Lawrence A. Martin
General.
Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, is one of the best preserved upper-class Victorian promenade boulevards in America. Summit Avenue is a monumental boulevard of houses, churches, synagogues, and schools that stretches four-and-one-half miles from the Cathedral to the Mississippi River. A map of the Summit Avenue Historic District is available.
Summit Avenue was the abode of St. Paul's rich and famous, who, in the 1850's, began ascending Summit Hill and erecting splendid homes as monuments to their success. Of the structures built, an assortment of Queen Ann, Romanesque, Beaux Arts, Georgian Revival, and Italian Villa styles, 85 percent remain intact. Summit Hill's first homes, built on scattered plots of ground, preceded the construction of Summit Avenue. Slowly, from 1856 to 1880, one new house per year dotted the hill. Never farms, they were rural residences which were built on a remote bluff accessible either by walking or by mule car up and down the hill. By 1880, an economic boom engulfed St. Paul, real estate prices soared, Summit Avenue and its adjacent streets were plotted, and a sewer was promised to the Summit Hill residents. The building of grand houses accelerated, each competing with the former in its dimension and design. In 1881-1882, the house numbering system on the avenue was revised. From 1882 to 1886, 46 new houses appeared on Summit Avenue. In 1887, property owners took action to widen Summit Avenue to 200 feet and the center of the western end of the avenue thereby gained a 100-foot divide with a bridle path. The character of Summit Avenue has changed over time. The Great Depression of the 1930's took its toll on the neighborhood. Some of the wealthy who lost all their money literally walked away from their homes when they could no longer afford to pay the taxes. It was at this time that some property owners began converting their large homes into duplexes or apartments. Also, Summit Avenue once continued east of Kellogg Avenue, where it currently ends at the recently constructed Minnesota Historical Society building, with several additional residences previously existing nearer to the fringes of downtown St. Paul.
The architecture of Summit Avenue does not lack critics, however. Frank Lloyd Wright, for instance, assailed Summit Avenue as being "the worst collection of architecture in the world." F. Scott Fitzgerald condemned Summit Avenue as a "museum of American architectural failures."
Specific Structures. The following presents available information on the housing styles of specific structures located along the hike:
170 Summit Avenue: Knickerbocker Apartments/Ambassador Apartments. Both buildings built in 1910 (1921 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) 1910 Apartment House in style. One building is a three story, 28,517 square foot, apartment building and the other building on the site is a one story, 1235 square foot, storefront. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building at this address, including 168 Summit Avenue, were Frank J. Lawler, the custodian, and his wife, Rose Lawler (Basement Apartment,) Mrs. Hilda Wahl, the manager of the Pirate Tea Room (Apartment #1,) Evelyn M. Larson, a typist (Apartment #2,) Morris Packerman, a confectioner, and his wife, Helen Packerman (Apartment #3,) Edward Johnson, a salesman (Apartment #4,) L. Dixon Butcher, a salesman, and his wife, Pearl J. Butcher (Apartment #5,) Leo Wilzbacher, a switchman employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and Louise Wilzbacher, a stenographer employed by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (Apartment #6,) Henry J. Meyer, the proprietor of Meyer Drug Company, and his wife, Mayme Meyer (Apartment #7,) Al Salita, an operator employed by Gorgon & Ferguson, his wife, Gladys Salita, Lester S. Sloat, an attendant employed by the Pure Oil Company, and his wife, Clemaunce D. Sloat (Apartment #8,) Coleman J. Costello, the assistant manager for the Springer Merchandise Agency, and his wife, Beryle B. Costello (Apartment #1,9) Helen Qualley (Apartment #10,) Florentine Roche, a clerk employed by the Industrial Commission of Minnesota (Apartment #11,) John J. Adams, a molder (Apartment #12,) Moritz Kimberg, a hatter, and his wife, Bertha Kimberg (Apartment #14,) Edward G. Durocher, an inventory engineer for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Marie Durocher (Apartment #15,) Marion Gillmeister, a cigarmaker employed by the Worch Cigar Company, Jean Gillmeister, a cigarmaker employed by the Worch Cigar Company, and Frank Gillmeister, a groundman employed by the Tri-State Telegraph & Telephone Company (Apartment #16,) Peter J. Cullen, a salesman, and his wife, Mary Cullen (Apartment #17,) Gretchen A. Mitsch, a clerk employed by the North West Fuel Company (Apartment #18,) Leda M. Hartman, a nurse, and Jeanette Mattison, a nurse, (Apartment #19,) Irene Lowry, a dressmaker (Apartment #20,) Mrs. Lydia Johnson, a dressmaker (Apartment #21,) Abr Pfefer, a technical agent, and his wife, Mildred Pfefer (Apartment #22,) Ruth La Page, a dressmaker, (Apartment #24,) Albert E. Gillman, a cigar seller, and his wife, Ruth A. Gillman (Apartment #26,) Lorna Schnuweis (Apartment #27,) Josephine M. La Belle, the operator at the Modern Beauty Shop, and Susan La Belle, a dressmaker, (Apartment #28,) Edgar A. Epperly, the chief clerk with the Hamm Realty Company (Apartment #29,) Mrs. Catherine Niedenhofer, the widow of William Niedenhofer (Apartment #30,) R. E. Hill, a traveling salesman (Apartment #31,) Mrs. Margaret Murray, the widow of Frank T. Murray (Apartment #33,) and Ann Ueber, a telephone operator (Apartment #35,) with Apartments #25, #32, and #34 vacant. Originally, it was a "U" shaped building, but one-half of the building was destroyed in a fire in the late 1980's or early 1990's. In 1916, John Espy, a Major in the U. S. Volunteers, was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at the nearby former 138 Summit Avenue. Hilda C. Wahl (1879-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johanson, and died in Ramsey County. Frank Thomas Murray ( -1918,) Mary Margaret Cullen ( -1929,) Evelyn Marjorie Larson ( -1937,) Marie Durocher ( -1937,) Henry John Meyer ( -1942) Lydia Johnson ( -1948,) and Lydia K. Johnson ( -1958) all died in Ramsey County. Evelyn Mary Larson (1896-1893) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of DeMars, and died in Ramsey County. Morris Packerman (1894-1978) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Leo A. Wilzbacher (1902-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gleason, and died in Ramsey County. Louise Wilzbacher (1883-1966) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gleason, and died in Ramsey County. Beryle Beatrice Costello (1897-1997) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wells, and died in Ramsey County. John J. Adams (1873-1955) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Frank August Gillmeister (1912-1966) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rozek, and died in Ramsey County. Mary C. Cullen (1891-1959) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Heaphy, and died in Ramsey County. Mary M. Cullen (1875-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Scannell, and died in Ramsey County. Mary C. Cullen (1892-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Connor, and died in Ramsey County. Gretchen A. Mitsch (1884-1982) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sonnen, and died in Ramsey County. Lydia Wilhelmenia Johnson (1897-1955) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Lydia Agar Johnson (1900-1992) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Georke, and died in Ramsey County. Lydia M. Johnson (1892-1974) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Lydia Florence Johnson (1878-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Olson, and died in Ramsey County. Lydia Ida Johnson (1910-1999) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jaeger, and died in Ramsey County. Edgar A. Epperly (1890-1961) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Frank Lawler ( -1939) and Albert Edward Gillman ( -1941) both died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Rose Mary Lawler ( -1928,) Frank Lawler ( -1949,) Dixon Butcher ( -1951,) Rose L. Lawler ( -1954,) and Rose Mary Lawler ( -1960) all died in Hennepin County. Rose Ann Lawler ( -1951) died in Stearns County, Minnesota. Rose Ella Lawler (1889-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Daugherty, and died in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Mayme Pauline Meyer (1889-1974) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Cordes, and died in Wabasha County, Minnesota. Clemance Delvina Sloat (1904-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Boisvert, and died in Cass County, Minnesota. Josephine La Belle ( -1939) and Coleman Joseph Costello ( -1951) both died in Washington County, Minnesota. The Industrial Commission of Minnesota was established in 1921 under Laws of Minnesota 1921, Chapter 81, to oversee and direct the actions of the Labor and Industry Department in the matters of hearings and license renewals, regulation of wages, inspection of work places and accident sites, safety and health standards, employment agency services, worker's compensation, minimum wage, and unemployment compensation, and was abolished in 1967. The Pure Oil Company was founded in 1914 as the Ohio Cities Gas Company, primarily dealing in natural gas. When the company shifted its emphasis towards gasoline, the company was renamed in 1920 as the Pure Oil Company. Henry May Dawes (1877-1952,) the Coolidge Administration's Comptroller of the Currency, became the company president in 1924. The Pure Oil Company was one of the first American corporations to use architecture as a corporate symbol. In 1927, the company adopted a standard "English Cottage" design that was executed hundreds of times over the following decade. In 1960, the Woodley Petroleum Company merged with the Pure Oil Company of Chicago and Pure merged with the Union Oil Company of California in 1965. After 1965, Union, the Union 76 brand, became the major oil producer in southern Alaska and a major natural gas producer in the Gulf of Mexico. The company was reorganized in 1983 and Union Oil Company of California became an operating subsidiary of a new Delaware-based holding company, Unocal Corporation. In 1997, Unocal sold its western United States refining and marketing operations to Tosco Corporation, including the rights to the Union 76 brand and most Union 76 stations were converted to Citgo. Tosco was later acquired by Phillips Petroleum, which later merged with Conoco to form ConocoPhillips. The forerunner for the Department of Agriculture, the Minnesota State Dairy Commission, was created in 1885 for the limited purpose of prohibiting the sale of adulterated milk and the sale of oleomargarine. In 1887, food laws were amended to require the furnishing of reports to the Minnesota State Dairy Commissioner by all creameries, cheese factories, dairies, and peddlers and vendors of milk and a laboratory to examine and analyze milk, butter, and cheese to determine purity was established. In 1889, the Commission became the State Dairy and Food Commission and was authorized to regulate all food products. A noxious weed law was passed in 1895. The agency became the Minnesota Dairy and Food Department in 1896. In 1901, department jurisdiction over preservatives was extended from milk products to include all foods. In 1906, the department was given responsibility for inspection of the state's canning industry. In 1919, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture was created. The Agriculture Commissioner was given in 1921 broad authority to promulgate rules and regulations to enforce all food laws, for the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the manufacture, use, sale and transportation of food, and for the purpose of protecting and preserving the public health. In 1938, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act was enacted, which required major changes in the state's food standards and corresponding rules and regulations. In 1949, authority to regulate the spraying and dusting of crops with herbicides was given to the department and the pasteurization of milk and milk bottles was made compulsory. In 1959, enforcement authority of the Plant Pest Act was given to the department to prevent the introduction into and the propagation and dissemination within the state of plant pests and to provide for their suppression and control. In 1967, a Meat Industry Division was created within the department to enforce and administer laws relating to meat, fish and dressed poultry and the Commissioner was made responsible for adopting rules and regulations relating to sanitary requirements for bakeries, appurtenances, distribution vehicles, bakery products, standards of identity and labeling requirements. The 1974 Livestock Market Agency and Dealer Licensing Act completed the transfer of jurisdiction and authority from the Department of Public Service to the department over livestock marketing practices. In 1980, responsibility over the inspection, grading, sampling and analysis of hay and straw in the state was transferred from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Agriculture. The current owner of record of the property is Sauro Properties, located in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. In 1878, Dudley B. Finch and his wife, Mary Eliza Dexter Finch, resided at the nearby former 172 Summit Avenue. The 1879 city directory indicates that John Q. Adams, a grain commissioner who officed at 60 East Third Street, resided at the former nearby 138 Summit Avenue, that Mrs. G. W. Armstrong resided at the former nearby 151 Summit Avenue, that Catherine Frizelle and Mary Frizelle were both domestics at the nearby former 159 Summit Avenue, that Bridget Gallagher was a domestic at the nearby former 130 Summit Avenue, that Henry Gerber was a gardener at 171 Summit Avenue, and that Earle S. Goodrich resided at the former nearby 159 Summit Avenue, that Henry M. Hart, a special agent employed by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York located at 29 East Third Street, resided at the former nearby 99 Summit Avenue, that Andrew T. Hart, a bookkeeper employed by H. M. Hart, and William H. Hart, a clerk, both boarded at the former nearby 99 Summit Avenue, that Bridget Larkin was a domestic at the former nearby 171 Summit Avenue, that Ellen McHale was a domestic at the former nearby 175 Summit Avenue, that Elizabeth Montgomery, the widow of George Montgomery, resided at the nearby former 152 Summit Avenue, and that Alexander R. Nininger resided at the former nearby 143 Summit Avenue. The January 1, 1880, St. Paul Daily Globe indicates that George L. Otis resided at the former nearby 133 Summit Avenue and that the Misses Terry resided at the former nearby 130 Summit Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Finch resided at the former nearby 172 Summit Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Moon resided at the nearby former 176 Summit Avenue. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nicols resided at the former nearby 139 Summit Avenue, that Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Groat, Mr. and Mrs. John I. Thompson, their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Upham, Mr. and Mrs. Bartles, and Mr. and Mrs. W. Cathie all resided at the former nearby 151 Summit Avenue, that Mr. and Mrs. John Kelliher resided at the former nearby 166 Summit Avenue, that Col. and Mrs. J. H. Davidson, their daughter, and Ernest H. Davidson all resided at the former nearby 169 Summit Avenue, that Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Finch resided at the former nearby 172 Summit Avenue, and that Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Moon resided at the former nearby 176 Summit Avenue. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Finch resided at the nearby former 172 Summit Avenue and the 1895 city directory indicates that Lilly Bostrum was a domestic at the nearby former 172 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that August Oppenheimer (1845-1901,) of German extraction who died of multiple sclerosis, resided at the former nearby 169 Summit Avenue in 1901. The 1918 city directory indicates that the residents of the Marlborough Apartments at the former nearby 140 Summit Avenue were Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Albin, Dr. and Mrs. S. O. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Barre, J. A. Beard, Mrs. J. W. Bloom, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Bohland, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Cardozo, Mrs. E. M. Crossman, Mrs. P. J. Clancy and her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dodson and their daughter, Maj. John Espy, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Fay, Mrs. J. G. Freeman, E. B. Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Hirschberg, L. H. Jones, Miss N. L. Jones, Gust Kahn, the Misses Knuteson, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Langvay, R. W. McCloud, G. L. McKone, W. G. Mee, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neely, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Newell, Miss Mabel Perkins, Hon. J. H. Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ryckman, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Schusler, Miss S. M. Siegel, Hon. and Mrs. Lyndon A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Stewart, C. H. Van Auken, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Van Kirk, and Thomas Yapp, that the residents of the Portola Apartments at the former nearby 147 Summit Avenue were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Campbell, Miss Kathryne Le Febvre, Miss M. L. McEwen, Miss Julia Rider, H. F. Schmid, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Skorish, that the residents of the Summit Crest Apartments at the former nearby 159 Summit Avenue were Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Ermatinger, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Norton, L. L. Perrine, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sargisson, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Stone, Miss B. C. Sullivan, and Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Walton, that Miss Katherine Sullivan resided at the former nearby 165 Summit Avenue, and that Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Dysinger and G. W. Kendall all resided at the former nearby 176 Summit Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#11071) indicate that Katherine V. Fox (1891- ,) a 1918 enlistee and a Reserve Nurse in the Army Nurse Corps, who was born in Albany, Minnesota, was a nurse employed by St. Joseph's Hospital after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at the nearby former 139 Summit Avenue, the Piedmont Apartments. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#5352) indicate that Frank Louis Clark (1890- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a First Lieutenant in the 338th Field Artillery, who was born in Plymouth, Michigan, moved to Minnesota in 1905, was a candidate in the Reserve Officer Training Corps at induction, was a lawyer who officed at the Pioneer Building after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Lorane H. Clark, at the nearby former 149 Summit Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#2083 and #2606) indicate that George Jones (1895- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Company E of the 33rd Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, was a hardware buyer employed by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at the nearby 159 Summit Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#10192) indicate that John Laurence Kennedy (1892- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private First Class in Company 9 of the 34th Engineers, who was born in Morton, Minnesota, had brown eyes, dark hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 9" tall, was a salesman at induction, was a salesman employed by Gamfle Robinson Fruit Company after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Agnes Gertrude Kennedy, at the nearby former 165 West Summit Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#14190) indicate that George Jones (1895- ,) a 1918 enlistee and a Private in Company E of the 33rd Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, dark hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 10 1/2" tall, was a hardware buyer at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was a hardware buyer employed by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Mrs. L. Jones, at the nearby former 159 Summit Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#17330) indicate that Frank W. Stratton (1896- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in the 17th Company of the Fifth Battalion of the Dis. Unit, who was born in Norwich, New York, moved to Minnesota in 1917, had blue eyes, light hair, and a light complexion, was 5' 10" tall, was a bookkeeper at induction, was unemployed after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at the nearby former Piedmont Apartments. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#18112) indicate that William D. Cooper (1881- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Company E of the 23rd Engineers, who was born in Winona, Minnesota, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 7 3/4" tall, was a salesman at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was a salesman employed by Schuneman & Evans after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Honora Cooper, at the nearby former 149 Summit Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#18545) indicate that William B. Smith (1891- ,) a 1917 draftee and a Private in Company E of the Ninth Infantry, who was born in Russia, moved to Minnesota in 1914, had blue eyes, light hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 8" tall, was a laborer at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including St. Mihiel, Meuse, Argonne, and Champagne, was a stationary fireman employed by The Marlborough Apartments after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at the nearby former 140 Summit Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#20422) indicate that Harry Harby Frost (1893- ,) a 1917 draftee and a Sergeant in the Eighth Company of the Central Machine Gun Officers Training School, who was born in Fremont, Nebraska, moved to Minnesota in 1909, had brown eyes, black hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 9" tall, was a salesman and stenographer at induction, was a salesman employed by Fairbanks, Morse & Company after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, Ackveline M. Frost, at the nearby former 151 Summit Avenue. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#29435) indicate that Herman Gall (1882- ,) a 1918 enlistee and a Private in Company M of the 34th Engineers, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, dark brown hair, and a fair complexion, was 5' 7" tall, was a machinist and truck driver at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, was a clerk employed by the Crane & Ordway Company after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Margaret Hall, at the nearby former 147 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Joseph E. Penfield (1840-1920,) the husband of Ingleif/Ingleis H. Penfield, who was born in New York to parents born in the United States and who died of myocarditis, resided at the nearby former 165 Summit Avenue in 1920. The 1920 city directory indicates that Esther F. Basterlinge, a clerk employed by the Department of Education, boarded at the nearby former 139 Summit Avenue, that John G. Balsilie, a buyer employed by Schuneman & Evans, resided at the former nearby 147 Summit Avenue, that Martin E. Albin, Martin H. Albin, a lawyer who officed at the Exchange Bank Building, Frank J. Anderson, a traveling engineer, and Elizabeth M. Baker, an Assistant Public Examiner, all resided at the former nearby 148 Summit Avenue, that Benjamin W. Baldinger, a salesman employed by the St. Paul Electric Company, resided at the former nearby 159 Summit Avenue, that Major F. S. Benham resided at the former nearby 148 Summit Avenue, that Benjamin H. Benson, a clerk employed by the Emporium, resided at the former nearby 159 Summit Avenue, that Grace Blackburn, a clerk employed by Schuneman & Evans, boarded at the nearby former 139 Summit Avenue, that Mrs. Rose Blackburn, a department manager employed by Mannheimer Brothers, resided at the nearby former 139 Summit Avenue, that Louis Bock, an engineer, resided at the nearby former 159 Summit Avenue, and Charles L. Boylen, a salesman, and John F. Boylen, a clerk employed by Bartles Oil Company, both resided at the nearby former 139 Summit Avenue, that Frances Bozekowsky, a seamstress employed by Richman Brothers Company, boarded at the former nearby 169 Summit Avenue, that William A. Broderick, a lithographer employed by the Louis F. Dow Company, roomed at the former nearby 129 Summit Avenue, that Claire E. Brown, a cashier employed by Joy Brothers Motor Car Company, resided at the nearby former 139 Summit Avenue, that George H. Bryant, a chauffeur employed by Michaud Transfer Line, resided at the nearby former 147 West Summit Avenue, that Henry L. Bryant, a dentist who officed at the Pittsburgh Building, resided at the former nearby 149 Summit Avenue, that Juanita L. Buck, a bookkeeper employed by the J. P. Rodgers Land Company, resided at the former nearby 151 Summit Avenue, that Jacobine Bueneman, the widow of Stephen F. Bueneman, resided at the nearby former 159 Summit Avenue, that Jennie L. Bueneman, a clerk employed by Field Schlick & Company, boarded at the nearby former 159 Summit Avenue, that Louis L. Burns, a chauffeur, resided at 147 West Summit Avenue, that C. Albin Carlgren, an attendant employed by the Minnesota Club, resided at the former nearby 149 Summit Avenue, that Mrs. Frances M. Cary, a bookkeeper employed by the Upper Michigan Land Company, resided at the former nearby 147 Summit Avenue, that Katherine P. Casey resided at the nearby former 148 Summit Avenue, that Maria Chapman, the widow of Alb Chapman, resided at the former nearby 147 Summit Avenue, that Sarah E. Chapman, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, that Hyla Christianson, a nurse employed by William Lerche, boarded at 129 Summit Avenue, that Orneng T. Clements, a trimmer employed by the Golden Rule, resided at the nearby former 149 Summit Avenue, that John J. Connell, the manager of the New Garrick Theatre, resided at the former nearby 140 Summit Avenue, that Ella E. Conroy, a furnisher, roomed at the former nearby 169 Summit Avenue, that Honora Cooper, the widow of James Cooper, resided at the nearby former 149 Summit Avenue, that William D. Cooper, a clerk employed by Schuneman & Evans, boarded at the nearby former 149 Summit Avenue, that Beatrice Danz, a dentist who officed at the Bremer Arcade, boarded at the nearby former 139 Summit Avenue, that Paul E. Danz, a dentist who officed at the Bremer Arcade, boarded at the nearby former 139 Summit Avenue, and that Margaret Davies, a stenographer employed by the State Game & Fish Commission, resided at the former nearby 149 Summit Avenue, that Robert B. Davies, a laborer employed by Armour & Company, resided at the nearby former 147 Summit Avenue, that Hazel E. Dowling, a student at the Nichols Schools, roomed at the former nearby 151 Summit Avenue, that William F. Drefke, a superintendent, resided at the former nearby 149 Summit Avenue, that Lewis L. Drill, a lawyer and a partner with Franklin Drill in the law firm of Drill & Drill, located at the Exchange Bank Building, resided at the former nearby 147 Summit Avenue, that Catherine Dwyer, a machine operator, roomed at the former nearby 135 Summit Avenue, that Mrs. Bertha Eaton, a clerk employed by the Golden Rule, resided at the former nearby 140 Summit Avenue, that Robert L. Ege, a department manager employed by Armour & Company, roomed at the former nearby 147 Summit Avenue, that Mildred Elmstrom, a waiter employed by the Owl Drug Company, roomed at the former nearby 165 Summit Avenue, that George Ennessy, a lineman employed by the American District Telegraph Company, resided at the former nearby 159 Summit Avenue, that Max Esensten, a partner with William Esensten in the Twin City Furniture Company, resided at the former nearby 149 Summit Avenue, that S. E. Ettelstein resided at the former nearby 148 Summit Avenue, that Delia A. Farrell, a buyer, resided at the nearby former 165 Summit Avenue, that George R. Felthous, the president and treasurer of the J. A. Felthous Company, resided at the former nearby 148 Summit Avenue, that Hermon Fields, the treasurer of the Twin City Amusement Trust Estate, resided at the former nearby 148 Summit Avenue, and that Jessie Flannagan, the widow of Arthur Flannagan and a cashier employed by A. L. Haman, resided at the former nearby 129 Summit Avenue. The 1920 city directory also indicates that The Blackstone Apartments were located at the former nearby 149-151 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that the residents of the Marlborough Apartments at the former nearby 138 Summit Avenue were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dodson, Herman Fields, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fritz, H. L. Haas, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Haas, Meyer Hirschberg, Gust Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neely, E. J. Newell, R. C. Neely, M. T. Ryan, the Misses Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Schusler, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Spear, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Whitacre, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wyman, and Thomas Yapp, that the residents of the Pershing Apartments at the former nearby 139 Summit Avenue were Mrs. Rose Blackburne, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cahill, the residents of the Marlborough Apartments at the former nearby 138 Summit Avenue were Mr. and Mrs. George Esseny, Mrs. Bertha Gosling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hewitt, Mrs. Mary Lyons and her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Palmquist, Mrs. Mabel Skok, Mr. and Mrs. E. Strohm, and Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Wolter, that Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McFetridge resided at the former nearby 140 Summit Avenue, that the residents of the Portola Apartments at the former nearby 147 Summit Avenue were Mr. and Mrs. A. Goldhamer, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Peters, and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sailor, that the residents of the Blackstone Apartments at the former nearby 151 Summit Avenue were Mrs. Margaret Austin and her daughter, Dr. H. L. Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Calvert, Mr. and Mrs. H. Cobble, Mr. and Mrs. J. De Witt, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Floury, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Marum, Miss Gretchen Mitsch, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. O'Toole, Miss Emelie Season, Mr. and Mrs. M. Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Williamson, that the residents of the Summit Crest Apartments at the former nearby 157-159 Summit Avenue were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Anderson, Miss Bertha Backman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnnie, Miss Virginia Weber, and Mrs. Mary Whitman and her daughter, that Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Kelly and Miss Katherine Sullivan all resided at 165 Summit Avenue, that Phillip R. Bronson, Mrs. Gladys Draper, Mrs. Mary Flood, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gregory, and Julian D. Sargent resided at the nearby former 168 Summit Avenue, and that Victoria E. Eberhart, the widow of Louis Eberhardt, resided at the former nearby 149 Summit Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Lloyd R. Hill resided at the former nearby 169 Summit Avenue. Dudley B. Finch (1855- ) was a wholesale boot and shoe merchant. Mary Eliza Dexter (1856- ) was born in Hudson, Wisconsin, married Dudley B. Finch in 1878 in St. Paul, and the couple had two children, Lilla Shepherd Finch (Mrs. Sewall D.) Andrews and Florence Dudley Finch. Joseph E. Penfield was a Civil War veteran, having served in Company E of the 110th New York Infantry, and his surviving widow was Ingleif Penfield according to Civil War veteran pension records, which indicate that he was an invalid in 1890 and that a widow's benefit became payable in 1921. John Espy (1842- ,) the son of James Espy and Mary A. Miller Espy, was born in Nanticoke, Luzrene County, Pennsylvania, was raised by his grandmother, Lavinia Inman Espy, moved to Burlington, Iowa, in 1860, served in Company E of the First Iowa Regiment during the American Civil War, suffered a crushed hand from a sorghum mill accident, graduated from the New Columbus Academy of Pennsylvania in 1863, graduated from Harvey's Institute in 1864, graduated from the Albany Law School of New York in 1866, was admitted to the practice of law in Pennsylvania, practiced law in Wilkes-Barre, Pensylvania, from 1866 until 1878, was a director of the Wilkesbarre Water Company for ten years, was a member of the board of directors of the Wilkesbarre & Kingston Passenger RailRoad, was an incorporator of the Coalville Passenger RailRoad, was an incorporator of the Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Camp Ground summer resort, married Martha M. Wood (1843-1907,) the daughter of John B. Wood and Sarah Gore Wood, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1868, was commissioned in 1871 as an aide-de-camp to General E. S. Osborn as a Major in the Pennsylvania National Guard, participated in the suppression of riots in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1871, in Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania, in 1877, and in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, in 1878, was a member of the banking house of J. B. Wood & Company of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, from 1871 until 1878, moved to Minnesota in 1879, settled in St. Paul, was an elective member of the executive committee of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1899, was a Methodist, was a Republican, was the secretary of the Republican State Central Committee in 1884, practiced law in St. Paul with Hiram F. Stevens, built several business blocks in St. Paul, purchased land in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and was an incorporator of the Wildwood Park Association, was a Ramsey County commissioner, survived the San Francisco, California, while traveling in California, suffered two strokes in 1905, married Isabel T. Hoyt, the daughter of James H. Hoyt and Elizabeth S. Hoyt, in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1908, and survived the wreck of the steamship Republic in 1909. In 1884, Major John Espy was elected secretary of the Minnesota Republican Party as a supporter of James G. Blaine. John Espy and Martha M. Wood Espy had four children, John B. W. Espy (1869- ,) Lila Wood Espy (Mrs. Harrison T.) Yeaton (1872- ,) Maud M. Espy (1875-1903,) and Olin H. Espy (1877- .) Lyndon Ambrose Smith (1854-1918) was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, moved to Minnesota, married Dora Rogers, resided in Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota, was Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota under Governors John Lind and Samuel Van Sant from 1899 to 1903, was Attorney General of Minnesota, and died in office. Lyndon A. Smith, with William J. Stevenson and Mr. George T. Simpson, successfuly represented the State of Minnesota against Robert E. Olds, Frank B. Kellogg, and C. A. Severance in a challenge to a tax assessed against an unincorporated association, with its principal office in New York as a constitutionally impermissible attempt to regulate interstate commerce and a violation of constitutionally protected due process in United States Express Company v. State of Minnesota, 223 U.S. 335 (1912.) Lyndon A. Smith, with George T. Simpson, successfully represented the State of Minnesota in an appeal of suits brought by stockholders of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, the Great Northern Railway Company, and the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company to restrain the enforcement of orders of the Minnesota Railroad & Warehouse Commission and state laws prescribing maximum charges for transportation of freight and passengers and to prevent the adoption or maintenance of these rates by the railroad companies in The Minnesota Rate Cases, 230 U.S. 352 (1913.) Lyndon A. Smith, with William J. Stevenson and John M. Rees, successfully represented state and county government against an action in equity to enjoin a tax collection in Rogers v. Hennepin County, 239 U.S. 621 (1916.) Lyndon A. Smith, with Clifford L. Hilton and Charles R. Pierce, unsuccessfully represented the State of Minnesota against the Secretary of the Interior to quiet title to lands in Northwestern Minnesota and to enjoin the Federal government from issuing patents in favor of the Immigration Land Company in State of Minnesota v. Lane, 247 U.S. 243 (1918.) Lyndon A. Smith and Egbert S. Oakley successfully represented the State of Minnesota in a challenge that a suit to collect petroleum facility inspection fees involved excessive charges and violated due process in Pure Oil Company v. Minnesota, 248 U.S. 158 (1918.) Lyndon A. Smith, with Henry C. Flannery, successfully represented a brick and tile factory owner who obtained an order of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Minnesota requiring a railroad company to alter and extend a side track leading from its main line to an adjacent plant and the apportionment of two-thirds of the cost against the railroad was challenged by the railroad as a denial of due process in Chicago & N. W. Railway Company v. Ochs, 249 U.S. 416 (1919.) Lyndon A. Smith, then of St. Paul, with Charles R. Pierce, Clifford L. Hilton, Frank B. Kellogg, H. B. Fryberger, William D. Bailey, and C. Louis Weeks, represented Minnesota before the U. S. Supreme Court in Minnesota v. Wisconsin, 254 U.S. 14 (1920,) on a motion to appoint commissioners to run the boundary line between the respective states to settle the boundary dispute. Lyndon A. Smith was a member of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety during World War I. Thomas Yapp was a statistician of the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission in 1907. From 1912 to 1937, Thomas Yapp, assistant secretary/secretary of the State Railroad & Warehouse Commission, generated administrative files and investigations of accidents, complaints, and problems, including train derailments and other rail and non-rail accidents, problems with construction of rail cars, tracks, and bridges, elevators and warehouses that failed to submit required reports to the commission, alleged attempts by warehouses, elevators, and shipping companies to cheat on weights and tariffs, and requests for expansion of rail service. Thomas Yapp was involved in a lawsuit, State ex rel Thomas Yapp et al v. Roy Chase, State Auditor et al (1925.) Dudley B. Finch (1855- ) was a wholesale boot and shoe merchant in St. Paul, married Mary Eliza Dexter (1856- ) of Hudson, Wisconsin, in 1878, resided at nearby former 172 Summit Avenue, and the couple had two children, Lilla Shepherd Finch and Florence Dudley Finch. Florence Dudley Finch was a member of the class of 1899 of Kemper Hall, Racine, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Charles Chandler Upham (1865- ,) the son of George Bliss Upham (1817- ) and Celia Spurr Upham ( -1896,) was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, resided in St. Paul in 1930 as recorded in the federal census, and died in St. Paul. C. C. Upham resided at 670 East Fifth Street in 1893. In 1891, August Oppenheimer & Company was a St. Paul millinery merchant. Martin H. Albin married Elizabeth Polk Walker, the daughter of Lucius Marshall Walker and Celestine Garth Walker, in St. Paul and the couple had two children, Marshall Polk Albin and Rebecca Dean Albin. In 1893, Martin H. Albin, a lawyer, with J. F. Fitzpatrick, unsuccessfully represented J. W. Ham in a habeas corpus action before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals against the Ramsey County sheriff in United States ex rel Ham v. Chapel, 54 F1 140. In 1908, Martin H. Albin corresponded with C. E. Joslin concerning the Monida & Yellowstone Stage Company in Montana. Phineas N. Cardozo was a Jewish pioneer in St. Paul. Mrs. Charles Neely was a descendant of David Colden, the son of New York Lieutenant Governor (1761-1776) Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776) and the father of lawyer and New York City mayor (1818-1821) Cadwallader D. Colden (1769-1834.) Stephen D. Dysinger, of Minnesota, married F. Blanch Whitbeck, of Newark, New York, in 1890 and the couple had one son, Stephen Henry Dysinger (1891- ,) who married Violet M. Montour in 1917. Stephen D. Dysinger, secretary of Holm & Olson, Inc., Steven H. Dysinger, a bookkeeper at Holm & Olson, Inc., and his wife, Viola M. Dysinger, all resided at 958 Fairmount Avenue in 1930. Peter B. Groat, a veteran of the Civil War, was a general passenger agent employed by the Kansas Pacific RailRoad in the late 1860's, was the first General Immigration Agent of the Northern Pacific RailRoad, came to the railroad in the 1870's, and retired from the railroad in 1893. Charles Treat Spear, the son of John G. A. Spear and H. Jane Craig Spear, the grandson of Samuel Craig and Matilda Parish Craig, and the great grandson of Alexander Craig, a Second Lieutenant in the New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution, was a member of the Minnesota Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Charles Treat Spear served for 21 years with the Minnesota National Guard, served for two years with the 13th Minnesota Infantry in the Spanish-American War as captain of Company E of the Third Battalion, was promoted as a major and served for two years (1917-1919) in Manchuria and northern Siberia in the Russian Railway Service, including service as quartermaster of the Eighth Division of the Russian Railway Service Corps in Vladivostock, Russia, in 1919, and resided at 931 Marshall Avenue in late 1919. In 1930, C. Treat Spear was the president of the Minnesota-Acacia Park Cemetery Association. In 1936, C. T. Spear was an agent for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad and was a member of the public relations committee of the Associated Veterans of the Russian Railway Service Corps for its 1936 San Francisco Reunion. Stephen D. Dysinger, secretary of Holm & Olson, Inc., Steven H. Dysinger, a bookkeeper at Holm & Olson, Inc., and his wife, Viola M. Dysinger, all resided at 958 Fairmount Avenue according to the 1930 city directory. John Q. Haas, a vice-president of the Matteson Company, and his wife, Emma Haas, resided at 1982 Portland Avenue according to the 1930 city directory. In 1934, Dr. Henry L. Bryant was a member of the Junior Pioneer Association of St. Paul and conducted the initiation ceremony of 100 new members to the organization. In 1906, Gretchen A. Mitsch was the second place finisher at the Minnesota State Fair in cross stitch best in white cotton and in cross stitch best in color. Alexander Ramsey Nininger (1844-1918,) the son of John Nininger (1821-1878) and Catherine Kelker Ramsey Nininger (1826-1882,) was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was educated in Pennsylvania at the Mount Joy Academy in Lancaster County, and at the Churchill Military Academy, was a Second Lieutenant in the 84th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1862, was discharged in 1863 with a medical disability, served as a clerk and inspector in the Mankato, Minnesota, provost marshall general's office from 1863 until 1864, was an Assistant Adjutant General in the U.S. Volunteers from 1864 until 1866 in Tennessee and Alabama, was a captain in the 28th U.S. Infantry in 1867 in Kentucky and Arkansas during the early Reconstruction years, returned to Minnesota in 1870 to engage in business, and was a U.S. Marshall for the northern district of Alabama during the early 1890's. Alexander Ramsey Nininger married Mary Fay MacKubin (1853-1926) and the couple had three children, E. M. Nininger (1879-1951,) Alexander R. Nininger(1880-1958,) and Sigourney Fay Nininger (1883- .) The Minnesota Club was founded in 1874 as a gentleman's social club and built a stately Georgian building, designed by Clarence H. Johnston, near Rice Park. Edward N. Saunders was the president of the Minnesota Club in 1907. In 1988, the Minnesota Club was in financial distress with a membership of about 400, negotiated the sale of its building with John Nasseff, a former vice president of the West Group, eventually was acquired by Minnesota Sports & Entertainment, a limited partnership that owns the Minnesota Wild hockey team, and the building was renamed 317 on Rice Park and used as an intimate reception, business meeting and wedding venue. Louis F. Dow was a printer and the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company was Brown & Bigelow's biggest competitor, publishing pin-up calendars by several different artists. The Garrick Theatre, located at 34 Sixth Street West, opened in 1890 by Jacob Litt as the Grand Opera House, was built in the Beaux-Arts style, seating 1200 with two sets of box seats and a large balcony, and had a moderate-sized stage. The Grand Opera theatre also was a venue for boxing matches, including John L. Sullivan and "Gentleman" Jim Corbett. It was rebuilt as a burlesque house after a 1912 fire, was remodeled again in 1914 as a combination movie and live events theatre and renamed the Strand Theatre, having been modeled after New York City's Strand Theatre, and became the new Garrick Theatre from 1920 until 1950, when it no longer showed first run movies and was razed to be replaced by a parking garage. There also was a Garrick Theatre in Minneapolis. In 1874, the American District Telegraph Company was formed through the affiliation of 57 district telegraph delivery companies, became a subsidiary of Western Union in 1901, and came under the control of AT&T in 1909. Since each of the American District Telegraph Company's 57 district companies had developed independently, the many offices of the security company operated at a variety of levels, with different systems, equipment, and operating practices. During the period 1910-1930, the American District Telegraph Company became synonymous with emergency call systems and made important additions to burglar, holdup and fire alarm systems. In 1928, there were four telegraph companies operating in the Twin Cities, the American District Telegraph Company, the North American Telegraph Company, the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and the Western Union Telegraph Company. In 1969, ADT became a separate publicly traded company. In 1987, ADT was purchased by the Hawley Group, Ltd., was renamed ADT Security Systems, Inc., and its U.S. headquarters were relocated from New York City to Parsippany, New Jersey. In 1998, ADT, Ltd. was acquired by Tyco International Ltd. Percy Thomas Walton (1871- ) was born in Paxton, Illinois, the son of William L. Walton (1844- ) and Kate B. Hinchman Walton (1848- ,) graduated with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1894, married Cora L. Landell ( -1903) in 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri, was a structural steel and bridge engineer employed by the Koken Iron Works from 1897 to 1898, by the Kenwood Bridge Company from 1898 until 1899, and by the Stupp Brothers Bridge Company from 1899 until 1905, was the chief engineer employed by the Illinois Steel Bridge Company from 1905 until 1909, married Ida M. Owen in 1904 in Bellville, Illinois, was the general manager employed by the North Dakota Metal Culvert Company from 1909 until 1912 and by the Northwestern Agency of the Illinois Steel Bridge Company, located in St. Paul, after 1912, and married Prudence Austin in 1915. Paul E. Danz married Margarite Ogren (1904- ,) the sole daughter among the five children of Andrew J. Ogren (1863- ) and Rebecca Albertson Ogren (1878- ,) in St. Paul, and the couple had one child, John Danz. Stephen F. Bueneman ( -1908,) J. Adam Felthous ( -1908,) Dudley Baldwin Finch ( -1910,) James G. Freeman ( -1911,) Henry Nichols ( -1912,) Mabel Alice Perkins ( -1913,) Daniel H. Moon ( -1914,) John Kelliher ( -1914,) Phineas Numeas Cardozo ( -1914,) louis Eberhart ( -1917,) Albert Edward Chapman ( -1918,) Lyndon Ambrose Smith ( -1918,) James Cooper ( -1920,) Joseph E. Penfield ( -1920,) John Henry Sargisson ( -1920,) Catherine Gertrude Dwyer ( -1923,) Charles Neely ( -1923,) Jennie L. Bueneman ( -1924,) Charles H. Van Auken ( -1924,) Martin H. Albin ( -1925,) Hanara Cooper ( -1925,) Charles Louis Weeks ( -1925,) Dr. Stephen O. Arnold ( -1926,) Jacobina Bueneman ( -1927,) John Quincy Haas ( -1927,) Frank Dodson ( -1928,) Ira M. Kelly ( -1928,) Ella Conroy ( -1929,) Robert Davies ( -1930,) Mark W. Fay ( -1930,) Bertha Gosling ( -1930,) Edward B. Graves ( -1930,) James H. Quinn ( -1930,) Stephen D. Dysinger ( -1931,) Clark E. Wyman ( -1931,) Thomas Yapp ( -1932,) John Beard ( -1933,) Margaret R. Austin ( -1934,) Phillip R. Bronson ( -1934,) Albert Goldhammer ( -1935,) Mary Lyons ( -1935,) William F. Sailor ( -1935,) Frank Billings Kellogg ( -1937,) Andrew E. Fritz ( -1938,) James Wendell Bloom ( -1939,) William Esensten ( -1939,) Katherine Sullivan ( -1939,) Dr. Ernest H. Bohland ( -1940,) Edward J. Newell ( -1940,) William A. Broderick ( -1941,) William David Cooper ( -1942,) Joseph Marum ( -1942,) Robert West McCloud ( -1942,) Dr. Beatrice E. Danz ( -1944,) Joseph Barre ( -1945,) Elizabeth M. Baker ( -1945,) Charles Chandler Upham ( -1946,) Henry L. Bryant ( -1947,) Catherine Dwyer ( -1947,) Herman Gall ( -1947,) Mary Lyons ( -1948,) Charles Treat Spear ( -1951,) John C. Whitacre ( -1951,) Emeline Season ( -1952,) and Carl A. Carlgren ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. Ernest Davidson (1890-1969) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Sima M. Siegel (1898-1992) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Clifford W. Campbell (1895-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McConologue, and died in Ramsey County. Kathryn Lefebvre (1883-1977) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Krueger, and died in Ramsey County. Agnes G. Kennedy (1895-1978) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Orman, and died in Ramsey County. Ackveline Marie Frost (1873-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Ramsey County. Margaret Gall (1881-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wick, and died in Ramsey County. Margaret Ann Gall (1896-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Theissen, and died in Ramsey County. Louis F. Dow (1877-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McCullough, and died in Ramsey County. Dr. Paul E. Danz (1894-1961) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Margaret Davies (1863-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Culp, and died in Ramsey County. William F. Drefke (1879-1960) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Lewis L. Drill (1877-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sheet, and died in Ramsey County. Franklin Drill (1875-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sheets, and died in Ramsey County. Evelyn Murphy (1881-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Silver, and died in Ramsey County. Evelyn Marie Murphy (1907-1978) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Germain, and died in Ramsey County. William Calvert (1889-1965) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Gretchen A. Mitsch (1884-1982) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Sonnen, and died in Ramsey County. Peter B. Groat ( -1911,) John Herman Davidson ( -1928,) Louis Bock ( -1928,) Egbert S. Oakley ( -1931,) Joseph Skorish ( -1935,) George T. Simpson ( -1937,) John M. Rees ( -1939,) William G. Mee ( -1944,) James P. Rodgers ( -1945,) Frank Hewitt ( -1951,) Henry C. Flannery ( -1953,) and John L. Kennedy ( -1954) all died in Hennepin County. Amadeus F. Wolter (1894-1993) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Berns, and died in Hennepin County. Mary Whitman ( -1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Clarke, and died in Hennepin County. Ronald Harry Stewart ( -1927) died in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. William Doolittle Bailey ( -1929) and Percy Thomas Walton ( -1935) both died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Frank L. Clark ( -1930) died in Rice County, Minnesota. Lorane Harrison Clark (1890-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Allen, and died in Rice County, Minnesota. John L. Kennedy ( -1940) died in Houston County, Minnesota. Harry H. Frost (1893-1970) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Morrison County, Minnesota. Claire Faye Brown ( -1938) died in Benton County, Minnesota. Bertha Anna Maria Eaton (1894-1977) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Zimmerman, and died in Goodhue County, Minnesota. George F. Ennessy (1886-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Erickson, and died in Freeborn County, Minnesota. William F. McFetridge ( -1928) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Lewis Franklin Fisher (1870-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hester, and died in Koochiching County, Minnesota. Charles Oscar Williamson (1905-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Borg, and died in Aitkin County, Minnesota. Clarence Odell Williamson ( -1951) died in Anoka County, Minnesota. Mary Flood ( -1925) died in Becker County, Minnesota. Charles Robert Pierce (1866-1957) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jones, and died in McLeod County, Minnesota. [See note for the Worch Cigar Company for 821 West Osceola Avenue.] [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the NorthWestern Fuel Company for 1322 West Osceola Avenue.] [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.] [See note on Richards Gordon and the Gordon-Ferguson Company for 378 Summit Avenue.] [See note for Tri-State Telegraph & Telephone Company for 596 Portland Avenue.] [See note on John Quincy Adams for 3 Crocus Hill.] [See note on Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company for 406 Maple Street.] [See note for Alexander R. Nininger for 240 Summit Avenue.]
