 during a business downturn when it had difficulty collecting accounts receivable. The Bank of Minnesota was reorganized in 1897. In 1879, Horace Thompson was the president and a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of St. Paul, located at 67 East Third Street. Christopher C. Andrews, in History of St. Paul, indicates that the Bank of Minnesota was established in 1861 by John Holland, Peter Berry, and William Dawson, in business as Holland, Berry & Dawson, that John Holland withdrew from the partnership in 1862 and the firm became Derry, Dawson & Company, that the firm became Dawson & Company in 1865 and continued as such until 1882, when it became the Bank of Minnesota, incorporated and chartered by William Dawson as president, Robert A. Smith as vice president, and Albert Scheffer as cashier, and located in a six story Kasota stone building at the corner of Sixth Street and Jackson Street. James Egbert Thompson (1823-1870,) the son of Judge Amos Thompson, was born in Poultney, Vermont, married Mary Angelina Randle (1830- ) in 1846, moved to St. Paul in 1859, established a banking house with Horace Thompson in 1861, reformulated the banking house as the First National Bank of St. Paul in 1863, was the president of the First National Bank of St. Paul, had financial interests in various railroads, including the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad, invested in other financial enterprises, resided at 230 Mounds Boulevard in 1867, and died in St. Paul. William Dawson was the youngest of a family of 13 children, was born into a family who were members of the Church of England, was educated in civil engineering, emigrated to Peterboro, Ontario, Canada in 1846, was initially employed as a general store clerk, then taught school in Cavan, Ontario, Canada, moved to Mississippi in 1849, was employed as a school teacher and surveyor, moved to Laurel Hill, Louisiana, was employed as a railroad agent, then was the proprietor of a general merchandise store, married Anna Lemon ( -1854) in 1853, moved to St. Paul in 1861, married Mary F. Holland in 1861, engaged in private banking, organized the Bank of Minnesota, was a member of the St. Paul City Council from 1865 until 1868 and from 1875 until 1878, was St. Paul mayor from 1878 until 1881, was a member of the commission that built the Fort Snelling bridge, served on the State Board of Equalization, and served on the city hall/courthouse commission. William Dawson and Mary H. Dawson had six children. In 1896, William Dawson, Sr., also was the president of the Union Stock Yards Bank, which also was closed by the State bank examiner in 1896. Dawson, Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota, was named for William Dawson, who was one of the proprietors of the town site. In 1915, William Dawson was a member of the board of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company. In 1896, William Dawson, Jr., was the cashier of and a director of the Bank of Minnesota, was vice president of the Union Stock Yards Bank, and, in 1894, became one of the owners of the St. Paul Globe, a Democratic morning newspaper that was founded by Harlan P. Hall around 1875 and closed in 1905. William Dawson, Jr. (1906-1968,) was the son of William Dawson and Maria Rice Dawson, studied at the University of Minnesota and at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris (1906-1908), entered the United States diplomatic service and held a variety of consular positions in Europe and South America, including a posting to St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1908, service as vice and deputy consul-general to Barcelona, Spain, and Frankfurt, Germany, consul at Rosario, Argentina, consul at Montevideo, Uruguay, consul at Danzig, Poland, and consul at Munich, Germany, service as consul-general at large from 1922 to 1924, service as chief instructor at the Foreign Service School of the Department of State from 1925-1928, and service as consul-general in Mexico, and culminating with ministerships in Ecuador, Columbia and Uruguay (1930-1939) and ambassadorships in Panama (1939-1941) and Uruguay (1941-1946.) William Dawson, Jr., married Agnes Balloch Bready in 1926. William Dawson, Jr., retired from the foreign service following attendance with the United States delegation at the first United Nations General Assembly session, but then served as the United States representative on the governing board of the Pan American Union (1947-1948,) and died in Maine. Maria Rice Dawson was a daughter of Edmund Rice. Vincent Walsh Dawson (1888-1947) was born in St. Paul, resided at 833 Holly Avenue in 1917, was a printer employed by the Kennedy Dawson Company, located at 353 Jackson Street, was short and slender, had dark brown eyes and dark brown hair, was married to Katherine/Kate H. Dawson (1878- ,) born in Minnesota to parents both born in Connecticut, and the couple had two daughters, Katherine Dawson (1915- ,) born in Minnesota, and Virginia Dawson (1917- .) John M. Holland (1813-1878) was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, came to Minnesota in 1857, engaged in a commission business, banking, and real estate in St. Paul, was a charter member of the first Masonic lodge in St. Paul in 1849, was a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ramsey County (District 6,) in the 1856 Territorial Legislature, was a Ramsey County commissioner from 1864 until 1870, owned a several thousand acre farm in Washington County, Minnesota, and died in St. Paul. Francis Buchanan Tiffany (1855- ,) the son of Francis Tiffany and Esther T. Allison Brown Tiffany, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard College in 1877, graduated from the Harvard University Law School in 1880, was a lawyer, practiced law in Boston from 1881 until 1887, moved to Minnesota in 1887, practiced law in St. Paul after 1887, married Nina Moore in 1889, officed at the Pioneer Press Building in 1907 and 1910, resided at 551 Ashland Avenue in 1907, resided at 890 Goodrich Avenue in 1914, was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1916, and authored several law text books, including, Death by Wrongful Act in 1893, the Handbook of Law of Sales in 1895, the Handbook of Law of Principal and Agent in 1903, the Handbook of the Law of Banks and Banking in 1912, and, with William Lawrence Clark, the Handbook of the law of private corporations. The Tiffany family were members of the Century Club in 1934. Francis B. Tiffany authored the Handbook of the Law of Sales, published by West Publishing in 1908, Death by Wrongful Act: A Treatise: The Law Peculiar To Actions For Injuries Resulting In Death, published in 1893, the Hand-Book of Criminal Law, published by West Publishing in 1907, the Handbook of the Law of Banks and Banking, published by West Publishing in 1912, and the Handbook of the Law of Principal and Agent published by West Publishing in 1903. Nina Moore (Mrs. Francis B.) Tiffany, the daughter of Augustus Olcott Moore and Harriet Cornelia Moore, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, was educated in private schools, married Francis B. Tiffany in 1889, authored From Colony to Commonwealth in 1889, edited, with Susan Inches Lesley, the Letters of James Murray, Loyalist, a collection of documents relating to the Colonial history of North Carolina, which were published in 1900, and authored Harm Jan Huidekoper, a biography of a Dutch colonial resident of Pennsylvania, published by the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1904, Pilgrims and Puritans: The Story of the Planting of Plymouth and Boston, published in Boston by Ginn & Company in 1888, and Stories of the Fugitive Slaves. I. The Escape of William and Ellen Craft, published by the New England Magazine Company in 1890. Dowson Moreland ( -1910,) Mary Ann Dawson ( -1914,) and Francis G. Okie ( -1933) all died in Ramsey County. Maria Rice Dawson (1865-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Acker, and died in Ramsey County. Francis G. Okie (1943-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Shuman, and died in Hennepin County. Francis G. Okie (1880-1975) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Poulson, and died in Washington County. Francis B. Tiffany ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. Nina Moore Tiffany (1852-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Green, and died in Ramsey County. Esther A. Tiffany (1891-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Moore, and died in Ramsey County. Charles Duncan Gilfillan (1831-1902) was born in New Hartford, Oneida County, New York, was educated at Homer Academy and Hamilton College, moved to Missouri in 1850, was a teacher in Potosi, Washington County, Missouri, moved to St. Paul in 1851, moved to Stillwater, Minnesota, in 1852 and read the law under Michael E. Ames, was admitted to the practice of law in Minnesota in 1853, was the first Town Recorder of Stillwater, Minnesota, resettled in St. Paul in 1854, was a banker, was elected the first chairman of the Minnesota Republican State Central Committee in 1856, practiced law first in partnership with Gold T. Curtis, a fellow alumnus of Hamilton College, in 1853 and then with his brother, James Gilfillan, from 1857 until 1863, married Emma G. Waage ( -1863) in 1859, was a Republican candidate for mayor of St. Paul in 1860, married Fanny S. Waage in 1865, was a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of St. Paul from 1865 until 1902, became a member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1867, was president of the St. Paul Water Company, beginning work on the system in 1868, was a Republican, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Ramsey County (District 1 and District 24) in 1865 and from 1876 until 1877, was a member of the Minnesota Senate representing Ramsey County (District 24 and District 26) from 1877 until 1887, sold the water works company to the City of St. Paul in 1882, became a life member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1880, built the Gilfillan Block at Fourth Street and Jackson Street in 1881, was the author of The Early Political History of Minnesota, published by the Minnesota Historical Society in 1901, farmed a 13,000 acre "Bonanza" farm in Redwood County, Minnesota, after 1882, was the president of the Minnesota Valley Historical Society and was involved in erecting monuments related to the 1862 Dakota Conflict, and died in St. Paul after being injured by a runaway team of horses on his farm. Charles Duncan Gilfillan and Fanny S. Waage Gilfillan had four children, Emma K. Gilfillan, Fanny W. Gilfillan, Charles Oswin Gilfillan ( -1962,) and Fredrick J. Gilfillan. The current owners of record of the property are Paul Gleich and Elizabeth Sonnier. Dr. Paul Gleich is a board certified urologist with Metropolitan Urologic Specialists, P.A. Elizabeth Sonnier, M.D., is an Internal Medicine doctor. [See note on Edmund Rice and Henry Mower Rice for 4 Crocus Hill.] < a href="https://www.angelfire.com/mn/thursdaynighthikes/minnrrs.html"> [See note for the St. Paul & Duluth RailRoad.]