178 Summit Avenue: The Elm Apartments/Elms Apartments. Built in 1910 (1919 according to Ramsey County property tax records; 1920 according to the Minnesota Historical Society;) 1910 Apartment House in style. The 28436 square foot building is three stories high and has cast iron balconies on its second and third floors. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier's Bonus Board (#13052) indicate that William H. Snell (1889- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private First Class in the Medical Corps at the Camp Dodge, Iowa, base hospital, who was born in St. Paul, had brown eyes, dark brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5 8 1/2" tall, was an optometrist at induction, was an optometrist employed by after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Arthur W. Anderson, Phil H. Bettingen, a creditman employed by the Western Supply Company, Clifford M. Borneman, a salesman, Wiley L. Boullt, a clerk, Adam Bolton, the grand secretary of the International Order of Foresters, who officed at the Pittsburgh Building, John S. Bratton, an employee of the Missouri Cattle Company, Clarence J. Brodt, a salesman, William D. Bric, a salesman employed by the Flaxlinum Insulation Company, Ralph M. Cooley, an engineer employed by the Minnesota State Highway Department, and Chester B. Ellyson, a purchasing agent employed by the George J. Grant Construction Company, all resided at this address, that Frances I. Bauer, a clerk employed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad, roomed at this address, that Michael J. Cohler, a dentist who officed at the Lowry Building, boarded at this address, that John H. Devenney resided at this address, and that Evelyn Dufresne, a stenographer, Helen Dufresne, a clerk employed by the Log Cabin Products Company, and Vivian Egaard all boarded at this address and Joseph E. Dufresne, a steward, resided at this address. The 1920 federal census indicates that John S. Bratton (1891- ,) a cattle broker who was born in Pennsylvania to parents who were born in England and in Ireland, resided in rental property at this address with his wife, Maud M. Bratton (1894- ,) who was born in Illinois to parents who were born in Illinois and Missouri. Additional residents at this address according to the 1920 federal census were Frank J. Lawler (1883- ,) his wife, Rose Lawler (1886- ,) their daughter, Gladys T. Lawler (1904- ,) their son, Leonard J. Lawler (1906- ,) another daughter, Margaret Lawler (1910- ,) and another daughter, Mary R. Lawler (1915- ,) Sarah R. Normand (1881- ,) and her daughter, Frances J. Normand (1906- ,) Agnes M. Erren/Errere (1892- ,) her daughter, Eileen P. Erren/Errere (1915- ,) and her other daughter, Mary J. Erren/Errere (1918- ,) Clarence J. Brodt (1883- ,) his wife, Agnes Brodt (1886- ,) their son, Clarence G. Brodt (1908- ,) another son, Vincent Brodt (1915- ,) and another son, Jack Brodt, (1918- ,) Raymond Rindskoff (1894- ,) and his wife, Margaret V. Rindskoff (1895- ,) Harry W. Rowley (1886- ,) and his wife, Winifred A. Rowley (1892- ,) Charles McDermott (1859- ,) and his wife, Margaret McDermott (1862- ,) John Belmeur (1868- ,) Gertrude P. Hill (1880- ,) and her sister, Elsie Monroe (1885- ,) Arthur C. Townley (1880- ,) his wife, Margaret R. Townley (1889- ,) and their daughter, Bonita M. Townley (1905- ,) Ralph M. Miller (1894- ,) and his wife, Ruth A. E. Miller, Dan M. Wood (1868- ,) his wife, Mildred A. Wood (1878- ,) and their servant, Anna E. Jorgenson (1900- ,) Lillie D. Swenson (1860- ,) and her daughter, Helen W. Swenson (1894- ,) Edgar C. Short (1885- ,) his wife, Mable M. Short (1892- ,) their daughter, Mary C. Short (1916- ,) and another daughter, Myra E. Short (1918- ,) Philip H. Bettingen (1842- ,) Herbert E. Metcalf (1893- ,) his wife, Eleanore M. Metcalf (1894- ,) and Mary E. Metcalf (1918- .) The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Emberg, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Harwood, Mrs. G. F. Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. La Valle, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meisel, Mr. and Mrs. G. Myers, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Walsh, and Mr. and Mrs. John Watson resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that John Belmeuer, a buyer employed Mannheimer Brothers, John S. Bratton, proprietor with Eugene V. Menges of the Missouri Cattle Company, live stock brokers in South St. Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Evelyn Dilley, a stenographer employed by the Northwest Fuel Company, and Roy R. Dilley, a deputy inspector employed by the Division of Oil Inspection, all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building at this address were Ray A. McBride (Apartment #B,) Effie B. Anderson, a clerk (Apartment #101,) Alois L. Huber and his wife, Amanda Huber (Apartment #103,) Lawrence P. King, an electrical engineer, and his wife, Elizabeth C. King (Apartment #104,) Arthur G. Lehmann, a salesman employed by the Twin City Motor Company, and his wife, Gunda Lehman (Apartment #105,) Marion Timm, a clerk (Apartment #106,) Marion C. Hanson, a teacher at the Galtier School (Apartment #107,) Edward H. Helperin, a salesman employed by Chaix-Copley, Inc. (Apartment #108,) Ruth Loraus, a manicurist at the Pioneer Building (Apartment #109,) Edward L. Rodgers, an automobile salesman, and his wife, Virginia Rodgers (Apartment #110,) John A. Peterson (Apartment #111,) Mrs. Rose M. Larsen, the widow of August C. Larsen (Apartment #112,) Thomas H. Carroll, an installer employed by the Tri-State Telegraph & Telephone Company, and his wife, Helen Carroll, a demonstrator employed by the H. J. Heinz Company (Apartment #201,) Mrs. Myrtle M. Letchel, the widow of Henry Letchel and a dressmaker at a gown shop, and Mrs. Nellie Falk (Apartment #202,) Mrs. Ruth E. Katz, a nurse employed by George K. Hagaman, and Ann Lou Novotny (Apartment #207,) Marie A. Moquin, a physician who officed at 350 St. Peter Street (Apartment #208,) Luman R. Mackey and his wife, Ruth Mackey (Apartment #209,) Charles B. Irwin, a fieldman (Apartment #210,) Leila Halverson (Apartment #211,) Jerald J. Sexton, a teacher, and his wife, Margaret Sexton (Apartment #301,) Leonard J. Murray, a floorman employed by S. S. Kresge Company, and his wife, Olive Murray (Apartment #302,) Esther Rodrick, a miliner (Apartment #303,) Theo A. Wedoff, a clerk employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Minerva M. Wedoff (Apartment #304,) Mildred A. Yost, a bookkeeper employed by the West Publishing Company (Apartment #306,) Irene A. Johnson, an instructor at Humboldt High School and at Mechanic Arts High School (Apartment #307,) Elizabeth Doyle, a stenographer (Apartment #308,) Mrs. Thekla Haas, the widow of James Haas and a nurse (Apartment #310,) Mrs. Helen Anhalt (Apartment #311,) and Alex Tinling (Apartment #312,) with Apartments #102, #203, #204, #205, #206, #212, #305, and #309 vacant. The 1989 Arlington Hills Lutheran Church directory indicates that Lori Rodman resided at Apartment #209 at this address. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that William A. Chatterton, who attended the school from 1933 until 1937, who attended Harvard University, who attended the University of Minnesota, and who married Janet Mae Anderson in 1949, resided at this address. In 1930, Michael J. Cohler, associated with Birnberg & Cohler, and his wife, Jay Cohler, resided at 929 Goodrich Avenue. Chaix-Copley Inc. was a clothing and footwear manufacturer. Sebastian Spering Kresge (1867-1966) worked as a traveling tinware salesman from 1890 until 1897 before he opened, with one of his customers, J. G. McCrory, who owned a chain of stores in the northeast, his first discount retail store where all merchandise was sold for less than a dime. Kresge bought out McCrory and incorporated as S. S. Kresge in 1912 with 85 stores. Kmart was the successor to the Kresge stores, with the first Kmart discount department store opening in 1962 in Garden City, Michigan. George F. Jennings ( -1921,) John Belmeur ( -1923,) Mary Kathleen Lawler ( -1923,) Arthur W. Anderson ( -1924,) George J. Grant ( -1924,) Arthur Albert Walfred Anderson ( -1925,) James Kermit Haas ( -1925,) John J. Watson ( -1927,) William D. Bric ( -1929,) Charles Irwin ( -1929,) Mary Lawler ( -1939,) Thomas H. Carroll ( -1940,) Adam L. Bolton ( -1943,) Harry M. Walsh ( -1945,) John D. Watson ( -1947,) Clarence J. Brodt ( -1948,) Margaret Ruth Lawler ( -1948,) Mildred A. Yost ( -1949,) John Douglas Watson ( -1950,) Arthur Herman William Meisel ( -1951,) John L. Watson ( -1951,) and Margaret McDermott ( -1952) all died in Ramsey County. Arthur W. Anderson (1901-1993) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dwyer, and died in Ramsey County. Joseph Dufresne (1892-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dupre, and died in Ramsey County. Frances Bauer (1864-1957) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Michael J. Cohler (1895-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Birnberg, and died in Ramsey County. Agnes M. Erren (1892-1985) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Edgar C. Short (1884-1981) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McKee, and died in Ramsey County. John D. Watson (1876-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hoyt, and died in Ramsey County. Helen P. Carroll (1910-1965) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wodaszewski, and died in Ramsey County. Henry J. Letchel (1885-1971) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Leila Halverson (1884-1976) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Levre, and died in Ramsey County. Theodore A. Wedoff (1891-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. Mina Marie Wedoff (1892-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rick, and died in Ramsey County. Elizabeth J. Doyle (1871-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Murphy, and died in Ramsey County. Elizabeth M. Doyle (1882-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kearns, and died in Ramsey County. Mary Lawler ( -1928,) Rose Lawler ( -1928,) Margaret E. Lawler ( -1930,) Sarah Gertrude Norman ( -1932,) Charles McDermott ( -1935,) Amanda A. Huber ( -1937,) Herbert Harwood ( -1939,) Margaret Lawler ( -1940,) Margaret Lawler ( -1941,) George Myers ( -1941,) William Harry Snell ( -1942,) Mary Ann Lawler ( -1944,) Margaret Sexton ( -1947,) Frank Lawler ( -1949,) Mable Short ( -1950,) Margaret McDermott ( -1953,) and Rose Lawler ( -1954) all died in Hennepin County. Harry Wellington Rowley (1885-1963) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Knudsen, and died in Hennepin County. Evelyn Dilley (1885-1966) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Lystad, and died in Hennepin County. Nellie Falk (1897-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Brien, and died in Hennepin County. Ruth Esther Mackey (1901-1983) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gustafson, and died in Hennepin County. Clarence Brodt ( -1927) died in Dakota County, Minnesota. John H. Devenney ( -1929) died in Stevens County, Minnesota. Maude B. Bratton (1885-1967) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Crider, and died in Hubbard County, Minnesota. Leonard F. Lawler (1905-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Louth, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. Margaret Cecelia Lawler ( -1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Roddy, and died in Ramsey County. Vincent Herbert Brodt ( -1946) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Winifred A. Rowley (1890-1995) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Paulson, and died in Becker County, Minnesota. Ralph M. Miller ( -1924) died in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Mildred Annette Wood (1879-1964) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dugan, and died in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Anna Elizabeth Jorgenson (1879-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jacobson, and died in Polk County, Minnesota. Anna Eleanor Jorgenson (1897-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Malmgren, and died in McLeod County, Minnesota. Mary Eileen Esther Metcalf (1919-1996) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hedin, and died in Hennepin County. Marion C. Hanson (1895-1988) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Olson, and died in Hennepin County. Alois Huber ( -1932) died in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Elizabeth C. King ( -1924) died in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Arthur Gerhart Lehman (1908-1994) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Widiger, and died in Watonwan County, Minnesota. Marion Gail Timm (1898-1997) was born in Iowa, had a mother with a maiden name of Henry, and died in Lyon County, Minnesota. Edward Rodgers ( -1930) died in Carlton County, Minnesota. Ruth Emery Katz (1894-1982) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hunter, and died in Anoka County, Minnesota. Marie Moquin ( -1953) died in Polk County, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is Thomas J. Mohr, who resides at 1787 Sargent Avenue. The 1879 city directory indicates that Peter Garrigan was a coachman at the nearby former 181 Summit Avenue. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Moon resided at the nearby former 176 Summit Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that William J. O'Connor, a manager for the Sperry & Hutchinson Company, resided at this address. Daniel H. Moon (1846- ) was born in Leesburg, Indiana, graduated from the Notre Dame University in 1866, moved to Rochester, Minnesota, in 1866, moved to St. Paul in 1881, was a wholesale grocer, and resided in Ox Bow, Saskatchewan, in 1912. Daniel H. Moon ( -1914) died in Ramsey County. William J. O'Connor ( -1942) died in Hennepin County. [See note for Tri-State Telegraph & Telephone Company for 596 Portland Avenue.] [See note on the Flax-Li-Num Insulating Company for 1379 West Osceola Avenue.] [See note on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RailRoad for 472 Ohio Street.] [See note on Eugene A. Towle and the Log Cabin Syrup Company for 18 Kenwood Parkway.] [See note for the Mannheimer Brothers for 270 West Seventh Street.] [See note on the NorthWestern Fuel Company for 1322 West Osceola Avenue.] [See note on the West Publishing Company for 415 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.] [See note on the Mechanic Arts High School for 656 Portland Avenue.]
184 Summit Avenue: C. D. Kerr House. Built in 1889 (1884 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Queen Anne/Victorian in style; George Gerlach, architect and builder. The house cost $1,000 to build. C. D. Kerr was a judge. The house is a 2 1/2 story, 5712 square foot, wood frame building originally designed as a private residence, but eventually reformatted as apartments. It has two story bay windows, an open porch, and a sunrise motif on the north dormer. The front porch was added in 1910. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. F. Morris and their daughter resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Crippen and Miss Marcia E. Crippen resided at this address. By 1890, H. S. Crippen occupied the house, and by 1914, P. J. Giesen resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Crippen resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Hon. and Mrs. C. D. Kerr resided at this address. The 1893 and 1895 city directories indicate that Hon. and Mrs. C. D. Kerr and their daughter resided at this address. The St. Paul Globe indicates that Charles Deal Kerr resided at this address in 1896. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Elisabeth Briggs (1817-1901,) who was born in the United States and who died of a inflamation of the pancreas, resided at this address in 1901. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. P. J. Giesen and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Giesen all resided at this address. The 1920 federal census indicates the residents at this address were Martin Giesen (1875- ,) his wife, Olga C. Giesen, their daughter, Louise M. Giesen (1915- ,) and his mother-in-law, Louise C. Hilbert (1857- .) The 1930 city directory indicates that Wallace W. Throckmorton, a salesman employed by the Standard Cattle Company, his wife, Emma Throckmorton, and William J. Throckmorton, a driver, all resided at this address. Charles Deal Kerr (1836-1896) was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduated from the Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1857, read the law in the the law office of Hon. Samuel F. Miller at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1859, was admitted to the practice of law in 1861, served in the Sixth Illinois Regiment/Sixteenth Illinois Regiment/Sixteenth Illinois Cavalry during the American Civil War, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, married Mary E. Bennett, of Rochester, New York, moved to St. Cloud in 1865, practiced law as a law partner of James McKelvey, practiced law as a law partner of W. S. Moore, practiced law as a law partner of Loren Warren Collins from 1868 until 1872, moved to St. Paul in 1873, was a St. Paul city alderman, was the president of the St. Paul Common Council, was a member of the St. Paul board of education, was a law partner of Harris Richardson from 1885 until 1887, was a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, was a member of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, was a member of the Acker Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, was a senior vice commander of the Minnesota department of the Loyal Legion of the United States in 1888, was a judge of the Second Judicial District from 1888 until 1896, addressed a conference sponsored by the Associated Charities of St. Paul on street boys in 1894, and died in San Antonio, Texas. Charles D. Kerr was the author of Civil war diary of Colonel Charles Deal Kerr of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry on the march to the sea, November-December 1864, published in 1932. Colonel Charles D. Kerr of the 126th Illinois Cavalry, which was at the rear of the XIV Corps, was the rear guard unit at Ebenezer Creek, Georgia, where Sherman's Army disassembled a pontoon bridge before a throng of African-American camp followers could cross, thus abandoning a large number of ex-slave women, children, and old men. In 1868, Loren Warren Collins (1838- ) formed a law partnership in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with Charles Deal Kerr, which lasted until 1872, when Kerr moved to St. Paul. Judge C. D. Kerr, a district judge in Minnesota's Second Judicial District in 1889, was a law partner with William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896,) the former Minnesota Governor, and Robertson Howard (1847-1899,) a Georgetown University-trained physician turned lawyer and a founder of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Virginia in 1868. In 1888, C. D. Kerr was the lawyer for the defendants in The Northern Pacific RailRoad Company vs. The United States, Peter Johnson, Andrew Johnson, et al., a lawsuit arising out of a dispute over the extent of land grants to the railroad company near Park Rapids, Minnesota, and a successful challenge by the railroad to settlers who began clearing disputed land parcels. Charles Deal Kerr campaigned for Lincoln in 1860, was admitted to the bar in 1861 in Carthage, Illinois, joined the 16th Illinois Regiment, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, moved to Minnesota in 1865, initially resided in St. Cloud, Minnesota, served as mayor of St. Cloud, and was appointed a Ramsey County judge by Governor William Merriam in 1888. Charles D. Kerr and Mary E. Bennett Kerr had three children, Mrs. Lewis J. Hillhouse, Mrs. Harold C. Kerr, and Charles D. Kerr. Peter J. Giesen (1833-1915) was a German bookbinder who came to St. Paul in 1855. His company bound law books for West Publishing Company, and he was also president of the company that published Volkszeitung, the German language newspaper of St. Paul. Giesen founded and supported the Mozart Club of St. Paul. Mary E. Bennett, the daughter of Joel Bennett (1817-1881) and Sarah Fitch Bennett, of Rochester/Auburn, New York, married C. D. Kerr of St. Cloud, Minnesota, in 1874. Charles A. F. Morris (1827-1903) was born in Ireland, emigrated to the United States in 1849, moved to St. Paul in 1854, was employed by the engineering departments of several railroads, including the Northern Pacific RailRoad, then moved to Oregon as the Chief Engineer of the Southern extension of the Oregon & California Railroad, then returned to reside in Excelsior, Minnesota, where he died. Charles A. F. Morris, engineer and surveyor, surveyed the land that George B. Waller, Sr., who owned the original Litchfield, Minnesota, town site, gave to the railroad as an inducement for the railroad to locate a town and platted it in 1869 and also surveyed the town of Hallock, Minnesota, in 1880, for the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company. The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company, formed in 1876, was the successor to the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, was reorganized and renamed the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company, and was in turn succeeded by the Great Northern RailRoad. J. P. H. Morris (1854- ) was the son of Charles A. F. Morris. Asa G. Briggs was the son of Elisabeth Briggs. Asa Gilbert Briggs (1862-1945) was born in Arcadia, Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1885 and from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1887, and then moved to St. Paul and practiced law. In 1930, Mrs. Florence A. Crippen, the widow of Herbert S. Crippen, and Marcia F. Crippen, a stenographer, resided at 737 West Lincoln Avenue. George N. Gerlach (1857-1927) was born in St. Paul, was educated at the St. Paul Common Schools, initially was a printer, then was a carpenter, subsequently was a building contractor, was a Democrat, resided in St. Paul, was employed by the United States government to build Fort Keogh in 1878, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Ramsey County (District 27) from 1895 until 1897, and had a court contest over his election to that Minnesota House seat with Walter Nelson, for which contest expenses he was reimbursed $75 by the State in 1895. George N. Gerlach was a member of an executive committee for the construction of the Church of St. Agnes in St. Paul in 1908 and, with George Ries, purchased and donated the chandeliers for the church in 1915. George N. Gerlach was the president of the German Roman Catholic Benevolent Association of Minnesota from 1899 to 1927, was a member of the St. Anthony Society, was a member, with Louis W. Hill, John B. Meagher, Judge E. W. Bazille, Charles H. F. Smith, C. I. McConville, H. C. McNair, John S. Grode, J. C. Kennedy, George Michel, Timothy Foley, C. D. O'Brien, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Francis Erling, Peter M. Kerst, Rev. J. J. Lawler, Rev. T. J. Gibbons, Rev. P. R. Heffron, Rev. Francis Xavier Bajec, Rev. A. MeNulty, Rev. John Solnce, and Rev. Francis Xavier Gores, of the Cathedral of St. Paul’s Executive Building Committee in 1906, and was the treasurer of the St. Joseph's German Catholic Orphan Asylum in 1910. Peter Joseph Giesen ( -1915,) Herbert Schuyler Crippen ( -1920,) and Marcia F. Crippen ( -1935) all died in Ramsey County. Charles Dudley Kerr ( -1953) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Martin H. Giesen (1889-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dobman, and died in Hennepin County. Loren W. Collins ( -1912,) Mary E. Kerr ( -1934,) and Wallace W. Throckmorton ( -1951) all died in Hennepin County. Mary B. Kerr (1827-1907) was born in Canada and died in Hennepin County. Emma Throckmorton (1875-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Berry, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is Schroeder Properties, located in Edina, Minnesota. < a href="http://www.angelfire.com/mn/thursdaynighthikes/day2blffhike.html"> [See note on Peter J. Giesen for 827 Mound Street.]
186 Summit Avenue: Dr. Arthur Eastman House. Built in 1885 (1884 according to Ramsey County property tax records and 1883 according to Christopher C. Andrews;) Queen Anne/Victorian in style. The house is a 2 1/2 story (three story according to Ramsey County property tax records,) 7214 square foot, brick building with a truncated hipped gabled roof that includes one gabled dormer. It has a limestone foundation, an asymmetrical design, a two story oriel window and a three story tower. It has been significantly altered over time. It also has a large structure behind the house that formerly was a stable. The 1885, 1887, 1889, and 1891 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Eastman resided at this address. The 1893 and 1895 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Eastman resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles Appler, a boilermaker employed by the Omaha Shops, and Mrs. Nannie Crowley, a clerk employed by the Novelty Millinery Company, both resided at this address, that Ray T. Dare, a driver employed by Cook's Taxi Cab & Transfer Company, boarded at this address, and that Everett Bass, an auto mechanic employed by the Roller Motor Company, John Crowley, a student, Mrs. Nora Crowley, and Clarence Deyeo, a driver, all roomed at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Goodwill resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Michael T. Minehan, and his wife, Anna Minehan, resided at this address. Dr. Arthur Maynard Eastman (1855-1923,) the son of John Whitemore/Whittemore Eastman and Maria Farrington Eastman and the grandson of William Kimball Eastman, was born in St. Anthony, Minnesota, graduated from the University of Minnesota, graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1879, studying under Dr. Constantine Hering, was a resident physician at the Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital, joined the staff of the New York Homeopathic Hospital, settled in St. Paul in 1881, resided at this address until 1913, was a homeopathic physician, was a member of the American Association For The Advancement of Science, invested in mineral exploration in the Thunder Bay region of the North Shore of Lake Superior, and was the author of Life and Reminiscences of Dr. Constantine Hering, published in Philadelphia by the family for private circulation in 1917. Dr. Eastman was a senior member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Minnesota State Homeopathic Institute, was president of the St. Paul Society of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery, was president of the Minnesota Board of Medical Examiners, was president of the Minneapolis Homeopathic Society, was a member of the Alumni Association of Hahnemann Medical College was a member of the Alumni Association of Ward's Island of New York, was a member of the Alumni Association of Metropolitan hospitals of New York, became a Mason in 1886, was a member of the Mystic Shrine since 1917, was a member of the Zuhrah Temple of Minneapolis, was a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 58, in St. Paul, was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and was a member of the Native Sons of Minnesota. Dr. Arthur Eastman married Harriet Lord Welles (1860-1907,) the daughter of the Hon. Henry Titus Welles (1802-1878,) a pioneer of the city of Minneapolis, and Jerusha H. Lord Welles ( -1921,) and the couple had five children, Mildred Eastman (Mrs. George W.) Anderson (1885-1981,) Welles Eastman (1886-1975,) Katherine Eastman (Mrs. James E.) Dain (1891-1975,) Harriet Eastman (Mrs. __?__) North (1889- ,) and Eleanor (Mrs. Byron) Webster (1898- .) Dr. Arthur Eastman was born in St. Anthony, Minnesota, the son of John Whittemore Eastman, a resident of Minneapolis and a pioneer flour miller, and Maria Farrington Eastman. John Whittemore Eastman (1820- ) was born in Conway, New Hampshire, the son of William K. Eastman, was educated at the Fryeburg, Maine, Academy and the academy at Plymouth, Massachusetts, was employed from 1840 to 1847 by wholesale houses in either Boston or Buenos Aires, Argentina, as accountant or supercargo, mined in California, was involved in the carrying trade between Mexico and California ports, went into the cattle business and the fruit business in Southern California, married Susan Maria Farrington in 1854, settled in St. Anthony in 1854, established the town of Merrimac, some miles below St. Paul, but abandoned when the river changed course, and erected a large flour mill at St. Anthony Falls with John Rollins, W. W. Eastman, and R. P. Upton. In 1858, the firm became Eastman & Cahill and the mill name changed to "Island Mills." In 1869, Eastman, in company with Elijah Moulton, built a large planning and re-sawing lumber mill on Hennepin Island. Welles Eastman (1886-1975) graduated from the St. Paul Academy, attended the University of Minnesota from 1906 until 1907, attended Trinity College from 1907 until 1908, graduated from Harvard University in 1911, was a Captain in the American Red Cross in 1918 and did field duty in France from 1918 until 1919, was an insurance agent in 1921, resided at 410 Groveland Avenue in Minneapolis, and was a member of the Minneapolis Club, was a member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club, was a member of the Lafayette Club of Minneapolis, was a member of the University Club of St. Paul, and was a member of the Minneapolis Golf Club. Of German descent, Constantine Hering (1800-1880) is known as the "Father" of American homeopathy who studied the writings of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) in order to "disprove" the legitimacy of homeopathy, had a dramatic change of heart when he received successful homeopathic treatment for a wounded right hand forefinger that had become inflamed and seriously infected, and is the author of The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica. The Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania was established in 1848 by Constantine Hering, Jacob Jeanes, and Walter Williamson to provide homeopathy training. In 1869, the Homeopathic College was renamed in honor of Samuel Hahnemann, one of the pioneers of homeopathic medicine, as Hahnemann Medical College. In 1982, Hahnemann Medical College gained university status as Hahnemann University. In 1993, Hahnemann University merged with the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (1850-1867,) renamed the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1867-1970) and then again renamed the Medical College of Pennsylvania (1970-1993,) to form the MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine of Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, the largest private medical school in the country. John W. Eastman ( -1906,) Arthur Maynard Eastman ( -1923,) John Cornelis Eastman ( -1933,) Harriet Eastman ( -1934,) John C. Crowley ( -1947,) John C. Crowley ( -1948,) and Mildred Eastman ( -1950) all died in Hennepin County. Welles Eastman (1887-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Welles, and died in Hennepin County. Katherine Dain (1890-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Welles, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is Schroeder Properties, located in Edina, Minnesota.
187 Summit Avenue (Across from 186 Summit Avenue:) Civil War Commemorative Statue/Josias R. King Statue; Constructed 1903; cast iron statue on stone column; John K. Daniels, sculptor. Josias Ridgate King (1832-1916) was born in Washington, D. C., worked on a surveying crew in Florida from 1847 until 1850, returned to Washington, D. C., briefly enrolled at Georgetown University, sailed to California during the Gold Rush, was detained in Patagonia, Argentina, in 1851, alternated time as a farmer, a gold prospector, and a surveyor in California until 1855, returned to Washington, D. C., moved to St. Paul in 1857, was appointed an assistant to the surveyor general of Minnesota in 1857, married Louisa __?__, joined the St. Paul Pioneer Guards in 1857, participated in the battles of Bull Run, Edward's Ferry, the siege of Yorktown, action at West Point, the battles of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, First and Second Malvern Hill, the battles of Vienna, South Mountain and Antietam, the action at Charlestown, and the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville during the American Civil War, was wounded at the battle of Savage Station, served in the U. S. Army until 1871, participated in the battle of White Stone Hills during the Sully campaign against the Dakota in 1863, was a Confederate prisoner of war in 1865, was in charge of the Freedmen's Bureau and engaged in suppressing illicit distillers and Ku Klux Klan organizations in central Kentucky in 1868, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, returned to St. Paul, was a Roman Catholic, was a Democrat, was a member of the William Acker Grand Army of the Republic Post #21 in St Paul, was in the fire insurance business, was surveyor for the Underwriter's Union, was appointed inspector general of the Minnesota National Guard in the 1870's, became impoverished in his later years, was injured in a streetcar accident in 1915, resided at 277 West Seventh Street in 1915, died of a heart attack in St. Paul, and is buried at Calvary Cemetery. When the American Civil War broke out, at the first meeting to announce what had happened and to ask for volunteers, Josias King reportedly ran up to the front of the assembly so that he could be the first to offer his services to the Union cause and he laid claim to being the first Union soldier to volunteer even though Aaron Greenwald (1832-1863) claimed the same fame for his volunteering at a similar Anoka, Minnesota, meeting. Greenwald was killed at Gettysburg, and without any contender to the contrary, and because the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was the first state unit to be volunteered to President Lincoln, the honor of being the first Union soldier was accorded to Josias King. He enlisted in Company A of the First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment (promoted to Second Lieutenant (1861), to First Lieutenant (1862), and to Captain (1863.) He was wounded at Savage Station. He served as an aide-de-camp on Sully's 1863 expedition into the Dakota Territory following the Dakota Conflict and was involved in the battle of White Stone Hills, Dakota Territory. On May 4, 1864, he was mustered out with the First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment and he was mustered into the Second Regiment, U.S. Volunteers, as a Lieutenant Colonel, in 1865. After the Civil War, he served as a Second Lieutenant (1866) and First Lieutenant (1868) in the Second U.S. Infantry. Subsequently, he returned to Minnesota and lived in St Paul. He was appointed as brigadier general of the Minnesota National Guard in 1885. Josias R. King was the subject of a 1906 (59th Congress) private member's bill, H.R. 15565, Chapter 2840, to increase his Civil War pension to $30 per month. Josas R. King ( -1916) died in Ramsey County. John Karl Daniels was a Norwegian-born Minneapolis artist who executed a number of public sculptures in Minnesota and elsewhere, including the statutes of Lief Erickson (Viking explorer) and Knute Nelson (Norwegian-born Minnesota Governor and U. S. Senator) at the Minnesota State Capitol, the Allianz Life Insurance Building buffalo, and the Washburn Water Tower eagles in Minneapolis, and the 1916 Minnesota Civil War Memorial in Little Rock, Arkansas. He also sculpted busts of former Minnesota Congressman Ignatius Donnelly, former Minnesota Governor Cushman K. Davis, and former Minnesota Governor Lucius F. Hubbard. John Karl Daniels (1875-1978) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jensen, and died in Hennepin County. The 1885 and 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kalman resided at the former nearby 192 Summit Avenue. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Arnold Kalman resided at the nearby former 192 Summit Avenue from 1883 to 1911 and that the residence was razed in 1912. [See note on Governor Knute Nelson for the Knute Nelson Memorial/Across from 75 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard.] [See note on Arnold Kalman for 251 Summit Avenue.]
194 Summit Avenue: Park Court Apartments. Built in 1920 (1922 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) 1920's Apartment building in style. The structure is a three story, 44232 square foot, brick building with a flat roof, corner towers, central bay windows on the second and third floors, and a recessed stone entry way. It also includes two brick plazas with stone fountains. The Arnold Kalman mansion occupied this site before 1920. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lund and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Oace all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building at this address were Harry V. Handrup, a barber employed by Deebach Brothers (Apartment #100,) John Semler, a confectioner (Apartment #101,) Clarence P. Dieponbrock, the deputy Minnesota state insurance commissioner (Apartment #107,) Peter G. Bloomdahl, a janitor for the Park Court Apartments, and Esther J. Peet, the manager of the Park Court Apartments (Apartment #109,) Olaf Wirud, a stationery storekeeper employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Signe Wirud (Apartment #110,) Beatrice Melcher, a cashier employed by Husch Brothers (Apartment #111,) Arnold Imobersteg, a cheese maker, and his wife, Marie Imobersteg (Apartment #112,) Clayton F. Paulsen, the chief clerk employed by Kalman Steel Company, and Mrs. Mary A. Paulsen, the widow of Fred F. Paulsen and a saleswoman (Apartment #114,) Irving J. McGovern, a clerk employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Virginia McGovern (Apartment #115,) Kenneth M. Hance, assistant manager of the National Battery Broadcasting Company, and his wife, Laura Hance (Apartment #201,) Charles C. Cox, a seller of magazines at the Pioneer Building, and his wife, Esther Cox (Apartment #203,) Jack C. Horner, a clerk employed by James Davis Wall Paper & Paint Company, and his wife, Dorothy Horner (Apartment #205,) Florence Holland, a nurse and an anesthetist at St. Joseph's Hospital, Catherine/Cathren Holland, a nurse, and Margarette Stephen, a nurse (Apartment #206,) Gerald E. Fosbroke (Apartment #207,) Arthur I. Liss (Apartment #208,) Ray W. Meehan, a manager of the bond department of Kenney-Michaud Agency, Inc., and a Commissioner on the Minnesota State Athletic Commission, and his wife, Helen E. Meehan (Apartment #209,) Harry C. Dahlin, a telegraph operator, and his wife, Dorothy J. Dahlin (Apartment #210,) Ella A. Roggenback, a designer employed by the Twin City Granite Works (Apartment #211,) Theo A. Wedoff, a clerk employed by the Great Northern RailRoad, and his wife, Minerva Wedoff (Apartment #212,) John M. Filben, a salesman, and his wife, Dorothy Filben (Apartment #214,) George L. Anderson (Apartment #215,) John Dietrich, a salesman, and Albin B. Vasler (Apartment #301,) Allen J. Conolly, a salesman, and his wife, Mary Conolly (Apartment #302,) Clarence W. Stromberg, a salesman employed by John Clay & Company, and his wife, Gertrude Stromberg (Apartment #303,) August A. Pelowski, a special agent employed by the Sun Life Assurance Company (Apartment #306,) Arthur Beltz, a bellman at the St. Paul Hotel, and his wife, Maud Beltz (Apartment #307,) Olive J. Lamb, a nurse (Apartment #308,) Everetta C. Terry, the secretary to Harry Weiss (Apartment #310,) Helen McKane, a fitter employed by Russell-Gowns (Apartment #311,) Allen T. Hunter, an examiner employed by the U. S. Naturalization Service, and his wife, Elliet Hunter (Apartment #312,) J. R. Kempstom, the district manager employed by the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company, and Florence Kempston, a stenographer (Apartment #314,) Marilyn Moriarity, a stenographer employed by C. C. Cox (Apartment #402,) Frank R. Reilly, an electrician, and his wife, Effie Reilly (Apartment #403,) Lynn Russell, the associate physical director of the YMCA (Apartment #405,) and Mrs. Frankie A. Campbell, a saleswoman employed by the Macey Company (Apartment #406,) with Apartments #102, #108, #202, #204, #304, #305, #309, #315, #401, and #404 vacant. C. P. Diepenbrock was the city attorney of the city of Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1909. In 1913, club secretary Ray Meehan largely replaced President George Lennon in operating the St. Paul Saints baseball team after purchasing a substantial portion of club stock from Lennon. Ray W. Meehan was the St. Paul baseball team's representative to a 1914 meeting in Chicago of the American Association. Harry Weiss was a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota in 1928 and in 1940. Herman Deebach ( -1935,) Cyrus Lohman Deebach ( -1938,) John Mayo Filben ( -1941,) George Paul Deebach ( -1943,) Arnold Imobersteg ( -1947,) Olaf Wirud ( -1949,) Catherine Holland ( -1950,) Irving J. McGovern ( -1953,) and Villa Maud Beltz ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. John A. Oace (1879-1957) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Elmer Adolph Deebach (1874-1978) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hoehler, and died in Ramsey County. Signe Wirud (1885-1956) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Beatrice C. Melcher (1907-1984) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Clayton F. Paulsen (1904-1972) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Droitcoeur, and died in Ramsey County. Kenneth M. Hance (1894-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nuendorff, and died in Ramsey County. Laura E. Hance (1890-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kippi, and died in Ramsey County. Ray W. Meehan (1874-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Love, and died in Ramsey County. Helen E. Meehan (1896-1976) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Siemer, and died in Ramsey County. Theodore A. Wedoff (1891-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. Mina Marie Wedoff (1892-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rick, and died in Ramsey County. Florence Lucille Holland (1909-1978) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McKinnon, and died in Ramsey County. Allen J. Conolly (1879-1963) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Arthur F. Beltz (1905-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schultz, and died in Ramsey County. Harry Weiss ( -1967) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Harry Weiss (1892-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bier, and died in Ramsey County. Charles Colfax Cox (1868-1961) was born outside of Minnesota and died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Esther Cox (1896-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Englund, and died in Hennepin County. Harry Dahlin ( -1932,) Harry Weiss ( -1945,) and John F. Dietrich ( -1953) all died in Hennepin County. Florence Adella Holland (1900-1982) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Krognes, and died in Hennepin County. Dorothy A. Dahlin (1919-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Laffin, and died in Hennepin County. Mary Ann Conolly (1883-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Moore, and died in Hennepin County. Gertrude E. Stromberg (1886-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Evermann, and died in Hennepin County. August Pelowski (1892-1972) was born in Minnesota and died in Stearns County, Minnesota. Everetta C. Terry (1904-1992) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gilbert, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. The current owners of the property are Ronald F. Parramore and Shirley E. Parramore, who reside at 1179 Jessie Street. Frankie Brown Campbell (1891-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Howes, and died in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Arnold Kalman resided at the nearby former 192 Summit Avenue from 1883 to 1911. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kalman resided at the nearby former 192 Summit Avenue and the 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kalman, their daughter, and Oscar Kalman all resided at the nearby former 192 Summit Avenue. The nearby former 192 Summit Avenue was razed in 1912 according to the Minnesota Historical Society. Charles Oscar Kalman (1872-1956) was a St. Paul investment banker and, in 1909, his small brokerage firm formed the nucleus, after a series of mergers with and acquisitions of other companies, of what became the investment brokerage firm RBC Dain Rauscher. Kalman merged with J. M. Dain & Co. in 1967, which was founded in Minneapolis in 1929. Then, in 1979, the combined firm merged with Denver, Colorado-based Bosworth, Chanute, Loughridge & Co. and in a flurry of mergers in the 1980's and 1990's, the company aligned forces with J. E. Refsnes & Co. in Phoenix, Arizona, and Rauscher, Pierce & Co. in Dallas, Texas, creating the company known as Dain Rauscher in 1997. RBC Dain Rauscher merged with Tucker Anthony Sutro in 2002. The National Battery Broadcasting Company operated radio station KSTP (AM 1360 in 1928 and AM 1460 in 1938) in the Twin Cities in 1928, the result of a combination of radio station WAMD (AM 1230,) established in 1925 and owned by Hubbard & Company and the Twin City Barber College, the first radio station to be completely supportedy by income generated by running advertisements, and radio station KFOY (AM 1330 in 1924, AM 1190 in 1925 and 1926, and AM 1050 in 1927,) established in 1924. Stanley Eugene Hubbard (1897-1992,) was born in Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, was a World War I pilot (First Battalion, Signal Corps, New York National Guard,) and, in 1925, was station director of WAMD (standing for "Where All Minneapolis Dances,") which had an agreement with the Marigold Ballroom which gave the station "a studio" if it would play the live dance music on the station during the evenings. In 1926, the Radisson Radio Corporation became the owner of WAMD. In 1927, the Radisson Radio Corporation and Stanley E. Hubbard became joint licensees of WAMD and the station divided time as AM 1350 with KFOY. In 1928, the National Battery Company (L. J. Shields, president and owner) sought a broadcast station of its own, formed the National Battery Broadcasting Corporation, acquired the Radisson Radio Corporation, entered into a purchase agreement with Stanley E. Hubbard, and acquired both WAMD and WAMD's sharetime partner, KFOY. Also in 1928, WAMD consolidated with KFOY to form a new station, KSTP and the two prior licenses were canceled and one new one was issued. In early April 1928, new studios were inaugurated in St. Paul. KSTP joined the NBC Blue "chain" in 1928 as that network's Twin City affiliate and changed from the NBC Blue network to the NBC Red network in 1930. KSTP was located in Westcott, Minnesota, now Eagan, Minnesota, in 1928 and 1930 and was located in St. Paul in 1931 and 1934. Kenneth M. Hance ( -1969,) the former co-owner of WDAY 970AM, a Fargo, North Dakota, radio station, became the assistant manager of KSTP in 1932. Stanley E. Hubbard was vice president of the National Battery Broadcasting Company in 1934. In 1935, KSTP's transmitter moved from Radio City, Minnesota, the renamed Wescott, Minnesota, to a new site at Snelling Avenue and County Road C, currently Shoreview, Minnesota. General Manager Stanley E. Hubbard became President of KSTP's licensee in 1935, replacing L. J. Shields, and Kenneth M. Hance was promoted to Co-General Manager in 1938 and became KSTP's General Manager in 1939. In 1941, KSTP's licensee name was changed from the National Battery Broadcasting Corporation to KSTP Inc., with Stanley E. Hubbard as its President and majority owner. Kenneth M. Hance was named Vice President and Treasurer of KSTP Inc. in 1946 and, in 1947, the remaining shares of stock of KSTP Inc. were acquired by Stanley E. Hubbard. K. M. Hance became Executive Vice President-Treasurer of KSTP Inc. in 1949, Stanley S. "Stub" Hubbard became station manager of KSTP in 1955, and Stanley E. Hubbard held the dual position of President and General Manager. In 1962, Stub Hubbard was elected to Vice President and Station Manager. In 1965, Eugene G. Clark became KSTP's Station Manager and, in 1967, Stanley E. Hubbard was elected Chairman of the Board of Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. while Stanley S. Hubbard was appointed President and General Manager. John J. Nugent was named General Manager of KSTP in 1972. The name of the station's licensee was changed in 1985 from Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. to KSTP-AM and John Mayasich (1933- ,) the long time KSTP employee and former University of Minnesota Gopher Hockey star, was named its president. Virginia H. Morris, the daughter of Stanley S. Hubbard was named Vice President and General Manager of KSTP in 1992. Virginia H. Morris succeeded John Mayasich as President of licensee KSTP-AM Inc. in 1998 and continued as the General Manager of KSTP. John E. Mayasich was born in Eveleth, Minnesota, attended Eveleth High School, helped his high school team win four consecutive state boys ice hockey championships from 1948 to 1951, set the NCAA tournament record for most points scored in a hockey game with seven against Boston College in 1954 while attending the University of Minnesota, holds the University of Minnesota Men's Ice Hockey record for goals (144) and points (298,) won the Western Collegiate Hockey Association scoring title in 1954 and in 1955, was an All-American three years in a row, was a member of the 1956 Winter Olympics team that won the silver medal, was a member of the 1960 Olympic team that won the gold medal, and participated in a number of hockey world championship tournaments (1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, and 1969.) Dick Hance, the son of Kenneth M. Hance, also was employed by KSTP as a news editor and a news photographer, but reportedly was fired after he secretly taped a police union meeting in the basement of police headquarters, apparently exposing ties between gangsters and the police. Stanley Eugene Hubbard married Cleo Blanche Moore (1900-1962) of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, in 1918, married Alice Rochford (1898-1924) in 1923, married Didrikke All Ottesen Stub (1905-1974) in 1932, and married Mary Ellen Wickham Gibson in 1974. The Minnesota State Athletic Commission was established in 1915, was replaced by the State Boxing Commission in 1973, and then replaced by the Minnesota Boxing Board in 1975. George Arthur Barton was a professional boxer from 1902 to 1909, then was a boxing instructor at the St. Paul YMCA, was appointed a boxing referee by the Minnesota State Athletic Commission in 1915 and presided over more than 12,000 bouts, and was a commissioner and the secretary of the Minnesota State Athletic Commission from 1942 to 1969. Other commissioners and secretaries of the agency were Ray W. Meehan, Jack Gibbons, Lawrence McCaleb, Jim O'Hara, Scott LeDoux, Del Flanagan, Rodney Bobick, Fred Askew, Gene Fesenmaier, F. A. Danz, and Ron Peterson. Arnold Kalman ( -1917) died in Ramsey County. Charles Kalman (1872-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Greve, and died in Ramsey County. Kenneth M. Hance (1894-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nuendorff, and died in Ramsey County. Richard K. Hance (1919-1976) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hainer, and died in Ramsey County. George A. Barton (1885-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ryan, and died in Hennepin County. Ray W. Meehan (1874-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Love, and died in Ramsey County. [See note on Arnold Kalman for 251 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the Sun Life Assurance Company for 695 Fairmount Avenue.]
200 Summit Avenue: School Patrol Flagpole. Erected in 1973. The flagpole is dedicated to the first school patrol crossing in the world, on February 17, 1921. The first school patrol was organized by Sister Carmela Hanggi (1875-1968), the daughter of Josef Hanggi, who was born Caroline Hanggi, attended Cathedral elementary school, St. Joseph's Academy and St. Agatha's Conservatory, all institutions operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, entered the religious order in 1896, taught at St. Paul, Minneapolis, Bird Island, Minnesota, and Graceville, Minnesota, edited the first hymnal for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis at the request of Archbishop John Ireland in 1915, attended graduate classes at East Coast universities, and became the principal of the St. Paul Cathedral School in 1920. The school patrol, starting with 17 volunteer eighth grade boys, was organized by Sister Carmela to address the problem of the rush of modern transportation that was hemming in the school, located just below the Cathedral of St. Paul at 328 Kellogg Boulevard, with the help of St. Paul Police Lieutenant Frank Hetznecker, but with lukewarm interest from St. Paul Public Safety Commissioner A. E. Smith. In 1922, Lieutenant Hetznecker had organized patrols in 86 public and private schools and the St. Paul City Council officially sanctioned the school patrols. In 1940, Sister Carmela was principal at Bird Island, Minnesota, was forced into semi-retirement after being stricken with a severe bout of pneumonia resulting from the terrible Armistice Day blizzard, November 11-12, 1940, and entered Bethany Convent, a retirement home for nuns located at Fairview Avenue and Randolph Avenue in 1954. Josef Hanggi was the co-founder of the St. Paul Furniture Company and produced items for the James J. Hill mansion and the Landmark Center. In 1879, Joseph Hanggi was the vice president of the Liederkranz Singing Society, located at Exchange Street and Ninth Street. The 1879 city directory indicates that Edward H. Cutler, a partner with Daniel R. Noyes and Charles P. Noyes in the firm of Noyes Brothers & Cutler, wholesale druggists located at 68-70 Sibley Street, resided at the nearby former 209 Summit Avenue, that Oluff Kirk was a coachman at the nearby former 201 Summit Avenue, and that Charles McIlrath, a partner with Luman A. Gilbert in McIlrath & Gilbert, grain and commission agents located at 112 East Third Street, resided at the former nearby 221 Summit Avenue. The January 1, 1880, St. Paul Daily Globe indicates that Edward H. Cutler resided at the former nearby 208 Summit Avenue and that Charles McIlrath resided at 221 Summit Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mrs. Sophia Weber and her daughter resided at the former nearby 212 Summit Avenue. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mrs. Sophia Weber and her daughter resided at the nearby former 212 Summit Avenue and that Colonel and Mrs. R. M. Newport, their daughter, Douglas Putnam, and Luther E. Newport all resided at the nearby former 217 Summit Avenue. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mrs. Sophia Weber resided at the nearby former 212 Summit Avenue and that Major and Mrs. A. E. Bates resided at the nearby former 217 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Sophia H. Weber (1865-1902,) who was born in St. Paul to German parents, who was unmarried, and who died of consumption, resided at the former nearby 212 Summit Avenue in 1902. Douglas Putnam is recorded as the builder of the house at 40 Irvine Park and of being a boarder at that house, following his sale of it to Elizabeth Robbins, from 1888 to 1910. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Norman W. Kittson resided at the nearby former 201 Summit Avenue from 1882 to 1895, that the building was the Kittson boarding house from 1898 to 1905, and that the building was razed in 1905, when the Cathedral first began being constructed. The 1891 Rascher Atlas indicates that the nearby former 206 Summit Avenue was a double house with 200 Dayton Avenue, but another Minnesota Historical Society source indicates that ten tenants resided at 200 Dayton Avenue in 1891. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Reece M. Newport and Eliza E. (Mrs. R. M.) Newport, members of the church since 1881, resided at the nearby former 217 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Elizabeth Edgerton Newport (1839-1909,) the wife of Reece Newport, who was born in the United States to parents also born in the United States and who died of valvular heart disease, resided at the nearby former 217 Summit Avenue in 1909. In 1901, Reese M. Newport was a member of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul with Percy D. Godfrey, William Hamm, and Joseph A. Wheelock. In 1874, Charles McIlrath (1829-1910,) a Republican, was the former Minnesota State Auditor, from 1861 until 1873, who was indicted by the Ramsey County Grand Jury for felonious entry into office, based on a failure to post the required bonds and sureties, and malfeasance in office for the sale of lumber and land without public auctions. Lucretia Spalding McIlrath was the wife of Charles McIlrath of St. Paul. Charles McIlrath was the receiver of the Southern Minnesota Railroad Company in 1877. There was a Senate Special Committee that investigated the management of the Office of State Auditor prior to January, 1873, under Charles McIlrath, that reported back in 1875. Charles McIlrath, Matthew Donohue, and Clinton Reynolds constituted the Board of Auditors for the Adjustment of Claims for War Expenditures.in 1862. Reece Marshall Newport (1838-1912) was born in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from Marietta (Ohio) College in 1860, was a Brigadier General during the Civil War, married Eliza Thompson Edgerton (1838- ) in 1863, moved to St. Paul in 1872, was the local treasurer and auditor of the Northern Pacific RailRoad from 1872 to 1882, and then became involved in the railroad construction and real estate businesses. Colonel Reece/Reese Marshall Newport and Eliza Thompson Edgerton Newport had three children, Luther E. Newport (1865-1930,) Mary Morgan Newport (1868- ,) and Reece Marshall Newport. Luther E. Newport and Rachael Newport (1869-1930) had one child, Beatrix Newport (1898- .) Reece Marshall Newport ( -1957,) a member of the Yale University Class of 1901, was the president of R. M. Newport & Company, Inc., dealing in railroad and trackage property, general city real estate, mortage loans, and insurance, his father's former company, located at the Pioneer Building and resided at 833 Grand Avenue. Reece Marshall Newport (1878-1957) was born in St. Paul, married Margaret Self (1895-1988) in 1916, and the couple had four children, Dorothy Ann "Nancy" Newport (1919- ,) Elisa Newport (1920- ,) Reece Marshall Newport (1921- ,) and Sally Newport (1923- .) Reece Marshall Newport was buried in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Nassau County, New York. Edward H. Cutler was a member of the Swedenborgian Church in the late 1800's. In 1879, Marion B. Nattenburg was a domestic at the former nearby 209 Summit Avenue. Eliza. Edg. Newport ( -1909) and Joseph Frank Hanggi ( -1937) both died in Ramsey County. Frank J. Hetznecker (1889-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hetznecker, and died in Ramsey County. Sophia Weber ( -1908) was the mother of Sophia Weber and died in Ramsey County. Albert E. Bates ( -1950) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad and Jay Cooke for 432 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Norman Kittson for 225 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Daniel Rogers Noyes and Helen Gilman Noyes for 366 Summit Avenue.]
225 Summit Avenue: Cathedral of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Built between 1906 and 1915; Renaissance/Italian Mannerist/Baroque in style; Emmanuel Masqueray, original architect; Whitney Warren, construction supervision architect; Louis Millet, original stained glass designer, Charles Connick, subsequent stained glass window designer; Mark Balma, fresco painter; W. J. Hoy, original general contractor; Thomas Finn Company, original roofing contractor. The complex includes three buildings on 3.35 acres of land, the 81840 square foot, three story, Cathedral, built in 1907, a 14238 square foot, three story, second building, built in 1924, and a 2784 square foot, one story, third building, built in 1914. The Cathedral was originally built for $1.5 million. The building is the fourth cathedral for the Diocese/Archdiocese since it was created in 1851, with the first cathedral locatd at Bishop Joseph Cretin's log chapel, the second located between St. Peter and Wabasha Avenues and between Sixth and Seventh Streets, and the third located next door to the second cathedral. The exterior walls are made of Rockville granite, quarried at St. Cloud, Minnesota. The interior walls are made of American travertine, which was quarried at Mankato, Minnesota. The main walls of the chapels surrounding the sanctuary are Italian Botticino marble. The building is 306.5 feet high, 307 feet long, and 216 feet wide. It has a seating capacity of 3,000. The property was originally owned by Jeremiah W. Selby, who built a brick house here in 1856. Selby's widow, Stella Selby, sold the house to Norman W. Kittson in 1871 and Kittson built a mansion on the site in 1882. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Kittson, their daughters, Norman Kittson, J. E. Kittson, L. C. Kittson, and A. W. Kittson all resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that N. W. Kittson, his daughters, Norman Kittson, Jr., J. E. Kittson, L. C. Kittson, A. Kittson, and Mrs. G. Demaray resided at the corner of Dayton Avenue and Summit Avenue. The 1889 city directory indicates that Norman Kittson, Miss M. Kittson, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Baker, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Kittson, A. Kittson, and Mrs. G. Demaray resided at the corner of Dayton Avenue and Summit Avenue. The 1891 city directory indicates that Norman Kittson, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Kittson, A. Kittson, and H. Kittson resided at this address. The 1893 and 1895 city directories indicate that Norman Kittson resided at this address. The Kittson mansion became a boarding house after Kittson's death in 1888. The property was purchased by the Archdiocese in 1904 and the boarding house was torn down in 1905. The cornerstone for the Cathedral was laid in 1907. Construction of the Cathedral was finally completed in 1922, under the supervision of architect Whitney Warren (1864-1943.) The 1930 city directory indicates that the Cathedral of St. Paul was located at this address. Whitney Warren also was commissioned to create the grand altar. The last two stained glass windows were installed in 1941. The building contains three large paintings, which are "The Entombment," painted by 19th century artist Theodule-Augustin Ribot, "The Crucifixion," by Minnesota native Nicholas Richard Brewer (1857-1949), and "The Descent from the Cross" (1867), by Karl-Ernest-Rodolphe-Heinrich-Salem Lehmann (1814-1882). The latest addition, the Balma Frescos, were completed in 1996. The Ernest Skinner organ in the sanctuary was installed in 1927. The Aeolian-Skinner organ in the choir loft was installed in 1963. The Diocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis was established by the Vatican in 1850 and elevated to an Archdiocese in 1888. It serves a 12-county area through 222 parishes, with more than 750,000 Catholics, 495 priests, and 1,400 religious sisters, brothers and deacons. The window facing east depicts the Resurrection. The south-facing rose window is inspired by the Beatitudes and the north-facing rose window depicts the eight North American martyrs. Jeremiah Selby (1820- ) was born in Ohio, came to Minnesota in 1849, and was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church and an ardent supporter of the pastor, Rev. E. D. Neill. Jeremiah W. Selby and Stella H. Selby had at least one child, Sophia Selby. Selby purchased forty acres of land on Saint Anthony Hill in 1847 to farm vegetables, with his property within the boundaries of what is now Dayton and Summit Avenues north and south, and from the Saint Paul Cathedral to Dale Street east to west. The Selby farm was considered foolhardy at the time, with Edmund Rice reportedly commenting "What a fool Selby is to go out into the woods." Jeremiah Wilcox Selby (1812-1855) was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, settled in St. Paul in 1849, had a farm on St. Anthony (now Cathedral) hill, was a member of the 1852 Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives, and died in St. Paul. Selby Avenue was named for Jeremiah Selby in 1854. Stella Selby was the president of the Ladies Aid Society in St. Paul during the Civil War. Norman Wolfred William Kittson (1814-1888) was born in Chambly, Lower Canada, was raised in Sorel, Quebec, Canada, the son of George Kittson and Nancy/Anne Tucker Kittson and the step grandson of the Alexander Henry, was an employee of the American Fur Company in 1830, was initially assigned to a post between the Fox River and the Wisconsin River, came to Minnesota in 1834 and engaged in the fur trade, was the sutler at Fort Snelling from 1834 to 1838, reentered the American Fur Company as a special partner in 1843, was an agent of Chotian June & Company in 1847, was the first to utilize the Red River ox carts to transport furs to St. Paul, was in the Minnesota Territorial Legislature from 1851 to 1855 (sometimes traveling to the session by snowshoe,) entered into partnership with William H. Forbes in 1851 and established the Old St. Paul Outfit for Indian supply trade goods and freighting to Red River, moved to St. Paul in 1854, was St. Paul mayor in 1858 (winning on a vote of 33 to 32,) became an agent of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1860, and established a line of steamers and barges on the Red River, the Red River Transportation Company in partnership with James J. Hill, helped to finance the Great Northern Railway with James J. Hill, Donald Smith (chief commissioner of the Hudson's Bay Company, became Lord Strathcona,) and George Stephens (railroad magnate, the president of the Bank of Montreal, became Lord Mount Stephen,) and died on a train en route to St. Paul. In 1864, Norman Wolfred Kittson married Elise/Elize Marion (1831-1867) of St. Boniface, Manitoba, the daughter of blacksmith Narcisse Marion (1811-1877,) of Norwood, Manitoba. In 1882, Norman Kittson purchased the Erdenheim Farm near Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, including the first great American sprinter, "Alarm," but sold both in 1888. Norman Kittson also owned for a time the pacing champion Little Brown Jug. In 1883, Commodore Kittson purchased "Johnston," a champion pacer, for $20,000. In 1884, "Rataplan," sired by "Alarm," and owned by Norman W. Kittson, won the Iroquois Stakes race in Saratoga, New York. In 1879, Norman Kittson represented St. Paul's Second Ward on the city board of aldermen and was a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of St. Paul. In 1888, Norman Kittson left an estate of $2.7 million, with sons Louis Kittson and James Kittson inheriting the Erdenheim Farm and with son Hercules Kittson's share placed in the hands of a trustee until he reached age 30. The will was also contested by an unidentified woman who claimed to be Norman Kittson's wife at the time of his death. John G. Kittson and his younger brother, Norman Kittson, moved to Wisconsin in 1830. John G. Kittson (1811-1872) was born in Sorrel, Quebec, married Margaret "Hau-ka-wau-bie" Robinson, the daughter of So Shot Carron of the Menominee tribe, and died from illness that set on after fighting the 1871 Peshtigo, Wisconsin, fire. So Shot Carron's father was half French and half Abenaki Indian and her mother was a full-blood Menominee Indian. So Shot Carron was also known as Josette Carron. Alexander Kittson (1853-1883,) the son of Norman W. Kittson and Elise Marion Kittson, was born at North Pembina, Manitoba, married Elise Gingras, the daughter of Antoine Bllanc Gingras and Scholastique Trottier Gingras, in 1875, was educated at St. Boniface College, was a member of the Board of Education for Manitoba, was elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in 1879 and served until 1883 for the constituency of Ste. Agathe as a Liberal Conservative. Alfred Kittson was the youngest son of Norman Kittson and, about 1890, married Violet K. Pace (1871- ,) a daughter of Henry Pace (1836-1899,) a watchmaker/jeweler in Ottawa, Ontario, and later in Lethbridge, Alberta, after emigrating from England. Violet Pace Kittson divorced Alfred Kittson and later, in 1909, married Frederick Boyd Phillips, a lawyer who officed at the Manhattan building and the son of Rev. R. D. Phillips, a Methodist minister. In 1898, Alfred Kittson was sued by the receivers of the Minnesota Savings Bank in Minnesota District Court and had a judgment of $22,000 entered against him on notes secured by the bank's president, W. F. Bickel, rejecting a defense by Kittson that he was drunk when he signed the notes and was a spendthrift who needed to have a guardian appointed for him. In 1897, Mrs. Lewis Baker, Jr., a daughter of Norman W. Kittson and the daughter-in-law of the U. S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, was sued over a real estate debt in a Minnesota District Court by Cecilia Paget. Norman Kittson's eldest brother, Angus Kittson, also was a fur trader (1783-1858) and was the great grandfather of Henry Norman Bethune (1890-1939,) the Canadian physician and surgeon who enlisted in the Canadian army during World War I, was wounded in action in France in 1915, subsequently provided medical services to the poor in Canada, provided medical services to the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, and became famous and highly respected in China for creating the medical "armada" in China called the "Barefoot Doctors." Norman Kittson's other brothers & sisters include William Kittson, husband of Helene MacDonald Kittson, the daughter of __?__ Finan, John Kittson, the Dean of Montreal and first principal of McGill University, Alexander Neil Kittson, the second Bishop of Toronto, James Kittson, another fur trader, and Donald Kittson, a steam boat owner and several sisters who were wives of other fur traders. Norman William Bethune, the son of Rev. John Bethune and Veronique Bethune, married George Kittson's eldest daughter, Margaret Kittson. Kittson was married four times, to Adele Marion, then in 1847 to Elise/Elsie/Louise Marion (1831- )(the couple had a daughter, Lucie Kittson (1849-1853) and a son, Henry Kittson (1848- ,)) then to Mary A. Clarke (the couple had five children,) and then to Agnes La Tender (the couple had a daughter, Therese Kittson.) Agnes La Tender was the daughter of Pa-Si-Mon and Ma-Che-Quo-Nok. Therese Kittson (1856- ) married Joseph Beaupre. Kittson's will mentions 11 of his children, but his grandson identified 26 children that his grandfather sired. In 1879, Norman W. Kittson, the general manager of the Red River Transportation Company and an agent of the Hudson Bay Company with offices at 92 East Third Street, resided at 235 Jackson Street and that Norman Kittson boarded at 235 Jackson Street. Norman Kittson, Sr., died with an estate valued at $1.26 million in real estate alone. The Kittson burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes Norman W. Kittson (1814-1888,) Norman Kittson (1836-1927,) May A. Kittson (1842-1886,) John G. Kittson (1844-1884,) Louis Goyle Kittson (1866-1892,) Hercules Leonard Kittson (1865-1927,) Alfred Sibley (1874-1923,) and Alexander Henry Kittson (1883-1883.) In 1885, Minnie Clark/Mary King/Sheeny Kit/Mary Kittson was involved in litigation seeking a separation and maintenance from her alleged husband, Hercules Leonard "Hirk" Kittson, in New York State Court, based on a marriage allegedly contracted when Hercules Kittson was at Ms. Clark's residence, but was intoxicated at the time, and was subsequently found by a jury to be void because of Hercules Kittson's intoxication. Another son of Norman Kittson, Alfred Louis Kittson, repeated the situation in Hudson, Wisconsin, in 1891, allegedly marrying, under the name of William U. Fulton, the eldest of two chorus girls he was travelling with, Isabel Palmer, while he was intoxicated, and repented of the deed upon becoming sober and fled to Montana under the name of McIntosh. Angus Kittson (1783-1858,) Norman Kittson's eldest brother, also was a fur trader. Dr. John G. Kittson (1852-1908,) a son of Norman Kittson, served as a doctor with the North West Mounted Police in Canada until he retired from the force in 1882. Rev. Henry Kittson, another son of Norman Kittson, was an Anglican priest. Joe Rolette (1820-1871) was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, was educated in New York, was employed by the American Fur Company at Pembina, Wisconsin Territory, in 1840, established an ox cart route between St. Paul and the Red River of the North, took over Kittson's Red River valley business in 1853, and died in Pembina, Dakota Territory. Joe Rolette went to Pembina to become a trader for the American Fur Company in 1841. Two years later, he set out for Saint Paul with wood carts loaded with furs, beginning the Red River Cartways. "Jolly Joe" Rolette was the flamboyant son of a Minnesota fur trading agent, Joseph Rolette, Jr., who managed a post for the American Fur Company near the Canadian border, was elected to the Territorial Legislature in 1852, journeyed to legislative sessions by dog sled, and gained infamy for a prank he played in the State Legislature late in his career when, as chairman of the Enrolling Committee, he pocketed the bill proposing to move the Capitol to St. Peter, Minnesota, and disappeared for several days, playing cards at his favorite hotel, and ensured that the City of Saint Paul remained the State Capital. Pierre Guillaume Sayer (1796-1849) was a Metis fur trader who had been trading to Norman Wolfred Kittson in Pembina, North Dakota, who was in direct competition to the Hudson's Bay Company and was accused of illegal trading of furs and was brought to trial in Upper Fort Garry in 1849 by the Court of Assiniboia. Sayer was backed by Metis leader Louis Riel, Sr., and a crowd of armed Metis men gathered outside the courtroom, and was found guilty of illegal trade by Judge Adam Thom, although no fine or punishment was levied, probably due to the intimidating crowd outside the courthouse. After the Sayer trial, the Hudson's Bay Company no longer could use the courts to enforce their monopoly on the settlers of Red River, the trade monopoly was abolished in 1870, trade in the region was opened to any entrepreneur, and the Hudson's Bay Company relinquished its ownership of Rupert's Land under the Rupert's Land Act of 1868, enacted by the Parliament of the newly formed Dominion of Canada. Whitney Warren was born in New York City, was a cousin of the Vanderbilts, enrolled for one year at Columbia University, studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, began practice in New York City in 1894, and convinced one of his first clients, a lawyer named Charles D. Wetmore (1867-1941,) to become his partner. Whitney Warren is best known for his design of Grand Central Station in New York, a project done in conjunction with the St. Paul architectural firm of Reed & Stem. Warren & Wetmore also designed the office tower portion of the now-abandoned Detroit Michigan Central Station, which was constructed in 1913. In 1908, Whitney Warren presented his idea for a novel stamp design to Postmaster General George von L. Meyer, resulting in a green special delivery stamp. Warren & Wetmore also designed the Deepdale Golf and Country Club in Great Neck, New York, in 1926, for William K. Vanderbilt II. Mark Balma (1957- ) was born in Wichita, Kansas, and grew up in the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and New Hope, Minnesota. Balma began his artistic training in Minneapolis at the age of 16 in the ateliers of Richard Lack and James Childs. He also studied in Italy. In the Fall of 1996, Balma completed two historical frescos in the Cathedral of St. Paul, with one fresco depicting the arrival of Bishop Joseph Cretin to St. Paul and the other fresco depicting the opening of the Cathedral. In 2000, an icon and a statue of St. Paul the Apostle was added to the building. The St. Paul Cathedral was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. John Clayton Nienstedt (1947- ) is the Archbishop of the St. Paul Archdiocese, suceeding Joseph Cretin (1799-1857,) Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. (1814-1897,) John Ireland (1838-1918,) Austin Dowling (1868-1930,) John Gregory Murray (1877-1956,) William Otterwell Ignatius Brady (1899-1961,) Leo Binz (1900-1979,) John Robert Roach (1921-2003,) and Harry Joseph Flynn (1933- .) John Estrem is the Cathedral Rector. Louis Millet, of Chicago, designed windows for the chapels of the Blessed Virgin, St. Peter, and St. Joseph between 1917 and 1920. Millet also designed the windows for the Owatonna, Minnesota, National Farmer's Bank, designed by Louis Sullivan and George Elmslie. Charles Connick (1875-1945,) of Boston, was considered by many to be second only to Paul Chagal as the greatest stained glass builder of the twentieth century. His windows also grace St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and the chapel at Princeton University. Connick was a major promoter of the antique technique of stained glass window design and construction. Joseph Cretin (1799/1800-1857) was born in Lyons, France/Montluel, Ain, France, studied at the seminaires of Meximieux, Ain, France, L'Argentiere, Rhone, France, Alix, Rhone, France, and Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France, was ordained a priest by Bishop Alexander Raymund Devie in 1823, was vicar at Ferney, France, was a friend of John Vianney, the Cure of Ares, France, and of Peter Chanel, the Marist priest and missionary, became a missionary, emigrated to the United States, settled in Dubuque, Iowa, and worked among the Winnebago indians for ten years, became vicar-general of the Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1839, became rector of St. Raphael's Seminary (the current Loras College) in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1840, moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, among the Winnebagoes, in 1843, was appointed by Pope Pius IX the bishop of the newly created 166,000 square mile Diocese of St. Paul and was consecrated at Belley, France, in 1850, built the second Cathedral of St. Paul, established a seminary in 1851, initiated the construction of the third cathedral, introduced the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Mother St. John Fournier, Sister Francis Joseph Ivory, Sister Philomena Vilaine and Sister Scholastica Vasques) into the diocese in 1851 to establish an academy for young ladies and to operate a hospital, organized the Catholic Temperance Society of St. Paul in 1852, established missions among the Ojibways, built a hospital on a site donated by H. M. Rice in 1853, acquired land for a cemetery in 1853 and 1856, introduced the Brothers of the Holy Family into the diocese to build schools for boys and establish a novitiate in 1855, arranged for a convent of the Benedictine order to be erected in St. Cloud, Minnesota, encouraged Catholic colonization into Minnesota, and died in St. Paul after a long illness. Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. (1814-1897,) was born in Charleston, South Carolina, studied in both America and Italy, entered the seminary at Cincinnati in 1829, entered the priory of St. Rose, Kentucky, in 1830, went to Rome in 1837, was ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Preachers (Order of St. Dominic) in Rome in 1839, returned to the United States in 1844, was a minister in Kentucky and Tennessee, was appointed bishop of the Diocese of St. Paul in 1859, resigned as bishop of the St. Paul Diocese in 1884, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mennith, Arabia, in 1884, and was appointed Archbishop of Siunia, Armenia, in 1889. In 1879, the Right Reverend Thomas L. Grace, Bishop of St. Paul, resided on Sixth Street between Wabasha Street and St. Peter Street. Totino-Grace High School, a Roman Catholic high school in Fridley, Minnesota, was named for Bishop Grace. John Ireland (1838-1918) was born in Burnchurch, County Kilkenny, Ireland, came to the United States in 1849, moved to St. Paul in 1852, studied in France from 1853 to 1861, was ordained in St. Paul in 1861, was mustered into the Fifth Minnesota Regiment as a chaplain in 1862 and resigned after 15 months in 1863, was appointed rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul in 1863, organized the first total abstinence society in Minnesota in 1869, was named coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of St. Paul in 1875, was named bishop of the Diocese of St. Paul in 1885, was named archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul in 1888, and was the author of The Church and Modern Society: Lectures and Addresses, New York, D.H. McBride & Company, 1903. Austin Dowling was born in New York, New York, was ordained a priest in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1891, was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, in 1912, and was appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul, in 1919. William O. Brady was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, was ordained a priest in 1923, was appointed bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1939, and was appointed Archbishop of St. Paul in 1956. Leo Binz was born in Stockton, Illinois, was ordained as a priest in 1924, was ordained as a Bishop in 1942, was assigned as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Winona, Minnesota, and then Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, was selected Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1949 and then Archbishop of Dubuque, and was reassigned as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul in 1962. John Roach was born in Prior Lake, Minnesota, was ordained a priest in 1946, was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in 1971, was appointed Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in 1971, and retired in 1995. Nicholas Brewer was born in Olmstead County, Minnesota, was raised on a farm along the Root River in southeastern Minnesota, was a student in New York of Dwight Tryon and Charles Noel Flagg at the National Academy of Design, was a member of the American Federation of Arts, the California Art Club and the Salmagundi Club, and wrote an autobiography Trails of a Paintbrush, published in 1938. Theodule Augustin Ribot (1823-1891) began his studies at the Ecole des Arts et Metiers de Chalons, went to Paris where he worked as a store decorator and studied in the studio of Glaize, travelled through Germany, debuted in Paris at the Salon of 1861 and received medals in 1864 and 1865, and a medaille de troisieme classe in 1878, the same year in which he received the Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur, and was one of the founders of the Salon du Champs de Mars with Alphonse Legros, Fantin-Latour and Whistler. Henri (Karl-Ernest-Rodolphe-Heinrich-Salem) Lehmann was a German Neoclassical painter who studied under his father, Leo Lehmann (1782-1859), and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, exhibited regularly at the Salon, winning first-class medals in 1840, 1848, and 1855, received numerous commissions for large-scale compositions, became head of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in 1861, and taught Camille Pissarro and Georges Seurat. Norman Kittson ( -1927,) Nicholas R. Brewer ( -1927,) William J. Hoy ( -1928,) and William H. Fobes ( -1932) all died in Ramsey County. George A. Nash (1829-1912) was born in Yates County, New York, settled in St. Paul in 1854, was a pioneer, engaged in the drug business, later was engaged in insurance and real estate; was a county commissioner after 1906, and died in St. Paul. In 1879, George A. Nash, the general agent for the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Maine, located at 5 West Third Street, resided at the Southwest corner of Summit Avenue and Dayton Avenue and Marion B. Nattenburg was a domestic at the former nearby 209 Summit Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that Col. and Mrs. R. M. Newport, their daughter, Douglas Putnam, and Luther E. Newport all resided at the former nearby 217 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Edwin W. Winter and Elizabeth C. Winter (1848-1892,) who died of pneumonia, husband and wife, resided at the former nearby 215 Summit Avenue in 1892.
226 Summit Avenue: Chancery, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Built in 1963 (1961 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Contemporary in style; Cerny Associates, architects. The two story, 47013 square foot, building replaced the Wilder Mansion, a great brick and stone house that was built in 1887 for Amherst Wilder, one of St. Paul's wealthiest men. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The Wilder Mansion replaced the George L. Otis house, which was built in 1863 and was razed in 1886. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mrs. George L. Otis and her daughters, Charles A. Otis, George W. Otis, and Lieutenant and Mrs. George D. Wallace resided at this address. The 1889 and 1891 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wilder and their daughter resided at this address. The 1891 city directory also indicates that Bertha Haverty was a domestic employed at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wilder, their daughter, and Miss Nancy Mitchell resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wilder, their daughter, and Mrs. Nancy Mitchell resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Fanny Spencer Wilder (1838-1903,) a widow and the mother-in-law of Ernest Villiers Appleby, who was born in the United States to parents also born in the United States and who died of cancer of the stomach, resided at this address in 1903. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Schulze resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Catherine McConnon and the Most Reverend Austin Dowling, D.D., archbishop of St. Paul, both resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that the Most Rev. Austin Dowling D. D. and Rev. T. A. Welch both resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the Most Reverend Austin Dowling, D. D., the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, resided at this address and that Anna Hoffman was a cook at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that the Amherst Wilder residence was at this address from 1887 to 1959. The Wilder Mansion had functioned as the chancery for 41 years, until Archbishop John Gregory Murray (1877-1956) refused to continue to live there because he thought that it was too ostentatious. George LaMartine Otis (1829-1883) was born in Homer, Cortland County, New York, was the brother of Judge Alfred G. Otis of Atchison County, Kansas, the son of Isaac Otis ( -1854) and Caroline A. Otis ( -1883,) moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and attended Kalamazoo College, read the law at the law offices of Balch & De Yoe, was a counsel involved in the foreclosure of the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad mortgages, was a Democrat, was a lawyer, was the mayor of St. Paul, was a member of Minnesota House of Representatives for the Second District from 1857 until 1858, was a member of Minnesota Senate for the 21st District in 1866, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1869, losing to Horace Austin. George L. Otis married Mary Virginia Mix, the daughter of Charles E. Mix, and the couple had five children, Caroline M. Otis (Mrs. George D.) Wallace, Martha E. Otis (Mrs. W. M.) Dickenson, Mary C. Otis (Mrs. W. F.) Newell, Charles A. Otis, and George W. Otis. Caroline Otis was the eldest daughter of Judge George L. Otis (1829-1883,) married Lieutenant George D. Wallace, a native of Yorkville, South Carolina, and a member of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry, in 1882, at Christ Episcopal Church in St. Paul, and they had one son, Otis A. Wallace. George D. Wallace was an 1872 graduate of West Point, was with the Seventh Cavalry in Montana in 1876, as acting engineer and acting topographical officer, but was assigned to Major Marcus A. Reno's contingent (Companies A, G, and M) at the Battle of Little Bighorn, which was separated from Custer's doomed main command (Companies C, E, F, I and L) and, with the eventual assistance of Captain Fred W. Benteen's contingent (Companies D, H, and K,) fought off the Indian attack five miles southeast and upstream from Custer's contingent. Wallace was involved in the recovery and burial of bodies from the Custer contingent after the battle and in the subsequent investigation of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, with his observations recorded in "Testimony before the Reno Court of Inquiry," January, 1879, in The Reno Court of Inquiry: Abstract of the Official Record of Proceedings, edited by W. A. Graham and published at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by the Stackpole Company in 1954. There were allegations that that Lieutenant George Wallace committed perjury during the inquiry to cover for Major Reno, who was accused of cowardice at the battle of the Little Bighorn. At the Reno court of inquiry in 1879, nearly every participant who testified said he heard gunfire from downstream, and only Reno and Benteen claimed this gunfire did not occur. In 1890, Captain Wallace, then commanding Troop K of the Seventh Cavalry, was considered a friend of the Indians, but was killed at the battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, one of 31 soldiers killed during the assault on a group of 350 Lakota men, women, and children, with sources conflicting about whether he died of a Lakota gun shot wound (most sources) or whether he was tomahawked by members of Big Foot's band (a January, 1891, obituary.) Fanny Spencer Wilder (1837-1903) died in St. Paul. Nancy Mitchell ( -1948) died in Cass County, Minnesota. Austin Dowling ( -1930,) Catherine McConnon ( -1937,) and Anna J. Hoffman ( -1951) all died in Ramsey County. Thomas Anthony Welch (1884-1959) was born in Minnesota and died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Anna Hoffman (1880-1958) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The 1894 St. Paul city directory lists Caroline Wallace and her son as living at the nearby former residence at 354 Summit Avenue. The 1910 federal census indicates that Otis A. Wallace (1899- ,) born in Minnesota to parents born in North Carolina and Minnesota, was a cadet at the U. S. Army Military Academy at West Point. Amherst Holcomb Wilder, his wife, Fanny Spencer Wilder (1837-1903), and their daughter, Cornelia Day Wilder Appleby, established three trusts, in 1903, 1904, and 1905, to fund various social services in St. Paul. Amherst Holcomb Wilder (1828-1894,) the son of Alanson Wilder, a tanner, currier, and merchant and Evelina Holcomb, was born in Lewis, New York, attended the West Poultney, Vermont, Academy, moved to St. Paul in 1859, was engaged in the mercantile business and in stage and steamboat transportation, earned his wealth through transportation, banking, lumber, insurance, real estate, and manufacturing, married Fanny Spencer, the daughter of Hon. Joshua A. Spencer, of Utica, New York, in 1861, and the couple had one daughter, Cornelia Day Wilder (1868-1903.) Amherst Wilder initially was engaged in the manufacture of iron and in merchandising at Lewis, New York, in company with his father, then moved to St. Paul and was employed by J. C. and H. C. Burbank & Company from 1859 until 1866, was in the wholesale grocery business with Channing Seabury from 1866 until 1867, then was in government contracting and transportation with John L. Merriam, was a partner with John H. Charles of Sioux City, Iowa in a steamboat line on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, was a stockholder in the Saint Paul Foundry and Manufacturing Company, was a stockholder and director of the First National Bank of Saint Paul, was a stockholder and director of the Merchants' National Bank, was a director of the Saint Paul & Sioux City RailRoad, was vice president of the the Sioux City & Saint Paul RailRoad, was a director of the Saint Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls RailRoad, was a director of the Hudson & River Falls RailRoad, and was an organizer of the Minnesota Valley RailRoad. Amherst Wilder was an incorporator of the St. Paul Boom Company, a firm organized to build and operate a boom on the Mississippi River below the Falls of St. Anthony in Minneapolis, with C. D. Gilfillan, Frederick Driscoll, C. D. Strong, D. D. Merrill, William Dawson, William R. Merriam, C. H. Bigelow, John S. Prince, and Maurice Auerbach. The St. Paul Boom Company became a Weyerhaeuser affiliate. Fanny Spencer Wilder (1837-1903) was born in Utica, New York, was a philanthropist, and died in St. Paul. Cornelia Day Wilder's life-long volunteer work strongly influenced Amherst H. Wilder's decision to leave his estate to help the less fortunate, especially if all members of his family were to die in a common accident, or if Cornelia Day Wilder would die childless. Cornelia Day Wilder married Dr. T. E. W. Villiers/E. T. Appleby. Cornelia Day Wilder died from complications following surgery and had no children. Cornelia Day Wilder Appleby (1868-1903) is buried in Oakland Cemetery in the Wilder family plot, along with Anny Spencer Wilder (1837-1903,) Amherst H. Wilder (1828-1894,) Alanson Wilder (1803-1875,) Evelina Holcomb Wilder (1807-1887,) Amherst Wilder Merriam (1888-1891,) John Lafayette Merriam (1887-1891,) John W. Merriam (1864-1899,) Helen Wilder Merriam (1830-1915,) John L. Merriam (1825-1895,) A. Wilder Merriam (1872-1905,) Robert H. Merriam (1866-1924,) Reuben D. Eggleston (1832-1904,) and Caroline Merriam Eggleston (1832-1922.) In 1879, Reuben D. Eggleston, a baggageman employed by the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad, resided at 183 Pine Street and John L. Merriam, a partner with Amherst H. Wilder in the law firm of Merriam & Wilder officing at 100 Jackson Street and vice president of the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad, resided at 84 Willius Street. John Lafayette Merriam (1825-1895,) the son of General William Merriam (1792-1854,) of Essex County, New York, and Jane Ismon Merriam (1798-1866,) of New Jersey, was born in Essex, New York, attended the Essex, New York, Academy and the Westport, New York, Academy, was the treasurer of Essex County, New York, as a Whig from 1857 until 1859, moved to St. Paul in 1860, was a partner in a stage and express business, Merriam & Blakely, with J. C. Burbank and Russell Blakely, was a partner in a commission business with J. C. Burbank, H. C. Burbank, and Amherst Wilder, was an incorporator of the St. Paul Foundry Company, was a stockholder in the First National Bank of St. Paul, was an organizer of the Merchants National Bank, was vice president of the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad, was a promoter of the Worthington & Sioux City RailRoad, was a director of the St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylors Falls RailRoad, was the president of a railroad construction company retained by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives as a Republican in 1870, serving as Speaker of the House, and was a delegate to the 1876 Republican Party National Convention. John L. Merriam initially married Mahala Kimpton De Lano (1831-1857) of Westport, New York, in 1848 and the couple had one child, William Rush Merriam. John L. Merriam then married Helen Marion Wilder (1830-1915) of Lewis, Essex County, New York, in 1858, and the couple had six children, including Alanson Wilder Merriam (1872-1905,) Jeanne E. Merriam (Mrs. William L.) McKenna (1864-1928,) John Wilder Merriam (1864-1899,) and Robert Hale Merriam (1868-1924.) In 1910, the three separate Wilder charities were incorporated and the organization became known as the Amherst H. Wilder Charity, with total assets of $2.6 million. In 1953, the name was changed to the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. Wilder's Ferry, on the Missouri River, at Rocky Point, Montana, was named for Amherst Wilder by his friend C. A. Broadwater, a Helena, Montana, merchant and entrepreneur, in 1890. The altar at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in St. Paul was supplied by Mrs. Amherst Wilder and her daughter, Cornelia Day Wilder Appleby, in 1902. Henry Clay Burbank (1835-1905) was born in Lewis, New York, moved to Minnesota with his brother, James C. Burbank, in 1853, initially engaged in the forwarding and commission business, subsequently engaged in the wholesale grocery business in St. Paul until 1867 and in St. Cloud from 1867 until 1870, then engaged in the transportation and government contracting businesses, was a State senator as a Liberal Republican from Stearns County in 1873, and died in Rochester, Minnesota. Elizabeth "Sandy" Kiernat is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation of St. Paul and Tom Kingston is the president of the organization. Amherst Wilder Merriam (1888-1891) was a son of William Rush Merriam (1849-1931) and Laura E. Hancock Wilder (1855-1943.) The 1897 city directory indicates that Warren Carpenter, proprietor of the Summit Avenue House located at the nearby former 227 Summit Avenue, also resided at the nearby former 227 Summit Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Skinner, James H. Skinner, and Mrs. J. E. Gibson all resided at the former nearby 229 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that George E. Skinner (1825-1895,) who died of heart disease, resided at the former nearby 229 Summit Avenue in 1895. George Eldridge Skinner (1825-1895) was born in Le Roy, New York, moved to Faribault, Minnesota, in 1856, was a member of the Minnesota Senate in 1857, was the commissioner of lands for three railroad companies in Southern Minnesota, moved to St. Paul in 1880, and died in St. Paul. Reuben D. Eggleston, of Essex, New York, married Caroline C. Merriam Eggleston of Lewis, New York, in 1856. Helen Marion Wilder Merriam (1830-1915) was the daughter of Alanson Wilder (1804-1875) and Eveline Holcomb Wilder (1807-1887,) married (as second wife, following Mahala Kimpton DeLano (1831-1857,) who was the mother of Governor William Rush Merriam (1849 - 1931)) Col. John Lafayette Merriam in 1858, and the couple had four children, Jennie/Jeanne E. Merriam (Mrs. William) McKenna (1859-1928,) John W. Merriam (1864-1899,) Robert Hale Merriam (1868-1924,) and Alanson Wilder Merriam (1873-1905.) Col. John Lafayette Merriam was the son of Gen. William S. Merriam (1792-1854) and Jane Ismon Merriam (1798-1866.) Amherst Wilder Merriam (1888-1891) was the son of William Rush Merriam (1849-1931) and Laura E. Hancock Merriam (1855-1943.) Anny Spencer Wilder likely was Frances A. Spencer Wilder (1837-1903,) the daughter of Hon. Joshua Austin Spencer (1790-1857) and Electa C. Dean Spencer (1796-1881,) the wife of Amherst Holcomb Wilder, and the mother of Cornelia Day Wilder. Alanson Wilder Merriam married Bertha Constans in 1895. Reuben D. Eggleston (1832-1904) was born in the United States and died in Ramsey County. Helen M. Merriam ( -1915,) James H. Skinner ( -1926,) Charles D. Strong ( -1935,) and Charles Henry Bigelow ( -1943) all died in Ramsey County. Alanson B. Wilder ( -1935) died in Hennepin County. Wilder Merriam (1873-1905) was born in the United States and died in Ramsey County. [See note for Frederick Driscoll for 266 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Maurice Auerbach for 400 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Dr. T. E. W. Villiers Appleby and Thomas Henry Montague Villiers Appleby for 301 Laurel Avenue.]