686 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1911. The structure is a two story, 2510 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1916 University of Minnesota Alumni Directory indicates that William J. Murphy resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Murphy and W. H. Murphy all resided at this address. William H. Murphy was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Elizabeth Campbell, the widow of William Campbell, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Murphy resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George N. Briggs, in the publicity and advertising business, and his wife, Mollie W. Briggs, resided at this address. William J. Murphy was an 1899 graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, was admitted to the practice of law in Minnesota, was a lawyer, was a member of the Junior Pioneers, was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was a member of the Knights of Columbus, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, and officed at 120 West Sixth Street in 1916. George N. Briggs was involved, in 1929, in the acquisition of Keller golf course by Ramsey County. In 1936, George N. Briggs had a letter published in Time magazine. William Holland Murphy ( -1918) died in Ramsey County. Molly W. Briggs ( -1950) died in Hennepin County. The current owners of record of the property are Daniel W. Hardy and Mary G. Hardy.
688 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1911. The structure is a two story, 3100 square foot, five bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McMillan, Jr., resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McMillan resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick G. Stutz, an advertising manager employed by the West Publishing Company, and his wife, Helen Stutz, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Dr. Benjamin Sommers (1910- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1921 until 1929, who graduated from Harvard University in 1933, who graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1937, who did an internship at Ancker Hospital in 1938, who did an internship at the Minneapolis General Hospital, and who engaged in the hobbies of teaching, playing tennis, skiing, playing squash, playing music, and playing touch football, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Henry L. Taylor, Jr., a member of the Class of 1931, resided at this address. In 1879, James T. McMillin, a pork packer located at 118-120 East Seventh Street, boarded at the Merchants Hotel. Benjamin Sommers married Elizabeth Crosby in St. Paul in 1933 and the couple had two children, Georgia Sommers (1937- ) and Edward Sommers (1938- .) In 1929, Colonel Frederick G. Stutz commanded the 206th United States Army Infantry Regiment at Camp Lakeview, Lake City, Minnesota. Minnesota's first formally established National Guard training facility was Camp Lakeview, which was located on the shores of Lake Pepin and south of the town of Lake City. Camp Lakeview was a 189-acre summer training camp that was leased for 40 years from the town of Lake City and was established in 1888 or 1891. It was replaced by the 12,000 acre Camp Ripley in Morrison County in 1930. Frederick G. Stutz ( -1960) died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold for $287,000 and that sale occurred in 1997. The current owners of record of the property are Lucy Wade Shepard and Stanley Shepard. Stanley Shepard graduated from St. Paul Academy in 1947, received a bachelor's degree from Yale University, served in the Navy, taught history at the Wellesley, Massachusetts, High School for ten years, earned a Master's degree from Harvard University in 1961 and a Ph.D. in 1970, then established the Development Office at the newly merged St. Paul Academy and Summit School, then was a Senior Program Officer at the Bush Foundation, served with The Nature Conservancy, the St. Paul Rehabilitation Center, and the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, served as president of the Board of Trustees of St. Paul Academy and Summit School, and was awarded the St. Paul Academy distinguished alumnus award in 1997. Stanley Shepard, a retiree, was a contributor to the John Kerry for President campaign in 2004. [See note on James T. McMillan for 900 Lincoln Avenue.] [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.] [See note on the West Publishing Company for 415 Summit Avenue.] [See note for Anker Hospital for 265 Nugent Street.]
689 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1921. The structure is a two story, 2080 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, two half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Blodgett and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Fred S. Blodgett, a manager employed by the Osgood & Blodgett Manufacturing Company, and his wife, Fannie Blodgett, resided at this address. In 1934, Fred S. Blodgett, Fannie West Blodgett, and Margaret Blodgett all resided at this address. Fred S. Blodgett (1862- ,) the son of Harvey F. Blodgett and Emily Silsby Blod- gett, was born at Anoka, Minnesota, was educated in the public schools of St. Paul, began his active career as a member of the Osgood & Blodgett Manufacturing Company in 1883, married Fannie West in 1886, then was the treasurer of the Osgood & Blodgett Manufacturing Company, was a manufacturer, was amember of the St. Paul Commercial Club, officed at Duluth Avenue near East Seventh Street in 1907, and resided at 330 West Third Street in 1907. In 1917, Benjamin P. Blodgett and Fred S. Blodgett were the executors of the estate of George Blodgett. Mrs. Frederick S. Blodgett was active in the Schubert Club in 1902. The Osgood & Blodgett Manufacturing Company had a factory for the manufacture of packages, boxes, and egg cartons that was located on Duluth Avenue near East Seventh Street. Fred S. Blodgett ( -1938) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Patricia A. Stinchfield and Randy D. Stinchfield. Randy D. Stinchfield is a member of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Minnesota Medical School.
692 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1904; Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 2422 square foot, one bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Lt. Col. and Mrs. E. H. Schulz resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Warren and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edmund L. Warren, a physician who officed at 350 St. Peter Street, and his wife, Lucille Warren, resided at this address. In 1934, Dr. Edmund L. Warren and Alice Bu Caff Warren both resided at this address. Dr. Edmund L. Warren was a graduate of Columbia University. Emil H. Schulz (1883-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Pumpf, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Kay Kemp Raabe and Winfried Raabe. Winfried Raabe, M. D., received a medical degree from Ludwig-Maximilians University in 1972, did a residency in Neurology at the University of Minnesota in 1974, did a fellowship at the University of Minnesota in 1983, is board Certified by the American Board of Psych & Neuro-Neurology, and offices at the U.S. Veterans Medical Center-Minneapolis. In 1907, David D. Forbes resided at the former nearby 694 Fairmount Avenue. David D. Forbes (1856- ,) the son of Alexander Forbes and Margaret Dundas Forbes, was born in Ontario, Canada, was educated in Ontario, Canada, elementary schools, graduated from the Marshall, Minnesota, High School, taught school in Minnesota from 1883 until 1885, was employed as a traveling salesman for farm machinery from 1885 until 1888, was engaged in real estate, loans, insurance, and collections in Marshall, Minnesota, from 1888 until 1905, was the mayor of Marshall, Minnesota, was the secretary of the Burchard Hulbert Investment Company, a farm lands and loans company, after 1905, was engaged with the Lyons Land Company after 1905, was a Mason, was a Shriner, and officed at the Manhattan Building in 1907.