230 Summit Avenue: Archbishop's Residence. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1879 city directory indicates that Robert Flynn, a laborer, resided at the nearby former 232 Summit Avenue and that William A. Fowler, a clerk, boarded at the nearby former 232 Summit Avenue.
235 Summit Avenue: Charles Phelps Noyes/Joseph McKey House, Built in 1878 (1879 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Combination of Vernacular, Italianate, and French Second Empire styles. The building is a two story (three story according to Ramsey County property tax records,) 5464 square foot (8468 according to Ramsey County property tax records,) five bedroom, five bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The house was built as a duplex and is now an apartment house. The house was constructed for Charles P. Noyes (1842-1931), who was a wholesale druggist. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles P. Noyes resided at this address from 1878 to 1881. The 1885, 1887, and 1889 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McKey resided at this address. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McKey and J. F. McKey resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McKey, A. W. McKey, and J. F. McKey resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Marcus D. Grover (1841-1904,) the husband of Virginia A. Grover, who was born in Vermont to parents born in the United States and who died of gastric enteritis-pneumonia, resided at this address in 1904. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Virginia Grover Barnard (1861-1906,) the wife of Edward C. Barnard, who was born in the United States to parents also born in the United States and who died of tubercular meningitis, resided at this address in 1906. Other Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Edward Chester Barnard and Virginia Grover Barnard resided at this address in 1906. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. M. D. Grover and her daughter resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Anna Bentley, the widow of Joseph Bentley, boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. Virginia Grover and her daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. Charles Phelps Noyes (1842-1921) was born in Lyme, Connecticut, served in a New York regiment during the Civil War, moved to St. Paul in 1868, and joined Daniel R. Noyes, Winthrop G. Noyes, and Edward H. Cutler in establishing Noyes Bros. & Cutler, a wholesale firm dealing in drugs and related products. Noyes also was a delegate to the Indianapolis monetary convention (1898), was involved in the launching of the steamship "Dakota" (1904,) was the chairman of a St. Paul Commercial Club committee to erect a memorial to Joseph A. Wheelock (1806-1907,) was involved in planning the construction of a dam on the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Noyes also was a member of various committees of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul. Noyes was the treasurer of the St. Paul Presbyterian Missionary Society (1884-1888) and of the Archaeological Institute of America (1912-1919.) Charles P. Noyes married Emily Hoffman Gilman, a women's suffrage activist. C. P. Noyes was the author, in 1907, of Noyes-Gilman Ancestry: Being a Series of Sketches with a Chart of the Ancestry of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, His Wife, published by the Higginson Book Company. Emily Hoffman Gilman Noyes was the author of A family history in letters and documents, 1667-1837, concerning the forefathers of Winthrop Sargent Gilman, and his wife Abia Swift Lippincott , privately published in 1919 in St. Paul. Emily Hoffman Gilman (1854-1930,) a daughter of Winthrop Sargent Gilman (1808-1884,) a merchant in Alton, Illinois, and Abiah/Abia Swift Lippincott Gilman (1817-1902,) married Charles Phelps Noyes, moved to Minnesota in 1874, and the couple had six children, including a daughter, Julia Gilman Noyes (Mrs. Henry Wheeler) de Forest (1875-1967.) Emily Hoffman Gilman Noyes was a supporter of a clandestine birth control center around World War I, was a founder of the St. Paul YWCA in the 1880's, was a founder of the Women's Welfare League in 1912, and was the vice president of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association in 1912. Emily Gilman Noyes was incuded on a recently constructed Women's Suffrage Memorial at the State Capitol Mall, along with other suffrage leaders Harriet Bishop, Fanny Fligelman Brin, Myrtle Cain, Mary Jackman Colburn, Sarah Tarleton Colvin, Gratia Countryman, Nellie Griswold Francis, Elizabeth Hunt Harrison, Ethel Edgerton Hurd, Nanny Mattson Jaeger, Bertha Berglin Moller, Julia Bullard Nelson, Anna Dickie Olesen, Mabeth Hurd Paige, Martha Rogers Ripley, Maria Sanford, Josephine Schain, Josephine Sarles Simpson, Sarah Burger Stearns, Maud Conkey Stockwell, Jane Grey Swisshelm, Clara Hampson Ueland, Marguerite Milton Wells, and Alice Ames Winter. Helen Gilman, a sister of Emily Hoffman Gilman Noyes, married Daniel Noyes, the brother of Charles Noyes. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Charles P. Noyes, a member of the church since 1868, Emily H. (Mrs. C. P.) Noyes, a member of the church since 1874, Charles Reinold Noyes, a member of the church since 1899, and Robert Hale Noyes, a member of the church since 1901, all resided at 89 Virginia Street. Henry Wheeler de Forest (1855-1938,) a New York lawyer, financier, and longtime associate of the late railroad magnate E. H. Harriman who was the President and Chairman of the Board of the Southern Pacific RailRoad, and Julia Gilman Noyes de Forest had one daughter, Alice Delano de Forest (Mrs. Francis Minturn) Sedgwick (1908-1988.) Alice Delano de Forest Sedgwick and Francis Minturn Sedgwick (1904- ) married in 1929 and had seven children, Hellmut Minturn Sedgwick, Jerome Minturn Sedgwick, Catherine Sedgwick, Edith "Edie" Minturn Sedgwick (Mrs. Michael Brett) Post (1943-1971,) an actress, socialite, and heiress who was associated with Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan, Susanna Sedgwick, Jonathan de Forest Minturn Sedgwick, and Robert Minturn Sedgwick. From 1882 to 1896, the owner and occupant of the house was Joseph McKey, who was the head of Joseph McKey & Company, which operated the Boston One Price Clothing Store. The Boston One Price Clothing Store was located at Third Street and Robert Street before 1895 and moved to Sixth Street and Robert Street in 1895, according to the 1895 city directory. There also were Boston One Price Clothing Stores located in Minneapolis, Denver, Colorado, and Billings, Montana. Marcus D. Grover ( -1904) was born in Wells, Vermont, was admitted to the bar in 1868, moved to St. Paul in 1887, became the general solicitor of the Great Northern RailRoad in 1888, and died in St. Paul. Fanny Fligelman Brin was born in Romania, emigrated to Minneapolis, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Minnesota, married and had three children, served the National Council of Jewish Women as president from 1932 to 1938. and was a civic leader and a pacifist. Myrtle A. Cain (1894-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McGovern, and died in Hennepin County. Myrtle Cain was a union activist, was one of Minnesota's first female representatives, served one term, and was the chief author of a law that prohibited people from wearing masks in public to conceal their identity in most circumstances and that was intended as leverage against the Ku Klux Klan or other masked mobs. Mabeth H. Paige also was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives and served for 11 terms, from 1922 to 1942. Edward Chester Barnard (1863-1921) entered the U. S. Geological Survey in 1885, mapped the Fortymile District, Alaska, in 1898 and the Nome District, Alaska, in 1900, was the Chief Topographer of the International Boundary Commission from 1903 to 1915, and became Boundary Commissioner for the United States for the defining and marking of the boundary between the United States and Canada and between Alaska and Canada in 1915. Barnard Glacier, a 33-miile-long glacier in Alaska, is named for surveyor Edward Chester Barnard. Virginia Grover Barnard (1871-1906,) Daniel R. Noyes ( -1908,) Virginia A. Grover ( -1923,) Emily H. Noyes ( -1930,) Edward Hutchins Cutler ( -1935,) and Sarah Tarleton Colvin ( -1949) all died in Ramsey County. Joseph A. Wheelock (1830-1905) was born in Canada and died in Ramsey County. Gratia Alta Countryman ( -1953) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Ethel Frances Hurd ( -1950) died in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Clara Hampson Ueland ( -1927,) Nanny M. Jaeger ( -1938,) Anna E. Bentley ( -1940,) and Anna Bentley ( -1942) all died in Hennepin County. Fanny F. Brin (1884-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Friedman, and died in Hennepin County. Bertha Moller ( -1936) died in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Mabeth Hurd Paige ( -1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Campbell, and died in Hennepin County. Marguerite Wells (1872-1959) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is Pamela V. Rusten. Pamela V. Rusten is a realtor with Smart Home Owner, Inc., of Woodbury, Minnesota. Pamela V. Rusten also is listed as being associated as a management consultant located at 310 Clifton Avenue in Minneapolis. [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.]
236 Summit Avenue: Archbishop's Residence/Former Francis B. Clarke and Lena B. Clarke residence; Built in 1963; Contemporary in style; Cerny Associates, architects. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Francis "Frank" B. Clarke resided at this address from 1884 to 1893. The 1885, 1887, 1891, 1893, and 1895 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Clarke resided at this address. The 1900 federal census indicates that Thomas Foley (1841- ,) a self-employed railroad contractor and the head of household, who was born in Canada to parents who were born in Ireland and moved to Minnesota in 1882, his wife, Jessie A. Foley (1860- ,) who was born in Canada to parents who were born in Canada, a daughter, Mary G. Foley (1881- ,) a student who was born in Canada, a daughter, Louise Foley (1883- ,) a student who was born in Minnesota, a son, F. Francis Foley (1886- ,) a student who was born in Minnesota, a son, John R. Foley (1888- ,) a student who was born in , a son, Frederick E. Foley (1891- ,) a student who was born in Minnesota, a daughter, Anne Foley (1893- ,) who was born in Minnesota, a son, Arthur C. Foley (1896- ,) who was born in Minnesota, and a son, Philip L. Foley (1899- ,) who was born in Minnesota, a boarder, Clara M. Rayfair (1879- ,) a teacher who was born in Canada to parents who were born in Canada, a servant, Ellen Meagher (1870- ,) a seamstress who was born in Wisconsin to parents who were born in Ireland, a servant, Mary Anastrone (1867- ,) a cook who was born in Sweden to parents who were born in Sweden, a servant, Lena Belgems (1874- ,) a housemaid who was born in Minnesota to parents who were born in Ireland, a servant, Michael McGarry (1879- ,) a coachman who was born in Ireland to parents who were born in Ireland, a servant, Alice Andrew (1875- ,) a waitress who was born in Canada to parents who were born in Canada, and a servant, Martha Kempe (1877- ,) a housemaid who was born in Germany to parents who were born in Germany, all resided at this address. The 1910 federal census indicates that Jessie A. Foley (1860- ,) the head of household, who was born in Canada to parents who were born in Canada, a daughter, Mary G. Foley (1881- ,) who was born in Canada, a daughter, Louise Foley (1883- ,) who was born in Minnesota, a son, F. Francis Foley (1886- ,) who was born in Minnesota, a son, John R. Foley (1888- ,) who was born in , a son, Frederick E. Foley (1891- ,) who was born in Minnesota, a daughter, Anne Foley (1893- ,) who was born in Minnesota, a son, Arthur C. Foley (1896- ,) who was born in Minnesota, and a son, Philip L. Foley (1899- ,) who was born in Minnesota, a housekeeper, Ellen Meagher (1865- ,) who was born in Wisconsin to parents who were born in Ireland, a cook, Emma Donderson (1873- ,) who was born in Wisconsin to parents who were born in Norway, a chauffeur, Fred R. Williams (1884- ,) who was born in Virginia to parents who were born in Virginia, a seamstress, Teresa H. Smith (1885- ,) who was born in Minnesota to parents who were born in Germany, and a housemaid, Mary Hart (1890- ,) who was born in Ireland to parents who were born in Ireland, all resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that A. C. Foley, P. L. Foley, and F. T. Foley all resided at this address. Fred E. Foley was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. D. O'Brien, Jr., resided at this address. Francis Byron Clarke (1839-1911) was born in Madison County, New York, moved to St. Paul in 1871, was employed by the West Wisconsin Railway Company, was the general traffic manager of the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad in 1880, became a life member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1882, was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Title Insurance and Trust Company, was the traffic manager of the Great Northern RailRoad in 1902, was a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of St. Paul in 1902, was a law partner of James Cormican, moved to Asteria, Oregon, and died in Portland, Oregon. Ellen Meagher ( -1926) died in Ramsey County. Martha Linnea Kempe (1902-1978) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. John R. Foley ( -1949) died in Le Sueur, County, Minnesota. Frederic E. B. Foley (1891-1966) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Craig, and died in Ramsey County. Philip L. Foley (1899-1974) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Charles Duffy O'Brien ( -1934) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. The 1879 city directory indicates that Josephine Brown was a domestic and Frank Liverpool was a coachman at the nearby former 238 Summit Avenue and that William A. Culbertson, a partner with Maurice Auerbach, George R. Finch, and William H. VanSlyck in Auerbach, Finch, Culbertson & Company, a wholesale dry goods, woolens, notions, and carpet dealer located at 50-60 Jackson Street, resided at the nearby former 238 Summit Avenue. In 1881, W. A. Culbertson was a member of the board of trustees of the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church. William Arthur Culbertson (1840-1885,) a son of William Stuart Culbertson (1814-1892) of New Albany, Indiana, and Eliza Vance Culbertson (1822-1865,) began working as a clerk in his father's dry goods store, Culbertson & McCord Wholesale Dry Goods, in 1860, became his father's business partner in W. S. Culbertson & Son Dry Goods business in 1861, moved to St. Paul, and became a banker. William Stuart Culbertson invested in St. Paul banks from 1880 until 1885. W. A. Culbertson's brother's house, the Samuel A. Culbertson Mansion in New Albany, Indiana, was designed by Minneapolis architect William Channing Whitney, who also designed the Minnesota Governor's Mansion. [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.] [See note on Frederick E. B. Foley for 761 West Osceola Avenue.]
239 Summit Avenue: Gen. William B. Bond House/Colonel William B. Bend House; Built in 1882 (1900 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Elizabethan/Victorian/Altered Tudor Revival in style; George Wirth, original architect. The structure is a two story, 4912 square foot, 13 room, six bedroom, six bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The house has been totally altered since its construction in 1882. Its frilly, open porch, and Victorian quality was traded in the 1920's for a Tudor Revival style exterior. The original owner of the house, from 1882 to 1908, William B. Bend, was secretary and treasurer of the St. Paul Harvester Works. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that William B. Bend resided at this address from 1882 to 1906. The 1885 and 1887 city directories indicate that Colonel and Mrs. W. B. Bend and their daughter resided at this address. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Colonel and Mrs. William B. Bend, their daughter, and Harold P. Bend resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that General and Mrs. William B. Bend, their daughter, and Harold P. Bend resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Bradford Bend (1837-1905,) the husband of Isabella Bend, who was born in New York City to parents born in the United States and who died of a carbuncle and septicaemia, resided at this address in 1905. In 1914, C. M. Worsham resided at this address. The 1915 Woman's Who's who of America, compiled by John William Leonard and published by The American Commonwealth Company of New York, indicates that Emily Huntington (Mrs. John Edwin) Miller resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patterson, Mrs. Elizabeth Shaffer, and W. P. Shaffer all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Noyes resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that C. Reinhold Noyes and his wife, Dorothy Noyes, resided at this address. In 1934, John M. Blakeley and Emily Robbins Blakeley resided at this address and were notable members of St. Paul society. In 1978, the house was a residence for a religious order of women. William Bradford Bend married Isabella Tomes (1840- ) and the couple had five children, Mary Aspinwell Bend (Mrs. Theodore) Sedgwick (1878- ,) Isabella Hadden Bend (Mrs. George Edward) Wood/Ward (1865- ,) Edith Ludlow Bend (1868-1886,) Harold Pelham/F. Bend (1870- ,) and Charles Meredith Bend (1874- .) Harold Bend (1870-1974) was born on Staten Island, New York, and moved to Saint Paul with his family at age seven. His father had lost money in a Wall Street crash and came West to start over. In 1895, Harold Bend helped found the Saint Paul-based sugar brokerage firm of Earl-Bend (later called Bend, Southall-Sleepack) and remained with the firm for 70 years. Harold Bend did not make his fortune from the sugar business, but made his fortune as an early investor in the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, loaning $5,000 to 3M sometime before World War I, which was repaid in stock and which split 192 times during his lifetime. Harold Bend and his wife, Glen Blakeley Bend, gave The Saint Paul Foundation its largest donation, a bequest of more than $32 million, when Harold Bend died at age 103. Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Bend also established the Harold P. Bend Scholarship Fund at Carlton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1965. In 1909, Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Bend did not take the Cooper house on Summit Avenue as they originally intended, but have moved to 683 Goodrich Avenue, at the corner with St. Albans Street. Harold P. Bend won the Minnesota Golf Association Amateur Championship in 1904, representing the Town & Country Country Club, won the Minnesota Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship in 1923 and 1924, representing the Town & Country Country Club,and was a noted St. Paul golfer in national golf publications in 1911 and in 1916. Mary Aspinwall Bend Sedgwick (1878-1963,) the wife of Theodore Sedgwick and the daughter of William Bradford Bend and Isabella Tomes Bend, was born in St. Paul, died in Sharon, Connecticut, and is buried in the Sedgwick family plot at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Theodore Sedgwick was the son of Henry Dwight Sedgwick II and Henrietta Ellery Sedgwick. Theodore Sedgwick and Mary Aspinwall Bend Sedgwick had four children, Theodore Sedgwick, Jr. (1904-1931,) Edith Ludlow Sedgwick (Mrs. George Dandridge) Gibson (1906-1925,) Harold Bend Sedgwick (1908- ,) and Charles Sedgwick (1912- .) C. Reinhold Noyes was the author of America's Destiny in 1935 and was the author of The Institution of Property, published by Humphrey Milford in London in 1936. C. R. Noyes was the author of Economic Man in Relation to His Natural Environment in 1948. C. Reinhold Noyes was an economist. C. Reinhold Noyes was in the pharmaceutical industry in 1941, was a member of the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and was a member of a special reading committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research that reviewed a book by Milton Friedman critical of the American Medical Association's monopolistic practices. C. R. Noyes' five-year term as National Bureau of Economic Research Representative expired in 1945. C. Reinhold Noyes wrote Walter Lowrie, an Episcopal priest and Kierkegaard scholar, a birthday poem in 1951. Charles Reinold Noyes was the author of Etymology of early legal terminology in 1936 and of Property and sovereignty in 1945. Charles Reinold Noyes graduated from Yale University in 1905, married twice, first to Henriette Denny Turney (1888- ) and secondly to Dorothy Quincey Grinnell (1886- ,) spent winters in New York and spent summers in the fox hunting section of Chester County, near Avondale, Pennsylvania. Dorothy Quincey Grinnell (Mrs. Charles Reinold) Noyes (1886- ) was a daughter of Edwin Morgan Grinnell and Sarah Jackson Stone Grinnell and was the sister of Charlotte I. Grinnell, who in 1910 married Alexander Forbes, a grandson of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Charles Reinold Noyes was the son of Charles Phelps Noyes (1842-1921) and Emily Hoffman Gilman Noyes and was the grandson of Daniel Rogers Noyes (1793-1877) and Phoebe Griffin Lord Noyes (1797-1875.) Charles Phelps Noyes was born in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, lived at 89 Virginia Street in 1888, and was a wholesale drug sales agent for Noyes Brothers & Cutler in Saint Paul in 1904. The siblings of Charles Reinold Noyes were Julia Gilman Noyes (1875- ,) Katherine McCurdy Noyes (1875-1884,) Emily Hoffman Noyes (1880-1880,) Robert Hale Noyes, Sr. (1886-1983,) and Lawrence Gilman Noyes (1893- .) Charles Reinold Noyes graduated in 1905 from Yale University. Charles Reinold Noyes married Dorothy Quincey Grinnell (1886- ) in 1908, divorced before 1933, and the couple had three children, Charlotte Irving Noyes (1908- ,) Charles Phelps Noyes (1911- ,) and Dorothy Quincy Noyes (1914- .) Charles Reinold Noyes later married Henriette Denny Turney (1888- ) in 1933. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Noyes resided at 1 Heather Place. Lawrence Gilman Noyes graduated from Yale University in architecture in 1916 and graduated in 1922 from Columbia University. Emily Huntington Miller (1833- ) was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut, the daughter of Dr. Thomas Huntington and Pauline Clarke Huntington, received a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College, received a master's degree from Northwestern University in 1857, received a honorary doctorate from Northwestern University, married John Edwin Miller in Brooklyn, Connecticut, in 1860, was the dean of women and assistant professor of English Literature at Northwestern University, opposed woman's suffrage, was an author and poet, and was involved in Sunday school teaching, temperance work, foreign mission work, and settlement house work. Emily Huntington Miller (1833-1913) was the author of From Avalon, A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago, 1896, Songs From the Nest, Kindergarten Literature Company, Chicago, 1894, and Little Lad of Bethlehem Town, P. Elder and Company, San Francisco, 1911, and was the editor of The Little Corporal: An Illustrated Magazine, published in Chicago by John E. Miller in 1874. William Bradford Bend (1837-1905,) Elizabeth Shaffer ( -1918,) Ellen Meagher ( -1926,) Emily Robbins Blakeley ( -1933,) Walter P. Shaffer ( -1940,) and Charles Patterson ( -1941) all died in Ramsey County. Harold P. Bend (1870-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Tomes, and died in Ramsey County. Dorothy Noyes ( -1954) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Cheryl R. Loeffler and James M. Loeffler. [See note on George Wirth for 400 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Harold P. Bend for 34 Kenwood Parkway.]
240 Summit Avenue: James Jerome Hill House Built between 1888 and 1891 (1918 according to the National Register of Historic Places;) Richardsonian Romanesque in style; Peabody, Stearns & Furber, original architects; and Irving & Casson, replacement architects. In its time, the mansion was the largest and most expensive home in Minnesota and its grounds covered three acres. It contained 36,000 square feet (44552 according to Ramsey County property tax records) in 32 rooms on five floors, including 13 bathrooms, 22 fireplaces, 16 crystal chandeliers, a two-story skylit art gallery, a 100-foot reception hall, and a profusion of elaborately carved oak and mahogany woodwork. Sophisticated technical systems throughout the mansion provided central heating, gas and electric lighting, plumbing, ventilation, security, and communication. The house was built at a cost of $280,000 (Minnesota Historical Society; $200,000 according to the Historic American Buildings Survey.) The final cost for the entire property was $931,275.01, including construction, furnishings, and landscaping for the three-acre estate. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The first house built on Summit Avenue, the predecessor to the Hill mansion, was built on this site. Built in 1856, the predecessor house belonged to Edward D. Neill, first pastor of House of Hope Presbyterian Church. The church's modest sanctuary lay at the base of the hill. In 1890, Neill's home gave way to the James J. Hill mansion. The 1930 city directory indicates that the St. Paul Diocesan Teachers College was located at this address. The Hill mansion is generally rectangular, and has two projecting pavilions flanking a massive porte cochere. Its foundation is granite and its walls are rock-faced red sandstone from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Its main entrance, with porte cochere, has three massive arches and a balustrade. The house has a sandstone porch to the west side and sleeping porches in the north projecting pavilion. The house has eight sandstone chimneys that serve 35 fireplaces. Its slate roof is complex, with hipped projections on numerous gabled dormers. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. Ramsey Nininger and Miss Kate MacKubin resided at this address. The 1893 and 1895 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hill, their daughter, Louis Hill, and J. N. Hill resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Patrick McDonald was a houseman at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. J. J. Hill and her daughter resided at this address. Born in Rockwood, southern Ontario, James J. Hill (1883- ) began his career in transportation in 1856 as a 17 year-old clerk on the St. Paul levee. Hill's first job in St. Paul was with the Brunson, Lewis & White, agents for Dubuque Packet Company, as an accountant. In 1860, Hill worked for Borup & Champlin, wholesale grocers and forwarding and commission merchants. Hill volunteered for military service in 1861, but was rejected and did not serve in the miliary during the Civil War because he only had sight in one eye. He lost the sight in his right eye in 1847 in an accident with a bow and arrow. After 20 years working in the shipping business on the Mississippi and Red rivers, first as J. J. Hill & Company, a partnership with Egbert S. Litchfield that functioned as a transfer warehouse contracting with the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, then as Hill, Griggs & Company in 1869, and then as Hill & Acker. In 1870, Hill entered the steamboat business on the Red River and, in 1872, he merged his business with Norman Kittson's. In 1877, Jesse P. Farley (1813-1894) was the receiver of the Saint Paul & Pacific RailRoad Company. Hill and several other investors purchased the nearly bankrupt St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad in 1878. Over the next two decades, he worked relentlessly to push the line north to Canada and then west across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. W. T. Steiger was an attorney for the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad Company in 1873. It was renamed the Great Northern Railway in 1890. In 1881, Hill became involved in the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR,) allying himself with George Stephen, Donald Smith and others of the CPR Syndicate, and was an important voice in the decision to construct the railroad along its southern route, close to the United States border where in could compete effectively with the recently completed Northern Pacific RailRoad. Allied with banking magnate J. P. Morgan, Hill worked to control a vast railroad network stretching from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest, including three railroads: the Great Northern RailRoad, the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad. From 1879 to 1881, Hill was the general manager of the railroad, then he was its vice-president from 1881 to 1882, then he was the president of the railroad from 1882 to 1907, and then chairman of the board of the railroad from 1907 to 1912. Between 1887 and 1892, there was litigation between Jesse P. Farley and James J. Hill over the Saint Paul & Pacific RailRoad Company, in Jesse P. Farley vs. James J. Hill, the St. Paul Trust Company, as executor of the last will of Norman W. Kittson, deceased, and the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company. By the turn of the Twentieth century, Hill was a multi-millionaire and was one of the nation's most important entrepreneurs. Hill also pursued a broad range of other business interests, including coal and iron ore mining, Great Lakes and Pacific Ocean shipping, banking and finance, agriculture and milling. In 1911-1912, Hill was in close contact with Gaspard Farrer of Baring Brothers & Company of London regarding the formation of the Brazilian Iron Ore Company. Hill was a major figure in the effort, launched by J. P. Morgan, to float the Anglo-French bond drive of 1915, which allowed the Allies to purchase much-needed foodstuffs and other supplies during the early days of World War I. Hill oversaw the planning, contruction and furnishing of his house as if it were a new branch of the railroad. The architectural firm of Peabody, Stearns & Furber was eventually dismissed when it ignored Hill's orders to the stone cutters. Hill then hired Irving & Casson to finish the building of his home instead of Peabody, Stearns & Furber. The home served as the center for the public and private lives of the Hill family for 30 years. Mary Theresa Mehegan Hill (1846-1921) was born in New York, was the daughter of Timothy and Mary McGowan Mehegan, came to Minnesota in 1850, and married James J. Hill in 1867. The Hills had seven daughters and three sons, Katherine Hill, Mary Frances Hill (Mrs. Samuel) Hill of Tarrytown, Ruth Hill (Mrs. Anson) Beard of New York, Gertrude Hill (Mrs. Michael) Gavin of New York, Charlotte Hill (Mrs. George T.) Slade of New York, Clara Hill (Mrs. E. C.) Lindley of New York, Rachel Hill (Mrs. Egil) Boeckmann of St. Paul, James Norman Hill of St. Paul, Walter Hill of St. Paul, and Louis Warren Hill of St. Paul. Walter Jerome Hill was married three times, first to Dorothy Barrows (about 1908) and had a daughter, Dorothy Hill, then to Pauline Gilson, and then to Mildred Richardson. Samuel Hill (1857-1931) was born at Deep River, North Carolina, to a Quaker abolitionist physician an his wife, moved to Minneapolis in 1865, graduated from Haverhill College in 1878, graduated from Harvard University with a second bachelor's degree in 1879, entered the practice of law, became James J. Hill's lawyer in 1886 after winning a number of lawsuits against James J. Hill, and married Mary Hill in 1888. Sam Hill resigned his position with the Great Northern RailRoad and, in 1900, became the president and principal owner of the Seattle Gas & Electric Company, formed from the consolidation of the Union Illuminating Company and the Union Electric Company. After a price war with a competitor, the Citizens' Light & Power Company, formed by some of Sam Hill's prior gas company associates, Hill left the gas business in 1904. Sam Hill formed the Washington State Good Roads Association with 14 other business leaders andits subsequent campaign led to the formation of the Washington State Highway Department. From 1909 until 1917, Hill operated the Home Telephone and Telegraph Company in Portland, Oregon, competing with the Bell Systems Portland Telephone & Telegraph Company until his company went into receivorship. Sam Hill was estranged from his wife after 1903, had a daughter who developed a mental illness and was eventually declared incompetent, had a son who did not live up to Hill's expectations of ambition or academic excellence, and had three other children with other women, but named the mansion and 7,000-acre ranch that he developed after 1905 "Maryhill" after his wife and his daughter. In the 1920's, Sam Hill's fortune began to wane, but suffering from likely manic depression, he engaged in ventures as diverse as the development of a resort at Semiamhoo, British Columbia, a coal mine in Alabama, the writing of three history books, the production of a motion picture, and the building a world-wide chain of peace memorials patterned after King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. Maryhill is now the Maryhill Museum of Art. Mrs. Mary T. Hill maintained the house after James J. Hill's death until her own death. In 1925, Hill family members purchased the mansion from the Hill estate and presented it to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul. For the next half century, the structure served as an office building, school, and residence for the Roman Catholic church until it was acquired by the Minnesota Historical Society in 1978. Gertrude Hill Gavin was educated at Miss Spence's School, a New York boarding school now known as the Spence School, and was self-educated after that. In 1903, she married Michael Gavin, whom she probably met at Yale, where her two younger brothers went to college. She served as president of the Catholic Women's Association for part of her life and, being very interested in Europe, collected Italian religious art. Anson Beard played football for Yale University in 1894 and appears on a Mayo Cut Plug memorabilia football card, one of the rarest football cards in existence. In 1953-1954, Anson Beard was the Comodore of the Bayberry Yacht Club, on the south shore of Long Island in Islip, New York, on a canal that leads to the Great South Bay. Clara Hill Lindley wrote James J. Hill and Mary T. Hill, An Unfinished Chronicle By Their Daughter in 1948 and also donated $30,000 to the Clergy Benefit Fund of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in 1949, augmenting the original James J. Hill donation of $125,000. The Clergy Benefit Fund was the source of settlement money for some of the sex abuse settlements involving the St. Paul Archdiocese. George Theron Slade (1871-1941) was born in New York City, graduated from Yale University, class of 1893, where he was a classmate of Louis Hill, entered railway service in 1893 with the Great Northern RailRoad as a clerk, was successively timekeeper and assistant roadmaster with the Great Northern RailRoad, was made chief clerk to the superintendent of the Eastern Railway of Minnesota in 1895, was advanced to assistant superintendent of the Eastern Railway of Minnesota in 1896, was appointed superintendent of the Eastern Railway of Minnesota and of the Duluth Terminal Railway in 1897, became general manager of the Erie & Wyoming Valley RailRoad and the Delaware Valley & Kingston RailRoad, was a member of the Jekyll Island, Georgia, Club, was the president of the Absaroka Oil Developemnt Company, was the president of the Tide Water Oil Company, was made superintendent of the Wyoming and Jefferson Divisions of the Erie RailRoad and then the general superintendency of the Erie Division of Erie & Wyoming Valley RailRoad in 1901, was the president of the Erie RailRoad in 1903, went to the Great Northern RailRoad in 1905 as general superintendent, became the general manager of the Northern Pacific RailRoad in 1907, was chosen the third vice-president of Northern Pacific RailRoad in 1910, and then was elected first vice-president of the Northern Pacific RailRoad. Slade was known as the "Great Big Baked Potato killer," when the Northern Pacific RailRoad dropped the "Great Big Baked Patato" moniker at his insistence, and was sent to France with the U. S. Army in 1918 as a Lieutenant Colonel/Deputy Director of Transportation. The Hill mansion replaced prior residences of this portion of the bluff, including the prior residence at 242 Summit Avenue. Alexander Ramsey Nininger (1844-1918,) the son of John Nininger and Catherine Ramsey Nininger, the nephew of Alexander Ramsey, and the nephew of Ignatius Donnelly, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was educated at the Mount Joy Academy in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and at the Churchill Military Academy in Sing Sing, New York, from 1859 to 1861, served in the Civil War with the 84th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry from 1862 to 1863 and as the assistant to the provost marshal and to the adjutant general in Minnesota from 1863 to 1864 and in the South from 1864 to 1866, mustered out with a brevet rank of lieutenant colonel, held various post-war military assignments during the period 1867-1870, and received various public service appointments in Minnesota and Alabama after the Civil War, including U.S. Marshall for the northern district of Alabama. After the Civil War, Alexander Ramsey made various efforts as a U.S. senator from Minnesota to obtain promotions or commissions for Nininger. Nininger was a notary public for Ramsey County, was a member of the St. Paul Academy of Natural Sciences, attended the 1881 presidential inaugural reception, was a donor to the Republican Party in 1890, and attended the Republican national convention in Minneapolis in 1892. Catherine K. Ramsey Nininger (1826-1882) was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, married John Nininger in 1843, moved to Minnesota in 1855, and died in St. Paul. Alexander Ramsey "Sandy" Nininger, Jr., (1917-1942) was a 1941 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, was a second lieutenant, and was a posthumous recipient of the first Congressional Medal of Honor awarded during World War II for his anti-sniper actions against the Japanese Army with the Phillipine Scouts near Abucay, Bataan, Phillipines. To honor Alexander Ramsey Nininger, Jr., the First Division of Cadet Barracks at West Point was named in his honor, the transport ship APC-117 was named the "Alexander R. Nininger", a Victory ship was named "USAT Lt. Alexander R. Nininger," Fort Lauderdale, Florida, erected a statue in his honor, the State Veterans' Nursing Home in Pembroke Pines, Florida, was named for him, and the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy has recently named for him an award, endowed by Doug and Jean Kenna, that is given to a West Point graduate who is an exemplar of heroic action in battle. The Nininger burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of John Nininger (1821-1878,) his wife, Catherine Ramsey Nininger (1826-1882,) M. Pauline Nininger (1848-1921,) Alexander Ramsey Nininger (1841-1918,) and his wife, Mary Fay MacKubin Nininger (1853-1929.) Jesse P. Farley (1813-1894) was born in Tennessee, moved with his family to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1817, was a lead smelter in Galena, Illinois, from 1827 until 1833, moved to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1833 and worked for John Johnson in a grocery and general store, subsequently became the head of the wholesale dry-goods firm of Farley, Norris & Company, became a partner of the wholesale grocery firm of Farley, James & Company, a partner of Farley & Christman, wholesale dealers in hardware, and a partner of Farley, Rouse & Company, dealers in heavy machinery, established a line of steamboats between St. Paul and St. Louis in 1850, entered the railroad business after the Panic of 1857, moved to Minnesota in 1873, was appointed a receiver of the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, resided in St. Paul while engaging in various railroad enterprises, subsequently organized the sash and door manufacturing concern of Farley, Loetscher & Company, also served as Dubuque, Iowa, city alderman and mayor, and died in Dubuque, Iowa. Farley married Mary P. Johnson ( -1844,) daughter of his first partner in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1833, and the couple had four children, Charles W. Farley, John P. Farley, George W. Farley, and Francis A. Farley, and married Mary L. Johnson, a niece of his first wife, in 1845 and the couple had five children, Harry G. Farley, Edwin B. Farley, Jesse K. Farley, Fred H. Farley, and Warren C. Farley. Patrick McDonald ( -1913) died in Hennepin County. James J. Hill (1838-1916,) Mary Theresa Mehegan Hill (1846-1921,) Katie T. Hill (1875-1876,) Louis Warren Hill (1872-1948,) Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill (1870-1961,) Mary Francis Hill (Mrs. Samuel Branson) Hill (1868-1947,) Walter Jerome Hill (1885-1944,) and George Norman Slade (1902-1975,) the son of George T. Slade and Charlotte Hill Slade ( -1923,) are all buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minnesota. In 1879, James J. Hill, the general manager of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba RailRoad, located at 82 Lower Levee Street, resided at the corner of Ninth Street and Canada Street. James Jerome Hill ( -1916,) George T. Slade ( -1941,) and Louis Warren Hill ( -1948) all died in Ramsey County. Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill (1870-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Foulke, and died in Ramsey County. George Norman Slade (1902-1975) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hill, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is Minnesota Historical Society, located at 690 Cedar Street. Additional photo of the Hill Mansion. The James J. Hill House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Rev. Edward D. Neill resided at this address from 1856 to 1858, that A. Ramsey Nininger resided at this address from 1879 to 1885, and that the residence was razed in 1887 to allow for the construction of the James J. Hill house. The 1879 city directory indicates that Helena Neilson was a domestic at the former nearby 241 Summit Avenue. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Henry M. Hart resided at the nearby former 243 Summit Avenue from 1884 to 1887, that James E. Moore resided at the nearby former 243 Summit Avenue from 1888 to 1892, and that the residence was razed in 1936. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. Ramsey Nininger and Miss Kate Mackubin all resided at the former nearby 242 Summit Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hart, their daughter, S. T. Hart, and W. L. Hart all resided at the former nearby 243 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Daniel Miller Robbins (1832-1905,) the husband of Delia M. Robbins, who was born in Maine to parents born in the United States and who died of fatty degeneration of the heart, resided at the nearby former 243 Summit Avenue in 1905. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. M. D. Robbins and Mr. and Mrs. F. Clark Miller all resided at the former nearby 243 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Miller, Robbins H. Miller, and Mrs. David N. Robbins all resided at the former nearby 243 Summit Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederic C. Miller resided at the former nearby 243 Summit Avenue. Daniel Miller Robbins (1832- ) was born in Phillips, Maine, moved to Anoka, Minnesota, in 1855, moved to St. Paul in 1865, was in the real estate business, constructed a portion of the Manitoba RailRoad, and was the president of the Northwestern Elevator Company after 1883. The Robbins-Miller burial plot at the Oakland Cemetery contains the graves of Bertha Robbins Miller (1867-1935,) Frederic C. Miller (1863-1942,) Daniel Robbins (1807-1884,) his wife, Mary G. Robbins (1809-1895,) Daniel Miller Robbins, Jr. (1775-1875,) Daniel Miller Robbins (1832-1905,) Delia Barton Robbins (1846-1929,) Harry Miller Robbins (1880-1970,) Elena Driscoll Robbins (1889-1973,) Arthur D. Robbins (1919-1945,) and Willard Charles Shull II (1912-1919.) Daniel Miller Robbins and Delia Roseanna Barton Robbins were the parents of Bertha Delia Robbins (1867- ,) the wife of Frederick Clark Miller (1863- .) Frederick Clark Miller and Bertha Delia Robbins Miller were the parents of Robbins Huntington Miller (1904- ,) born in New Haven, Connecticut, and Frederic Huntington Miller (1907- ,) born in Englewood, New Jersey. Willard C. Shull was the president of the Oryg Gyro Club of St. Paul in 1969. Robbins Huntington Miller was the president of the Iktinos Society, the Honorary Architectural Society at Yale University in 1929 and in 1930. Robbins H. Miller was a member of the Civic Center and City Hall Committee in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1956. D. M. Robbins (1833-1905) was born in the United States and died in Ramsey County. Frederic C. Miller ( -1942) died in Ramsey County.
245 Summit Avenue: Gordon-Finch House/Charles Paul House Built in 1882 (1883 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Altered mildy Italianate in style; Abraham M. Radcliffe (1827-1886,) architect. The structure is a two story, 5683 square foot, 15 room, six bedroom, two bathroom, one half bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The house cost $10,000 to build. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles Paul resided at this address from 1883 to 1885, that George Finch resided at this address from 1892 to 1942, and that the house was heavily remodelled from a frame exterior to a stone exterior between 1903 and 1916. The original owner of the house was Charles Paul, who only lived in the house until 1885. He was a real estate agent in St. Paul in 1887. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paul resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Odell resided at this address. The 1889 city directory indicates that Richards Gordon, his daughter, and C. W. Gordon resided at this address. In 1890, Richards Gordon resided in the house, and in 1914, G. R. Finch and George C. Finch lived in the house. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Richards Gordon and their daughter and C. W. Gordon resided at this address. The 1893 and 1895 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Finch, their daughter, and George C. Finch resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Louise C. Greene, the widow of Cuyler F. Greene, boarded at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that George Rolin/Ralsey Finch (1839-1910,) the husband of Mary Chapman Finch, who was born in Ohio to parents who were born in the United States and who died of arteriosclerosis, resided at this address in 1910. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Louise Chapman Greene (1834-1913,) the widowed sister of Mary G. Finch, who was born in Ohio to parents born in the United States and who died of arteriosclerosis, resided at this address in 1913. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mary Gertrude Finch (1845-1916,) the widowed mother of George C. Finch, who was born in New York to parents born in the United States and who died of interstitial nephritis, resided at this address in 1916. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Finch, Mrs. G. H. Finch, her daughter, George C. Finch, and W. V. S. Finch all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that George C. Finch, assistant secretary of Finch, Van Slyck & McConnville, resided at this address and that Nellie Finch boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that G. C. Finch and Miss Nellie Finch resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Nellie Finch and George C. Finch II, a vice president of Finch, Van Slyck & McConville, resided at this address. In 1934, Miss Helen Finch and George C. Finch resided at this address. Miss Helen Finch was a member of the Women's Club of St. Paul in 1934. The Finches lived in the house for 40 years. George R. Finch (1839-1910) was born in Delaware, Ohio, moved to St. Paul in 1863, and was a partner in a St. Paul wholesale dry goods firm. Nellie T. Chapman Finch was the first wife of George R. Finch and her sister, Mary G. Chapman Finch, was his second wife. Clemence E. Finch (Mrs. Richard) Stockton was a daughter from the first marriage. George Chapman Finch ( -1943,) Nellie G. Finch, and William Van Slyck Finch ( -1937) were the children from the second marriage. Nellie Chapman and Mary Chapman were two of eight children of Frederick A. Chapman (1796-1861), the son of Michael Chapman, and Clemence A. Follett Chapman, the daughter of Eliphalet Follett and Tryphena Dimick Follett. The siblings of Nellie Chapman and Mary Chapman were Arabella Chapman Woodward, Julia T. Chapman (Mrs. Charles) Roberts, Louise C. Chapman (Mrs. Cuyler) Greene, Frederick A. Chapman ( -1861,) Florence Chapman (Mrs. John H.) Davis, and Kate Chapman (Mrs. R. W.) Matthews. Violet Stockton, George C. Finch's niece, had an &;quot;affair" with the 12 year old F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1910, when Violet Stockton was on a visit from her home in the South. Richards Gordon (1829-1911) was born in Wexford, Ireland, emigrated from Wexford, Ireland, to America in the 1840's to seek his fortune and found his niche in the fur trade, and moved to St. Paul in 1854. In 1871, with Paul Ferguson, Gordon founded his fur trading company, the fifth oldest corporation in the State of Minnesota. Working with James J. Hill, founder of the Great Northern Railroad, the "Empire Builder," Gordon opened the frontier of the American West to commerce from the East. In the early 1900's, Richards Gordon expanded and developed his outdoor business and began using the "Field & Stream" trademark on its products. Focusing on furs, the company produced all manner of outdoor apparel including buffalo-hide and mink coats. Because of its stellar reputation as a maker of fur coats, the Gordon & Ferguson Company was asked to supply the fur coats worn by Admiral Richard E. Byrd on his famous expedition to the Antarctic. Gordon Aerotogs was formed to supply flight suits to the emerging flight industry. The company manufactured all manner of flight apparel, including fur-lined flight suits for open-cockpit bi-planes. The company was selected by Minnesotan Charles Lindbergh to supply the flight suit he wore when flying "The Spirit of St. Louis" on the first non-stop flight from the United States to Paris. After becoming a major supplier to the armed forces in the United States during World War II, the company evolved into a major supplier of apparel products to the retail marketplace throughout the United States. Richards Gordon's son, Charles Gordon, took over the St. Paul company and also became a founder of Somerset, the exclusive, understated country club tucked away west of St. Paul. Charles Gordon's son, Richards Gordon (1911- ) graduated from St. Paul Academy, then Princeton University, and developed much more interest in playing golf at Somerset than in his father's business and drifted away from wholesale clothing into sportswriting. Dick "Scoop" Gordon was a nightside reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, then was a sportswriter at the Chicago Daily News, was a correspondent for Sports Illustrated, and retired from the Minneapolis Star in 1976. Richards Gordon was commemorated by having a former St. Paul elementary school named for him. The Beaux Art Style brick Richards Gordon School, with an ornate detailed classic entrance, is located at 1619 Dayton Avenue, and was constructed in 1911 at an estimated cost of $38,703. The Richards Gordon School building was designed by Ray R. Gauger, who was the son of August F. Gauger and who was associated with his father in the early 20th Century and took over his father's practice when August F. Gauger retired in 1929. Cartoonist Charles Schultz attend the Richards Gordon School as a pupil. The Richards Gordon School was closed during the 1970's, is now owned by The Family Tree, Inc., dba Richards Gordon Building, and now houses many nonprofit organizations, including the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association. It also houses the Quatrefoil Library, with 8,000 volumes of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community, which were donated by Freedom From Religion Foundation members David Irwin and Dick Hewetson. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mary R. Robbins (1810-1895,) who died of old age, resided at the former nearby 243 Summit Avenue in 1895. Daniel M. Robbins was the son of Mary R. Robbins. Louise Greene ( -1913) and Louise Greene ( -1917) both died in Hennepin County. The current owners of record of the property are Jeanne Alyce Hinz Junge and Thomas F. Surprenant. Jeanne Hinz Junge has a degree in acting and directing from the University of Minnesota, studied dance at the American School of Dance-New York, studied acting with Anthony Mannino, and studied voice with Harold Fonville, is the creator and producer of the Women of Courage series of children's recordings, is the winner of three American Library Association Notable Children's Recordings awards, is the winner of a Parent's Choice Gold Seal, and has been the artistic director of Songs of Hope since 1991. Thomas F. Surprenant was on the program staff of the Dartmouth, New Hampshire, Outward Bound School for four years, is a licensed attorney with considerable experience representing nonprofit corporations, writes children's fiction and nonfiction, with several credits for published works of nonfiction, and has been program director of Songs of Hope since 1991. Thomas F. Surprenant, located at 5900 Rowland Road, Minnetonka, Minnesota, represented respondent Stahl Construction in the 1996 Minnesota Court of Appeals case Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., et al., vs. Minnetonka Independent School District No. 276, et al.. The 1879 city directory indicates that William Carter, a lumberman, and and William Carter, Jr., a student, both resided at the nearby former 249 Summit Avenue and that Martha Hanson was a domestic at the nearby former 249 Summit Avenue. The January 1, 1880, St. Paul Daily Globe indicates that William Carson resided at the former nearby 249 Summit Avenue.
251 Summit Avenue: Horace P. Rugg House Built in 1887 (1886 according to Eileen R. McCormack and 1911 according to the National Register of Historic Places;) Romanesque Revival/Renaissance Revival/Victorian Romanesque/Richardsonian Romanesque in style; Edgar J. Hodgson and Alan Stem, architects. Unit #1 is a 4000 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, stone condominium, which last sold in 1991 for $261,300, and which is currently owned by J. Dennis O'Brien and Mary J. O'Brien. Unit #3 is a 1700 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, stone condominium, which last sold in 1996 for $174,900, and which is currently owned by Evelyn N. Littlejohn, who resides in Boynton Beach, Florida. J. O'Brien, an attorney employed by the State of Minnesota, contributed to the John McCain for President campaign in 2007-2008. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The original owner and resident of this single family house was Horace P. Rugg, who owned the Horace P. Rugg & Co., Wholesale Pumps, Railway & Plumber Supplies. The house was built for $24,500. The 1885 city directory indicates that H. P. Rugg resided at this address. The 1887 and 1889 city directories indicate that H. P. Rugg, Mrs. P. D. Rugg, and Mrs. M. E. Culver resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Horace P. Rugg resided at this address from 1888 to 1895. The 1891, 1893, and 1895 city directories indicate that H. P. Rugg and Mrs. George Culver resided at this address. In 1900, T. F. Shearn resided in the house. Darius Miller, a second vice-president of the Great Northern RailRoad, resided at this address until 1902, when he moved to Chicago. Clara Hill and Charlotte Hill, daughters of James J. Hill, lived at this address during the first decade of the 20th Century. Charlotte Hill Slade and her new husband, George Slade, moved to this address in 1903. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Frederick P. Wright, a member of the church since 1876, and Belle I. (Mrs. F. P.) Wright, Douglas H. Wright, and Frederick Cushing Wright, members of the church since 1900, resided at this address. In 1914, the residents of the house were C. O. Kalman and Arnold Kalman. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Arnold Kalman (1844-1917,) the husband of Sarah W. Greve Kalman, who was born in Germany to parents born in Germany and who died of chronic myocarditis, resided at this address in 1917. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kalman, their daughter, and C. O. Kalman all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Silas Morris Ford (1875-1924,) the husband of Claire W. Ford, who was born in Illinois to parents born in the United States and who died of carcinoma of the stomach, resided at this address in 1924. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The house eventually became the Catholic Education Center. Thomas J. Shearn, a Radio Man, and William J. Shearn were both World War I veterans from St. Paul who both resided in 1919 at 1615 Selby Avenue. George C. Culver (1818-1879) was born in Cayuga County, New York, settled in Long Prairie, Minnesota, in 1848, and engaged in the Indian trade, moved to St. Paul in 1853, was a St. Paul businessman, and eventually was the proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel. George Culver was an investor and a member of the first board of trustees of the Minnesota Valley Railroad Company in 1865, along with Henry Hastings Sibley, Russell Blakeley, R. H. Hawthorne, W. F. Davidson, E. F. Drake, Henry Mower Rice, J. L. Merriam, Horace Thompson, Franklin Steele, John S. Prince, J. E. Thompson, J. C. Burbank, T. A. Harrison, John Farrington, W. D. Washburn, and C. H. Bigelow. Mary Eleanor Culver Rugg (1849- ) was the daughter of George C. Culver. Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) was involved in the court-martial of Horace P. Rugg of the 59th New York Volunteers (1864-1909.) Colonel Rugg of the 59th New York Volunteers was dismissed from the service for incompetency and disobedience of orders in the movement on the Boydton plank road in October, 1964, by General Court-Martial Order No. 45, headquarters Army of the Potomac, November 17, 1864. The disability arising from this dismissal was removed by letter from the Adjutant General's Office in 1865, on report of the Judge Advocate General, and the Governor of New York was authorized to re-commission the officer. At the Boydton plank road action, the First Minnesota Battalion was under the overall command of Horace P. Rugg. Rugg's Brigade also was reported by Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. Army, commanding the First Division, and by 1st Lieutenant George Kellogg Dauchy, 12th Battery New York Light Artillery U. S. Volunteers, as having panicked and fled from the battlefield during the battle of Ream's Station, August 25, 1864, at a time when Lieutenant Colonel Rugg could not be located by the unit's commanding officer. Arnold Kalman was the secretary and treasurer of the St. Paul Union Stockyards Company in 1886. In 1889, Rugg, Fuller & Company of Minneapolis were dealers in brass goods for plumbers, steam and gas fitters, and steam engine builders, sanitary specialties, wrought iron pipe, lead pipe, boiler tubes, malleable and cast iron fittings, radiators, rubber hose and packing, tools for plumbers, steam and gas fitters, and a complete line of wood and iron pumps and cylinders. The Bellew-Campbell genealogy indicates that Horace Palmer Rugg (1842- ) was born in Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont, the son of Mirandus F. Rugg (1813-1882) and Phebe Dustin Rugg (1821-1889,) enlisted as a Lieutenant First Class in Company E, 59th New York Infantry Regiment in 1861, was promoted to Full Lieutenant Colonel in 1863, was discharged, married Mary E. Culver (1847- ) in 1874, and the couple had three children, Margaret C. Rugg (1875- ,) George C. Rugg (1877- ,) and Mary Virginia Rugg (1881- .) Horace P. Rugg was insolvent in 1895, entered into two promissory notes before Minnesota enacted a bankruptcy debt discharge law, and unsuccessfully attempted to exempt his residence from attachment by the bank under the Minnesota law in Union Bank of St. Paul v. Horace P. Rugg, 78 Minn. 256 (1899.) Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) was born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was a Republican, engaged in newspaper work, was a mayor of St. Paul from 1894 to 1896, was a Presbyterian, died in Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery. As mayor, Frederick P. Wright appointed Albert Garvin of Stillwater to succeed John Clark as chief of police and appointed John C. McGinn to succeed John J. O'Connor as chief of detectives. Horace P. Rugg ( -1913,) Arnold Kalman ( -1917,) Silas Morris Ford ( -1924,) and Sarah W. Kalman ( -1937) all died in Ramsey County. Charles Kalman (1872-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Greve, and died in Ramsey County. Mirandus F. Rugg and Phebe Dustin Rugg both died in St. Paul. Mrs. Mary E. Culver ( -1926) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that George W. Armstrong resided at the nearby former 252 Summit Avenue from 1871 to 1886 and that the residence was razed in 1887 after being purchased by James J. Hill. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mrs. G. W. Armstrong, G. C. Armstrong, William N. Armstrong, and J. D. Armstrong all resided at the former nearby 253 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mary Catherine Dean (1841-1920,) the wife of William B. Dean, who was born in Maryland to parents born in the United States and who died of chronic myocarditis, resided at the nearby former 253 Summit Avenue in 1920. George W. Armstrong (1827-1877,) the son of John Armstrong (1793-1865) and Elizabeth McKaig Armstrong, was born in Ohio, apprenticed in the printing trade on the Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Banner, served as the paper's joint editor and proprietor from 1847 to 1850, moved to Keokuk, Iowa, where he owned and published a local newspaper, moved to St. Paul in 1853, was appointed Minnesota territorial commissary general in 1856, was the treasurer of the Minnesota Territory from 1857 to 1858, was treasurer of the State of Minnesota from 1858 to 1860, subsequently engaged in the real estate business, and died of a stroke. George W. Armstrong married Anna Miller ( -1852) in 1852 and married Jane Caroline "Jenny" Colman (1838- ) in 1859. Jane Armstrong and George W. Armstrong had seven children, George Coleman Armstrong, William Newington Armstrong, James Douglas Armstrong, Caroline Isabel Armstrong, Thomas Miller Armstrong, John Milton Armstrong, and Albert Armstrong. George Washington Armstrong was the brother of John Milton Armstrong, the former owner of the 1886 Armstrong-Quinlan house currently located at 227 Eagle Street. George Coleman Armstrong ( -1926) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. James Douglas Armstrong ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. [See note on Allen H. Stem for 929 Summit.]
255-257 Summit Avenue: W. E. Howard House/V. K. Arrigoni House Built in 1884 (1900 according to Ramsey County property tax records) with alterations in 1899 (Larson;) Altered Queen Anne in style; Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., initial alteration architect; Carl Thomas Gray, restoration architect. The structure; is a two story, 4367 square foot, five bedroom, three bathroom, brick house. It was originally built as a double house, largely for rental or investment purposes. The double house was built by Lane K. Stone and G. B. Bacon. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Lane K. Stone resided at 255 Summit Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Bacon and their daughter resided at 257 Summit Avenue. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Lane K. Stone resided at 255 Summit Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Warren and W. S. Mullen resided at 257 Summit Avenue. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Lane K. Stone resided at 255 Summit Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Seymour resided at 257 Summit Avenue. In 1890, Lane K. Stone (1849-1903,) a real estate broker, resided at 255 Summit Avenue and F. A. Seymour resided at 257 Summit Avenue. The 1891, 1893, and 1895 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Lane K. Stone resided at 255 Summit Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Seymour resided at 257 Summit Avenue. The 1895 city directory indicates that Nellie Green was a domestic at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William E. Howard resided at this address in 1896. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that H. J. (Mrs. W. E.) Howard, a member of the church since 1887, and Lawrence Howard, a member of the church since 1904, resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Isabella McHarg Mason (1839-1915,) the widowed mother of Jarvis W. Mason, who was born in Pennsylvania to parents born in Scotland and in the United States, and who died of carcinoma of the intestine, resided at this address in 1915. In 1916, Jarvis W. Mason was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Jarvis W. Mason and Miss R. C. Mason both resided at 255 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that J. W. Mason and his daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Rachel C. Mason resided at this address. In 1934, Miss Rachel C. Mason resided at this address and was a member of the Women's City Club of St. Paul, the Town & Country Country Club, and the White Bear Yacht Club. Lane K. Stone (1849-1903) was born in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, graduated from Lawrence University, moved to Minnesota in 1869, founded the town of Montevideo, Minnesota, in 1871, was engaged in the mercantile business with his brother, H. Ward Stone (1849-1913,) and in banking, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1876 to 1877 and from 1880 to 1881, moved to St. Paul in 1882, was associated with the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce and was a partner in the formation of the North St. Paul Land Company with Captain H. A. Castle, Frederick Driscoll, W. S. Morton, and George A. Sexias, which developed the City of North St. Paul, Minnesota, on the shore of Silver Lake, moved to Keystone, North Dakota, in 1895, and died in San Antonio, Texas. Frank A. Seymour (1854-1903) was born in Syracuse, New York, moved to Minnesota as a child, was the cashier of the Merchant's National Bank from 1883 to 1897, and also pursued other financial interests. In 1891, Frank A. Seymour, cashier of the Merchant's National Bank, primarily owned by the family of Governor William R. Merriam, represented Merriam as a major investor in the Chicago, Fort Madison & Des Moines RailRoad, a railroad formed by C. C. Wheeler, E. C. Long, a Northwest timber contractor, D. B. Dewey, former president of the American Exchange National Bank of Chicago, Edwin S. Conway, manager of the W. W. Kimball Company, W. S. Mellen, general manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and Henry C. Barlow, traffic manager of the Wisconsin Central RailRoad. Ultimately, in 1901, the Chicago, Fort Madison & Des Moines RailRoad, a narrow gauge railroad from Fort Madison, Iowa, to Ottumwa, Iowa, that was established in 1890 and that was only 71 miles in length, was folded into the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad. In 1895, Frank Seymour, A. H. Lindeke, and Peter S. MacGowan, general manager of the St. Paul company, were appointed the receivers of the Walter A. Wood Harvester Company, on application of the Ewarts Manufacturing Company of Illinois. In 1887, John Luger of the Luger Furniture Company entered into an agreement with the North St. Paul Land Company to move his entire furniture factory from Wabasha, Minnesota, to North St. Paul, Minnesota. The St. Paul Casket Company moved from 1222 University Avenue to 202 19th Avenue N. E., North St. Paul, Minnesota, before 1893. In the late 1890's, the North St. Paul Bank failed, and the North St. Paul Land Company, the North St. Paul Cottage Company, and the Casket Company were foreclosed upon. J. W. Mason was a Republican delegate for the Ninth Precinct of the Fourth Ward in 1896. The house is now the V. K. Arrigoni East House, a residence for recovering mentally ill male drug addicts in a home-style atmosphere that is owned by V. K. Arrigoni Incorporated and operated by a fundamentalist Christian family. There is also the V. K. Arrigoni West House, at 508 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis. The V. K. Arrigoni House received a 2002 St. Paul Heritage Preservation Award for the restoration and reconstruction of the 19th Century facade on this house. Virginia Katherine Kretschmer Arrigoni (1919-1988) was born in Minnesota, the daughter of Albert Kretchmer and Mary Schaffer Kretchmer, was married to Leo Nicholas Zengerle (1906-1955,) Julio "Chick" Arrigoni (1923-2003,) and DeWayne Blomberg (1931-2008,) was the mother of Michael A. Zengerle, Paul N. Zengerle, Mary Ann (Mrs. William) Dukek, Richard F. Zengerle, Steven T. Zengerle, Raymond A. Arrigoni, and William M. Arrigoni, and is buried at Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minnesota. V. K. Arrigoni was a recovering alcoholic who, after completing treatment at Hazelden Treatment Center in St. Paul, decided to found a group home for alcoholics in her own home in 1972. V. K. Arrigoni, Incorporated, was sold to Supportive Living Solutions, LLC in 2001. Henry A. Castle (1841-1916) was born in Quincy, Illinois, graduated from McKendree College, in Illinois, in 1862, served in the 73rd Illinois Regiment and the 137th Illinois Regiment during the American Civil War, read the law with A. Wheat in Quincy, Illinois, was admitted to the practice of law in 1864, was wounded in the Battle of Stone River, moved to St. Paul in 1866, moved to St. Cloud in 1867, returned to St. Paul in 1868, was engaged in the wholesale mercantile trade, was a lawyer and a journalist, was a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from District 24, St. Paul, in 1873, was the Minnesota Adjutant General from 1875 until 1876, was the editor of the St. Paul Dispatch from 1876 until 1885, was the state oil inspector from 1883 until 1886, was the St. Paul postmaster from 1892 until 1896, was an auditor in the Post Office Department from 1897 until 1903, authored The Army Mule and Other War Sketches in 1897, authored the article "Opdycke's Brigade at the Battle of Franklin" in Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle: MOLLUS Minnesota, Volume VI. in 1909, authored History of St. Paul and Vicinity: A Chronicle of Progress, Chicago, Lewis Publishing Company, 1912, authored Minnesota: Its Story and Biography, Chicago, Lewis Publishing Company, 1915, was a Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, and died in Silver Lake, Minnesota. Henry Anson Castle married Margaret Wesley Jaquess and the couple had at least one child, Charles W. Castle. Henry Anson Castle, the son of Timothy Hunt Castle and Julia Ann Boyd Castle, the grandson of James Boyd and Elizabeth Hastings Boyd, and the grandson of Philo Castle and Jerusha Dix Castle, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great grandfathers Jonathan Hastings, a Corporal in the Massachusetts Militia, Timothy Castle, a Lieutenant in the Connecticut Militia, Ozias Dix, a Private in the Connecticut Militia, and Abram Boyd, a Private in Wheelock's Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolutionary War. Henry A. Castle ( -1908,) Isabella M. Mason ( -1915,) Albert H. Lindeke ( -1925,) Rachel C. Mason ( -1935,) and John N. Luger ( -1947) all died in Ramsey County. Virginia K. Arrigoni (1919-1988) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schaffer, and died in Ramsey County. John Luger ( -1907) was born in Austria, had a mother with a maiden name of Volgenont, and died in Ramsey County. John Luger (1882-1959) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. John E. Luger (1889-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Paul, and died in Ramsey County. Leo N. Zengerle (1906-1955) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Michael A. Zengerle (1947-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kretchner, and died in Ramsey County. Henry W. A. Stone ( -1919) Nellie F. Green ( -1931,) Nellie Green ( -1934,) Nellie Green ( -1936,) Nellie Green ( -1943,) and Frank A. Seymour ( -1944) all died in Hennepin County. William E. Howard ( -1932) died in Pine County, Minnesota. W. S. Morton ( -1923) died in Swift County, Minnesota. When sold in 1998, the sale price was $105,000. [See note for Frederick Driscoll for 266 Summit Avenue.]
259 Summit Avenue: Built in 1900. The building is a two story, 4379 square foot, six bedroom, two bathroom, brick house. The 1910 city directory indicates that George H. Terrett, a restaurant owner, resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McMahon resided at this address. World War I veteran Omar Miller resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Laurence V. Ashbaugh, a publisher who officed at the Mteropolitan Building, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary Ashbaugh resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. Lawrence Vernon Ashbaugh ( -1923) and Geroge Hunter Terrett ( -1926) both died in Ramsey County. Omer Miller ( -1946) died in Hennepin County. Mary Anne Ashbaugh ( -1934) died in Traverse County, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is V. K. Arrigoni, Inc., located at 255 Summit Avenue.
260 Summit Avenue: Louis Hill House/Louis Warren Hill and Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill House; Built in 1903 (according to Sandeen and Ramsey County property tax records; 1888 according to the National Register of Historic Places and 1902-1903 according to Larson,) with a major addition, the front half and portico, in 1913; Classical Revival/Beaux Art/Georgian Revival in style; Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., original architect and contractor; Louis Millet and John LaFarge, stained glass designers; William Yungbauer, woodcarver; Charles Frost, addition architect. The house was originally built for $40,000 (Sandeen and Larson; $60,000 according to Eileen R. McCormack.) The structure is a two story, 25664 square foot, 25 room, eight bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a two story, 2705 square foot, six room, two bathroom, brick carriage house, and with two basement garages and one detached garage. When Louis Hill resided here, the house had five family bedrooms, one guest bathroom, and three servant bedrooms. The 1912 front addition had four additional guest bedrooms. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The former house on this lot, the Noble/Palmes House, built in 1857 by William Noble/Nobles, was demolished in 1902. The Noble/Palmes House was a two story, eight room, brick building, had a shingle roof, and lacked a cellar. The Panic of 1857 devastated Noble's affairs, and he lost the property to foreclosure. Louis Hargous was the subsequent owner, and he sold the property to George Palmes in 1870. In 1871, George Palmes convinced the city to vacate a triangular section of Walnut Street, adding 20 feet to the frontage of the lot. The 1879 city directory indicates that George Palmes, an importer of fine woolens, a draper, and a tailor located at 81 East Third Street, resided at the former 155 Summit Avenue. The 1885 city directory indicates that George Palmes and his daughters, Miss Lucy Hull, and Miss Nancy A. Hull resided at this address. The 1887 and 1889 city directories indicate that George Palmes, his daughter, Miss Lucy J. Hull, and Miss Nancy A. Hull all resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. Balfour, Miss Lucy J. Hull, and Miss Nancy A. Hull all resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that George Palmes, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Anderson, and Miss Lizzie Hull all resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that George Palmes and Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Anderson all resided at this address. George Palmes (1828- ) was born in Le Roy, New York, moved to St. Paul in 1856, was a tailor, and retired to Waukegan, Illinois, in 1897. Palmes rented the house to William P. Abbott, the owner of Abbott Manufacturing Company, a door and window factory, around 1895. James J. Hill purchased the property in 1899 for $20,000 and had Walnut Street between Irvine Avenue and Summit Avenue vacated in 1901 (for a payment to the city of $7,218.28 to construct a public walk and steps where the street had been.) Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Louis W. Hill resided at this address from 1903 to 1949. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Hill resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hill, their daughter, C. T. Hill, J. J. Hill, and L. W. Hill, Jr., all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Louis W. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of the First National Bank, his wife, Maud Hill, Jerome Hill, a student, Louis W. Hill, Jr., and his wife, Dorothy Hill, resided at this address. Louis Warren Hill (1872-1948) was the third child of James J. Hill and the second son in a family of nine. George Palmes (1828- ) was born at LeRoy, Genesee County, New York, a son of George Palmes and Jenette Churchill Palmes, moved to Michigan in 1832, became a tailor, moved to St. Paul in 1856, entered a merchant tailoring partnership with George C. Mott, dissolved the partnership in 1860, then start his own tailoring business, purchased the land at this address in 1870, became associated with J. W. McClung in the St. Paul Mutual Building Association No. 1, married Mary Hull of Vermont in 1853, with the couple having two daughters, and was a deacon of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church. Louis Hill was educated at Philips Exeter Academy and Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School, graduating in 1893. In 1903, he became vice president of the Great Northern Railway, and moved up to the presidency when his father became board chairman in 1907. When James J. Hill retired in 1912, Louis Hill succeeded him, holding the chairmanship until 1929. As chairman, he played a significant role in developing the tourist industry around Glacier National Park, which was created by Congress in 1910, after he and others had lobbied hard for its inclusion in the national park system. Between 1911 and 1917, the Great Northern RailRoad funded the construction of a series of mountain chalets and lodges, the first roads along the eastern edge of the new park, and a network of scenic trails and tent camps throughout the rugged, glaciated back country. Louis Hill personally supervised all of these projects and selected the sites for each of Glacier Park's hotels and chalets, locating them with an eye toward their scenic backdrop and often ignoring more pragmatic considerations. The logs for the Going-to-the-Sun Chalet complex on upper St. Mary Lake had to be rafted in and hoisted up a cliff. The two-story chalet at Gunsight Lake sat in the middle of an avalanche chute and did not survive its second winter. Louis Hill's crowning achievements in Glacier were the two huge, luxurious hotels at East Glacier and Many Glacier. Louis Hill also came up with the mountain goat logo which eventually graced every Great Northern RailRoad passenger and freight car, plus all of the railroad's publicity fliers. The Great Northern RailRoad goat eventually became one of the most widely-recognized symbols in the history of American advertising. The Blackfeet tribe eventually adopted Hill into their tribe, re-christening him "Gray Horse." Louis Hill was the chairman of the First National Bank of St. Paul, participated in the Good Roads Movement, and chaired the Minnesota State Highway Commission from 1917 to 1920. He also was an enthusiastic booster of the St. Paul Winter Carnival, having charge of the celebrations in 1916 and 1917. He patronized the arts and was himself a serious amateur painter and photographer. His extensive private investments included timber, minerals, and oil. Great Northern #A-22 was used by Louis W. Hill, Sr., as a wooden business car from 1905 until 1948 and included a unique feature, the inclusion of automobile storage space, along with living and working quarters on the same railcar, which was painted standard Pullman green and had little interior decoration and no extra frills, and its austere elegance illustrated Hill's frugal nature when it was also used as the preferred method of transportation for Hill family vacations and hunting trips. In 1926, Queen Marie of Romania visited St. Paul and stayed with Louis Hill and Maud Hill. Louis Hill and Maud Hill had four children, James Jerome Hill II (1904-1972,) Cortlandt Hill (1905- ,) Louis W. Hill, Jr. (1902- ,) and Maud Van Courtland Hill Schroll (1903- .) Louis Hill and Maud Hill separated in 1934 and Maud Hill moved to the house at 475 Portland Avenue. After the separation, Louis Hill divided his time between this house, the Hill's North Oaks, Minnesota, farm, Glacier Park, Montana, and Pebble Beach, California, and died in St. Paul, at Miller Hospital, after a long illness. Maud Hill (1870-1961) was born in Staten Island, New York, to Cortlandt Mulcaster Taylor and Mary Beekman Foulke Taylor, married Louis W. Hill in 1901, played an active role in the work of local Red Cross chapters and European Relief organizations during both world wars, and died in St. Paul. In 1934, Maud Taylor Hill was a member of the Women's Club of St. Paul. The four Hill children purchased their mother's interest in this house in 1950. After a four year vacancy, the house was sold, for $50,000, in 1954, to the Catechetical Guild Education Society of St. Paul, an organization founded by Reverend Louis A. Gales in 1933. In 1961, the house was sold to the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, a religious order, as a retreat house, the Maryhill Retreat House, and it was operated by them for 36 years, closing in 1997. The Delva Foundation purchased the house in 1997, intending to operate a children's hospice center, the Delva Center, but after expending $550,000 and facing $1.2 million more in uncompleted work on the project, the Delva Foundation sold it to the Nicholsons. The 1908 city directory indicates that Rudolph Miller was a chaffeur at this address. The house is now owned by Richard and Nancy Nicholson, who plan to restore the house. James Jerome Hill was a painter, film maker, photographer, composer, and philanthropist. Louis W. Hill, Jr., (1902-1995) was born in St. Paul, the first child of Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill and Louis W. Hill, Sr., was given a traditional Blackfeet name, Ot Que Kaitsup Imo or Little Yellow Pinto Pony Rider, by the hereditary Blackfeet tribal leader, Neok Ska Kio (Three Bears,) graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy with high honors in 1925, developed a lifelong interest in Japanese culture, was an independent scholar at Balliol College, Oxford University, in England, served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1937 to 1951, established the North Oaks Company to develop a private residential community, was the founder of the Grotto Foundation, and was the founding board chair and the architect of the Northwest Area Foundation. Louis W. Hill, Jr., married Elsi Fors in 1943 and the couple had three children, Louis Fors Hill, Johanna Hill, and Mari Hill. Louis W. Hill, Jr., created the Grotto Foundation. The Louis W. and Maud Hill Postdoctoral Fellowship in Horticultural Science has been established at the University of Minnesota-St. Paul campus. The Louis W. and Maud Hill Family Foundation, originally incorporated in 1934 as the Lexington Foundation and now known as the Northwest Area Foundation, funded the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library at Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1965, and partially funded the Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype Experiment, or MINITEX, in 1969. The Louis W. Hill, Jr., Fellowship in Philanthropy was created in 2002 by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, the Northwest Area Foundation, and the Grotto Foundation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis W. Hill, Jr., and to recognize with a $100,000 stipend and infrastructure support an outstanding Minnesota community leader who has had a distinguished record in philanthropy and community service. Louis Fors Hill, a 1971 graduate of the University of Minnesota in geology, is the chairman of Rockwood Capital Management, Inc., a financial, personal and family heritage asset management firm, and, in 2005, was appointed to the Northwest Area Foundation board after having previously served on the board from 1968 to 1977 and from 1994 to 2003. Louis Fors Hill also is the chair of The Glacier Fund Board of Trustees, is the founder and president of Pacific Rim Equipment Corporation, is the owner and treasurer of Casting Technology, Inc., is the president of Silverthorn Exploration, Inc., is the president of Hill Hydrocarbons, Inc., is a member of the board of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library of Saint John's University, is a member of the board of the United Hospital Foundation, is a member of the board of the Grotto Foundation, is a member of the board of the Hamline University, is a member of the board of the Performance Improvement Network, is a member of the board of the Shattuck-St. Mary's School and is a member of the board of the American Composer's Forum. Rev. Louis A. Gales, an assistant at St. Agnes Church, and the Rev. Paul C. Bussard were the creators of the Catholic Digest, which was born in 1936 in the cellar of the chancery of the Cathedral of St. Paul as the Catholic Digest of Catholic Books and Magazines and took its inspiration and format from the Reader's Digest. Louis J. Millet (1856-1923) was a designer and a professor at the Chicago Art Institute from 1886 to 1918, where he founded the Department of Decorative Design, and was a partner in the Chicago firm of Healy & Millet, the company responsible for executing the decorative schemes for most of architect Louis Sullivan's large-scale commercial projects. Millet designed the skylight at the Ryerson Library at the Chicago Art Institute, the stained glass in the Mississippi state capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi, and the stained glass in the Fannie Vick Willis Johnson house (now Stained Glass Manor-Oak Hall) in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Millet was the Superintendent of Architectural and Decorative Exhibits for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. John LaFarge (1835-1910,) the son of John Frederick de LaFarge, a French naval officer, and Louise Josephine Binsse (de St. Victor,) attended college at Mount St. Mary's and Fordham University, was the student of Thomas Couture (1815-1879) and William Morris Hunt, married Margaret Mason Perry, was a painter and muralist who, in 1906, executed four great lunettes representing the history of religion for the Minnesota State Capitol. Lafarge also designed the decoration of Trinity Church in Boston and painted the mural for the chancel of the Church of the Assumption in New York City. Lafarge was the greatest innovator in the history of modern stained glass when, in 1879, he discovered and patented the techniques for making opalescent glass in the kiln fired stained glass fusion of small bits of glass in order to create stained glass images which previously had to be painted with metal oxides. Lafarge won the Cross of the Legion of Honour from France, was a member of the principal artistic societies of America, and was the president of the Society of Mural Painters. William Yungbauer was a Vienna-trained woodcarver who was brought to St. Paul in the early 1890's by James J. Hill to supervise the interior carving at the Hill mansion. Yungbauer remained after the construction of the Hill mansion, opened his own shop in St. Paul, and carved a number of pieces for the Louis Hill house. Yungbauer was an original member of the St. Paul Rotary Club in 1910 and was the president of the St. Paul Jaycees in 1932. Charles Frost was a Chicago architect who designed many railroad buildings, including the Minneapolis Great Northern RailRoad depot, the Minneapolis Milwaukee RailRoad depot, the St. Paul Union Depot (1923,) and the James J. Hill RailRoad and Bank building (1916.) William F. Yungbauer (1897-1982) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Franke, and died in Ramsey County. William O. Noble ( -1927) died in Beltrami County, Minnesota. Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill (1870-1961) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Foulke, and died in Ramsey County. Charles Rankin Frost ( -1922,) William Noble ( -1927,) William Yungbauer ( -1935,) and Louis Warren Hill ( -1948) all died in Ramsey County. Louis W. Hill (1902-1995) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Taylor, and died in Ramsey County. Paul Bussard (1904-1983) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Howard, and died in Ramsey County. William Nobles (1852-1907) was born in New York and died in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. William Pitt Abbott (1880-1955) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Cross, and died in Cook County, Minnesota. In 2003, Richard Nicholson and Nancy Nicholson were contributors to the Randy Kelly for St. Paul Mayor campaign and resided at this address. Richard Nicholson and Nancy Nicholson recently made a $1 million endowment donation to the St. Paul Central Library. Richard Nicholson was appointed by Mayor Randy Kelly to the St. Paul Heritage Preservation Commission. Richard Nicholson is on the board of the Ramsey County Historical Society and on the board of the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library. Richard Nicholson is the vice president of PAN Inc., a non-investigative company that develops and implements customized loss prevention/human resource products designed to help a company minimize its risk of fraud. Lucius P. Ordway was Dick Nicholson's great-grandfather and had frequently vacationed with Louis Hill and Maud Hill.
261 Summit Avenue: James H. Weed House/Caroline Moore House; Built in 1891 (1901 according to the National Register of Historic Places and 1890 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Jacobethan/Victorian/Neo-gothic/Gothic Revival in style; Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., architect. The house was built for $14,000 (Sandeen and Larson) by M. M. Kinny/Kenny, who apparently never lived in the house. The three story, 8224 square foot, building has become an apartment building. 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 H. Weed resided at this address from 1892 to 1928. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Weed and their daughter resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Weed, their daughter, and P. C. Weed resided at this address. The 1900 federal census indicates that the residents at this address included Paul J. Weed (1843- ,) a crockery salesman who was born in Wisconsin to father who was born in Massachusetts and a mother who was born in Connecticut, and a servant, John Thompson (1861- ,) who was born in England to parents who were also born in England. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that James H. Weed, Agnes J. (Mrs. J. H.) Weed, and Benjamin B. Weed, members of the church since 1898, all resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Weed resided at this address. Johnston was also retained to design a garage and to remodel the house, in 1919, at a cost of $1,000. The house was owned and occupied by James H. Weed in 1892, who was a partner in Weed & Lawrence, Insurance and Loans. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline W. Moore and Paul C. Weed resided at this address in 1921. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Weed resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Agnes Irene Weed (1846-1926,) the wife of James H. Weed, who was born in Illinois to parents born in the United States and who died of chronic myocarditis, resided at this address in 1926. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. James Henry Weed (1845- ) was born at Racine, Wisconsin, was the son of James Weed and Abby Bartlett Weed, moved to Minnesota in 1863 or 1864, initially worked for the general merchandising firm of Stevens & Lewis, then was employed by the Northwestern Union Packet (Steamboat) Company, came to St. Paul in 1867, then entered the insurance business as a senior partner at Weed & Lawrence, was a director of the German American Bank, was a trustee of the Northern Savings Bank, and was a board member of the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church. Weed married Agnes I. Curtis in 1868 and the couple had three children, Caroline Weed Moore, Paul C. Weed, and Ben B. Weed. Paul Charles Weed (1873-1947) married Emily Stickney (1878-1963,) the daughter of Alpheus Beede Stickney and Katherine "Kate" Wilt Hertzog Hall Stickney, and the Weed couple had five children, including Emily Stickney Weed (1901- ) and Abby Bartlett Weed (1902-1983,) who married Benjamin Edwards Grey (1883-1956) in 1929. In 1906, Paul C. Weed and Emily S. (Mrs. P. C.) Weed resided at 529 Holly Avenue. Abby Bartlett Weed was born in St. Paul, graduated from Vassar College in 1924, taught fifth grade in a private school for girls in Kansas City in 1926, married Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Edwards Grey, a career army officer and 20 years her senior, in 1930, moved around the country for 27 years as an Army wife, settled first in Deer Lake, Minnesota, then alternated between Minnesota and Salt Lake City, Utah, began collecting art in 1960, created the Ben and Abby Grey Foundation in St. Paul in 1961 in order to sponsor and encourage artists and to purchase their works for exhibition, established the annual Benjamin Edwards Grey Memorial Lecture in poetry as part of the summer writer's conference at the University of Utah, and, in 1974, established the Grey Art Gallery at New York University both as a permanent home for her art collection and to promote international artistic exchange in an academic setting. The Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art at NYU comprises some 700 works produced by artists from Japan, Thailand, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Benjamin Edwards Grey made a modest fortune investing in western railroad stocks and bonds before he died of cancer. Abby Weed Grey also died of cancer. The Weed family lived in the house for at least 35 years. The Weed burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes James H. Weed (1845-1929,) Grace Curtis Weed (1869-1889,) Paul J. Weed (1843-1935,) Agnes L. Weed (1846-1926,) James Weed (1876-1879,) and Emily Stickney Weed (1901-1901.) James H. Weed, the son of James Weed and Abby Bartlett Weed and the grandson of James Weed and Emma Stevens Weed, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great grandfather James Weed, a Lieutenant in the Ninth Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War. Paul Charles Weed, the son of James H. Weed and Agnes S. Curtis Weed, the grandson of James Weed and Abby Bartlett Weed and the great grandson of James Weed and Eunice Stevens Weed, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great grandfather James Weed, a Lieutenant in the Ninth Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War. Clarence H. Johnston also designed a barn on the property in 1891, still extant, which was built for $2,000 (Larson.) The Northern Line Packet Company, formed in 1857 by Captain James B. Ward, Captain R. C. Gray, and others, merged with the La Crosse & Minnesota Packet Company, formed in 1860 by Commodore W. F. Davidson, to form the Northwestern Union Packet Company in 1864, utilizing the steamers the Moses McLellan, the Ocean Wave, the Itasca, the Key City, the Milwaukee City, the Belle, the War Eagle, the Phil Sheridan, the S. S. Merrill, the Alex. Mitchell, the City of St. Paul, the Tom Jasper, the Belle of La Crosse, the City of Quincy, and the John Kyle and the line controlled the general trade on the Mississippi River until 1874. Alpheus B. Stickney ( -1916,) Agnes I. Weed ( -1926,) James Henry Weed ( -1929,) Paul J. Weed ( -1935,) and Paul C. Weed ( -1947) all died in Ramsey County. The property is now a multi-family apartment house. Abby Grey (1902-1983) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stickney, and died in Hennepin County. Benjamin Edwards Grey (1881-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Howell, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Carl T. Gray and Janet Ann Gray. [See the note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.]