695 Fairmount Avenue: Martha Braley House; Built in 1893 (1921 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Queen Anne in style; J. T. Bennets, architect. The structure is a two story, 2376 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame house, with a one car tuck-under 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 L. Allen resided at this address from 1890 to 1897. The 1891 city directory indicates that James L. Allen resided at this address. The 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Allen resided at this address. The 1902 and 1904 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fetter resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Johnston and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Burt resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William Rhodes, a special agent employed by the Sun Life Assurance Company, and his wife, Edith Rhodes, resided at this address. Norman Fetter (1864- ,) was the son of Ferdinand Fetter and Dorothea Fetter, was born at Fountain City, Wisconsin, was educated in the public schools of Alma, Wisconsin, graduated from College of Law of the University of Wisconsin in 1889, began the practice of law in 1889, was a lawyer, was the secretary of the Young Men's Sound Money League in 1896, was a member of the Charter Commission of the City of St. Paul after 1898, married Isabel Lees at Alma, Wisconsin, in 1899, was a member of the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation, was a credit manager employed by Lindeke, Warner & Sons, was the author of Handbook of Equity Jurisprudence and of the Law of Carriers of Passengers, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, engaged in the hobbies of literature and whist, and office at the corner of Fourth Street and Sibley Street in 1907. Norman Fetter was the author of Handbook of equity jurisprudence, published in St. Paul by West Publishing Company in 1895, and was the author of A treatise on the law of carriers of passengers, published in St. Paul by West Publishing Company in 1897. Norman Fetter was associated with the Minnesota State Board of Arbitration in 1901. Norman Fetter, a St. Paul businessman, served with Samuel F. Kerfoot, president of Hamline University, and Waldron M. Jerome, a Minneapolis lawyer and a law partner of Governor John Lind, on a special panel appointed by the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety to investigate the claims and counterclaims of the operators union and the Twin City Rapid Transit Company in 1917. The State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation was created by Laws of Minnesota 1895, Chapter 170. The board consisted of three persons, appointed biennially by the governor, and one member was to be an employer of labor, another was from a trade union, and the third was to be neither a trade union member nor an employer. Whenever any controversy or difference arose between an employer and employees, the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation, upon application made to it, investigated the dispute and advised both parties as to what should be done to adjust the controversy. It was most active during the years 1918 to 1920. The powers of the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation were transferred to the Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Mediation and Arbitration, when the board was abolished by Laws of Minnesota 1921, Chapter 81. Other board members were John B. Atwater, 1899-1900; G. F. Buehler, 1921; J. W. Dreger, 1901; H. W. Goetzinger, 1901-1918; Samuel B. Green, ?-1910; J. E. E. Johnson, 1899-1900; Horace N. Leighton, 1911-1918; Robert F. Pack, 1919-1921; and Raymond T. Schroeder, 1919-1920. In 1879, William Rhodes was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, located at Third Street and Jackson Street. Sun Life Assurance Company was organized in 1865 by a group of Montreal businessman, was originally a Canadian mutual life insurance company, and issued its first life insurance policy in 1871. By the 1880's, Sun Life Assurance Company had expanded to Central and South America, the West Indies, Japan, China, India, North Africa and other international markets. The Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada began operating in the U.S. in 1895. The company survived the difficulties of World War I and a large number of policy claims arising from the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918. In the 1920's, the Sun Life Building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was at the time the largest building in terms of square footage anywhere in the British Empire. By 1956, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada had entered the health insurance business. The Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada is a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies. The headquarters of the company moved from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company was demutualized in 2000. It subsequently adopted a publicly traded holding company structure. Norman Fetter ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. John B. Atwater ( -1921) died in Hennepin County. Gordon Fredrick Clarence Buehler ( -1939) died in Carver County, Minnesota. John William Dreger ( -1932) died in Hennepin County. Henry W. Goetzinger (1993-1957) was born in Minnesota and died in Houston County, Minnesota. Horace Newell Leighton ( -1927) died in Hennepin County. The current owners of record of the property are Margaret E. Hier and Mark B. Hier. In 2003, Mary Berryman Hier, a contributor to the Randy Kelly for Mayor campaign, resided at this address. [See note on the West Publishing Company for 415 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company for 297 Bates Avenue.] [See note on the Twin City Rapid Transit Company.]
701 Fairmount Avenue: George L. Beardslee and George H. Watson Residences/G. H. Ralston House; Built in 1892; Queen Anne in style; Willcox & Johnston, architects. The structure is a two story, 3735 square foot, seven bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame 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 George E. Watson resided at this address from 1890 to 1897. In 1890, George L. Beardslee resided at 701 Fairmount Avenue and George H. Watson resided at 703 Fairmount Avenue. The 1891 city directory indicates that George H. Watson, of George H. Watson & Brother, insurance agents, resided at this address. The 1892, 1894, and 1896 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Watson resided at this address and the 1898 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Watson and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Doble, W. C. Doble, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Pearce, and Mrs. E. E. Doble all resided at this address. The 1902 city directory indicates that W. C. Doble, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Pearce, and Mrs. E. E. Doble all resided at this address. The 1904 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Adams resided at this address. In 1916, Charles W. Adams was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Adams and M. B. Adams all resided at this address. Maurice B. Adams was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles W. Adams, the president of the C. W. Adams Lumber Company, resided at this address. The 1921 Carlton College Alumni Directory indicates that Elizabeth A. Burnham (Mrs. C. W.) Adams, a member of the Class of 1895, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Adams, their daughter, and Burnham Adams all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William R. Wood, a mechanical engineer employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Florence Wood, resided at this address. George H. Watson (1843- ) was born in Sing Sing, New York, moved to Winona, Minnesota, in 1866, then moved to Chicago, then moved to St. Paul in 1884, and was engaged in the insurance and real estate businesses. A 1907 New York Times article indicates that Hiram M. Pearce was a general freight agent employed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad and was convicted in federal district of granting illegal freight rebates to the Spencer Grain Company. The Doble burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Mary J. Doble (1837-1914,) Isaac P. Doble (1866-1894,) Aaron Doble (1814-1869,) William C. Doble (1859-1916,) Ella E. Doble (1840-1912,) Carlisle Doble (1820-1868,) M. Adelaide Pearce (1862-1951,) Katherine E. Pearce (1892-1907,) and Hiram Pearce (1857-1940.) George Edward Watson ( -1911) died in Marshall County. George H. Watson ( -1920) died in Ramsey County. William Carlyle Doble ( -1916) died in Ramsey County. Hiram M. Pearce ( -1940) died in Ramsey County. William Robert Wood ( -1951) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Douglas L. Skor and Katherine M. Skor. Douglas L. Skor (1944- ) was born in Helena, Montana, received a bachelor's degree from St. Olaf College in 1966, received a law degree from Yale University in 1969 admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1969, is a member of the Ramsey County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations, is a member of the Board of Directors of Family Service of St. Paul, is a partner in the law firm of Larson King, LLP, and practices in the areas of business litigation, construction litigation, class actions, mass torts, appellate practice, and insurance coverage litigation. [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.] [See note Willcox for 813 Fairmount Avenue.] [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad.] [See note on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad.]
702 Fairmount Avenue: James T. Clark House; Built in 1891 (1890 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Shingle in style; __?__ Hanlen, architect. The structure is a two story, 2801 square foot, six bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1894 and 1896 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Clark resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Charles Zollman (1876-1896,) of German extraction who died of typhoid fever, resided at this address in 1896. The 1898, 1900, 1902, and 1904 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. James T. Clark resided at this address. In 1907, Benjamin K. Edwards resided at this address. The book of Minnesotans: a biographical dictionary of leading living men of Minnesota, edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, indicates that James T. Clark and William Chalmers Edwards both resided at this address in 1907. The 1916 University of Minnesota Alumni Directory indicates that Thomas P. Geraghty resided at this address. The 1917 Catalogue of Delta Upsilon indicates that Benjamin Kilbourne Edwards, who was employed in the lumber business by the B. K. & W. R. Lumber Company, located at the Capital Bank Building, resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Edwards resided at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#25391) indicate that Harry Shurtleff Durant (1880- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Quartermaster Corps, Construction Division, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, moved to Minnesota in 1917, received two silver chevrons, was a sales manager employed by the American Steel & Wire Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Harry S. Durant, a sales agent employed by the American Steel & Wire Company, who officed at the Pioneer Building, with his wife, Ida H. Durant, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Warren resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Williams A. Warren, the president of the W. A. Warren Company, a mortgage loan, real estate and insurance agency, and his wife, Gladys C. Warren, resided at this address. In 1934, William A. Warren, Sr., Gladys Cruikshank Warren, William A. Warren, Jr., John Warren, and Roger Warren all resided at this address. The Warren family were members of the White Bear Yacht Club in 1934. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Norton C. Hoff, a member of the Class of 1960, resided at this address. James T. Clark (1852-1922,) the son of William Clark and Sarah Jane McMaster Clark, was born in Auburn, New York, was educated in the public schools of Springfield, Illinois, was a railway official, engaged in railroad work in the general agent's office of the Illinois Central RailRoad at St. Louis, Missouri, as a messenger and clerk from 1870 until 1873, then was a clerk in various offices of the Chicago & Northwestern RailRoad from from 1873 until 1883, married Fannie Arnold at Chicago, Illinois, in 1880, moved to St. Paul in 1883, became the general traffic manager of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad in 1896, became a second vice president of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad in 1899 and remained in that position through at least 1907, became the president of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad in 1917, was a member of the board of directors of the Stock Yard National Bank, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the St. Paul Town & Country Club, was a member of the Minneapolis Club, was a member of the White Bear Yacht Club, was a member of the Omaha, Nebraska, Club, was a member of the Minikahda Club, was a trustee of the St. Paul Art Institute, engaged in the hobbies of golf and fishing, officed at the corner of Rosabel Street and Fourth Street, resided at 735 Goodrich Avenue in 1906, and died in St. Paul. Benjamin K. Edwards (1880- ) was born in Topeka, Kansas, the son of William C. Edwards and Phinetta "Nettie" E. Johnson Edwards, moved with his family to St. Paul in 1883, graduated from St. Paul Central High School in 1898, attended the University of Minnesota, was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, was president of the Edwards Lumber Company, with substantial stands of timber in Missouri and Arkansas, owned the Edwards Pole & Piling Company, was the principal stockholder an vice president of the Kansas Lumber & Supply Company, was a director of the Edwards & Westmacott Lumber Company, was the president of the Minnesota & Nicaragua Coffee Company, married Katherine Mathews ( -1911) of St. Paul in 1908, officed at the Capital Bank Building in 1912, married Florence Vivian Dunn of Wheaton, Minnesota, in 1912, was a Mason, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, was a member of the St. Paul Association of Commerce, and was a member of the St. Paul Town and Country Club. William C. Edwards (1846-1910,) the son of Rufus Edwards and Harriet O. Hart Edwards, was born in Virgil, New York, graduated from the Cortland Academy of Cortland, New York, moved to Chicago in 1866, was a lumber merchant, was a saw mill superintendent in Grand River, Michigan, owned a retail lumber yard in New Windsor, Illinois, until 1870, moved to and operated a lumber business in Kansas, was actively associated with the building and improvement of Hutchinson, Kansas, Sterling, Kansas, Kinsley, Kansas, and other Kansas cities, had Edwards County, Kansas, named in his honor in 1874, married Phinetta E. Johnson, of New Haven, Connecticut, at Tully, New York, in 1874, moved from Topeka, Kansas, to St. Paul in 1883 and operated a lumber company, was the president and the treasurer of the Edwards-Bradford Lumber Company, was the president of the Kansas Lumber Company, was the president of the Edwards Lumber Company, founded and erected Edwards' Hall at Macalester College in 1904, was a Mason, was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was a charter member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, engaged in the hobby of reading literature, and officed at the Manhattan Building in 1907. Harry Shurtleff Durant (1880- ,) the son of William Henry Durant and Catherine Ann Brown, was born in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, was a reserve fullback on the University of Michigan football team in 1899, graduated from University of Michigan in 1902, was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, married Ida Ridgway Hair, the daughter of Benjamin Morton Hair and Harriette Ridgway Hair, in 1904 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, was a steel executive of the American Steel & Wire Company in Chicago, and died while watching a Northwestwern University-University of Michigan football game. Thomas P. Geraghty was an 1896 graduate of Cretin High School and was a 1901 graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. The Zollman burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Charles Zollman (1875-1896,) William Zollman (1831-1905,) Barbara Zollman (1833-1922,) George H. Zollman (1864-1907,) Louise M. Herrmann (1868-1939,) Louis T. Herrmann (1862-1956,) Mahlon H. Shelp (1859-1896,) Charline Shelp (1892-1939,) Mary Shelp (1862-1905,) and Edith Rice (1895-1993.) The Chicago & North Western Railway was a Class I railroad in the Midwest that was established in 1859, operated more than 5,000 miles of track as of 1900, and over 12,000 miles of track in seven states before its retrenchment in the late 1970's. The company was sold to its employees in 1972. The Chicago & North Western Railway was one of the longest railroads in the country by virtue of mergers with the Chicago Great Western Railway, the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, and a portion of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RailRoad. The company was purchased by Union Pacific Railroad in 1995. The Minikahda Club was established in Minneapolis, overlooking Lake Calhoun, in 1898 by C. T. Jaffray, Judge Martin Koon, William Edgar, Walter Tiffany and Harry Thayer and had 600 members by 1899. The club name is a combination of two Dakota words meaning "by the side of the water." Willie Watson, who designed the nearby Interlachen Country Club, was the club's first golf pro and laid out the original nine-hole course along with Robert Foulis. An 18 hole course was added in 1907, designed by Foulis, Robert Taylor, and C. T. Jaffray, and was adjusted by golf course architect Thomas Bendelow in 1908. The golf course hosted the United States Golf Association tournament in 1916 and was redesigned in 1920 by Donald Ross, a golf course architect. The course again hosted the United States Golf Association tournament in 1927, hosted the Walker Cup tournament in 1957, and hosted the U. S. Women's Amateur tournament in 1988. James Truman Clark ( -1922) died in Ramsey County. William Warren (1893-1963) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Farrell, and died in Ramsey County. Gladys C. Warren (1881-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hart, and died in Ramsey County. John C. Warren (1914-1985) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Cruikshank, and died in Ramsey County. William Zollman ( -1917,) a stone cutter, was the father of Charles Zollman and died in Ramsey County. Harry Shurtleff Durant (1880-1941) and Ida Ridgway Hair Durant (1881-1951,) the daughter of Benjamin Morton Hair (1848-1919,) the president of the Schreiber Ridgway Lumber Company, a member of the board of directors of the Northwestern Yeast Company, and the president the Industrial Bank of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, and Harriette Ridgway Hair (1850-1924,) were buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. The property was last sold in 1994 with a sale price of $368,000. The current owners of record of the property are Richard J. Griggs and Lauren A. Segal. Lauren A. Segal is the president and chief executive officer of the Greater Twin Cities United Way, has a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, began her career with United Way of America in 1980 as a management trainee and held a variety of positions with United Ways in New Jersey, Michigan and Massachusetts, and is involved in several organizations and associations including the Knight Foundation, the Minnesota Women's Economic Roundtable and the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation. [See note on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad.] [See note on the Chicago & North Western RailRoad.] [See note on the St. Paul Town & Country Club for 952 Wakefield Avenue.] [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.] [See note on the St. Paul Commercial Club for 505 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Town & Country Club for 952 Wakefield Avenue.] [See note for the fifth entry after the entry for 1605 Summit Avenue for information on Macalester College.] [See note on the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for 334 Cherokee Avenue.]
703 Fairmount Avenue: G. L. Beardslee House; Built in 1889 (1890 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Shingle in style, Willcox & Johnston, architects. The structure is a two story, 3796 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame 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 George L. Beardslee resided at this address from 1890 to 1905. The 1891 city directory indicates that George L. Beardslee, credit manager for Tarbox, Schliek & Company, boot and shoe jobbers, resided at this address. The 1892 and 1894 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Beardslee resided at this address. The 1896, 1898, and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Beardslee and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1902 and 1904 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Beardslee, their daughter, and J. B. Beardslee all resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Miller resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Beardslee and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Clara A. Beardslee, the widow of George Beardslee, resided at this address. In 1934, Clara Brackett Beardslee, the widow of George L. Beardslee, and Nelle B. Beardslee both resided at this address. Tarbox, Schliek & Company was a predecessor company that was eventually incorporated into Schuneman's department store, which merged with the Dayton Company of Minneapolis in 1958. George L. Beardslee ( -1915) died in Ramsey County. Clara Adelaide Beardslee ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1997 and the sale price was $310,000. The current owners of record of the property are Beth Johnson Holod and Douglas Todd Holod. Douglas T. Holod (1961- ) was born in Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, received a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1982, received a master's degree from Boston College in 1985, received a law degree from the University of Minnesota in 1990, was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1990, is a member of the law firm of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, and practices in the areas of securities regulation, corporate law, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, business law, investments, executive compensation, and Indian gaming law. Douglas T. Holod was associated with Global Child, Inc. in 2002 and with the Aspen Investment Development Corporation in 2006. [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.] [See note Willcox for 813 Fairmount Avenue.] [See note on the Schuneman & Evans Department Store for 275 Summit Avenue.]