262 Summit Avenue: Built in 1884. The building is a two story, 2080 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house. The property was last sold in 1999 and the sale price was $275,000.
265 Summit Avenue: John S. Robertson House/A. R. Dalrymple House, Built in 1885 (1881 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Queen Anne in style; C. W. Mould, architect. The structure is a two story, 4416 square foot, 13 room, nine bedroom, three bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. This house reportedly was built at a cost of $10,000 by John Robertson, who worked for B. Presley & Company, wholesale dealers in foreign and domestic fruits and fireworks. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Sanders resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that John S. Robertson resided at this address from 1886 to 1898. The 1887, 1889, 1891, 1893, and 1895 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Robertson resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that John S. Robertson (1851-1898,) who died of chronic nephritis, and his wife resided at this address in 1898. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. Oliver Dalrymple resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mary S. Dalrymple (1847-1920,) the widowed mother of William Dalrymple, who was born in New York to parents born in the United States and who died of apoplexy, resided at this address in 1920. The 1930 city directory indicates that Louis J. Foussard, the president of Model Launderers & Cleaners, and his wife, Marie A. Foussard, resided at this address. The 1991 St. Paul's on-the-Hill Episcopal Church directory indicates that Raymond Albrecht resided at this address. In 1920, Mrs. J. Howard Sanders, of St. Paul, announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Helen W. Sanders, to H. Edgar Lewis of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. H. Edgar Lewis (1882-1948) was born in Pontardulais, Wales, the son of an immigrant Welsh tinmill roller, came to the United States in 1896, worked as steelworker in the Duquesne works of Carnegie Steel in 1899, left Carnegie in 1906, worked a short while for the Passaic Steel Company in New Jersey, then joined Bethlehem and ten years later was its executive vice president, left Bethlehem in 1930 to become chairman of the board of Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, joined Jones & Laughlin, a steel company, in 1936 as chairman of the board, and, at the resignation of S. E. Hackett, in 1938, was elected president of Jones & Laughlin. Lewis also was director of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., British Jeffrey-Diamond Ltd. of Wakefield, England, Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co. of Detroit, Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co., Ltd. of Dagenham Dock, England, The Ohio Malleable Iron Co. of Columbus, Ohio, and The Galion Iron Works and Manufacturing Co. of Galion, Ohio, was an honorary vice president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, was a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and headed the Pittsburgh Convention and Tourist Bureau Inc. Lewis married Helen Sanders, formerly of St. Paul, and the couple had a daughter, Mrs. Emily Lewis Gillespie of Long Island, New York, and two sons, James Edgar Lewis of Los Angeles, California, and Edgar Sanders Lewis of San Francisco, California. When John Robertson died in 1898, the house was then owned and occupied by John Dalrymple and Oliver Dalrymple (1830-1908,) who initially farmed in Washington County and also operated "bonanza" farms in Minnesota's Red River Valley in the 1870's, 1880's, and 1890's. The Dalrymple Farm was the largest and the best known of the "bonanza" farms, located 20 miles west of Fargo, consisting of 11,000 acres. The farm was, at one time, the largest cultivated farm in the world. The name "Bonanza Farm" implied a lucky strike or a get-rich quick opportunity for those people who were willing to take the risk. Bonanza farms were precursors of today's corporate farms. In 1874, James P. Power, who was the land commissioner for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, purchased 11,520 acres about 20 miles west of Fargo. The land was purchased for General George W. Cass, President of the Northern Pacific, and Benjamin P. Cheney, a director of the railroad. The Cass-Cheney farm became the first Bonanza Farm and Cass and Cheney hired Oliver Dalrymple to manage their new farmland. Oliver Dalrymple became the first bonanza farmer in pioneer Dakota Territory when directors of the Northern Pacific Railway chose him to manage the first farm factory in 1875. This Minnesota wheat grower had been left penniless by the Panic of 1873. Twelve years later, he was managing nearly 100,000 acres of farmland utilizing professional management, innovative large-scale machinery, and operating in divisions of 2,500 acres. In 1876, he purchased a complete telephone system for his farm divisions from Alexander Graham Bell. He ordered hundreds of new twine binders from Cyrus McCormick sight unseen in 1878. In 1881, he organized the driving of 100 mule-drawn grain tanks to Duluth to prove he was not a slave of railroad rates. The best known of the bonanza farmers, Oliver Dalrymple died at Casselton, North Dakota (Harmony Township, North Dakota, according to Oakland Cemetery Association, St. Paul, records. Dalrymple had become known as the Minnesota wheat king with his large wheat farming operation near Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota. Dalrymple had graduated from Yale Law School and had come to Minnesota in 1856 to practice law. He invested in a 3,000 acre farm which he farmed very successfully until 1874. He subsequently lost his farming profits by speculating in the grain trade. General George Cass had come to know Dalrymple during his "wheat king" days as a good farmer who used the most advanced farming techniques. In 1875, Oliver Dalrymple examined the land and became convinced of its value for wheat growing. Under Dalrymple's contract with Cass, the investors were to furnish the stock, implements, and seed, with which to cultivate the land, and were to receive in return seven per cent on the amount invested and Dalrymple had the option of paying back the principal and interest, at which time he was to be granted one third of the land, an option which he exercised. In 1875, Dalrymple borrowed from his brother, William Dalrymple, in Pennsylvania $2,000 to buy 1,280 acres, broke the prairie sod on the 1,280 acres, and his first harvest, in 1876, yielded 32,000 bushels of the choicest wheat, or an average of a little more than twenty-three bushels per acre. In 1876, Dalrymple purchased a complete telephone system for his farm divisions from Alexander Graham Bell and found that by the aid of the telephone he could plant and harvest thirty thousand acres of wheat in a single season. The contract with Cass and Cheney enabled Dalrymple to expand his holdings to about 100,00 acres in the late 1890's. As soon as the results of Dalrymple's bonanza farm experiment became known, investors began seeking the depreciated railroad bonds and exchanging them for land, and labor flocked from adjoining states to purchase available government land. Dalrymple, who bought land for prices ranging from $.40 to $5 per acre from 1876 to 1879 found his land worth $20-$25 per acre by 1884. Dalrymple ordered hundreds of new twine binders from Cyrus McCormick, sight unseen, in 1878. Also in 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes visited the bonanza farm of Oliver Dalrymple near Casselton, Dakota Territory. After the dissolution of the Cass-Dalrymple partnership in 1896, the Dalrymples divided their land into ten units. The Dalrymple farm yielded as much as 600,000 bushels of wheat per year and required 600 men at seed time and 800 men at harvest, 200 plows, 200 self-binding reapers, 30 steam threshers, 400 teams of horses or mules, and several managers for each of the 2,500-acre tracts included in the property. With the success of the first Bonanza Farm by Oliver Dalrymple, word spread quickly and other bonanza farms began to pop up across the Red River Valley. In 1881, Dalrymple organized the driving of 100 mule-drawn grain tanks to Duluth to prove he was not a slave to railroad rates. Oliver Dalrymple insisted that only Norwegians be hired for his bonanza farms to encourage friendly relationships among his hired men and because he liked the Norwegian sense of industry. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Oliver Dalrymple (1830-1908,) the husband of Mary Steward Dalrymple, who was born in Pennsylvania to parents who were born in the United States and who died of gastitus and heart failure, was buried in St. Paul's Oakland Cemetery in 1908, but was removed in 1909. After Oliver Dalrymple died, his sons, William Dalrymple and John S. Dalrymple, continued to operate the farm until 1917, when they concluded that the interest on the proceeds of selling the farm would be greater than the profits from operating the farm and began to sell parcels of the farm. The farm depression of the 1920's, however, resulted in many repossessions of the land that was sold and forced the Dalrymples back into farming. In 1955, John S. Dalrymple still owned about 25,000 acres. Oliver Dalrymple was the son of Clark Dalrymple (1795-1869) and Elizabeth Schoff Dalrymple ( -1833), who were married in 1816 in Brokenstraw, New York, and who had eight children. Oliver Dalrymple was born in Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pennsylvania, and married Mary E. Steward/Stewart/Stuart (1851-1918) in 1871. Oliver Dalrymple became the first bonanza farmer in pioneer Dakota Territory when directors of the Northern Pacific Railway chose him to manage the first farm factory in 1875, after having been left penniless by the Panic of 1873. Twelve years later, he was managing nearly 100,000 acres of farmland utilizing professional management, innovative large-scale machinery, and operating in divisions of 2,500 acres. In 1876, he purchased a complete telephone system for his farm divisions from Alexander Graham Bell. He ordered hundreds of new twine binders from Cyrus McCormick sight unseen in 1878. In 1881, he organized the driving of 100 mule-drawn grain tanks to Duluth to prove he was not a slave of railroad rates. The best known of the bonanza farmers, Oliver Dalrymple died at Casselton, North Dakota. Alton R. Dalrymple, who managed his uncle Oliver Dalrymple's 40,000 acre farm and his steamboard and grain elevators, came to Minnesota from Pennsylvania in 1877, owned a large farm in the Red River Valley, and lived in St. Paul after 1886. William Dalrymple, a Minneapolis grain dealer, was a son of Oliver Dalrymple. North Dakota Lieutenant Governor (2004) Jack Dalrymple, from Casselton, Cass County, North Dakota, is Oliver Dalrymple's great grandson, and earned his bachelor of arts degree in American Studies at Yale University in 1970 with a senior thesis entitled "Oliver Dalrymple and His Bonanza: An Essay on a Western Entrepreneur and the Operation of a Wheat Farm." John Stewart Dalrymple was the author of the privately published book Oliver Dalrymple: The Story of a Bonanza Farmer, Minneapolis, 1960. The two Dalrymple burial plots at Oakland Cemetery include the graves of Alton Ruben Dalrymple (1853-1901,) Josephine Russell Dalrymple (1885-1901,) Mella Russell Dalrymple (1861-1906,) Oliver Dalrymple (1830-1908,) Mary Stuart Dalrymple (1846-1920,) William Dalrymple (1872-1929,) Emily Dalrymple (1880-1956,) Amela Dalrymple ( -1956,) Evelyn Dalrymple (1922-1986,) and William Dalrymple (1905-1975.) Bartlett Presley (1821/1823-1883) was born in Offerberg, Germany, emigrated to the United States in 1829 with his family, was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, married Mary E. __?__ (1824-1881) in Quincy, Illinois, in 1843, moved to Galena, Illinois, in 1849, settled in St. Paul in 1849, was engaged in the mercantile business, initially selling cigars and confectionary, eventually was in the wholesale fruit and grocery business, was a member of the St. Paul Common Council, was the chief engineer of the St. Paul Fire Department, purchased the first steam fire engine in St. Paul, was a partner with Robert A. Kemp in B. Presley & Company in 1879, was a member of the board of directors of the Minnesota Savings Association in 1881, subsequently married Mrs. Mary Ann Wingfield, the daughter of Captain John Martin, was a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, was a member of the Knights Templar, died of blood poisoning in St. Paul, and was buried at Oakland Cemetery. Bartlett Presley's sister, Mary Josephine Presley Larpenteur (1830- ,) married Auguste Larpenteur, a St. Paul merchant, in 1845. The Minnesota Club was first housed in the former mansion of Bartlett Presley at 99 Eighth Street. John S. Robertson ( -1947) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. John S. Dalrymple (1873-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stewart, and died in Hennepin County. John S. Dalrymple (1914-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Barber, and died in Hennepin County. William F. Dalrymple ( -1929,) Oliver C. Dalrymple ( -1930,) and Jacob H. Sanders ( -1931) all died in Hennepin County. Emily Noyes Dalrymple (1880-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Haskell, and died in Hennepin County. William Ferguson Dalrymple (1905-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Noyes, and died in Hennepin County. Mary Stewart Dalrymple ( -1920) and Louis J. Foussard ( -1948) both died in Ramsey County. Maria F. Foussard (1883-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Plante, and died in Ramsey County. Raymond Christian Albrecht (1900-1995) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Becker, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Pierrette J. Albrecht and Raymond E. Albrecht. Pierrette Albrecht and Raymond Albrecht were members of the Cathedral of St. Paul parish in 2008.
266 Summit Avenue: Driscoll/Weyerhaeuser House; Built between 1884 and 1885; Queen Anne/Richardsonian Romanesque in style; William H. Willcox (1832-1929,) architect (Mould & McNicol, architects, according to the National Register of Historic Places.) The structure is a two story, 8218 square foot, 21 room, eleven bedroom, four bathroom, brick house, which was last sold in 1999 for a sale price of $800,000. The two-and-a-half story family residence is replete with marble floors and fireplaces, gilding and silver leaf, and a soaring two-story entranceway that includes a sweeping hardwood staircase and wrought-iron banister. The house exemplifies the popular style of the day, with its red brick exterior, the use of many different construction materials, a gabled roof, and an open living room. The house has high pitched gables, a three story tower, multiple dormers, and fine stone detailing. The original floor plan included no hallways, but instead, one room led directly to the next, which was a design typical of the Victorian period during which the home was built. Initially, the front entry included a porch that extended West along the house, the tower had stained glass windows, and a clock was built into the left facade of the house. The car port on the West side of the house and a sun porch on the rear of the house were recent additions. The house was constructed for Frederick Driscoll, who was the treasurer and general manager of the St. Paul Pioneer Press Company, and cost $25,000 to build. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The lot previously was the site of a house built in 1859 by a prominent lawyer, Henry Masterson. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Frederick Driscoll resided at this address from 1885 to 1892, that Frederick Weyerhaeuser resided at this address from 1893 to 1914, that Rudolph Weyerhaeuser resided at this address from 1914 to 1952, and that the building was the Epiphany House of Prayer in 1970. From 1887 to the 1940's, the house was owned by the Driscolls and the Weyerhaeusers. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Driscoll, John N. Jackson, and Walter Driscoll resided at this address. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Driscoll, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Driscoll, Jr., and Walter J. Driscoll resided at this address. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Driscoll and Walter J. Driscoll resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. Weyerhaeuser and F. E. Weyerhaeuser resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Margaret (Mrs. J. R.) Jewett, a member of the church since 1892, resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Weyerhaeuser resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Weyerhaeuser and their daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that R. M. Weyerhaeuser, the vice president of the F. Weyerhaeuser Company, and his wife, Louise Weyerhaeuser, resided at this address. In 1934, Rudolph Weyerhaeuser and Louise Lindeke Weyerhaeuser resided at this address. Subsequent owners of the house have been the Indianhead Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Epiphany House of Prayer. In 1984, the home was purchased by 266 Associates and was renovated for $2 million as a conference center, leaving restored common areas, eleven bedrooms, and fifteen bathrooms and some aspects of the house's original floor plan changed, with rooms divided and hallways created to facilitate its use as a conference center. The Driscoll Center went bankrupt and a bank owned the house for more than a decade. Frederick Driscoll (1834-1907,) the son of Arthur Brown Driscoll and Helen Evelyn Gotzian Driscoll, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, was educated at the Groton Academy, moved to Clinton, Iowa, in 1856, subsequently moved to Minnesota in 1857/1858, then was employed in Belle Plaine, Scott county, as bookkeeper for the Belle Plaine Land Company, married Ann L. Brown ( -1880,) the daughter of J. B. Brown, in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, in 1858, resided in Sand Creek, Minnesota, in 1860, was a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Scott County (District 18) in 1860, was the Secretary of the Minnesota Senate in 1862, served in the quartermaster department at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, during the 1862 Dakota Uprising, moved to St. Paul in 1862, was the business manager of the St. Paul Pioneer Press for 30 years, was the chairman of the Republican State Central Committee in Minnesota from 1867 until 1870, was assistant U. S. Postmaster in St. Paul from 1870 until 1875, was a member of the board of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, was a leader in the economic development of the City of North St. Paul, Minnesota, married Lucy Norris Styles in 1882, retired from the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1899, was a member of the Hous of Hope Presbyterian Church, was a Mason, and died in Chicago. While travelling on the Lake Michigan steamboat, "Niagara," in 1857, the boat caught fire and burned near Green Bay, Wisconsin, many of his fellow passengers were drowned, and in attempting to assist another passenger, Mr. Driscoll was struck by a floating spar and was permanently blinded in his left eye. When the Belle Plaine Land Company faltered financially, Daniel Wesley Ingersoll of St. Paul, a leading merchant, was made the assignee, Driscoll became his agent, and among the remaining assets was a weekly newspaper, the Inquirer, which suspended publication in 1861. At the suggestion of D. W. Ingersoll, Driscoll accepted the newspaper plant in payment of arrearages due for his services, although he was not a practical printer. In 1862, he moved to St. Paul and established the Daily Union, with Harlan P. Hall as his city reporter. Mr. Driscoll resigned from the management of the Pioneer Press when the newspaper was sold in 1889. The 1863 Legislature elected Driscoll, a supporter of Congressman Cyrus Aldrich of Minneapolis as a candidate for a U. S. Senate seat to succeed Henry M. Rice, and the Daily Union as the State Printer, rather than Joseph A. Wheelock, a supporter of Governor Alexander Ramsey of St. Paul for the U. S. Senate seat, and the Pioneer Press, for $20,000 annually, but shortly thereafter, the Pioneer Press, owned by William R. Marshall and Newton Bradley, and with Joseph A. Wheelock as editor, and the Daily Union merged. Newton Bradley and William R. Marshall retired and Frederick Driscoll, as the business manager, and Joseph A. Wheelock, as the editor, began a partnership that continued until 1899. From 1867 to 1870, Driscoll was the Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. In 1870, Joseph A. Wheelock was appointed Postmaster of St. Paul by President Grant and Wheelock made Mr. Driscoll the assistant postmaster and Patrick O'Brien the deputy postmaster. This position ended when Senator Ramsey's second term expired in 1875, in favor of Dr. David Day, the brother-in-law of Senator S. J. R. McMillan, former chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, as the new postmaster of St. Paul. The Pioneer and the Press consolidated in 1875 under the management of Wheelock and Driscoll. In 1876, the Pioneer Press acquired the Morning Tribune and the Evening Mail, at Minneapolis, suspended their publication, and for a time held a monopoly of the daily newspaper field of the Twin Cities, except for the St. Paul Evening Dispatch. In 1879, Frederick Driscoll was the secretary and treasurer of the Pioneer Press Company, loacted at 54 East Third Street, and resided at 28 St. Peter Street, where Frederick Driscoll, Jr., a clerk employed by the Pioneer Press Company, boarded at 28 St. Peter Street. Ann Brown Driscoll ( -1880) died leaving three sons. In 1882, Driscoll was married in New York City to Mrs. Lucy Norris Styles of St. Paul. On Summit Avenue, Driscoll built one of the most sumptuous of the avenue's stately homes. He was one of the founders of the Associated Press, the universal news-gathering agency of the country. In 1881, he became one of its directors, and for ten years served on the Executive Committee of three, which governed its affairs. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, embracing the dailies of all the principal cities. In 1891, he was chosen chairman of a special committee of this body to examine the merits and possibilities of type-setting machines, then regarded with suspicion by publishers and with open hostility by printers. Mr. Driscoll's engagements as Commissioner of Arbitration required the establishment of his headquarters in Chicago, and he moved from St. Paul to Chicago in 1900. Finally, in 1907, Frederick Driscoll felt unequal to further service as Commissioner, and tendered his resignation to the Arbitration Board. Frederick Driscoll also was a member of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church. Driscoll's funeral services were conducted by Dr. Henry C. Swearingen, pastor of the House of Hope Church, and the pallbearers were W. J. Dean, E. L. Shepley, Webster Wheelock, Conde Hamlin, J. D. Armstrong, and Dr. Archibald McLaren. Driscoll was survived by his sons, Frederick Driscoll, Jr., Arthur B. Driscoll, and Walter J. Driscoll, his daughter, Mrs. Robert H. Kirk, and his step-son, John N. Jackson. The Irish name Driscoll is derived from the native Gaelic "O'hEidersceoil Sept," taken from a Gaelic word meaning "intermediary." Driscoll's mother was the daughter of Conrad Gotzian, a prominent St. Paul businessman. Frederick Driscoll married Ann/Anne L. Brown, a daughter of Hon. J. B. Brown, a Lieutenant Colonel of the 113th New York Infantry Volunteers, in 1859 at Belle Plaine, Minnesota, and the couple had three sons, Frederick Driscoll, Jr., Arthur B. Driscoll, and Walter J. Driscoll. Following the death of Anne Brown Driscoll in 1880, Frederick Driscoll married Lucy Norris Stiles in 1882. Driscoll moved to Chicago in 1899 and in 1900, J. B. Bender resided in the house. Subsequently, the house was sold to Frederick Weyerhaeuser (1834-1914). Frederick Weyerhaeuser, born in 1834 in Niedersaulheim, Rhein-Hesse, Germany, the son of John Weyerhaeuser ( -1846) and Margertha Weyerhaeuser, came to America in 1852 as a penniless youth, and went on to become known as the Timber King. After moving to Rock Island, Illinois, and working at a railroad and at a lumber yard, and after the Panic of 1857, Weyerhaeuser was able to acquire the lumber yard and to expand his business. In the year 1864, Weyerhaeuser began to buy up pine tracts in Wisconsin, after which he had all stages the lumber business under his control. He acquired still more land in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. In 1891, he moved to St. Paul, where he became a friend and a neighbor of James J. Hill, the operator of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Hill had acquired millions of acres of the best timber forests cheaply from the government for his railroad, but knew nothing about the lumber business, and sold more than three million acres of forests to Weyerhaeuser at bargain rates, contributing much to the wealth of Weyerhaeuser's company. At the turn of the century, Weyerhaeuser owned more timberland than other American. Sarah Weyerhaeuser (1839-1911) was the wife of Frederick Weyerhaeuser. Early partners of Frederick Weyerhaeuser were F. C. Denkmann ( -1929,) W. B. Driscoll, Orrin H. Ingram, Peter Musser, J. R. Jewett, George F. Jewett, Norton Clapp (1906-1995,) William Laird, and Matthew Norton. The Northwest Paper Company, which was acquired by Potlatch Forests Inc. in 1964 and which was acquired by the South African-based SAPPI Limited, originally known as the South African Pulp and Paper Industries Limited, in 2002, was started with the efforts of Charles A. Weyerhaeuser, Rudolph Weyerhaeuser, C. I. McNair, and R. D. Musser. Henry F. Masterson (1824- ) was a lawyer from Elmira, New York, and partnered with Orlando Simons (1824- ) to form the St. Paul law firm of Masterson & Simons in 1849, which continued in existence until 1875, as the oldest law firm in the state, when Simons was appointed Associate Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Ramsey County. Henry F. Masterson was the lawyer for the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad in 1862. Daniel Wesley Ingersoll, Sr., (1812-1894) was initially employed in the Brooklyn, New York, store of John T. Potwer, moved with Potwer to Burlington, Vermont, was put in charge of the business at age 19, became a partner at age 21, and the firm John S. Powter & Co. became D. W. Ingersoll & Co., moved to New York in 1836 and engaged in the wholesale dry goods trade, moved to St. Paul in 1857, was subsequently a member of the St. Paul school board, and was appointed a member and the president of the State Reform School Board in 1867. Daniel Wesley Ingersoll, Sr., married Harriet Crane Smith (1817-1857,) and the couple had ten children: Julia Smith Ingersoll (Mrs. Thaddeus Crane) Field (1837 TarryTown, New York-1910 Altadena, California)(Husband: Thaddeus Crane Field (1836-1906),) Harriet Ingersoll I (1839 TarryTown, New York -1840 Brooklyn, New York,) Harriet Ingersoll II (1841- )(Husband: William Sherman Potts (1835-1868),) Daniel Wesley Ingersoll, Jr. (1843 Brooklyn, New York -1869 Saint Paul, Minnesota,) Caroline Theda Ingersoll (1845 Brooklyn, New York -1858,) Mary Elizabeth Ingersoll (1846- 1869)(Husband: William P. Southworth,) Henreitta Shelton Ingersoll (1849 Brooklyn, New York -1870 Saint Paul, Minnesota)(Husband: William Corliss), Anna Josephine Ingersoll (1852 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York -1940,) George Edmund Ingersoll (1854-1924)(Wife: Jane Frances MacLaren Ingersoll (1861-1935,)) and Frederick Gerald Ingersoll (1855-1941) (Wife: Mary Katinka Phelps Ingersoll (1859- .)) Daniel Wesley Ingersoll, Sr., moved to Minnesota in 1857 on account of his health, subsequently married Marian Meigs Ward (1831-1909,) of Rochester, New York, his former housekeeper, in 1859, and the couple had six children: Truman Ward Ingersoll (1862-1923) (Wife: Bessie Cramer Hess (1869-1937),) Henry Gilbert Ingersoll (1863- ) (Wife: Mary C. Packer,) Isabel Dwight Ingersoll (1864- )(Husband: Hanford Nichols/Nicholas Lockwood (1859-1920,)) Marian Ward Ingersoll (1868-1892)(Husband: William Warren Case (1857- ,)) Daniel Winthrop Ingersoll (1870-1935)(Wife: Emma Ripley Hess (1878- ),) and Helen Elsie Ingersoll (1872- .) Anna Josephine Ingersoll was a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as a descendant of Captain Elisha Hinman, of Connecticut, the captain of the Cabot and later the captain of the Alfred, succeeding John Paul Jones, and ultimately the captain of the Hancock. Daniel Wesley Ingersoll (1812-1894) died at Tallapoosa, Georgia, and was buried at St. Paul. Marian Meigs Ward Ingersoll ( -1909) died in Pasadena, California. Daniel Wesley Ingersoll, Jr., was a lawyer and reportedly served during the Civil War, although apparently not in a Minnesota regiment. Rudolph Michael Weyerhaeuser (1868-1946) was one of seven children and the third of four sons of Friederich Weyerhaeuser and Sarah/Sara Elizabeth/Elizabeth Sarah Bloedel Weyerhaeuser (1839- ,) and graduated from Yale University. Louise Bertha Lindeke Weyerhaeuser (1870-1952) graduated from Vassar College. Rudolph Weyerhaeuser and Louise Lindeke Weyerhaeuser, who married in 1896, were members of the Yale Club, the Somerset Club, the Minikahda Country Club, the St. Paul Athletic Club, the Century Club, and the Women's City Club of St. Paul in 1934. Louise Bertha Lindeke Weyerhaeuser (1870-1952) was the daughter of St. Paul dry goods wholesaler Albert H. Lindeke and Louisa Lindeke and married Rudolph "Rud" M. Weyerhaeuser (1868-1946), a son of St. Paul lumber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser, in 1896. Rudolph Weyerhaeuser headed the Northern Lumber Company of Cloquet, Minnesota, from 1896 until 1945, and also held a number of other positions in the Weyerhaeuser family business empire. Rudolph Weyerhaeuser and Louise Weyerhaeuser had one child, Margaret "Peggy/Peg" Louise Weyerhaeuser (1902-1981,) who, in 1926, married Walter Bridges Driscoll. Margaret Louise Weyerhaeuser Driscoll and Walter Bridges Driscoll had two children, Walter John Driscoll and Rudolph Weyerhaeuser Driscoll. Rudolph Weyerhaeuser was a longtime member of the Board of Trustees at Macalester College and Weyerhaeuser Hall at the college was named in his memory in 1952. Margaret Weyerhaeuser Driscoll was a member of the Macalester Board of Trustees from 1946 to 1960 and established the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Driscoll Scholarship at Macalester College in 1960. There is a Rudolph Weyerhaeuser Driscoll Room at the Marc-James Manor in the Highland Heights District of Bellingham, Washington, containing two collections of English Ceramics dating from the mid-18th Century through the mid-19th Century. There is also an endowed Rudolph Weyerhaeuser Driscoll Chair at the Tabor Academy. The Tabor Academy is an independent coeducational college preparatory school for grades 9-12 that is located in Marion, Massachusetts. The other children of Frederick Weyerhaeuser and Sarah Weyerhaeuser were John Philip Weyerhaeuser (1858- ,) Elise Augusta Weyerhaeuser (1860- ,) Margaret Weyerhaeuser (1862- ,) Apollonia Weyerhaeuser (1864- ,) Charles Augustus Weyerhaeuser (1866- ,) Frederick Edward Weyerhaeuser (1872- .) Charles A. Weyerhaeuser married a Duluth, Minnesota, native, Frances Maud Moon in 1898 in Duluth, Minnesota, and the couple had a son, Carl Weyerhaeuser, and a daughter, Sarah Maud Weyerhaeuser (Mrs. Robert) Sivertsen. Frederick King Weyerhaeuser (1895-1978) was the eldest grandson of Frederick Weyerhaeuser (1834-1914,) served in the American military during the last years of World War I, married Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser, directed the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company in the Midwest, and was one of six people who founded the Forest History Society in Minnesota in 1946. The Piasecki Family Foundation formerly was the F. K. and Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser Foundation. Frank Piasecki (1919- ) married the former Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser, a daughter of Frederick King Weyerhaeuser and Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser, in 1958, settled in Haverford, Pennsylvania, founded the PV-Engineering Forum and in 1943 flew the second successful helicopter in America, the PV-2, and developed the first U.S. Navy helicopter, the XHRP-1 "Dog Ship" in 1944. Carl Augustus Weyerhaeuser (1901-1996) also was a grandson of Frederick Weyerhaeuser. Andy Driscoll, associated with CivicMedia/Minnesota, the owner and president of The Driscoll Group, and the executive producer and host of To Tell The Truth on Wednesdays from 11 AM until Noon on KFAI-Fresh Air Radio, is a descendant of Frederick Driscoll. Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897) was born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was the son of Thomas Long McMillan and Jane Gornly McMillan, graduated from Duquesne College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1846, was a Presbyterian, read the law in the offices of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War during the Lincoln administration, was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, moved to St. Paul in 1852, was a judge of the first judicial district from 1858 to 1864, served as a second lieutenant of the Stillwater Frontier Guards during the Indian War of 1862, was a Minnesota Supreme Court associate justice and chief justice from 1864 to 1875, was a U. S. Senator from Minnesota as a Republican from 1875 to 1887, was the western member of the committee appointed for the revision of the Westminster Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian church, married Harriet Butler, and the couple had six children, including Mrs. Kate Beals of St. Paul and Mrs. Frank P. Shepard of St. Paul. Lynn Weyerhaeuser Day (1932-1999) was the daughter of Frederick King Weyerhaeuser and Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser. Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett was an aunt of Frederick King Weyerhaeuser and was the wife of James Richard Jewett, a professor of Semetic Languages, who was offered a chair in Semetic Languages at the University of Minnesota in 1895 and moved to St. Paul, but shortly thereafter accepted an offer of a professorship from Harvard University. James Richard Jewett (1862-1943) was born in Westport, Maine, received a PhD. from University of Strasburg in 1891, was a professor of Arabic Languages and Literature and of Oriental History, taught at Brown University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Chicago, and Harvard University, was a Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was a member of the American Oriental Society, was a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegensis, was a member of the Medieval Academy of America, endowed the Jewett Professorship of Arabic at American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. George Frederick "Fritz" Jewett (1896-1956,) was born in St. Paul, the son of James Richard Jewett and Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett and the grandson of George Washington Jewett ( -1879,) a sea captain, and Annie M. Jewett, was an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force in 1917, received a bachelor's degree (1919) and a master's degree (1922) from Harvard University, married Mary Pelton Cooper in 1925, was general manager of the Edward Rutledge Timber Company from 1928 until 1931, was Vice President (1935-1946) and President (1946-1949) of Potlatch Forests, Incorporated, the result of the merger of the Clearwater Timber Company, the Edward Rutledge Timber Company, and the Potlatch Lumber Company, was a prominent member of the National Lumber Manufacturer's Association, was a leader of the Association's Committee on Forest Conservation, was President of the North Idaho Conservation Association, was a director of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, was a trustee of the American University in Cairo, Egypt, was an Episcopalian lay reader, was a Republican, was associated with the English Speaking Union, was associated with the Y.W.C.A., was associated with the United Services Organization, was a member of the Harvard Club of New York, and was a member of the New York Yacht Club. In 1900, Friedrich Weyerhäuser founded the company as Weyerhaeuser Timber Company with 15 partners and 900,000 acres of Washington timberland that was purchased from James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway. In 1929, the company built what was then the world's largest sawmill in Longview, Washington. In 1959, the company eliminated the word "Timber" from its name to better reflect its operations. In 1965, Weyerhaeuser built its first bleached kraft pulp mill in Canada. Weyerhaeuser implemented a "High Yield Forestry Plan" in 1967. Weyerhaeuser consolidated its core businesses in the late 1990's and ended its services in mortgage banking, personal care products, financial services, and information systems consulting. Weyerhaeuser also expanded into South America, Australia, and Asia. In 1999, Weyerhaeuser purchased MacMillan Bloedel Limited, a Canadian forestry company. In 2002, the company acquired Willamette Industries, Inc. of Portland, Oregon. In 2006, Weyerhaeuser spun off its fine paper business to Domtar. Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest pulp and paper companies in the world, is the world's largest private owner of softwood timberland, and is the second largest owner of timberland in the United States, behind International Paper. Weyerhaeuser operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Mexico, Ireland, France, and Uruguay. Frederick Weyerhaeuser was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1900 until 1914, John P. Weyerhaeuser was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1914 until 1928, F. S. Bell was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1928 until 1934, F. E. Weyerhaeuser was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1934 until 1945, H. H. Irvine was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1946 until 1947, J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1947 until 1956, F. K. Weyerhaeuser was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1956 until 1960, Norton Clapp was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1960 until 1966, George H. Weyerhaeuser was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1966 until 1988, John W. "Jack" Creighton, Jr., was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1988 until 1997, Steven R. Rogel was the Weyerhaeuser president from 1997 until 2007, and Daniel S. Fulton has been the Weyerhaeuser president since 2008. Henry M. Rice ( -1907,) Frank Parsons Shepard ( -1912,) Ethen Leonard Shepley ( -1917,) Truman Ward Ingersoll ( -1922,) Albert H. Lindeke ( -1925,) Webster Wheelock ( -1931,) John D. Armstrong ( -1932,) Arthur B. Driscoll ( -1938,) James Douglas Armstrong ( -1939,) Louisa Lindeke ( -1940,) Frederick G. Ingersoll ( -1941,) John N. Jackson ( -1945,) Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser ( -1945,) Rudolph M. Weyerhaeuser ( -1946,) Louise Lindeke Weyerhaeuser ( -1952,) and Walter J. Driscoll ( -1954) all died in Ramsey County. Frederick Weyerhaeuser (1906-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Davis, and died in Ramsey County. Frederick King Weyerhaeuser (1895-1978) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. Harriet D. Weyerhaeuser (1876-1960) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser (1895-1983) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Brady, and died in Ramsey County. Joseph A. Wheelock (1830-1905) was born in Canada and died in Ramsey County. John B. Bender ( -1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wagner, and died in Ramsey County. Margaret B. Driscoll (1881-1970) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Broderick, and died in Ramsey County. Harriet D. Weyerhaeuser (1876-1960) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Fred P. Driscoll (1905-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stratman, and died in Hennepin County. William J. Dean ( -1910) died in Hennepin County. David Day ( -1918) and Henry K. Masterson ( -1937) both died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Henry M. Rice ( -1913) died in Nicollet County, Minnesota. Henry C. Swearingen (1952) died in Anoka County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Kathleen (Kaye) Prokosh and Ronald (Ron) Prokosh. Ron Prokosch is a district manager for Farmers Insurance Group.
269 Summit Avenue: Built in 1879. The building is a two story, 3828 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a three level carriage house converted in 2001 to a second living unit. The last sale of the property was in 1999 and the property sold for $220,000. The current owner of record of the property is Christopher R. Hansen.
271 Summit Avenue: Joshua H. Sanders House, Built in 1882 (1879 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Victorian in style. The structure is a 6256 square foot, 13 room, eight bedroom, four bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick condominium. Joshua Sanders was the president of the Northwestern Lime Company. The house was built as a 1 1/2 story for $5,000. A $7,000 addition was built in 1887 by Emerson W. Peet, a subsequent owner. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Joshua Sanders resided at this address from 1883 to 1886 and that Emerson W. Peet resided at this address from 1887 to 1916. The 1885 city directory indicates that Joshua H. Sanders, a partner with Henry D. Mathews, dealers in lime, plaster, cement, and storage, located 170 East Third Street, resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Peet, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sanders, and W. F. Peet resided at this address. The 1889 and 1891 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Peet and W. F. Peet resided at this address. The 1893 and 1895 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Peet resided at this address. The 1895 state census indicates that the residents at this address included Emerson W. Peet (1835- ,) who was employed in insurance and was the head of household, who was born in Ohio, his wife, Amelia K. Peet (1845- ,) who was born in New York, his son, William F. Peet (1864- ,) who was employed in insurance and was born in Wisconsin, and his daughter-in-law, Gertrude L. Peet (1870- ,) who was born in Missouri, his granddaughter, Dorothy Ann Peet (1893- ,) who was born in Minnesota, another granddaughter, Gladys Peet (1894- ,) who was born in Minnesota, a coachman, Thomas Hanney (1870- ,) who was born in Norway, a servant, Annie Hurley (1860,) who was born in Canada, a cook, Dora English (1869- ,) who was born in Ireland, a maid, Ida Olsen (1876- ,) who was born in Sweden, and a laundress, Mary Wilson (1860- ,) who was born in England. The 1900 federal census indicates that the residents at this address included Emerson Peet (1834- ,) involved in banking and insurance and the head of household, who was born in Ohio to a father who was born in Massachusetts and a mother who was born in Connecticut, his wife, Amelia K. Peet (1837- ,) who was born in New York to parents who were born in New York, and two servants, Mary Moran (1875- ,) who was born in Ireland to parents who were also born in Ireland and Minnie Rosenberg (1870- ,) who was born in Germany to parents who were also born in Germany. The 1887, 1890 and 1892 city directories indicate that E. W. Peet and W. F. Peet resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Emerson W. Peet, a partner with William T. Peet and Charles E. Lawton in E. W. Peet & Company, managers of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York agency, located at the Globe Building, and partner with William F. Peet in E. W. Peet & Son, city mortgages and investment bonds brokers, also located at the Globe Building, resided at this address and that William F. Peet boarded at this address. The 1893 and 1894 city directories indicate that Emerson W. Peet, a partner with William F. Peet in E. W. Peet & Son, city mortgages and investment bonds, and manager with William F. Peet of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York of Minnesota agency, both located at the Manhattan Building, resided at this address and that William F. Peet resided 290 Laurel Avenue. The 1894 city directory indicates that E. W. Peet resided at this address and that W. F. Peet resided at 471 Ashland Avenue. The 1895 city directory indicates that Emerson W. Peet, a partner with William F. Peet in E. W. Peet & Son, city mortgages and investment bonds, and manager with William F. Peet of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York of Minnesota agency, both located at the Manhattan Building, resided at this address and that William F. Peet boarded at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Emerson William Peet (1835-1902,) who was born in Ohio to parents who were born in the United States, who was married, and who died of chronic gastritis, resided at this address in 1902. The 1903, 1904 and 1905 city directories indicate that Mrs. Emerson W. Peet resided at this address, that the E. W. Peet & Company, a city mortgage and investment bond broker, was located at the Manhattan Building with Wiliiam F. Peet, proprietor, and that William F. Peet, the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for Minnesota agency located at the Manhattan Building, resided at 237 Dayton Avenue. The 1906, 1907, and 1908 city directories indicate that Mrs. Emerson W. Peet resided at this address, that the E. W. Peet & Company, a city mortgage and investment bond broker, was located at the Manhattan Building with Wiliiam F. Peet, proprietor, and that William F. Peet, the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Comapny of New York for Minnesota agency located at the Manhattan Building, resided at 110 Virginia Avenue. The 1910, 1911, and 1915 city directories indicate that Amelia B. Peet, the widow of Emerson W. Peet, resided at this address, that the E. W. Peet & Company, a mortgage and investment broker, was located at the Capital Bank Building with Wiliiam F. Peet, proprietor, and that William F. Peet, the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Comapny of New York for Minnesota agency located at the Capital Bank Building, resided at 110 Virginia Avenue. In 1914, Mrs. Emerson W. Peet and Mrs. Alice Duvall resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Amelia Eastman Peet (1840-1916,) the widowed mother of William F. Peet, who was born in New York and who died of La Grippe, resided at this address in 1916. R. B. Shepard owned the house from 1917 to 1928. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Shepard resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that E. W. Peet & Son, mortgage brokers, William F. Peet, proprietor, was located at the Pioneer Building and that William F. Peet, manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York agency located at the Pioneer Building, resided at 110 Virginia Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Shepard resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Thomas L. Daniels resided at this address, that William F. Peet officed at the Minnesota Building, and that William F. Peet and Caroline S. Peet resided at 110 Virginia Avenue. The 1875 city directory indicates that J. H. Sanders, a partner with F. W. Heydenstaedt in Heydenstaedt & Sanders, dealers in lime, plaster and cement, located 71-72 Levee, resided at 128 Eighth Street. Amelia K. Peet was the wife of Emerson William Peet. Emerson William Peet (1834-1902) was associated with the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. Emerson W. Peet was the brother of Stephen D. Peet, Jr., of the first class to graduate from Beloit College, in 1851, and from Andover Theological Seminary, in 1854, was the son of the Rev. Stephen Peet, chief among the founders of Beloit College, and Martha Denison Sherman Peet, and was a member of the Beloit College class of 1856. The siblings of Emerson W. Peet were half-sister Rebecca Austin Sherman (1815-1888), Martha Peet (1827- ,) Harriet Peet ((1829- )(Husband: H. H. Gray,)) Stephen Denison Peet ((1830-1914)(First Wife: Rachel Moseley (1834-1863) and Second Wife: Olive Cutler,)) and Joseph Burr Peet ((1832- )(Wife: Louise Smith.)) Emerson William Peet (1834-1902,) a descendant of John Peet of Duffield Parish, Derbyshire, England, was born in Evelt/Euclid (Cleveland,) Ohio, attended Beloit College from 1852 to 1853, graduated from Amherst College in 1856, taught in Milwaukee and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from 1858 to 1860, was a land surveyor and studied law in Texas from 1860 until 1864, was in the life insurance business in New York, New York, and in Philadelphia, was an actuary employed by National Life Insurance Company of the U.S.A., located in Philadelphia, a Jay Cooke enterprise, in 1868, was an actuary in the Insurance Deparment of the State of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1885, moved to St. Paul in 1885, was the general agent and manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, had other extensuve business interests and investments, was a trustee of Amherst College from 1889 to 1892, was the treasurer of the Associated Charities of St. Paul, was a member and subsequently the president of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, was a member of the St. Paul Library Board, was a junior warden of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, was the treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, was a delegate in 1886 to the Indianapolis Monetary Conference, and was a director of the St. Paul & Duluth Railway. Emerson W. Peet was not eligible for reelection to the Amherst College board to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of his term of office, as the requirement of the charter does not permit another layman on the board. Emerson William Peet was the earliest known actuary to graduate from Amherst College according to the Society of Actuaries. E. W. Peet built a summer cottage on White Bear Lake's exclusive Manitou Island, was a neighbor of the J. B. Tarbox summer cottage, and had the J. B. Tarbox summer cottage moved a short distance to its present location. Emerson W. Peet was married twice, first in 1862 to Emma J. Fellows ( -1866) of Geneva, Illinois, and second to Aurelia/Amelia K. Eastman. Emma J. Fellows (1840-1866) was the daughter of Timothy E. Fellows and Eliza Ann Duncan Fellows of Genoa, Wisconsin, and married Emerson W. Peet in 1862. Amelia Kilbourn Eastman (1837-1916) was born in Paris, Oneida County, New York, the eldest daughter of Almon Russell Eastman II (1809-1873) and Sophia Wells Kilbourn Eastman (1809-1868,) was a cousin of Governor Eastman of Rochester, New York, moved to Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, before 1850, and married Emerson Peet in 1874 in Paris, Oneida County, New York. Emerson W. Peet, the son of Stephen Peet and Margaret Denison Peet, the grandson of Elijah Peet and Betsy Leavenworth Peet, and the great grandson of Amos Denison and Hannah Williams Denison, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great grandfathers Ebennezer Leavenworth, a Lieutenant in the Connecticut Troops, Amos Denison, an Ensign in the Eighth Connecticut Militia, Joseph Denison, a volunteer in the Connecticut Troops at the Battle of Stonington, William Peet, a Private in the Connecticut Militia, and William Williams, a member of the Connecticut Council of Safety, during the Revolutionary War. Stephen Denison Peet achieved a reputation by his archaeological writings, was secretary of the American anthropological association in 1879, was a member of the American oriental, philological, and antiquarian societies, and of similar organizations in Great Britain, and was the editor of "The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal" from 1879 until 1888. The principal works of Stephen Denison Peet are The Ashtabula Disaster (Chicago, 1879;) History of Ashtabula County, Ohio (Cleveland, 1879;) Ancient Architecture in America (Chicago, 1884;) Picture Writing (1885;) History of Early Missions in Wisconsin (Madison, 1886;) Primitive Symbolism (Chicago, 1887;) and The Effigy Mounds of Wisconsin (1888.) William Fellows Peet (1864-1935) was born in Genoa, Vernon County/Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Emerson W. Peet and Emma J. Fellows Peet, graduated from Yale College in 1885, succeeded his father as the departmental manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, was treasurer of the St. Paul Associated Charities, was a trustee of the St. Paul Institute of Arts and Sciences, was a trustee of St. Luke's Hospital, was a trustee of the Oakland Cemetery Association, was a director of the Minnesota Church Foundation, was a director of the Provident Loan Society of St. Paul, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the Commercial Club, was a member of the Town & Country Club, was a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church, married Gertrude Lamborn in 1891 and the couple had five children, Dorothy Anne Peet (Mrs. Robert A.) Burns (1892- ,) Gladys Peet (Mrs. Philip J.) Carpenter (1893- ,) Martha Peet (1898-1901,) Emerson William Peet (1902- ,) and Charles Lamborn Peet (1903- ,) and subsequently married Caroline I. Scotten (1888- ) in 1919 and the couple had one child, Caroline Peet (1930- .) Based on an undated letter in the Helen Hunt Jackson collection at Tutt Library at Colorado College, Gertrude Lamborn Peet was a correspondent with the family of Helen Hunt Jackson, likely with William S. Jackson, Helen Hunt Jackson's second husband, and Helen Fiske Banfield Jackson, Helen Hunt Jackson's niece and William S. Jackson's second wife, when the Peets resided at 471 Ashland Avenue. William F. Peet eventually resided at 110 Virginia Street, a residence that dates to 1857 and is currently owned by Donald M. Moe. In 1924, Emerson Peet resided at 110 Virginia Street. William F. Peet was a member of the Town & Country Country Club, started playing golf there in 1898, and in a letter to the president of the club indicated that he was the sole remaining original member of the club in 1930. William F. Peet appeared in Minnesota Society, Sons of the American Revolution: year book: 1889-1895 by Marion D. Shutter, published in St. Paul, printed by the McGill Printing Company in 1895 and was related through his mother to Colonel John Duncan of Lyme, New Hampshire, who served in the New Hampshire Militia at Ticonderoga and at Saratoga in 1776 and 1777. Charles Lamborn Peet graduated from Yale University and was a member of the Order of Skull and Bones in 1926. The 1917 Catalogue of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, published by James T. Brown of New York, indicated that Marion Daniel Shutter, an 1876 graduate of the University of Wooster, a graduate of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Chicago, and a graduate of the Canton Theological Seminary, was a Universlaist minister and an author, and resided at 2215 Irving Avenue South, Minneapolis. Thomas Leonard Daniels, the son of John W. Daniels, one of the founders of Archer Daniels Midland Company, married Frances Hancock and the couple had a son, John Hancock Daniels (1922-2006,) who became the president and CEO of Archer Daniels Midland Company in 1958. Roger Bulkley Shepard, a descendant of William Brewster of the Mayflower, was a member of Skull and Bones at Yale University in 1908 and was a 1909 graduate of Yale University and Roger Bulkley Shepard, Jr., was a member of Skull and Bones at Yale University in 1935, as was his uncle, Frank P. Shepard, in 1917 and his brother, Blake Shepard, in 1936. Roger Bulkley Shepard, Sr., married Mary Parmelee Reed, the daughter of Lansing P. Reed ( -1938,) a member of Skull and Bones at Yale University in 1904, a director of the Guaranty Trust, and a lawyer with Stetson, Jennings, Russell & Davis (later Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed.) The National Monetary Conference convened in 1897 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to chart the nation's fiscal course into the next century and the conference's main result was the establishment of a congressional committee charged with developing a financial system based on the burgeoning gold standard, settling the free silver issue. Roger Bulkley Shepard (1885-1972) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McMillan, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Emerson Peet (1836-1902) died in St. Paul. Amelia Eastman Peet ( -1916,) Gertrude Lamborn Peet ( -1917,) Thomas Leonard Daniels ( -1917,) and William F. Peet ( -1935) all died in Ramsey County. Thomas Leonard Daniels (1892-1977) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Leonard, and died in Ramsey County. Caroline S. Peet (1888-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bartling, and died in Ramsey County. Charles E. Lawton ( -1915) and Charles Peet ( -1933) both died in Hennepin County. Annie Yrrta Hurley ( -1911) died in Wright County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Jean E. Schoepfer and Mark T. Schoepfer. The 1903 city directory indicates that Mary Abbetmeyer, the widow of Charles Abbetmeyer, boarded at the former nearby 273 Summit Avenue.
275 Summit Avenue: Charles A. Schuneman House/Summit Manor; Built in 1889 (1901 according to Sandeen and Larson; 1912 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Late Gothic/Georgian Revival/Medieval Revival in style; Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., architect. The house was built for a cost of $18,000 (Sandeen and Larson.) It is constructed of Mankato stone. The house has a large foyer, a magnificently carved staircase and a parlor with a curved arch. Intricate carvings adorn the foyer and solid oak was used throughout the house. The property consists of two buildings, the house and the carriage house. The house is a two story, 9335 square foot, building and the carriage house is a one story, 1056 square foot, building. The house was divided into a dozen apartments in the 1940's, but it subsequently was restored as a private residence. It now functions as a venue for corporate and social gatherings. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The original house at this address, built by Ansel Oppenheim in 1880 for $9,000, was destroyed by fire in 1895. After 1895, the Oppenheim family resided at the Aberdeen Hotel. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Oppenheim resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles Schuneman resided at this address from 1901 to 1939. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Alene Grosche, a member of the church since 1904, Walter L. Mayo, a member of the church since 1902, and Charles Schuneman and Alice M. (Mrs. Charles) Schuneman, members of the church since 1888, all resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schuneman, Alf Grosche, and Miss A. S. Grosche all resided at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#32333) indicate that Alfred S. Grosche (1892- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private First Class in the Flying Cadet Company, who was born in Moberly, Missouri, moved to Minnesota in 1900, had gray eyes, light brown hair, and a medium dark complexion, was 5' 5" tall, was in advertising at induction, was a manager of the mail order and purchasing departments employed by Schuneman & Evans after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his sister, Alene Grosche, at this address. John R. Bradshaw and Alfred S. Grosche were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Leslie H. Bromley was a chauffeur at this address and resided at 350 Pleasant. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schuneman, Mr. and Mrs. Alf Grosche, and Miss Alene S. Grosche all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles Schuneman and his wife, Alice M. Schuneman, resided at this address. In 1934, Charles Schuneman and Alice Mayo Schuneman resided at this address. In 1911, Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., also designed a porch and a garage for the house, at a cost of $7,000. Ansel Oppenheim (1847-1916) was born in New York City, graduated from the City College of New York, moved to St. Paul in the 1870's, was admitted to the practice of law in Minnesota in 1878, became a member of the H. P. Greve & Company, a real estate firm which purchased the St. Paul City RailRoad, was vice president of the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas RailRoad, was a director and Vice-President of the Chicago Great Western RailRoad, was the first president of the Union Stockyards of St. Paul, was a financier, was a member of the firm of Oppenheim & Kalman, which built the Metropolitan Opera House in St. Paul, was a member of the Minnesota Board of Equalization, was the chairman of the Ramsey County Democratic Party, was a member of the Central Committee of the Minnesota Democratic Party, was a member of the St. Paul Assembly in 1890, and died at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. In 1885, Ansel Oppenheim was a member of the St. Paul representative to the "Union Fairgrounds" committee, which attempted to resolve a dispute over the location of the Minnesota State Fair, but he stirred up opposition to the Minneapolis fairgrounds plan on the practical grounds of cost, arguing that the owners of the Minnehaha Falls site were demanding too large a purchase price. In 1886, Ansel Oppenheim was the president of the Saint Paul Union Stockyards Company, followed by Mark D. Flower and T. E. Good. In 1909, Ansel Oppenheim was the Vice President of the Chicago Great Western Railway. Julie/Josie Greve (Mrs. Ansel) Oppenheim ( -1915,) the daughter of Herman Greve and Marie Lindeman Greve, was born in Johnston, Pennsylvania, moved with her family to Viroqua, Wisconsin, was educated at Miss Dowling's School in Viroqua, Wisconsin, and St. Clara's Academy and Convent in Benton, Wisconsin, married Ansel Oppenheim in Sparta, Wisconsin, in 1869, studied law with her husband, authored Personal Immortality and Other Papers, published in New York by Charles P. Somerby in 1877, wrote a novel, Evelyn; A Story of the West and Far East, published by Broadway Publishing Company in 1904, was the author of a number of economic and philosophical articles which appeared in the Chicago newspapers, reorganized and served as president of the St. Paul City Free Dispensary, founded and led the Ladies' Auxillary of the Northwest Manufacturers' Association, was Minnesota chair of the George Washington Memorial Association, was a member of the York Club of St. Paul, was a member of the National Arts Club of New York City, was a member of the Town & Country Country Club of St. Paul, resided in her later years at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, and in London, England, and died in New York City. Ansel Oppenheim and Josie Greve Oppenheim had three children, Herman Oppenheim, Lucius Julius Oppenheim, and Grove/Greve Oppenheim. Herman Oppenheim was a lawyer, was a former assistant corporation counsel for the City of St. Paul, and owner of a farm near Bound Brook, New Jersey. Lucius Julius Oppenheim was a member of the New York Stock Exchange and married Lillian King in 1911. Greve Oppenheim was the youngest son of Ansel Oppenheim and Josie Greve Oppenheim and lived in St. Paul. The Saint Paul Union Stockyards Company was incorporated by Alpheus B. Stickney, president of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, and Constantine W. Benson, the head of C. W. Benson & Company, a St. Paul foreign investment firm, to develop land for the feeding and yarding of livestock en route to slaughterers, as well as providing adjacent lands for the operations of private packing houses and for the offices of livestock commission firms. It operated at a substantial loss until 1897, when Swift & Company purchased the packing plant located within the yards. Swift acquired a half-interest in the stockyards company, which succeeded in paying off its mortgage in 1916. In 1982, the firm was owned by United Stockyards Corporation of Chicago. In 1993, it was doing business as South St. Paul Livestock Market, a subsidiary of United Market Services Company. Charles Schuneman (1850-1934) was a partner in the retail firm of Schuneman & Evans. Schuneman's Department Store existed in some form from 1864 to 1962 and acquired the prior firm of Mannheimer Brothers. It merged with Dayton's Department Store in 1958. Alpheus B. Stickney ( -1916,) Charles Schuneman ( -1934,) and Alice Mayo Schuneman ( -1945) all died in Ramsey County. Leslie H. Bromley (1882-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Arnold, and died in Ramsey County. Alfred Schuneman Grosche (1892-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schuneman, and died in Ramsey County. Mark Flower (1843-1907) was born in the United States and died in Ramsey County. Thomas E. Good (1882-1967) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Charles Schuneman ( -1933) and Charles Schuneman ( -1944) both died in Hennepin County. Ansel Oppenheim ( -1916) died at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. John Bradshaw ( -1929) died in Dodge County, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is the trustee of Judith M. McLaughlin. Summit Manor is a reception/rental event site with full catering managed by Judy McLaughlin. Judith Mclaughlin, a self employed caterer, contributed to the Barack Obama for President campaign in 2007-2008. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Rufus C. Jefferson resided at the former nearby 276 Summit Avenue in 1890. Helen Jefferson ( -1890) was the daughter of Rufus C. Jefferson. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Rufus C. Jefferson resided at the nearby former 276 Summit Avenue from 1884 to 1930 and that Ansel Oppenheim resided at the nearby former 277 Summit Avenue from 1884 to 1894. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Rufus C. Jefferson and G. C. (Mrs. R. C.) Jefferson, members of the church since 1885, resided at the nearby former 276 Summit Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jefferson, their daughter, and R. W. Jefferson all resided at the former nearby 276 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that R. C. Jefferson and his daughter resided at the former nearby 276 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Rufus C. Jefferson (1844-1925,) the widowed father of L. C. Jefferson, who was born in New York to parents born in the United States and who died of right hemiplegia, resided at the nearby former 276 Summit Avenue in 1925. Rufus C. Jefferson, a member of the unit, was one of the incorporators of the First New York Dragoons/130th New York Volunteer Infantry/19th New York Cavalry Monument, erected in 1903 in Letchworth Park in the Genesee Valley of Western New York. Rufus C. Jefferson (1843-1925) was born in Gainesville, New York, the son of Cyrus Jefferson, attended school in Buffalo, New York, and Geneseo, New York, joined Company A of the First New York Dragoons, moved to Woodstock, Illinois, after the Civil War and engaged in the lumber business, served as mayor of Woodstock, Illinois, from 1872 to 1874, moved to St. Paul in 1883, established the pine lands and lumber merchant firm of Jefferson & Kasson, was a Presbyterian, served as a director of The Young Men's Christian Association, and served as one of the three commissioners of the Million Dollar Fund of the Northwest for the maintenance of disabled and retired ministers. Rufus Jefferson married Genevieve C. Church, in Woodstock, Illinois, in 1868, and the couple had seven children, Cyrus C. Jefferson, Rufus V. A. T. Jefferson, Lawrence C. Jefferson, Dora A. Jefferson, Genevieve C. Jefferson, Archibald A. Jefferson, and Helen Jefferson. Rufus C. Jefferson is buried in Oakland Cemetery. Rufus C. Jefferson ( -1925) and Leonard C. Jefferson ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. [See note on Walter Lewis Mayo for 796 Fairmount Avenue.] [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.]
280 Summit Avenue: Built in 1996. Unit 1 is a 2398 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided condominium/row house that was last sold in 2001 for $850,000, which is currently owned by Paul E. Columbo, who resides in White Bear Township, Minnesota. Unit 2 is 2398 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided condominium/row house that was last sold in 2002 for $900,000, which is currently owned by Dale S. Hanson. Unit 3 is 2398 square foot, one bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided condominium/row house, which was previously owned by Robert Flotten (1932-2004) and Suzanne Flotten and is currently owned by Suzanne Flotten. Unit 4 is 2398 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided condominium/row house, which is currently owned by Peter M. Butler and Sandra K. Butler. Unit 5 is 2398 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided condominium/row house that was last sold in 1997 for $465,000, which is currently owned by Marlys G. Barry. Unit 6 is 2398 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided condominium/row house that was last sold in 1998 for $675,000, which is currently owned by Deborah A. Hannigan and James H. Hannigan. All units utilize a basement garage. In 1997, Dale S. Hanson, a graduate of Carleton College, was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., having held that position since 1990, and was a director of C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. since 1988. Prior to joining C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., a produce company established in 1905, Dale S. Hanson held various executive positions with First Bank System, Inc./U.S. Bancorp, including Executive Vice President of First Bank System, Inc., President of FBS Merchant Banking Group, and President of First Bank of St. Paul. In 2006, Dale S. Hanson and Elizabeth Dickinson were financial supporters of the Minnesota Historical Society. Suzanne Flotten was a financial supporter of the League of Catholic Women in 2007, of the St. John's University School of Theology/Seminary in 2007, and of the Jeremiah Program in 2005 and 2006. Peter M. Butler is President & Treasurer of Butler Office, Inc., a trust management company. Marlys G. Barry was a financial supporter of the Appleton Medical Center Foundation in 2003 and 2004, of the Division of Indian Work in 2004 and 2005, and Prescott College in 2000. James H. Hannigan is President and CEO of J & J Distributing of St. Paul, a wholesale dealer in fresh fruits and vegetables since 1979. Mr. & Mrs. James H. Hannigan were financial supporters of St. Thomas Academy in 2003 and 2005. James H. Hannigan was a financial supporter of the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences of the University of Minnesota in 2006.
285 Summit Avenue: Fredrick A. Fogg House, Built in 1899 (1903 according to the National Register of Historic Places and 1882 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Renaissance Revival/Georgian/Colonial Revival in style; A. H. Stem, architect. The house cost $8,500 to build. The structure is a two story, 7233 square foot, seven bedroom, three bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage, which last sold in 2002 at a sale price of $1,250,000. 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 M. Rice resided at this address from 1882 to 1892, that Frederick A. Fogg resided at this address from 1895 to 1930, and that the Dreher Apartments were located at this address in 1948. The 1885 and 1887 city directory indicates that the Honorable and Mrs. H. M. Rice and their daughter resided at this address. The 1897 Catalogue of the Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi indicates that Frederick Durkee Rice, a consul in 1893 and 1894, resided at this address as well as 653 Portland Avenue. The 1889 city directory indicates that the Honorable and Mrs. H. M. Rice and their daughter and F. D. Rice resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that the Honorable and Mrs. H. M. Rice, their daughter, and F. D. Rice resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. W. M. Cutcheon, F. D. Rice, and the Honorable H. M. Rice resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Magdalena E. Miller (1831-1913,) the widowed mother of William A. Miller, who was born in Germany to parents who were also born in Germany and who died of old age and arteriosclerosis, resided at this address in 1913. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mrs. Louise M. Fogg ( -1918) resided at this address in 1916. In 1916, Frederic A. Fogg was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Fogg and F. M. Fogg all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Frederic A. Fogg, who officed at the Endicott Building, resided at this address and that and Frederic M. Fogg, who officed at the Endicott Building, boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. Frederic A. Fogg and Miss Agnes M. Horsnell resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the estate of Frederic A. Fogg (1850-1930) was located at this address. Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) was born in Waitsfield, Vermont, attended common schools and academies in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan, resided in the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin, moved to the Territory of Minnesota in 1839, was the post sutler for the United States Army at Fort Atkinson, Iowa, was engaged in the fur business, negotiated a treaty with the Winnebago and Ojibwe Indians in 1847, settled in St. Paul in 1848, secured the consent of the objecting Sioux Indians to the confirmation of the treaty of 1851 through his personal influence, was elected as a Democratic Delegate to the 33rd and 34th Congresses, was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate upon the admission of Minnesota as a State into the Union and served from 1858 to 1863, was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota from 1851 to 1859, was an unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of Minnesota in 1865, was the president of the Minnesota Historical Society, was the president of the board of public works, was the treasurer of Ramsey County from 1878 to 1884, was the United States commissioner in making several Indian treaties from 1887 to 1888, died in San Antonio, Texas, and was interred in Oakland Cemetery, where he had served on the governing board. The Rice burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Henry Mower Rice ( -1894,) Matilda Whitall Rice ( -1906,) Lizzie Rice Rodman (1852-1883,) Robert Toombs Rice (1860-1863,) Mary Welsh Rice (1862-1864,) Henry M. Rice, Jr. (1856-1864,) Henry M. Rice II (1868-1870,) and Rachel C. N. Whitall (1824-1881.) Frederick Fogg served as the superintendent of Ramsey County schools and as the president of the Board of Education. Frederick A. Fogg (1829-1907) was born in Maine and died in Anoka County, Minnesota. Frederic A. Fogg (1850-1930) was a business executive and died in Ramsey County. His wife was Louise Fogg ( -1918,) who died in Ramsey County. Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) was born in Waitsfield, Vermont, the son of Edmund Rice (1784-1829) and Ellen Durkee Rice, was a lawyer, moved to Michigan in 1834 and was a member of the survey crew for the Sault Ste. Marie canal route, moved to Fort Snelling in 1839, was the post sutler for the United States Army at Fort Atkinson, Iowa, was a fur trader with P. Choteau & Company, settled in St. Paul in 1849 and was an early developer, built warehouses, erected hotels, and developed business blocks in the territorial capitol, married Matilda Whital/Whitehall (1827- ) at Richmond, Virginia, in 1849, negotiated treaties with the Ojibway, Dakota and Winnebago tribes in creating reservations and opening up Indian territory in Minnesota to white settlers, was a member of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota from 1851 to 1859, became the Minnesota territory's delegate to the U.S. Congress from 1853 until 1857, was a successful businessman and philanthropist, was a Democrat, was president of the Minnesota Historical Society, was president of the board of public works, was Minnesota's first U.S. Senator from 1858 to 1863, was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1865 against William R. Marshall, married Marion Eliza Macomber (1851- ) in 1871, was the treasurer of Ramsey County from 1878 until 1884, was a U. S. Treaty Commissioner from 1887 until 1888, died in San Antonio, Texas, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery. Henry Mower Rice and Matilda W. Rice had nine children, Henry Rice, Jr., Lizzie Rice (Mrs. John B.) Rodman, Henry Rice II, Matilda Rice (Mrs. Moritz/Maurice) Auerbach, Mary Welch Rice, Robert Toombs Rice, Rachel Rice (Mrs. Luther E.) Newport, Margaret Rice (Mrs. R. E.) Thompson, and Frederick Durkee Rice (1870- .) Henry M. Rice and Marion Rice had four children, Weston Henry Rice (1873- ,) Winifred Emma Rice (1875- ,) Martin Henry Rice (1885- ,) and Charles Macomber Rice (1886- .) In 1916, Minnesota donated a marble statute of Rice by Frederick E. Triebel to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U. S. Capitol. Franklin W. M. Cutcheon (1864- ) was born in Dexter, Michigan, the son of General Byron M. Cutcheon and Marie A. Warner Cutcheon, was educated at the University of Michigan law school, moved to St. Paul in 1885, was a partner in the law firm of Flandrau, Squires & Cutcheon from 1886 until 1898 and of Squires & Cutcheon from 1898 until 1899, was a Democrat, and moved to New York City in 1899, successively joining the law firms of Cutcheon, Hare & Holter and of Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter. Franklin W. M. Cutcheon married Sarah Gibson Flandrau, the daughter of his former law partner, Judge Charles E. Flandrau, in St. Paul in 1891. Frederick E. Triebel (1865-1944) was a sculptor from Peoria, Illinois, who sculpted statues or busts of Senator Henry Mower Rice of Minnesota in the National Statuary Hall in 1916, Senator George Laird Shoup of Idaho in the National Statuary Hall in 1910, and President William Howard Taft, served as the American High Commissioner to the Second Biennial Exposition of Fine Arts at the Palazzo di Belli Arti in Rome, Italy, in 1923, and designed the Mississippi State Memorial in 1909. Lizzie Rice Rodman was the daughter of Henry Mower Rice and was the wife of Colonel John Black Rodman ( -1909.) John Black Rodman and Lizzie Rice Rodman had two children, Florence Rice Rodman (Mrs. George C.) Barnhardt (1873- ) and Henry Rice Rodman (1881- .) Jonathon/John Black Rodman (1844/1845-1909,) the son of Thomas Jackson Rodman, Jr. ( -1919,) and the grandson of General Thomas Jackson Rodman, Sr. (1815-1871,) the inventor and designer of several types of heavy cannon used by the Union Army during the Civil War, was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1868. In 1879, F. A. Fogg operated an English and Classical Academy at Fifth Street and Franklin Street. Matilda W. Rice (1834-1906,) Louise M. Fogg ( -1918,) Frederic A. Fogg ( -1930,) William A. Miller ( -1930,) and Matilda Rice Auerbach ( -1945) all died in Ramsey County. Magdelain Miller ( -1913) died in Anoka County, Minnesota. The current owners of record of the property are Lawrence M. Frattalone and Patricia Frattalone. Larry Frattallone, a self-employed business owner, was a contributor to the Republican National Committee in 2004. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Henry M. Rice resided at the nearby former 288 Summit Avenue from 1855 to 1884 and that Alpheus B. Stickney resided at the nearby former 288 Summit Avenue from 1885 to 1923. The 1885 city directory indicates that Miss May J. Newson resided at the former nearby 291 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Alpheus B. Stickney and Catherine Hall Stickney (1846-1900,) who died of a sarcoma, husband and wife, resided at the former nearby 288 Summit Avenue in 1900. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Charles R. West (1873-1900,) of Swedish extraction who died of pneumonia, resided at the former nearby 283 Summit Avenue in 1900. Mrs. Mary Christopherson was the mother of Charles R. West. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Alpheus B. Stickney (1840-1916,) a widower who was born in Maine to parents born in the United States and who died of acute intestinal trouble, resided at the nearby former 288 Summit Avenue in 1916. Alpheus B. Stickney ( -1916) died in Ramsey County. [See note on Stem for 929 Summit Avenue.]
294 Summit Avenue: George F. Lindsay House, Built in 1919; Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival in style; Parker, Thomas & Rice (Boston, Massachusetts), architects. The structure; is a two story, 9134 square foot, six bedroom, six bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The house was constructed at a cost of $30,000 for George Lindsay, who was in the lumber business with Frederick Weyerhaeuser. The house replaced the prior 1859 Italian Villa-style house. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Noyes resided at this address. The 1887, 1889 and 1891 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Schiffmann resided at this address. There is a 1920 photo of the house. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that George F. Lindsay resided at this address from 1921 to 1931 and that Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser resided at this address in 1932. The 1924 city directory indicates that G. F. Lindsay resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George F. Lindsay, who officed at the Merchant Bank Building, and Emily Bugge, a housekeeper, resided at this address. In 1932, the house was purchased by the Weyerhaeusers. In 1934, Fred K. Weyerhaeuser (1895-1978,) Vivian Ogara Weyerhaeuser, Vivian Weyerhaeuser, and Lynn Weyerhaeuser all resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser (1895- ,) who was born in Rock Island, Illinois, who attended the school from 1908 until 1910, who graduated from Yale University in 1917, who served as a Lieutenant in the Italian Air Service and was awarded the Croce al Merito de Guerra during World War I, and was the president of Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, located at the First National Bank Building,resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser, a student during the period 1901-1915, resided at this address. George Francis Lindsay (1871-1944) was the son of lumber magnate James Edwin Lindsay (1826-1915) and Mary Helen Phelps Lindsay (1832-1912,) attended the University of Iowa, was the secretary and treasurer of the Sound Timber Company (currently Scott Paper,) with 45,000 acres on northern Puget Sound in Washington State, in 1899, was a clerk with the Lindsay & Phelps Company in Davenport, Iowa, in 1900, was the secretary and treasurer of the Southland Lumber Company in 1901, was a partner in 1928, with Fred Wyman, C. M. Cochrane, and Edwin B. Lindsay, in the Lindsay & Phelps Company, a lumber company formed in 1862 by John B. Phelps and James E. Lindsay, suceeded his father as president of the Sound Timber Company, and was associated with the Weyerhaeuser Company, as a member of the General Advisory Committee in 1917 and as the chair of the Publicity Committee in 1927. In 1935, George Lindsay was the chair of the Saint Paul Planning Board and was a leader of the Saint Paul and Ramsey County Capitol Approach Committee, which led the fight against the University Avenue site for the State Office Building. Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser married Vivian O'Gara in Chicago, Illinois, in 1923 and the couple had four children, Marianne N. O'Gara Weyerhaeuser (1925-1925,) Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser (1928-1929,) Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser (1930- ,) and Elizabeth Lynn Weyerhaeuser (1931- .) George F. Lindsay was the author of the selfpublished tract An Analysis of the Problem of "Low Cost Housing for the Lower Income Group", published in St. Paul in 1937. Frederick King Weyerhaeuser was a pilot in World War I in Italy. Frederick King Weyerhaeuser (1895-1978) was the eldest grandson of Frederick Weyerhaeuser (1834-1914,) served in the American military during the last years of World War I, married Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser, directed the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company in the Midwest, and was one of six people who founded the Forest History Society in Minnesota in 1946. Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser ( -1983) was the president of the National Council of the Metropolitan Opera in the 1950's. Lynn Weyerhaeuser Day (1932-1999) was the daughter of Frederick King Weyerhaeuser and Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser, was a graduate of Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1949, and was a graduate of Vassar College, moved to the Detroit area in 1930 after marrying Stanley R. Day, a longtime Michigan resident, raised a family of four children, was a Forest History Society board member, was a board member of the Detroit Institute of Arts, was a board member of the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, was a board member of the Henry Ford Health System, was a board member of the Rock Island Company, was a board member of the Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation, was a founding Commissioner of the Greening of Detroit, was a member of the Garden Club of Michigan, was involved with the Michigan Forest Association, was involved with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, operated a tree farm in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and died at her Grosse Pointe, Michigan, home after a six-month battle with cancer. The children of Lynn Weyerhaeuser Day were Vivian W. Day, Stanley Day, Jr., F. K. Day, and Lincoln Day. The Frederick King Weyerhaeuser family were members of the Yale Club, the Somerset Club, the Minikahda Country Club, the Women's City Club of St. Paul, and the St. Paul Athletic Club in 1934. The Piasecki Family Foundation formerly was the F. K. and Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser Foundation. Frank Piasecki (1919- ) married the former Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser, a daughter of Frederick King Weyerhaeuser and Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser, in 1958, settled in Haverford, Pennsylvania, founded the PV-Engineering Forum and in 1943 flew the second successful helicopter in America, the PV-2, and developed the first U.S. Navy helicopter, the XHRP-1 "Dog Ship" in 1944. Charles Phelps Noyes also resided in a Cass Gilbert and John Knox Taylor-designed house at 89 Virginia Street and also built a Cass Gilbert-designed summer house, the "Fillebrown" house, 303 Lake Avenue, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, in 1874. C. P. Noyes was the president of the Minnesota branch of the Sons of the Revolution in 1896. C. P. Noyes was a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company in 1917. C. P. Noyes was a supporter of the Minnesota State League of Women Voters in 1919. In 1923, Emily H. Gilman (Mrs. C. P.) Noyes promised a donation of $1,000 to St. John’s in the Wilderness Episcopal Church in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, to support the building of a new church. Emily H. Gilman Noyes was a president of the St. Paul Women's Welfare League in the early 20th Century. C. P. Noyes II (1911- ) attended Yale University in 1932. Frederick King Weyerhaeuser (1895-1978) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Anderson, and died in Ramsey County. Vivian O'Gara Weyerhaeuser (1895-1983) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Brady, and died in Ramsey County. Emily H. Noyes ( -1930) died in Ramsey County. The previous owner of record of the property was Gary Tournier and the current owners of record of the property are the trustees for Garrison E. Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson. Gary Tournier is the owner of Green & White Taxi, also doing business as Suburban Taxi. Gary Tournier was a financial supporter of United Hospital in 2002 and in 2006. [See note for the Lindsay & Phelps Company for 682 Lincoln Avenue.] [See note for Charles Phelps Noyes for 235 Summit Avenue.]
295 Summit Avenue: Albert H. Lindeke and Louise Lindeke House; Built in 1885 (1890 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Queen Anne in style; Augustus F. Gauger, original architect; Reed and Stem, architects for the 1903 stone porch addition; Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., for the garage addition. The structure is a two story, 8980 square foot, ten bedroom, five bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a carriage house and a detached garage. The house cost $13,000 to build. The garage/carriage house was designed by Clarence Johnston in 1915, at a cost of $5,000, was built in 1915, and is a 1 1/2 story, five room, one bathroom, brick structure. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The front porch originally was limited to a front entry porch and the full length stone porch was added in 1903. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Albert H. Lindeke resided at this address from 1886 to 1940. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Albert H. Lindeke resided at this address in 1892. The 1887, 1889, 1891, and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lindeke and their daughter resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Lindeke, their daughter, A. W. Lindeke, and O. A. Lindeke resided at this address. In 1916, Albert H. Lindeke was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lindeke resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Albert H. Lindeke (1844-1925,) the married father of A. W. Lindeke, who was born in Germany to parents born in Germany and who died of lobar pneumonia and a fractured skull, resided at this address in 1925. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Louisa H. Lindeke, the widow of Albert H. Lindeke, resided at this address. In 1934, Louise Schroer Lindeke, the widow of Albert W. Lindeke, resided at this address. In 1879, Albert H. Lindeke, a partner with William Lindeke in A. H. Lindeke & Brother, a dry goods merchant located at 9 East Third Street, and a partner with William Lindeke, Reuben Warner, and Theodore L. Schurmeier in Lindekes, Warner & Schurmeier, a wholesale dry goods and notions merchant located at 137-139 East Third Street, resided at 285 East Sixth Street. Albert H. Lindeke (1844- ) was born near Berlin, Germany, emigrated to the United States in 1856, moved to St. Paul in 1857, married Louise Schroer, and was one of the founders, with Reuben Warner and Theodore L. Schurmeier, of Lindekes, Warner, & Schurmeier, one of the Northwest's largest wholesale dry goods and manufacturing companies in the late 19th Century. This house was subsequently owned by Albert W. Lindeke (1873-1961,) Albert H. Lindeke's son, who was born in St. Paul, was educated in the St. Paul public schools, graduated from the St. Paul High School in 1890, graduated from Yale University in 1894, traveled abroad, returned to St. Paul, graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1900, was admitted to the practice of law in Minnesota, became a partner in Lindeke, Warner & Sons in 1903, was a Republican, was an Episcopalian, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the St. Paul Commercial Club, was a member of the Town & Country Club, was a member of the White Bear Yacht Club, was a member of the Lafayette Club, was a member of the Amateur Athletic Club, was a member of the Roosevelt Club, was a member of the New York City Yale Club, married Caroline Rhoda Saunders, the daughter of Edward Nelson Saunders and Mary Proal Saunders, in 1906, was a member of the St. Paul Police Commission from 1910 until 1912, was the president of the University Club of St. Paul in 1918, and was a director of the St. Paul Association of Commerce. In 1966, the Society of Friends purchased the house and used it as a meeting house. In 2001, the St. Paul City Council took action on a Property Code Enforcement Appeal relating to this address. William Lindeke (1835- ) was born near Berlin, Germany, came to Minnesota in 1857, was first employed by the Pierre Choteau & Company sawmill, then engaged in milling and the dry goods business, owned considerable acreage along the lower portion of Trout Brook, which he eventually sold to the Northern Pacific RailRoad, established a retail and wholesale dry goods store in 1878, which became the firm Lindekes, Warner, & Schurmeier (with Albert H. Lindeke, Reuben Warner (1831-1905), and Theodore L. Schurmeier,) was a vice president of and a large stockholder in the National German-American Bank, was a member of St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, and married Rosa Brabek. William Lindeke and Rosa Brabek Lindeke had four children, Frank Lindeke, William Lindeke, Rosa Lindeke, and Emma Lindeke. A. H. Lindeke was a member of the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers Association and also came to Minnesota in 1857. In 1879, William Lindeke, the proprietor of the Union Mills as well as a partner in Lindekes, Warner & Schurmeier, resided at 189 Eighth Street, that Frederick Lindeke, the manager of the Union Mills, resided at 284 East Fifth Street, and that Charles Lindeke, a salesman for the Union Mills, resided at 35 Bradley Street. In 1901, William A. Lindeke, a member of St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, walked into William Dampier's undertaking establishment on Wabasha Street and shot himself in the head, falling dead on the floor of the mortician's office. In 1912, the family of William Lindeke resided at 77 Central Avenue. In 1924, the dry goods supplier became Lindeke, Warner & Sons, located in a ten floor building in St. Paul, with A. H. Lindeke as Chairman, A. W. Lindeke as President and Treasurer, Reuben Warner as Vice President, H. F. Warner as secretary, H. D. Warner as superintendent, Norman Fetter as manager of the credit department, E. Petersen as manager of the advertising and dealer service department, William H. Leseman as manager of the city desk, W. F. Gall as the manager of the receiving department, E. H. Hennesy as manager of billing, packing, and sales, and George Warner (prints, ginghams, and tickings,) George Schulze (dress goods, silks and velvets,) Albert Ihm (blankets and comforters,) F. C. Dunn (samples,) E. A. Lyons (notions, trunks and bags,) L. W. Wolterstorff (ready-to-wear and linens,) Reuben Warner III (hosiery, knits and gloves,) and A. F. Meyer (men's and boy's furnishings) as managers of the various product departments. The 1924 Lindeke, Warner & Sons catalog was a 296 page wholesale catalog. Albert W. Lindeke, Jr., was the author of Slunky Norton, the Chimney Sweep Who Rocked the Rafters With His Buglers. The Lindeke burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of A. H. Lindeke, Louis Lindeke ( -1877,) Paul C. Lindeke ( -1878,) William Lindeke (1835-1892,) Rose Lindeke (1833-1924,) William E. Lindeke (1874-1926,) Ida Lindeke (1870-1871,) Willie Lindeke (1867-1868,) Frank W. Lindeke (1863-1922,) Gustave J. Schurmeier (1854-1898,) Rose L. Schurmeier (1862-1934,) Gustave W. T. Schurmeier (1886-1887,) and Helen Schurmeier (1895-1895.) Albert W. "Chip" Lindeke, III, AIA, is the president of Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke Architects at 278 Seventh Street East in St. Paul. In 1910, a southern girl named Violet Stockton spent a summer at this house, visiting her aunt and uncle, and F. Scott Fitzgerald spent every day with her sitting on its front porch and fell in love with her. In 2006, Lou Sudheimer appealed two variances to the St. Paul Board of Zoning Appeals in order to add underground parking and a "porte-cochere" to a condominium at this address. Rose Lindeke ( -1924,) Albert H. Lindeke ( -1925,) Rose Schurmeier ( -1934,) and Albert Ihm ( -1937) all died in Ramsey County. Albert W. Lindeke (1873-1961) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Mrs. Louise A. Lindeke (1873-1958) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Francis C. Dunn ( -1925) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is the 295 Summit Associates LLC, located in Minneapolis. [See note on Reed and Stem for 340 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.] [See note on F. Scott Fitzgerald for 599 Summit Avenue.]