707 Fairmount Avenue: L. A. Robinson House; Built in 1890; Georgian Revival in style; C. H. Johnston, Sr., architect. The structure is a two story, 3515 square foot, five bedroom, one bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame 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 Louis T. Jamme resided at this address from 1893 to 1895. The 1894 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Jamme and the Misses Jamme all resided at this address, the 1896 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stem and G. H. Markham all resided at this address, and the 1898 and 1900 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Robinson all resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Allen H. Stem was an architect with Reed & Stem and resided at this address. The 1902 and 1904 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Robinson all resided at this address. Little Sketches of Big Folks indicates that Lewis Arms Robinson resided at this address in 1907. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Defiel, Mrs. E. C. Haynie, her daughter, and D. P. Haynie all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Alf C. Dent, a department manager employed by the Merchants Trust & Savings Bank, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Young resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Rufus E. Harris, the sales manager for Armour & Company, and his wife, Elizabeth M. Harris, resided at this address. Lewis Arms Robinson (1856-1928,) the son of Frederick Warren Robinson (1824-1911) and Lovisa Keyes Cool Robinson (1824-1911,) was born at Glens Falls, New York, was educated at the Glens Falls Academy at Glens Falls, New York, was educated at the Shattuck School at Williamstown, Massachusetts, was a railroad official, was employed by the Chicago & North Western Railway in Chicago from 1873 until 1885 as paymaster clerk, shop clerk, traveling auditor, general bookkeeper, and paymaster, moved to St. Paul in 1885, was employed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway as auditor from 1886 until 1896, married Lucy A. Gault in 1889, was the comptroller of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway in 1907, was the secretary of the Minnesota Transfer Railway in 1907, was the auditor of the Minneapolis Eastern Railway in 1907, became the comptroller of the Chicago & North Western Railway in 1910, moved to Chicago in 1910, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the St. Paul Town & Country Club, was a member of the St. Paul Transportation Club, was a member of the St. Paul Park Board in 1908, was a golfer, and officed at the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway offices, at the corner of Rosabel Street and Fourth Street, in 1907. In 1900, Lewis A. Robinson authored a selfpublished work, Index to Names and Places. In 1908 and in 1911, Lewis A. Robinson was the comptroller of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad. Lewis A. Robinson, the son of Frederick W. Robinson and Louisa K. Cool Robinson and the grandson of Herman Robinson and Betsy Wadsworth Robinson, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great grandfather David Robinson, a Private in the Vermont Militia, during the Revolutionary War. Frederick W. Robinson and Lovisa K. Cool Robinson, the daughter of Keyes Phillip Cool, were married in 1848, resided in Glens Falls, New York, in the 1874, were the parents of Helen Cool Robinson (1851- ,) Henry Spencer Robinson (1854-1861,) Lewis Arms Robinson (1856-1928,) and Bessie Butler Robinson (1864-1889,) and both died in Evanston, Illinois. Fred Robinson was a lime manufacturer. George H. Markham ( -1933) died in Olmsted County. Edwin Cooper Haynie ( -1916,) Allen H. Stem ( -1931,) Donald Parker Haynie ( -1953,) and Frank Wesley Robinson ( -1953) all died in Ramsey County. Frederick W. Young (1876-1964) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Elizabeth M. Harris (1879-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Holloway, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold for $410,000 and that sale occurred in 1999. The current owners of record of the property are H. T. Fish and Kathryn M. Nelson. [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Philip Danforth Armour and Armour & Company for 3 Alice Court.] [See note on Stem for 929 Summit Avenue.] [See note for the Chicago & NorthWestern RailRoad.] [See note for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad.] [See note for the Minnesota Transfer RailRoad.] [See note for the Minneapolis Eastern RailRoad.] [See note on Town & Country Club for 952 Wakefield Avenue.]
713 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1910; Shingle in style. The structure is a two story, 3049 square foot, seven bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Leedy resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edwin C. Leedy, Sr., the general agricultural agent for the Great Northern RailRoad, his wife, Laura Leedy, and Edwin C. Leedy, Jr., a student, all resided at this address. E. C. Leedy was the general immigration agent for the Great Northern RailRoad in 1914. Edwin C. Leedy ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Allan L. Stewart and Judith K. Stewart. [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad.]
720 Fairmount Avenue: Former Convent of the Visitation. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Convent of the Visitation was located at this address. The Convent of the Visitation was established in 1873. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that the Visitation Convent was located at this address from 1913 to 1966. The 1920 city directory indicates that Mary A. Bishop, the widow of Judson Bishop, boarded at this address. Visitation School is currently located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, and is an independent Catholic day school for boys and girls in Montessori preschool through sixth grade and a college preparatory school for young women in grades seven through twelve. It is operated by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, which was founded by St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. Sister Mary Agatha Russell (1811-1891) was born in New York, became a Sisters of the Visitation nun in Cascasca, Illinois, in 1836, founded the Sisters of the Visitation convent in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1841, founded the Sisters of the Visitation convent with five other nuns in St. Paul in 1873, initially on Somerset Street and later on Robert Street at University Avenue, and died in St. Paul. Judson Wade Bishop (1831-1917,) was born at Evansville, New York, the son of Rev. John Fletcher Bishop, Sr. (1809-1859,) and Allena Brown Bishop (1810-1903,) was educated at the Fredonia Academy and the Union Academy in Belleville, New York, was trained in civil engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, was a draftsman for the Canadian Grand Trunk RailRoad in 1853, moved to Chatfield, Minnesota, in 1857, was a railroad surveyor, was the owner and editor of the Chatfield Democrat prior to the Civil War, participated in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, the campaign against Tullahoma, Tennessee, the battles of Chattanooga and Mission Ridge, Tennessee, the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, the battles of Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, and Jonesboro, Georgia, the march to Savannah, Georgia, and the campaign through the Carolinas, was the regimental commander of the Second Minnesota Regiment in 1865, moved to LeSueur, Minnesota, in 1864, first married Ellen "Nellie" S. Huested ( -1878,) in 1866, moved to Mankato, Minnesota, in 1868, moved to St. Paul in 1873, then married Mary Axtell in 1884, was an engineer and manager for the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad and real estate agent after the Civil War, was the president of the St. Paul Trust Company after 1883, officed at the Endicott Building in 1907, and resided at 193 MacKubin Street in 1907. Bishop designed the 1870 Wabasha Street bridge in St. Paul. Judson Wade Bishop and Nellie Bishop had three children, Edwin Judson Bishop, Robert Haven Bishop (1876-1923,) and Edward B. Bishop. Mary Libania Axtell Bishop (1859- ,) was born in Galena, Illinois, the daughter of Rev. Charles Axtell and Elizabeth M. Campbell Axtell, was an organizer, with Mary Caroline Beamont, of and was the first president of the Guild of Catholic Women, was the founder of the Altar Guild of the Cathedral of St. Paul, was a poet and writer, publishing the poem "Back Home" in the Catholic World in 1914, and resided in Osseo, Minnesota, in 1934. Robert Haven Bishop was born in St. Paul, was a credit manager for the Eastern Outfitting Company in Portland, Oregon, married Flora M. Cooke (1891- ,) and died in Portland, Oregon. Elizabeth Axtell Bishop (Mrs. Knox) Reeves (1893- ,) a daughter of Judson W. Bishop and Mary Axtell Bishop, resided in Minneapolis in 1934 and had a daughter, Elizabeth Jane Reeves (Mrs. Gordon) Thompson. Edwin Judson Bishop, the son of Judson Wade Bishop and Nellie S. Husted Bishop and the grandson of John Fletcher Bishop and Allena Brown Bishop, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great great grandfather John Bishop, a private in Baldwin's New Hampshire Militia during the Revolutionary War. Edwin Judson Bishop (1873-1939) was a member of the Class of 1895 at Amherst College, was employed by the St. Paul Trust in 1895, married Catherine Dorothy Mingaye (1891- ,) the daughter of William Herve Mingaye (1855- ) and Catherine Richardson Napier Mingaye, in 1911. William H. Mingaye resided at 761 West Osceola Avenue in 1887 and in 1920. Mary Bishop ( -1944) died in Ramsey County. The Bishop cemetery plot at Oakland Cemetery includes Judson Bishop (1832-1917,) his wife, Ellen Husted Bishop (1839-1878,) Edwin J. Bishop (1873-1924,) and Dorothy Mingaye Bishop (1888-1939.)
721 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1910; Tudor Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 3786 square foot, six bedroom, four bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. W. McQuaid resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Leon G. Bigelow, a department manager employed by Brown & Bigelow, Inc., resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Bigelow resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Benjamin G. Griggs, the secretary of Griggs Cooper & Company, and his wife, Martha B. Griggs, resided at this address. In 1934, Benjamin G. Griggs, Martha Baker Griggs, Elizabeth Griggs, Martha Griggs, Benjamin Griggs, and Juliana Griggs all resided at this address and were members of the University Club. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Benjamin G. Griggs (1898- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1908 until 1913, who was a 1920 graduate of Yale University, who attended the Harvard University Business School in 1921, who served with the American Field Service in France during World War I from 1917 until 1919 and was awarded the Croix de Guerre with a star in 1918, who pursued the hobbies of tennis, squash racquets, and family genealogy, who was the Western Squash Racquets champion in 1928, who was vice president of the St. Paul Association of Commerce from 1936 until 1939, who was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Y. M. C. A. from 1935 until 1939, who was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Institue Science Museum, who was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Red Cross from 1934 until 1939, who was the commander of the Midway District Community Chest in 1938, who was the president of the St. Paul University Club in 1930, and was vice president of the Griggs-Cooper Company, resided at this address. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Benjamin G. Griggs, who attended the school from 1908 until 1913, who served as a Captain in the Air Raid Wardens during World War II, who was a board member of St. Luke's Hospital, who was a board member of St. Paul Academy, who was a board member of Macalester College, who was a member of the St. Paul Athletic Club, who was a member of the Minnesota Club, who was a member of the University Club, who was a board member of Minnesota Federal Savings & Loan, who was a board member of First Trust Company of St. Paul, who was the president of the Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest, was the president of the Griggs-Cooper Company, who had a summer residence on Madeline Island, LaPointe, Wisconsin, and who pursued the hobbies of squash racquets and tennis, and that Benjamin G. Griggs, Jr., who attended the school from 1939 until 1946, who graduated from Yale University in 1950, and who was employed in the traffic department of North West Airlines, both resided at this address. Benjamin G. Griggs married Martha D. Baker in Bala, Pennsylvania, in 1922 and the couple had five children, Elizabeth T. Griggs (Mrs. T. Kimball) Clark (1923- ,) Martha B. Griggs (Mrs. Frederick W.) Drewry (1925- ,) Benjamin G. Griggs, Jr. (1928 -,) Juliana S. Griggs (1931- ,) and Mary Wells Griggs (1933- .) Martha Baker Griggs was a member of the Junior League of St. Paul in 1934. The 1917 Catalogue of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, published by James T. Brown of New York, indicated that Harry William McQuaid, a 1901 graduate of Northwestern University, was a merchant with a store on Seventh Street and Cedar Street. Martha Griggs Drewry was the daughter of Benjamin Glyde Griggs, born in St. Paul and Martha Baker Griggs, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Benjamin Glyde Griggs (1898-1982) married Martha Dodgson Baker, daughter of Louis Carter Baker in 1922 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, and the couple had five children, Elizabeth Griggs (Mrs. Henry Gilman) Nichols, Martha Baker Griggs (Mrs. Frederick W.) Drewry, Benjamin Glyde Griggs, Jr., Juliana Griggs (Mrs. Samuel Clinton) Marty, and Mary Wells Griggs (Mrs. Harold Lewis) Mack III. Samuel C. Marty, Jr., M.D., was a member of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute in 1982 and resides in San Mateo, California. Henry McQuaid ( -1944) died in Hennepin County. Leon G. Bigelow ( -1935) died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 2002 and the sale price was $540,000. The current owners of record of the property are Kelli Cox and V. Stuart Cox. [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.] [See the note for the Griggs, Cooper & Company for 901 Euclid Street.] [See note for the fifth entry after the entry for 1605 Summit Avenue for information on Macalester College.] [See note on the University Club for 420 Summit Avenue.]
727 Fairmount Avenue: B. H. Schriber House; Built in 1895 (1896 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Georgian Revival in style; Reed & Stem, architects. The structure is a two story, 3669 square foot, five bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The 1898 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Schriber and Mrs. M. A. Schriber all resided at this address. The 1900 and 1902 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Schriber, Mrs. M. A. Schriber, and Miss Louise W. Dorsey all resided at this address. The 1902 Central Presbyterian Church directory indicates that B. H. Schriber, a trustee of the church, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mary A. Schriber (1836-1907,) the widowed mother of Bishop H. Schriber, who was born in the United States to parents also born in the United States and who died of apoplexy, resided at this address in 1908. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Bertha May Schriber (1869-1918,) the wife of Bishop H. Schriber, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of chronic nephritis, resided at this address in 1918. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Schriber, their daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Schriber all resided at this address. World War I veteran Paul D. Schriber resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank H. Camp, a salesman employed by the Manhattan Oil Company, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Schriber, B. H. Schriber, and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Snyder all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Bishop H. Schriber (1863-1925,) the husband of Cora M. Schriber, who was born in Ohio to parents born in the United States and who died of an obstruction of the coronary artery, resided at this address in 1925. The 1930 city directory indicates that Almon A. Greenman and his wife, Charlotte C. Greenman, resided at this address. In 1934, Almon A. Greenman, Charlotte Chamberlain Greenman, Robert Greenman, Almon Greenman, John Greenman, and Thomas Greenman all resided at this address and were members of the Minikahda Country Club. Bishop Hovey Schriber (1863-1925,) the son of Peter E. Schriber (1821- ) and Mary Augusta Todd Schriber (1836-1908,) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, was educated at the high school of Sturgis, Michigan, graduated from the Law School at the University of Michigan in 1884, moved to St. Paul in 1884, clerked in the law office of John W. Willis until 1887, was a lawyer, married Bertha May Dorsey Schriber (1867- ) in 1891, practiced law in St. Paul, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club in 1903, represented the St. Paul Commercial Club on the a Joint St. Paul Playground Committee in 1903, was the chair of the board of trustees of the Central Presbyterian Church of St. Paul, was a member and was the secretary of the board of trustees of Macalester College, was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Young Men's Christian Association, was a member of the advisory board of the Minnesota State Magdalen Society, was a member of the board of managers of the Minnesota Society of Sons of the American Revolution, was a member of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, and was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1922, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, was a member of the Ramsey County Bar Association, was a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, was a member of the American Bar Association, and officed at the Pioneer Press Building in 1907. Bishop H. Schriber, the son of Peter E. Schriber and Mary A. Schriber and the grandson of Jacobus Schriber, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great grandfather Peter Scriber/Schriber, a Private in the Third New York Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War. Bertha May Dorsey/Darsey Schriber, the daughter of Robert Allison Dorsey and Annie Walker Dorsey, the granddaughter of Jonathan H. Dorsey and Mary Henderson Allison Dorsey, and the great granddaughter of Colonel John Allison (1738-1795) of the Second battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Associators, and Elizabeth Wilkin Allison, was born in St. Paul, was a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was the wife of Bishop Hovey Schriber. The 1917 Catalogue of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, published by James T. Brown of New York, indicated that Almon Ansel Greenman, a 1905 graduate of Northwestern University, was a banker with the Minneapolis Trust Company. Almon Greenman went to Buenos Aires, Argentina, just before the end of World War II as a representative of Cargill. Mary A. Schriber ( -1908,) Bertha Dorsey Schriber ( -1918,) Paul D. Schriber ( -1924,) and Bishop Hovey Schriber ( -1925) all died in Ramsey County. Almon A. Greenman ( -1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gammon, and died in Ramsey County. Charlotte C. Greenman (1884-1974) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hull, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Sandra R. Walsh and Thomas Michael Walsh. [See note on Reed & Stem for 929 Summit Avenue.] [See the note for the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) for 277 Harrison Avenue.] [See note on the St. Paul Commercial Club for 505 Summit Avenue.] [See note for the fifth entry after the entry for 1605 Summit Avenue for information on Macalester College.]
731 Fairmount Avenue: Dennis A. Murphy House; Built in 1885 (1900 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Tudor Revival in style; C. H. Johnston, architect. The structure is a two story, 3945 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a one car detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1902 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Murphy resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Murphy resided at this address. World War I veteran Paul C. Murphy resided at this address in 1919. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Murphy and P. C. Murphy all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Dennis A. Murphy resided at this address. Dennis A. Murphy ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. Paul Murphy (1896-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Klaus, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1998 with a sale price of $335,000. The current owners of record of the property are Cheri L. Boehme and Thomas J. Boehme. Cheri L. Boehme was a financial supporter of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in 2004 and 2006. [See note on Clarence Howard Johnston, Sr.]
737 Fairmount Avenue: Dr. Lyle Cholwell Bacon House; Built in 1892 (1900 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Georgian Revival in style; Louis Lockwood, architect. The structure is a two story, 4272 square foot, four bedroom, four bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1902 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Bacon and Miss Zillah Knox all resided at this address. The book of Minnesotans: a biographical dictionary of leading living men of Minnesota, edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, indicates that Lyle Cholwell Bacon resided at this address in 1907. The 1918 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Bacon and their daughter all resided at this address. World War I veteran Donald K. Backus resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Donald K. Backus, a physician, and Lyle C. Bacon, a student, both boarded at this address and that Lyle C. Bacon, a physician who officed at the Lowry Building, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Bacon, their daughters, Dr. Donald Bacon, and Dr. Lyle Bacon all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Lyle C. Bacon, a physician who officed at 350 St. Peter Street, and his wife, Alice K. Bacon, resided at this address. Lyle Cholwell Bacon (1866- ,) the son of Cyrus Bacon, Jr. (1837-1868,) an American Civil War Army physician, and Arabella Knox Bacon, was born in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, graduated from the Niles, Michigan, high school, moved to St. Paul in the 1880's, worked for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, attended the University of Michigan Medical School, practiced medicine in St. Paul after 1890, specialized in nervous and mental diseases, married Alice Kay in Niles, Michigan, in 1891, was a member of the American Medical Association, was a member of the Minnesota Medical Society, was a member of the Ramsey County Medical Society, was a member of the Minnesota Medical Academy, and officed at the Lowry Arcade in 1907 and in 1912. Lyle Cholwell Bacon was the brother of Knox Bacon. Zillah Knox ( -1933) died in Nicollet County, Minnesota. Dr. Lyle C. Bacon ( -1949) and Alice K. Bacon ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. Donald Edward Bacon (1918-1996) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wilbright, and died in Fillmore County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Lucie W. Brown and Helen Lee Pitman as trustees. [See note on Lockwood for 1118 Summit Avenue.] [See the note for Knox Bacon for 1118 Summit Avenue.]
742 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1904; Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 2892 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Sickels resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Louis N. Sickels, a manager employed by the Union Fibre Sales Company, and his wife, Hermine Sickels, resided at this address. In 1934, Louis N. Sickels, Hermina Worman Sickels, Helen Sickels, and Edward Sickels all resided at this address. The Sickels family were members of the Town & Country Club and the St. Paul Athletic Club in 1934. Hermina Sickels (1880-1964) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Mary E. Conway. [See note on the St. Paul Town & Country Club for 952 Wakefield Avenue.]
746 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1904; Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 2951 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, frame house. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. A small wood carved replica of the Statue of Liberty is located in the front yard of this house. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Graves and H. E. Perkins all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Graves resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George B. Graves, the president of the George B. Graves, Inc., Life Insurance Agency, agents for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, located at the Pioneer Building, and his wife, Grace P. Graves, resided at this address. George B. Graves was an agent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, with Harrie E. Perkins, and was an 1897 alumnus of the University of Nebraska. Hilda Stern, daughter of Willis L. Stern and Nellie Gilchrist Stern, married Harrie E. Perkins. George Blacker Graves ( -1949) and Harold E. Perkins ( -1952) both died in Hennepin County. Harrie E. Perkins (1892-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sheldon, and died in Stearns County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Daniel A. Klas and Mary L. Klas. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Klas were financial supporters of St. Thomas Academy in 2003 and 2004. Daniel A. Klas was a financial supporter of the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota in 2004 and of the Pillsbury United Communities in 2006. Mary Louise and Daniel Klas were financial supporters of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 2006. In 2000, Daniel Klas had a claim for consideration before the St. Paul City Council.
749 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1917. The structure is a two story, 1666 square foot, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank J. Kluckhohn, a broker, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Charlton and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Charlton all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles D. Maclaren, Jr., the assistant manager employed by the Northwestern Jobbers Credit Bureau, and his wife, Ruth J. Maclaren, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Alexander Seymour (1904- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1915 until 1922, who graduated from Princeton University in 1926, and who is a container and premium manufacturer's agent officing at the Pioneer Building, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Charles M. Bend, Jr., a member of the Class of 1940, resided at this address. Frank Kluckhohn ( -1927) died in Hennepin County. Charles Douglas Maclaren ( -1931) and Charles D. Maclaren ( -1942) both died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Jean M. Moede. Jean M. Moede was a financial supporter of the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library in 2003, of the College of Education and Human Development of the University of Minnesota in 2004 and in 2006, and of the West 7th Community Center in 2006. Jean M. Moede is a member of the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis. [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.]
750 Fairmount Avenue: Built in 1904; Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 2932 square foot, six bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Bancroft and Mrs. C. M. Rhodes all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frank C. Bancroft, a buyer employed by G. Sommers & Company, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Bancroft, their daughter, R. H. Bancroft, and Mrs. Charlotte M. Rhodes all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frank C. Bancroft, a buyer for G. Sommers & Company, and his wife, Alice Bancroft, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Clifford C. Fay, a member of the Class of 1963, resided at this address. Charlotte M. Rhodes ( -1929) and Frank Churchill Bancroft ( -1940) died in Ramsey County. Alice Rhodes Bancroft (1875-1963) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rhodes, and died in Ramsey County. Richard H. "Hunter" Bancroft (1902-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rhodes, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Mary M. Bonnabeau. Raymond C. Bonnabeau, Jr., M.D., a cardiothoracic Surgeon, apparently also resides at this address. Mary Bonnabeau was the supervisor of the Education Department of the Minnesota Zoo in 2001. Mary Bonnabeau was a financial supporter of the Minnesota Zoo in 2006. [See note on the G. Sommers & Company for 9 South St. Albans Street] [See the note for the St. Paul Academy.]
753 Fairmount Avenue: Dixon S. Elliott House; Built in 1899 (1901 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Queen Anne in style. The structure is a two story, 3024 square foot, five bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1902 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Dixon S. Elliott resided at this address. Little Sketches of Big Folks indicates that George R. Slocum resided at this address in 1907. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Wilson and Miss E. G. Fry all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Weed resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Julia B. Gardner, the widow of Stephen P. Gardner, resided at this address. Julia Niles Brewster Gardner was the wife of Stephen Partridge Gardner (1852- ,) the son of Stephen Gardner (1806-1889) and Louisa Stanton Ingalls Gardner (1820-1885,) and the couple had one child, Stephen Partridge Gardner (1878- .) Stephen Gardner (1806-1889) was born in Bolton, Massachusetts, moved to Minnesota in 1864, settled in Hastings, Minnesota, built the Vermillion, Minnesota, flour mill, was the president of banks in Hastings, Minnesota, Cannon Falls, Minnesota, and Minneapolis, and died in Hastings, Minnesota. George R. Slocum (1856- ,) the son of Stephen B. Slocum and Caroline Rouse Slocum, was born in Albany, Illinois, was educated at the Albany, Illinois, High School, was engaged in banking, abstracts and real estate after 1877, married May C. Reeves in Primghar, Iowa, in 1883, purchased the Farmers National Bank of Primghar, Iowa, from George R. Whitmer, merged the Farmers National Bank of Primghar, Iowa, with the First National Bank of Primghar, Iowa, in 1904, was a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Primghar, Iowa, was the general manager of the Wisconsin Land Company, was the general manager of the Clover Land Company, was a member of the board of directors of the Wavertree Land Company, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, and officed at the Pioneer Press Building in 1907. B. B. Weed was a 1902 graduate of the University of Minnesota and spent the summer on a canoe trip in Northern Minnesota in 1902. B. B. Weed was a member of the Fire Insurance Underwriters Association in the NorthWest and was a special agent for the Orient Insurance Company in 1907. Stephen Partridge Gardner ( -1929) and Julia B. Gardner ( -1936) both died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1999 and the sale price was $425,000. The current owners of record of the property are Cindy K. Noble and Gregory James Noble. [See note on the St. Paul Commercial Club for 505 Summit Avenue.]
756 Fairmount Avenue: V. J. Rothschild House; Built in 1912 (1890 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Queen Anne in style; A. H. Hass, architect. The structure is a two story, 2664 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1891 city directory indicates that Valentine J. Rothschild, of Rothschild & Thurston, real estate and mortgage loans, resided at this address. The 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Rothschild resided at this address. Little Sketches of Big Folks indicates that Valentine J. Rothschild resided at this address in 1907. The 1920 city directory indicates that William J. Bland, the vice president and general manager of the T. L. Blood Company, resided at this address. In 1920, the United States Adjutant-General's Office U. S. Army Register, Volume VIII, indicates that Ryland Julian Rothschild (1899- ,) a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry Section, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Rothschild and Ryland Rothschild all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Val J. Rothschild, vice president-treasurer of H. & Val J. Rothschild Inc., a real estate mortgage, loan, and property management company located at the Guardian Building, and his wife, Winnifred T. Rothschild, resided at this address. In 1934, Kennon Valentine Rothschild, Irene Harlan Rothschild, June Irene Rothschild, Thomas Rothschild, and Kennon Rothschild, Jr., all resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that William C. Motter, Jr., a member of the Class of 1931, and William C. Motter III, a member of the Class of 1959, both resided at this address. H. (Henry) & Val J. Rothschild Inc. apparently was involved in real estate and investments. Valentine J. Rothschild (1862- ,) the son of William Rothschild and Mary C. Tobler Rothschild, was born in Lancaster, Wisconsin, married Winifred T. Hynes, was educated in the high school at Lancaster, Wisconsin, was engaged with a wholesale house in Dubuque, Iowa, for six years, removed to St. Paul in 1888, was involved in real estate, loans and insurance, entered business with his brother under the firm name of H. & Val J. Rothschild, real estate, loans and fire insurance, was the secretary and treasurer of the Wisconsin Corporation, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the St. Paul Town & Country clubs, and officed at the Pioneer Press Building in 1907. Kennon Valentine Rothschild was a graduate of Cornell University and of Washington University. Kennon Valentine Rothschild and Irene Harlan Rothschild were the parents of June Irene Rothschild. In 1937, June Irene Rothschild (1917- ) married Victor Vernon, Jr. (1912- ,) of Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, the son of Victor Vernon, Sr., and Charlotte Elizabeth Clay Vernon. Irene Harlan Rothschild was the daughter of Thomas Bartlett Harlan (1868- ,) of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, and the granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson Harlan (1834- ,) of Albemarle County, Virginia, and Zilpha W. Bartlett (1838-1872.) Ryland Julian Rothschild attended Dartmouth College, joined H. & Val J. Rothschild, Inc. in 1922, succeeded his father, Val J. Rothschild, and became the president of H. & Val J. Rothschild, Inc. in 1934. Ryland J. Rothschild was the third vice president of the St. Paul Jaycees in 1931, was the first vice president of the St. Paul Jaycees in 1932, and the president of the St. Paul Jaycees in 1933. Ryland J. Rothschild served on the Municipal Taxation Committee of the National Jaycees in 1935. Kennon V. Rothschild, Jr., was the recipient of the Bronze Key Award by the St. Paul Jaycees in 1956. Kennon V. Rothschild was the chairman of the Public Affairs Committee of the St. Paul Jaycees in 1958. Val J. Rothschild ( -1930) Henry Rothschild ( -1934) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Ellen G. Motter. Ellen G. Motter was a financial supporter of the Dodge Nature Center in 2005 and in 2006. Ellen Motter was a financial supporter of the Children's Museum in 2007. [See note on the St. Paul Town & Country Club for 952 Wakefield Avenue.]
757 Fairmount Avenue: R. C. Gooding House; Built in 1895 (1890 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Queen Anne in style; A. R. Dewey, architect. The structure is a two story, 3591 square foot, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1894, 1896, and 1898 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Gooding resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Elizabeth Berger (1817-1896,) a widow who died of old age, resided at this address in 1896. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Gooding, their daughters, and J. R. Gooding all resided at this address. The 1902 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Gooding and their daughters all resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bagley, their daughter, H. P. Bagley, and W. F. Bagley all resided at this address. In 1918, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bagely resided at this address. Horace P. Bagley and Wilber F. Bagley were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#9963) indicate that Wilbur A. Bagley (1892- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Sergeant in Battery C of the 151st Field Artillery, who was born in Mason City, Iowa, moved to Minnesota in 1898, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 7 1/2" tall, was a salesman at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Baccarat Sector, Champagne, Marne, Aisne, St. Mihiel, Guippes, Meuse, and Argonne, was subjected to German mustard gas on October 11, 1918 at Cierges, France, was a salesman employed by G. Sommers & Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Mrs. Fred Bagley, at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#14133) indicate that Horace P. Bagley (1896- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Corporal in Company A of the 604th Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion, was 5' 11 1/2" tall, was unemployed at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, was a student after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Laura Parker Bagley, at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred W. Bagley, a manufacturer's agent who officed at the Pioneer Building, resided at this address and Marion Bagley, a student, boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bagley, their daughter, and Donald Bagley all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick W. Bagley, a manufacturer's agent located at the Pioneer Building, and his wife, Laura Bagley, resided at this address. Rodney C. Gooding was the son-in-law of Elizabeth Berger. Fred W. Bagley (1863- ,) the son of Shepard Bagley and Louisa Cash Bagley, was born in Rock County, Wisconsin, was educated in the Mason City, Iowa, public schools, graduated from the Mason City, Iowa, high school in 1881, was employed as a clerk in the grocery business from 1881 until 1884, was employed as a bookkeeper by Warbasse & Lee in Mason City, Iowa, from 1884 until 1886, was employed as a national representative of the National Enamel & Stamp Company in St. Paul from 1886 until at least 1907, married Sara S. Parker in 1889, officed at the Endicott Building in 1907 and 1917, and resided at this address in 1907. Wilbur F. Bagley (1892-1985) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Parker, and died in Hennepin County. Fred W. Bagley ( -1948) and Laura L. Bagley ( -1948) both died in Ramsey County. Wilbur F. Bagley (1892-1985) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Parker, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is Jean E. Gehan. Jean Gehan was a financial supporter of the ARC of Minnesota in 2005. [See note on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive/Argonne Front for 366 St. Clair Avenue.] [See note on the G. Sommers & Company for 9 South St. Albans Street]
759 Fairmount Avenue: Fred W. Bagley House; Built in 1890 (1900 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Colonial Revival in style; John McGuire, architect. The structure is a two story, 3536 square foot, seven bedroom, one bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John McGuire and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tyson resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Merritt W. Wheeler, a partner with Carl L. Larsen, Karl C. Wold, and Lucian G. Culver in Larsen, Wheeler, Wold & Culver, oculists, physicians and surgeons, located at 350 St. Peter Street, and his wife, Ruth Wheeler, resided at this address. Merritt W. Wheeler, Sr., was a medical doctor who served in France during the period 1917-1918 as an Army surgeon. His sons, Merritt W. Wheeler, Jr., and John Zadoc Wheeler, both served in the U. S. Army during World War II. Merritt W. Wheeler, Jr., was a Second Lieutenant and a bombadier who, in 1944, after a solo bombing run over northern Germany, crash-landed in southern Sweden and was interned for seven months at the villages of Korsnos and Granna in the northern province of Sweden. John Z. Wheeler fought against the Japanese Imperial Army during the World War II Battle of Bataan with the Army 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts,) survived the Bataan Death March, but later died on a prison ship following internment by Japanese forces as a prisoner of war. Fred W. Bagley ( -1948) died in Ramsey County. John J. McGuire ( -1927) died in Ramsey County. Merritt Whitacre Wheeler ( -1954) died in Washington County. The property was last sold for $385,000 and that sale occurred in 1995. The current owners of record of the property are Jeanne C. Foussard and Phillip C. Foussard. Mr. & Mrs. Phillip C. Foussard were financial supporters of St. Thomas Academy in 2004. [See note on Fred W. Bagley for 757 Fairmount Avenue.]
760 Fairmount Avenue: M. C. Woodruff House; Built in 1888 (1898 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Queen Anne in style; Louis Lockwood, architect. The structure is a two story, 2489 square foot, four bedroom, one bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1896 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Peter McDonald resided at this address. The 1898 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Woodruff and their daughter all resided at this address. The 1900 and 1902 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Woodruff, their daughter, and M. W. Woodruff all resided at this address. The book of Minnesotans: a biographical dictionary of leading living men of Minnesota, edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, indicates that William Edward Briggs resided at this address in 1907. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fry resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dean resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the property was vacant. Mark W. Woodruff was an employee of the St. Paul Department of Public Works and was the author of List of Streets, City of St. Paul in 1936 and of Facts About the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1939. In 1920, Mark W. Woodruff, a clerk employed by the St. Paul Public Works Department, boarded at 15 George Street West. Marcus C. Woodruff (1831-1909) was born at Aurora, Erie County, New York, was educated in the public schools and an academy in Aurora, New York, moved to Iowa in 1855, initially was engaged in the real estate business, was the deputy county treasurer of Hardin County, Iowa, was the commissioner to take vote of 12th Iowa Infantry in front of Vicksburg in the field in 1863, owned and edited the Iowa Falls, Iowa, Sentinel from 1863 until 1870, was the president of the school board of Iowa Falls, Iowa, owned and edited the Waterloo, Iowa, Courier from 1870 until 1873, owned and edited the Dubuque, Iowa, Daily Times from 1873 until 1883, was a Republican, was the chief clerk of the Iowa House of Representatives in 1868, was the state railroad commissioner for Iowa from 1878 until 1882, was a promoter of the Dubuque & Northwestern Railway in 1884, was a railroad official, was the tax commissioner of the Chicago Great Western RailRoad from 1892 until 1906, was the right of way commissioner of the Chicago Great Western RailRoad after 1906, resided at The Marlborough in 1907, officed at the Chicago Great Western Railway general offices in 1907, and died at Dubuque, Iowa. William Edward Briggs (1858- ,) the son of Moore Briggs and Huldah M. Briggs, was born at Wyoming, Iowa, was educated in the public schools at Wyoming, Iowa, until 1876, attended Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, from 1876 until 1877, attended the Iowa Business College, Des Moines, in 1879, was a banker, engaged in banking since 1880, was an assistant cashier of the Valley National Bank of Des Moines, Iowa, after 1880, moved to South Dakota, became the cashier and manager of the Bank of Centerville, South Dakota, married Elva Calkins at Wyoming, Iowa, in 1889, returned to Iowa when the Bank of Centerville, South Dakota, was sold in 1891, organized and was the cashier of the Madrid, Iowa, State Bank from 1896 until 1901, was the cashier and a member of the board of directors of the Stock Yards National Bank of South St. Paul, Minnesota, was the president of the Stockmen's State Bank in Evearts, South Dakota, was a member of the board of directors of the Dakota National Bank of Dickinson, North Dakota, was a vice president of the Stock Yards National Bank of South St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1912, was the secretary, treasurer, and manager of the St. Paul Cattle Loan Company, a subsidiary of Swift & Company, from 1901 until 1914, became a vice president of the Northwest National Bank in 1914, was a Republican, was a Mason, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, was a member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club, and officed in South St. Paul, Minnesota. in 1907, and resided at 4540 Fremont Avenue South in Minneapolis. In 1922, Mrs. William E. Briggs was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society from Hennepin County. Peter McDonald ( -1910,) William W. Dean ( -1929,) Mark W. Woodruff ( -1941,) and Peter McDonald ( -1942) all died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Keith P. Wilson and Margaret M. Wilson. [See note on the Chicago Great Western Railway.] [See note on Louis Lockwood.] [See note on the St. Paul Commercial Club for 505 Summit Avenue.]
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