301 Summit Avenue: George W. Gardner House; Built in 1905 (1888 according to the National Register of Historic Places and 1900 and 1904 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Beaux Arts/Georgian Revival in style; Thomas Gannett Holyoke, architect. The 1.09 acre property includes two structures, one a two story, 10864 square foot, house built in 1904, and the other a two story, 4800 square foot, carriage house built in 1900. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The house was constructed in 1905 for George W. Gardner, a real estate and insurance dealer. The house replaced an 1882 house designed by A. F. Gauger. The house was built for $28,000 and is similar to another Holyoke-designed house at 625 Marshall Avenue. The house combines churc blend masonry with Georgian details and has a projected middle gable in the center of the structure, a prominent porch, and the use of grills for the dormer windows. The 1885, 1887, and 1889 city directories indicate that Dr. and Mrs. Alex J. Stone resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. Alex Stone and John S. Stone resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. Alex J. Stone and John Sheppard Stone resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wheaton resided at this address. In 1903, the Alexander J. Stone house was moved to Farrington Street, where it is still stands. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that George W. Gardner resided at this address from 1907 to 1946, that the St. Paul Priory was located at this address from 1949 to 1964, and that the Volksfest Association was located at this address in 1966. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gardner resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gardner and Truman P. Gardner all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George H. Gardner, George W. Gardner, the president of the Gardner Company, a mortgage loan and insurance agency, his wife, Claribel H. Gardner, and Truman P. Gardner, the secretary of the Gardner Company, resided at this address. In 1934, George W. Gardner, Claribel Hannah Gardner, Truman P. Gardner and George H. Gardner resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that George H. Gardner, who attended the school from 1911 until 1912, resided at this address and that Truman P. Gardner (1899- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1911 until 1913, who was a 1922 graduate of Yale University, and who was the secretary of the Gardner Company, insurance and mortgage loans, also resided at this address. George W. Gardner graduated from the Ossinning Military Academy. The Gardner family were members of the White Bear Yacht Club, the University Club, and the Minneapolis Club in 1934 and wintered in Ormond Beach, Florida. Truman Gardner, from Yale University, was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Track & Field Champion in the pole vault in 1921, at 12'0", along with Longino Welch of Georgia Tech University, Eldon Jenne of Washington State University, and Lloyd Wilder of the University of Wisconsin. Truman Gardner married Roberta Galloway in St. Paul in 1934 and the couple had one child. The house is now owned by the Volksfest Association/German American Institute (GIA.) In 1965, the GIA purchased the mansion for $60,000 from George W. Gardner and dedicated it as a Kulturhaus. The GIA has over 1,400 members. The Volksfest Association started in 1957 as the Central Committee of German-American Organizations. In 1958, it changed its name to the German-American Minnesota Centennial Committee, then became the Volksfest Association of Minnesota and was incorporated in 1959. George H. Gardner (1896-1984,) George W. Gardner (1862-1934,) Claribel H. Gardner (1864-1938,) and Truman Perry Gardner (1899-1960) all were buried in Hastings, Minnesota. Physician Alexander J. Stone launched the first Minnesota medical journal, the Northwestern Medical & Surgical Journal, in 1870. The St. Paul Medical Preparatory School was formed in 1871 by Dr. Alexander J. Stone, Dr. D. W. Hand, Dr. Charles E. Wheaton, and Dr. E. Herman Smith, with Dr. Stone as dean, with eight teachers, and conducted a four month course was to prepare students for established medical colleges in Chicago and other cities. Notification of the opening of the school was published in the Northwestern Medical & Surgical Journal. In 1878-1879, the St. Paul Medical College was organized as a regular medical school and, in 1879-1880, became the medical department of Hamline University. The St. Paul Medical College disbanded in 1881 with the opening of the Minnesota College Hospital. In 1882, the initial steps were taken to form the medical department as an examining board at the University of Minnesota and five faculty members, Dr. Charles H. Hewitt (Red Wing, Minnesota,) Daniel W. Hand (St. Paul,) William H. Leonard (Minneapolis,) Parry Millard (Stillwater, Minnesota,) and Franklin Staples (Winona, Minnesota) were hired in 1883. In 1887, the Minnesota Legislature established a State Board of Medical Examiners, the first state to create an independent State Board of Medical Examiners, and the board did not accept medical school diplomas as sufficient evidence of the right to practice medicine. The Department of Medicine (the initial medical school) of the University of Minnesota was established in 1888. Alexander Johnston Stone, M.D. L.L.D. (1845-1910,) was born in Wiscasset, Maine, the son of Dr. Daniel Stone and Elizabeth Johnston Stone, attended the Abbott School in Farmington, Maine, graduated from the Berkshire Medical School in 1867, moved to St. Paul in 1870 and became a partner of Dr. Jacob Stewart, organized the St. Paul Preparatory Medical School, founded the Northwestern Lancet, was a member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, died in St. Paul, and was buried in Wiscasset, Maine. Dr. Alexander Johnston Stone married Helen Sheppard, the daughter of Dr. Stephen B. Sewall and Hannah Wood Shepard Sewall, and the couple had three children, including John Sheppard Stone of Chicago. William Huntington Leonard (1826-1907) was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, the son of Dexter M. Leonard, trained in the allopathic system of medicine, studied medicine under Dr. Orrin Witter of Chaplin, Connecticut, graduated from the medical department of Yale University in 1853, graduated from the Medical Institution of Fall College in 1853, practiced medicine in Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York, moved to Minneapolis in 1855, commenced the practice of homœopathy in 1860, served as the surgeon of the 5th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, was the health officer of Minneapolis from 1872 until 1875, was a member of the State Board of Health in 1875, was the president of the Homœopathic State Institute of Minnesota, was President of the Hahnemann Medical Society of Hennepin County, was a director of the Minnesota Academy of Science, and died in Minneapolis. William Huntington Leonard married Jane Preston of Eastford, Connecticut, in 1853 and the couple had two children. Alexander Johnston Stone ( -1910,) George Washington Gardner ( -1934,) and George William Gardner ( -1950) all died in Ramsey County. William Huntington Leonard (1826-1907) was born in Connecticut, had a mother with a maiden name of Oren, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is Volksfest Association Inc. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Ruskens resided at the former nearby 301 1/2 Summit Avenue. [See note on Holyoke for 500 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Gauger for 295 Summit Avenue.]
302 Summit Avenue: Joseph L. Forepaugh House; Built in 1889 (1900 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Queen Anne/Victorian in style; Mould & McNicol, architects. The house cost either $10,000 or $24,000 to construct. By 1978, it had been subdivided into 19 apartments. It was subsequently restored and the number of units were significantly reduced and were sold as condominiums. Unit #1 is a 1403 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, brick condominium, which was last sold in 1993 for a sale price of $100,500, which is currently owned by John R. Wendt, who resides in Minneapolis. Unit #3 is a 2517 square foot, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick condominium, which was last sold in 1993 for $232,500, which is currently owned by James M. Hacking and Laurie Fiori Hacking, who reside in Phoenix, Arizona. Unit #4 is a 1395 square foot, two bedroom, three bathroom, brick condominium, which was last sold in 1998 for $139,900, which is currently owned by Calli G. Schmid. Unit #5 is a 1159 square foot, two bedroom, three bathroom, brick condominium, which was last sold in 1999 for $164,000, which is currently owned by Eileen C. O'Toole. Unit #6 is a 1240 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick condominium, which was last sold in 2002 for $265,000, which is currently owned by Michael Scham. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Joseph L. Forepaugh resided at this address from 1890 to 1899. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Forepaugh, their daughter, William F. Forepaugh, and J. Louis Forepaugh resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mrs. J. L. Forepaugh, her daughter, William F. Forepaugh, and J. Louis Forepaugh resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mrs. M. A. Forepaugh, her daughters, William F. Forepaugh, and J. Louis Forepaugh resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. J. L. Forepaugh, her daughter, and J. L. Forepaugh all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mary (Mrs. J. L.) Forepaugh resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Alice Forepaugh, a real estate agent, resided at this address. In 1934, Miss Alice M. Forepaugh resided at this address. Joseph L. Forepaugh moved here with Mary Lanpher Forepaugh and his family in 1891 after leaving his wood frame house on Irvine Park. Joseph Lybrandt Forepaugh ran a dry goods business which supplied military troops during the Civil War, leaving him wealthy enough to retire from the business at the age of 34. In 1892, Joseph L. Forepaugh took his own life, plagued by a severe depression. Forepaugh was a member of the firm of Forepaugh & Tarbox, manufacturers and wholesalers of boots and shoes. Forepaugh also owned a drygoods business. Members of the family owned the house for at least fifty years. The 1910 city directory indicates that Margaret Black was a cook at this residence and that John Sandahl was a janitor at this residence. Joseph Louis Forepaugh and William Frederick Forepaugh both attended Yale University during the 1895-1896 and 1896-1897 school years. James M. Hacking is the executive director of the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System and formerly was the executive director of the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association, then of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, and then of the Illinois State Universities Retirement System. Laurie Fiori Hacking is the executive director of the Minnesota Teachers Retirement Association, formerly was the executive director of the Ohio Public Employee's Retirement System and formerly was the executive director of the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association, was the pension fund manager of the City of Cincinnati's retirement system, and was a retirement system specialist with the Springfield, Illinois, firm of Levi, Ray & Shoup. Mary A. Lanpher Forepaugh ( -1929) and Alice M. Forepaugh ( -1946) died in Ramsey County. [See note on Joseph L. Forepaugh for 276 South Exchange Street
312 Summit Avenue: Haupt-Smith House/R. A. Smith Residence/David Stuart and Mary Stuart House;; Built in 1858, with a three story addition constructed in 1918 (1856 according to Peggy Korsmo Kennon and Robert B. Drake; 1857 according to Jennifer Kirby; 1874 according to Ramsey County property tax records; 1904 according to National Register of Historic Places;) Italianate/Italian Villa style. The structure is a two story, 10,205 square foot, 18 room, seven bedroom, six bathroom, stucco house. The house has tall, paired-curved windows, bracketed eaves, and a double front door. The original roof cupola was removed, probably in 1919 when Arthur Driscoll added a third story addition. The front terrace balustrade and the balustrade above the front door entrance also have been removed. The home was once converted to a multi-unit dwelling and is currently a three family home. The house is the oldest building standing on Summit Avenue. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that David Stuart resided at this address from 1858 to an unknown date before 1886 and that Robert A. Smith resided at this address from 1886 to 1897. The house was built by Robert A. Smith, according to Peggy Korsmo Kennon and Robert B. Drake. Jennifer Kirby indicates that the house was built for David Stuart, who died in 1857, that the house then went into foreclosure and was sold at a sheriff's sale in 1860, and that the house suffered two more foreclosure auctions during the Civil War. The 1885 city directory indicates that General and Mrs. H. Haupt and their daughter, Reverend A. J. D. Haupt, H. Haupt, Jr., and Frank S. Haupt resided at this address. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Smith and their daughter resided at this address. The 1889 and 1891 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Smith and their daughter, C. W. Copley, and W. G. Smith resided at this address. The 1893 and 1895 city directories indicate that the Honorable and Mrs. R. A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs C. W. Copley, and W. G. Smith resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Arthur B. Driscoll, a member of the church since 1875, Helen G. (Mrs. A. G.) Driscoll, a member of the church since 1886, and Arthur G. Driscoll and Conrad G. Driscoll, members of the church since 1904, all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Arthur B. Driscoll resided at this address in 1907. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Driscoll, A. G. Driscoll, and T. G. Driscoll all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Arthur B. Driscoll, secretary and treasurer of McKibbon, Driscoll & Dorsey, Inc., resided at this address and that Arthur C. Driscoll, a salesman employed by the Merchants Trust & Savings Bank, Robert Driscoll, and Thomas H. Driscoll, a department manager employed by the Emporium, all boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Driscoll resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Arthur B. Driscoll resided at this address. In 1934, Arthur B. Driscoll, Helen Gotzian Driscoll, and Arthur G. Driscoll resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Arthur Gotzian Driscoll (1888- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1900 until 1905, who graduated from Yale University in 1909, who was a First Lieutenant in the 30th Field Artillery in France at the conclusion of World War I, was vice president of the Driscoll-McGuire Company, investments, and who had rowing and walking as hobbies, resided at this address. The Driscoll family were members of the Minikahda Country Club. Arthur G. Driscoll was a graduate of Yale University. David Stuart was a member of Stuart & Cobb lumber business. In 1856, Stuart, Cobb & Company erected a mill on St. Paul's upper levee, 500 or 600 yards above the Irvine mill, which continued in operation four years, sawing about 2,000,000 feet annually, and which was destroyed by fire in 1860. Later owners and residents at this address included Brigadier General Herman HauptGeneral theory of bridge construction: Containing demonstrations of the principles of the art and their application to practice, published in New York by D. Appleton & Company in 1853, Herman's Wooing: A Parody on Hiawatha, published in Philadelphia by the Press of William Syckelmoore in 1881, Street Railway Motors: with descriptions and cost of plants and operation of the various systems in use or proposed for motive power on street railways, published in Philadelphia by H. C. Baird & Company in 1893, and Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt, published in New York by Ayer Company Publishing in 1901. General Herman Haupt died of heart failure, just outside Jersey City, New Jersey, while traveling from New York to Philadelphia, riding in a Pullman railroad car named "Irma," and is buried at the West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. Herman Haupt married Ann Cecelia/Anna Cecilia Keller/Kellie (1821- ,) the daughter of Reverend Benjamin Keller/Kellie, a Lutheran pastor, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1838. Two of General Haupt's eleven children (seven sons and four daughters) became clergymen in St. Paul. The Reverend Doctor Charles Edgar Haupt (1854-1942) was born in Philadelphia, died in St. Paul, and was a Lutheran minister associated with St. Mark's and St. Matthew's Churches in St. Paul who received his Doctor of Divinity degree from the Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minnesota, in 1909. Reverend C. Edgar Haupt, before becoming a minister, was a surveyor, a banker, and a sawmill operator and he established St. Matthew's Church as a separate church in the late 1890's and returned to St. Matthew's Church as rector from 1909 to 1931. Reverend C. Edgar Haupt also took over the newly founded Breck School, moving it from the small town of Wilder, Minnesota, to a large house in St. Paul's St. Anthony neighborhood before it moved to Luther Seminary in St. Paul and then to Golden Valley. The Reverend Doctor Alexander James Derbyshire/Derleyshire Haupt (1859-1934) was a Lutheran minister who was ordained in 1884 after graduation from the Philadelphia Lutheran Theological Seminary and who received his Doctor of Divinity degree from the Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College) in 1907, and was the pastor of the Memorial Lutheran Church in St. Paul from 1883 to 1907. Alexander J. D. Haupt married Ida Louisa Boyer (1861- ) in 1885 and the couple had six children, Edith Haupt (1888- ,) Margaret Haupt (1890- ,) Alexander James Haupt (1891- ,) John B. Haupt (1895- ,) Ida Haupt (1896- ,) and George Haupt. Another son of Herman Haupt, Professor Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt, was a was a member of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point class of 1867, appointed in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln, was a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Towne Scientific School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1872 to 1892, received a presidential appointment to serve on the three member Nicaragua Commission to plan the Panama Canal, and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Philosophical Society, the National Geographic Society, the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, the American Association for the Advancements of Science, and the Engineers Club of Philadelphia. Herman Haupt, Jr. (1852-1926,) was another son of Brigadier General Herman Haupt and was instrumental in promoting Yellowstone National Park with a travel guide to the park that was published in 1883. Charles Edgar Haupt married Alexandra Dougan Haupt and the couple had a son, Theodore Gilbert Haupt (1902-1990), who was an artist employed by the New Yorker magazine. Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt married Isabella Christina Cromwell in 1873 and the couple had nine children. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mrs. Margaret Hudspeth, widow of George Hudspeth, boarded at this address. Arthur B. Driscoll (1862-1938) was associated with the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press and was the author of Records and recollections of Arthur B. Driscoll, 1862-1938, published in 1952. Arthur G. Driscoll, Donald G. Driscoll, Egbert G. Driscoll, Robert Driscoll, and Theodore G. Driscoll were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. Robert Armstrong Smith (1827-1913,) was born in Booneville, Indiana, was educated at the University of Indiana, studied law, and graduated in 1850, first came to St. Paul in 1853 as a private secretary to his brother-in-law, the newly appointed territorial governor, Willis A. Gorman, was appointed treasurer of Ramsey County in 1856, served on the Ramsey County board from 1856 to 1868, held the position of territorial librarian until 1858, served on the St. Paul City Council from 1883 to 1887, was mayor of St. Paul from 1887 to 1903, was a state legislator from 1900 to 1908, was a prominent figure in the Democratic Party, was also an active St. Paul lawyer, financier, and vice president of Bank of Minnesota, and donated the current Mears Park (formerly Smith Park) to the city in 1888. Robert Armstrong Smith married Mary Elizabeth Stone in Indiana in 1850. Charles W. Copley was the secretary of the St. Paul Board of Police. In 1918 and 1920, Charles W. Copley resided at 20 North St. Albans Street. The Haupt burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes Rev. A. J. D. Haupt (1859-1934,) Charles Edgar Haupt (1854-1942,) Alena Cecilia Haupt (1893-1956,) Caroline Dean Haupt (1861-1930,) Frank S. Haupt (1856-1914,) John Nicols Haupt (1903-1917,) Katherine Haupt (1886-1916,) Eleanore Chapman Relf (1877-1946,) Frederic L. Chapman (1848-1934,) Ella H. Chapman (1848-1918,) Lucy L. Chapman (1876-1918,) and Ida L. Haupt (1861-1951.) Thomas Driscoll ( -1908,) Thomas Driscoll ( -1913,) Robert Armstrong Smith ( -1913,) Charles W. Copley ( -1922,) Frederick L. Chapman ( -1934,) Arthur B. Driscoll ( -1938,) Ida O. Haupt ( -1939,) Helen G./Gotzian Driscoll ( -1940,) Charles Edgar Haupt ( -1942,) and Arthur Gotzian Driscoll ( -1949) all died in Ramsey County. Caroline S. Haupt (1896-1986) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Martin, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Ida Louise Haupt ( -1951) died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is Stephen A. Balej. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Warner resided at the former nearby 315 Summit Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anna R. Warner, Miss Anne H. French, and Richmond P. Warner all resided at the former nearby 315 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Warner resided at the former nearby 315 Summit Avenue, the W. P. Warner House, a house designed by James Knox Taylor, built in 1882, and subsequently razed. The 1930 city directory indicates that Richmond P. Warner resided at the former nearby 315 Summit Avenue. Richmond Warner was the chair of the St. Paul Port Authority, was a champion of the river as a transportation artery, was active in the campaign for a 9-foot navigation channel, and was the namesake of St. Paul's Warner Road, the eastern extension of Shepard Road. Anna R. Warner ( -1940) died in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
318 Summit Avenue: William H. Lightner House; Built in 1893 (1892 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Richardsonian Romanesque in style; Cass Gilbert, architect. The structure is currently a three story, 8697 square foot, multifamily apartment house. The house was built for $26,000, making it one of the most lavish houses constructed on Summit Avenue in the early 1890's. The house has leaded glass, oak and mahogany woodwork, and a grand staircase. The building features Sioux quartzite likely mined in Southwest Minnesota with bands of Kettle River sandstone mined in Northeast Minnesota. William H. Lightner resided at 322-324 Summit Avenue, the Lightner-Young House, before 1893, but outgrew that house. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that William H. Lightner resided at this address from 1894 to 1944. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lightner resided at this address. In 1916, William Hurley Lightner was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lightner and their daughter resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William H. Lightner and Carrie D. Lightner resided at this address in 1928. The 1930 city directory indicates that William H. Lightner, a lawyer and a partner, with Mark H. Gehan and Milton C. Lightner, in the law firm of Lightner & Gehan, which officed at the Endicott Building, and his wife, Carrie D. Lightner, resided at this address. In 1934, William Hurley Lightner and Carrie Drake Lightner resided at this address. The original owner and occupant of the house was William Hurley Lightner (1856-1936,) the son of Milton Clarkson Lightner and Martha Hurley Baldy Lightner, who was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, lived in Detroit, Michigan, in 1870, was listed as being from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1876 in the University of Michigan Register, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1877, moved to St. Paul in 1878, was admitted to the practice of law in Minnesota in 1880, was a prominent St. Paul lawyer, was the law partner of George B. Young from 1883 until 1906 in the law firm of Young & Lightner, was a member of the St. Paul City Council, was a member of the general committee of the St. Paul Sound Money organization, with a visit by Robert Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, in 1896, and was the president of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1912. William Hurley Lightner eventually moved to 506 Summit Avenue. In 1842, Rev. Milton C. Lightner, the son of Nathaniel Ferree Lightner and Maria Ellmaker, was the rector of Christ's Episcopal Church in Danville, Pennsylvania, a congregation in which Peter Baldy was a prominent member, and also was the rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Exchange/White Hall, Pennsylvania. In 1865, the Rev. Milton C. Lightner was nominated by the Episcopal Church House of Bishops as Missionary Bishop of Colorado, but his election was not confirmed by the House of Deputies. William H. Lightner was involved in George I. Desnoyer's claim to the estate of his father, Stephen Desnoyer of St. Paul, in attempts by Andreas Mechwart of Hungary to obtain United States patents for his grain-milling machinery, and in negotiations by the St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Company with the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company for trackage rights at the St. Paul Union Depot. Carrie Drake Lightner was the wife of William H. Lightner. The Lightner family lived in the house for more than 40 years. William Lightner and Carrie Lightner were members of the Somerset Club, the Minikahda Country Club, and the Women's City Club of St. Paul in 1934. Ellis Island records indicate that Carrie Lightner traveled from Hamilton, Bermuda, to New York aboard the Fort Victoria in 1921 at age 58, along with William Lightner, age 65, and Eleanor Lightner, age 21, and that Carrie Drake Lightner traveled from Southampton, Great Britain, to New York aboard the Aquatania in 1924 at the age of 61, along with William Hurley Lightner, age 68, and Eleanor Lightner, age 29. In 1908, William H. Lightner was the vice president of the Minnesota Historical Society and the other officers of the society were Nathaniel P. Langford, President, Charles P. Noyes, Second Vice-President, Henry P. Upham, Treasurer, Warren Upham, Secretary and Librarian, David L. Kingsbury, Assistant Librarian, Nathaniel P. Langford, Gen. James H. Baker, and Rev. Edward C. Mitchell, members of the Committee on Publications, and Edward P. Sanborn, John A. Stees, and Gen. James H. Baker, members of the Committee on Obituaries. William H. Lightner was, for many years, the chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, and was a member of the Episcopal Church House of Deputies in 1901 for the Church's General Convention in San Francisco. William Hurley Lightner (1856- ) was the son of Milton Clarkson Lightner (1820- ,) an Episcopal priest, and Martha Hurley Baldy Lightner (1825- ) and was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great great grandfathers Jacob Baldy, a captain in the Berks County, Pennsylvania, militia, and Leonard Ellmaker, a private in the Pennsylvania State Troops. The siblings of William H. Lightner were Rev. Peter Baldy Lightner (1845-1902,) Edwin Nathaniel Lightner (1848- ,) Sarah Hurley "Sally" Lightner (Mrs. Ernest Taylor) Tappey (1851- ,) Charles Milton Lightner (1858-1886,) Clarence Ashley Lightner (1862- ,) Catherine Baldy Lightner (1863-1866,) and Frank Waterman Lightner (1868- .) Ernest Taylor Tappey was a medical doctor. Milton Clarkson Lightner was a lawyer, was an alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota in 1940, and was a Republican member of Minnesota State Senate from the 40th District who was elected in 1942. William Hurley Lightner II, prepared at St. Paul Academy and resided at 506 Summit Avenue while attending Yale University in 1939. Carrie Drake, the daughter of Elias Franklin Drake, married William Hurley Lightner in 1885 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Mark H. Gehan (1892-1967) was a representative in the Minnesota House from the 37th District in St. Paul from 1925 to 1929 and was the mayor of St. Paul from 1934 to 1938, suceeding William Mahoney, who unsuccessfully sought re-election, and was suceeded by William H. Fallon. Mark Gehan was elected mayor as part of an anti-police corruption mood and dissatisfaction with the "O'Connor system" of dealing with visiting gangsters, especially by the St. Paul Women's Clubs. In 1937, Mayor Mark Gehan authorized placing a used car lot in front of the Capitol. Mark H. Gehan was a lawyer and was a partner with William H. Lightner and Milton C. Lightner in the law firm of Lightner & Gehan. William H. Lightner (1919-1991) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Finch, and died in Ramsey County. Eleanor Jackson Lightner (1893-1988) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dean, and died in Ramsey County. Mark H. Gehan (1892-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hogan, and died in Ramsey County. Milton C. Lightner (1886-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Drake, and died in Ramsey County. William H. Fallon (1893-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Conlin, and died in Ramsey County. Carrie H. Lightner ( -1929) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1996 for $410,000. The current owner of record of the property is Judith N. Dean.
322-324 Summit Avenue: Lightner-Young House; Built in 1886 (1888 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Richardsonian Romanesque/Classical Revival in style; Cass Gilbert and John Knox Taylor, architects. The 322 Summit Avenue portion of the building is three stories and 7592 square feet in area. The 324 Summit Avenue portion of the building is three stories and 6720 square feet in area. The double house was built for a cost of $23,000. The east facade has a large shingled dormer and has a raised curvilinear hood above the window. The original owners were the law partners William Hurley Lightner (1856-1936) and George B. Young (1840-1906.) Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that William H. Lightner resided at 322 Summit Avenue from 1886 to 1893 and that George B. Young resided at 324 Summit Avenue from 1886 to 1911. The 1889 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lightner, Edward B. Young, and Mr. and Mrs. George B. Young resided at this address. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lightner resided at 322 Summit Avenue and that the Honorable and Mrs. George B. Young and Edward B. Young resided at 324 Summit Avenue. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Drake and Miss M. F. McClung resided at 322 Summit Avenue and that the Honorable and Mrs. George B. Young and Edward B. Young resided at 324 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Caroline McC. Drake (1828-1895,) who died of apoplexy, resided at this address in 1895. The 1915 Woman's Who's who of America, compiled by John William Leonard and published by The American Commonwealth Company of New York, indicates that Jessie Rice (Mrs. Charles Lyman) Greene resided at 324 Summit Avenue. In 1916, Dr. Charles Lyman Greene was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at 324 Summit Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Ashbaugh resided at 322 Summit Avenue and that Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Greene, their daughter, and Mrs. J. B. Rice all resided at 324 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Young and Mrs. E. N. Saunders all resided at 324 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Violet D. Young resided at 324 Summit Avenue in 1927. The 1930 city directory indicates that John F. Patterson resided at 322 Summit Avenue and that Mrs. Violet D. Young, the widow of Edward B. Young, resided at 324 Summit Avenue. In 1934, John F. Patterson, Sadie McLaughlin Patterson, John Patterson, and Kathleen Patterson resided at this address. Dr. C. L. Greene resided at 324 Summit Avenue in 1914. The previously separate houses were joined into one house, but now the structure is a multifamily apartment house. The 1908 city directory indicates that Edward B. Young, associated with Lightner & Young, resided at this address. John F. Patterson was a graduate of the University of Minnesota. The Patterson family were members of the St. Paul Athletic Club and the Women's City Club of St. Paul in 1934. George Brooks Young was the lawyer for James J. Hill for a time, also was a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1874 to 1875, and edited the General Statutes of the State of Minnesota of 1878. Ellen F. Young ( -1905) was the wife of George B. Young. George B. Young (1840-1906) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of a Unitarian clergyman and an overseer of Harvard College, graduated from Harvard in 1860, read the law in the office of Henry A. Scudder in Boston, graduated from the Harvard University Law School in 1863, moved to New York City in 1864, studied in the office of William Curtiss Noyes, was admitted to the New York bar, was the managing clerk in the office of David Dudley Field, married Ellen Fellows ( -1904) of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, in 1870, came to Minneapolis in 1870, was admitted to the bar in Minnesota, and engaged in the practice of law until 1874, was appointed by Governor Cushman Davis an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and served from 1874 until 1875, moved to St. Paul and was a partner with Stanford Newel in the law firm of Young & Newel, was the reporter of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1875 to 1892 and compiled 27 volumes of the Court's reports, became a life member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1879, entered into a partnership with William H. Lightner in the law firm of Young & Lightner in 1883, was chancellor of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Minnesota, and was the chief counsel for the Northern Securities Company from 1902 until 1904, during litigation with the State of Minnesota and with the United States. Charles Lyman Greene (1862- ) was the son of Dr. William Warren Greene (1831-1881) and Elizabeth Lawrence Greene, studied medicine at the University of Michigan, was a doctor in Minnesota in 1898, was a Colonel in the U. S. Army in 1917, was the author in 1906 of The Medical Examination for Life Insurance and Its Associated Clinical Methods: With Chapters on the Insurance of Substandard Lives and Accident Insurance and in 1926 of Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner, published by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., married, and had two daughters, Dorothy Lawrence Greene, who married Alfred J. Schweppe and lived in Seattle, Washington, and Jessie Greene, who married Dr. Frederick Ramsay Ritzinger and lived in St. Paul. Jessie Rice Greene (1862- ) was born in St. Paul, the daughter of Justus Burdick Rice and Eliza Garland Rice, was educated at a private school and Central High School in St. Paul and at St. Mary's Hall in Faribault, Minnesota, married Dr. Charles Lyman Greene in St. Paul in 1886, was an Episcopalian, was associated with several church societies, is a member of the Colonial Dames, was a member of the Town & Country Country Club, and was a member of the Lafayette Club, and opposed woman's suffrage. Jessie Rice Greene and Charles Lyman Greene had two children, Mrs. Jessie Rice Greene Ritzinger (1887- ) and Dorothy Lawrence Greene (1896- .) Edward B. Young was an elected member of the executive council of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1916. Harry T. Drake and Alexander M. Drake were sons of Caroline McC. Drake. Harry Trevor Drake was the son of Elias Franklin Drake (1813-1892,) who came from Ohio to Minnesota, was president of the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad and was active in Republican politics in Minnesota. Harry Trevor Drake (1857-1933) was born in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, and married Emma Bigelow (1860-1940.) Emma Bigelow was the daughter of Charles Henry Bigelow (1835-1911) and Alida Wood Lyman (1839-1923.) Charles Henry Bigelow was the president of the Saint Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company in 1894. Charles Henry Bigelow married Alda Wood Lyman and the couple had six children, Emma Bigelow (1860-1940,) George Lyman Bigelow (1863-1917,) Charles Henry Bigelow II (1866-1945,) Frederic Russell Bigelow (1870-1946,) Albert Anson Bigelow (1872-1919,) and Dean Bigelow (1875-1885.) Harry Trevor Drake and Emma Bigelow Drake had three children, Elias Franklin Drake (1883-1953,) Charles Bigelow Drake (1886-1965,) and Harry Trevor Drake, Jr. (1889-1961.) Charles Bigelow Drake married Louise Delano Hadley in St. Paul in 1916 and the couple had three sons. Harry Trevor Drake married Ann (Nancy) Page Tiffany in St. Paul in 1916. Elias Franklin Drake built a summerhouse at 2526 Manitou Island in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Harry T. Drake was the commodore of the White Bear Yacht Club in 1898 and captained the 17 foot yacht "Xenia." Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Drake, Mr. Franklin Drake, Dr. and Mrs. Carl B. Drake, Mrs. Frances B. Drake, and Mr. Harry T. Drake were members of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in 2001. In the 1889 Wisconsin Supreme Court case of Otto Streissguth and Harry T. Drake vs. B. Bessigner and Samuel Reigelman, Streissguth and Drake were represented by Eau Claire attorneys James Wickham (1862-1944) and Frank R. Farr (1860-1932.) In 1893, Harry T. Drake, Alexander M. Drake and William H. Lightner platted Drake's Addition and Drake's Subdivision in Hartford, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Alexander M. Drake was the founding father of Bend, Oregon, arriving in Oregon with his wife, Florence Drake, in 1900, hauled-in machinery from Minnesota to Bend, Oregon, to set up a profitable mill operation along the Deschutes River at the south end of town in 1901, purchased large tracts of timber land to provide logs for his mill, formed the Pilot Butte Development Company to construct a canal system and plat the town of Bend, Oregon, constructed a dam in 1909 on the Deschutes River, which created Mirror Pond and the first power plant in Bend, Oregon, platted the upscale Park Addition in 1910, sold his controlling interest in Pilot Butte Development Company, including Park Addition, to a newly formed company, The Bend Company, in 1911, and sold his last land holding in Bend, Oregon, in 1912. Ellen F. Young (1847-1905) was born in the United States and died in Ramsey County. John F. Patterson (1880-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Evans, and died in Ramsey County. Sadie Patterson (1883-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Smith, and died in Ramsey County. Caroline Drake ( -1913,) Lawrence Vernon Ashbaugh ( -1923,) Edward B. Young ( -1927,) Charles Lyman Greene ( -1929,) Harry Trevor Drake (1857-1933,) Charles Henry Drake ( -1943,) Frederic Russell Bigelow ( -1946,) Franklin Drake ( -1953,) and Edward Nelson Saunders ( -1957) all died in Ramsey County. Edward F. Drake (1878-1959) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Harry Trevor Drake (1889-1961) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bigelow, and died in Ramsey County. Jessie G. Ritzinger (1887-1970) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rice, and died in Ramsey County. Louise Hadley Drake (1892-1987) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Luce, and died in Ramsey County. Frances B. Drake (1920-1975) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Muzzy, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the double house is VF Associates LLC, located at 61 St. Albans Street South. [See note on Gilbert for 318 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Taylor for 365 Summit Avenue.] [See note on William H. Lightner for 318 Summit Avenue.]
323 Summit Avenue: Edward Nelson Saunders House/John W. Roche House; Built in 1892 (1880 according to the National Register of Historic Places and 1893 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Victorian Romanesque/Renaissance Revival/Romanesque Revival in style; Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., architect. The structure is a two story, 8971 square foot, 19 room, ten bedroom, five bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The house reportedly was built for Edward Nelson Saunders (1877-1953), who was president and treasurer of the Northwestern Fuel Company and a president of the Minnesota Club. Construction of the house cost $35,000 (Sandeen and Larson.) Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that John W. Roche resided at this address from 1863 to 1892 and that Edward N. Saunders resided at this address from 1893 to 1937. The 1885, 1887, and 1889 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. John W. Roche and John W. Roche, Jr., resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John W. Roche, their daughters, and John W. Roche, Jr., resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Saunders resided at this address. The 1903 city directory indicates that Severine Aaberg was a cook at this address. The 1908 city directory indicates that Edward N. Saunders was the president of the Northwest Fuel Company and resided at this address and that Edward J. Saunders boarded at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. E. N. Saunders resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary P. Saunders, the widow of Edward N. Saunders, resided at this address. In 1934, Mary Groal Saunders, the widow of Edward N. Saunders, resided at this address and was a member of the Women's City Club of St. Paul, the Century Club, and the Minikahda Country Club. The house subsequently served as a convent for the Cathedral of St. Paul. In 1879, John W. Roche was the city comptroller of St. Paul. John W. Roche (1864-1961) was buried in Empire Township, Dakota County, Minnesota. Mrs. Edward N. Saunders was the author of Memories of a visit to General Jefferson Davis privately published in St. Paul in 1934. Edward N. Saunders was born in Ohio in 1845, was orphaned in 1857, moved to Minnesota in 1870, became the president of the Northwestern Fuel Company, and became the president of the What-Cheer Coal Company of Iowa and of the Spring Valley Coal Company of Illinois. The town of What Cheer, Iowa, was laid out by Englishman Peter Britton in 1865. Postmaster Joseph Andrews named the town when the initial name of Petersburg was rejected and the town residents could not agree on a new name. What Cheer began as a coal mining community that eventually brought in related industries such as railroads and manufacturers of mining tools. By the late 1800's, there were 26 mines in the area and the town's population had reached close to 4,000. In 1879, the Muscatine Western RailRoad laid track to connect to the What-Cheer mines. Saunders married Mary Proal in 1874 and they had four children. The Spring Valley Coal Company was built with the financial aid and cooperation of coal and railroad capitalists, E. N. Saunders of St. Paul, Minnesota, a director of the Chicago and North Western railroad, Mr. Taylor of What Cheer, Iowa, and W. L. Scott of Erie, Pennsylvania. Saunders also built the house at 834 Summit Avenue. Leopoldo Bracony, a French sculptor, sculpted a white marble bust of Edward J. Saunders commemorating his Minnesota Club presidency that is currently in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society. The Saunders mausoleum and burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of E. N. Nelson, Charles William Stott, Florence Bonnell Saunders (1880-1957,) the wife of Edward N. Saunders, Jr., Charlotte Anglim Saunders (1923-2005,) the wife of Edward N. Saunders III, Mary Stott Richter (1908-1998,) Harold C. Richter (1904-1999,) Harold C. Richter, Jr., (1933-1952,) the son of Mary Stott Richter and Harold C. Richter, Gretchen R. Law ( -1931,) the daughter of Mary Stott Richter and Harold C. Richter, and Caroline Stott Day (1915-2004,) the daughter of Charles Stott and Cornelia Stott. Edward Nelson Saunders ( -1953) died in Ramsey County. John W. Roche ( -1933) died in Rice County, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is Richard L. Baron. The 1895 city directory indicates that Charles Kent, an actor at the Grand Opera House, boarded at the nearby former 321 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Sidney R. Stronge resided at the former nearby 325 Summit Avenue. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that F. John Ward, who attended the school from 1913 until 1918 and who attended Yale University, resided at the former nearby 327 Summit Avenue. [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.] [See 834 Summit Avenue for a note about Edward N. Saunders.]<;/a> [See 1740 Summit Avenue for a note about Charles Lyman Greene.]
329 Summit Avenue: Dr. Charles A. Wheaton House Built in 1895 (1893 according to the National Register of Historic Places and according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Romanesque Revival/Queen Anne Rectilinear/Victorian Romanesque in style. The structure is a two story, 4919 square foot, 14 room, six bedroom, four bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. The house was built for $15,000. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles A. Wheaton resided at this address from 1896 to 1911. John P. Upham resided at this address in 1914. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John P. Upham resided at this address. World War I veteran John P. Upham resided at this address in 1919. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. F. E. Ward resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Christina L. Ward, the widow of Frank E. Ward, resided at this address. In 1934, Christina Lawrence Ward, the widow of Francis E. Ward, Francis Ward, William Ward, and Robert Ward all resided at this address. Charles A. Wheaton, one of the 12 children of Charles Augustus Wheaton (1809–1882) and Ellen Douglas Birdseye Wheaton, was a physician and surgeon who published the paper "The Clinical Recognition of Malignancy in Tumors" in the 1894 Journal of the American Medical Association and who was the president of the American Academy of Railway Surgeons in 1900. Charles A. Wheaton (1853- ) was born in Syracuse, N.Y., moved to Minnesota in 1861, and graduated from Carlton College in 1870. After a stint as an express manager for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, Wheaton went to Harvard Medical School and returned to St. Paul in 1877, where he became a partner of Dr. J. H. Stewart, was Professor of the Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1893, and eventually became the chair of the Surgery Department at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Wheaton married Ursula C. Stewart, the daughter of his medical partner, in 1879 and the couple had three children, Charles A. Wheaton, Katherine Wheaton, and Marion Wheaton. Charles Augustus Wheaton, Sr., was a major figure in the central New York state abolitionist movement and in the Underground Railroad, was a hardware merchant, was a railroad speculator, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1867 until 1868, and was a founder of Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Ellen Douglas Birdseye Wheaton (1816-1858) was the daughter of Victory Birdseye (1782-1853) and Electa Beebe Birdseye (1793-1860,) shared her husband's abolitionist sympathies, and is best-known for a diary she kept from 1850 to 1858, detailing her life. Dr. Jacob Henry Stewart (1829-1884,) the son of Dr. Phylander Stewart, was born in Clermont, New York, graduated from Phillips Academy in Peekskill, New York, attended Yale College, graduated from the University Medical College of New York City in 1851, practiced medicine in Peekskill, New York, moved to St. Paul in 1855, was appointed Ramsey County Physician in 1856, married Catherine/Katherine Jane Sweeny of Philadelphia in 1857, was elected a Minnesota State Senator in 1860, and served as Minnesota Surgeon General from 1858 until 1859. When the Civil War began, Stewart was commissioned as Chief Surgeon of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, was taken prisoner at the battle of First Bull Run while tending to the wounded on the battlefield, was held at Libby Prison, and was paroled. Stewart was a four time mayor of St. Paul, was St. Paul postmaster in 1865, and was a Member of Congress from Minnesota as a Republican from 1877 until 1879 before being replaced by William D. Washburn. In 1879, Jacob H. Stewart replaced James H. Baker as surveyor general of Minnesota and continued in that office in 1882. Jacob Henry Stewart and Catherine/Katherine Stewart had three children, Ursula Cochran Stewart (Mrs. Charles A.) Wheaton, Dr. J. H. Stewart, and Robert D. Stewart. The Ward family were members of the University Club, the Minikahda Country Club, the White Bear Yacht Club, and the Women's City Club of St. Paul in 1934. Charles Augustus Wheaton was the husband of Ursula Stewart Wheaton ( -1943,) died of interstitial nephritis, and resided at 442 Summit Avenue in 1916 according to Oakland Cemetery records. According to the 1930 city directory, Mrs. Ursula S. Wheaton resided at 1916 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. Ursula Wheaton resided at 11 Summit Court. In 1934, Ursula Stewart Wheaton, the widow of Charles A. Wheaton, resided at 1559 Summit Avenue and summered in Brule, Wisconsin. The Women's City Club of St. Paul, located at 305 St. Peter Street, was formed in 1921 and ended business in 1971. The St. Paul Women's City Club grew out of a post World War I American Woman's Club movement which emphasized women's independence and new social roles as workers, volunteers, and persons more fully involved in society. The group met in the Minnesota Club building from 1921 to 1929. The St. Paul Women's City Club/Jemne building is an Art Deco Streamline Moderne-style Mankato limestone structure. The club wanted a building that emulated modernism and functionalism and that was designed by a St. Paul architect. The clubhouse originally had a dining room, assembly rooms, dressing rooms, and bedrooms for members and guests of the club. When the building was built in 1931, the club had over 1000 members and provided a center for organized work and for social and intellectual intercourse. Magnus Jemne (1882-1964) and Elsa Jemne were the architects for the building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. F. Scott Fitzgerald addressed the St. Paul Women's City Club in 1921 on the topic "South America." In 1943, when recruitment into the Women's Corps dropped off, the St. Paul Women's City Club sponsored a rally on behalf of the Women's Corps. Also in 1943, Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995), first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post, gave a speech to the club. In 1944, the club was led by Adelaide Enright, a prominent St. Paul businesswoman. In 1946, Felix Morley (1894- ) gave a talk to the club on "The New League of Nations." The building was sold to the Minnesota Museum of Art in 1972 and now houses an architectural firm. Adelaide Enright was influential in the founding of the Inter-Club Council of Saint Paul in 1944, which was composed of representatives from the St. Paul chapter of the American Business Women Association, the Business and Professional Women's Association of St. Paul, Church Women United of the St. Paul area, the Degree of Honor Protective Association, the Junior Pioneer Association Auxiliary, the Minnesota Historical Society Women's Organization, the National Association of Railway Business Women, The Saint Paul Winter Carnival Women's Division, the Salvation Army, and the St. Paul Deaneries of the Council of Catholic Women. The Inter-Club Council of Saint Paul provided a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, and noncommercial medium through which organizations could work for civic improvement, held monthly meetings, and participated in many community events, including the St. Paul Winter Carnival, and sponsored an annual "Salute to Youth" program, beginning in 1959. John P. Upham ( -1934) and Ursula Stewart Wheaton both died in Ramsey County. Robert D. Stewart (1873-1964) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Christina L. Ward (1873-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Patterson, and died in Ramsey County. John H. Stewart ( -1939) and Robert D. Stewart ( -1942) both died in Pine County, Minnesota. John Henry Stewart ( -1943) died in Watonwan County, Minnesota. Frank E. Ward ( -1919) died in Mower County, Minnesota. James Hugh Baker ( -1929) died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is Edward M. Conley. Edward M. Conley is a realtor with Discovery Realty who offices at 715 Grand Avenue. [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.] [See note on the White Bear Yacht Club for 18 Kenwood Parkway.] [See note on the University Club for 420 Summit Avenue.]
332 Summit Avenue: Edgar C. Long House/Archibald Guthrie House; Built in 1912; Queen Anne/Richardsonian Romanesque Revival in style; Cass Gilbert and John Knox Taylor, architects. The structure is a two story, 7871 square foot, 15 room, nine bedroom, four bathroom, brick house, with a one car tuck under garage, which was last sold in 2002 and the sale price was $1,225,000. The house cost $30,000 to build. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Edgar C. Long resided at this address from 1890 to 1896 and that Archibald Guthrie resided at this address from 1902 to 1928. The 1891, 1893, and 1895 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Long resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. Archibald Guthrie resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Walter Fendry, a chauffeur, boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. Archibald Guthrie resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William F. Davidson, the secretary-treasurer of the Davidson Company, a real estate company, and his wife, Caroline F. Davidson, resided at this address. In 1934, William F. Davidson, Caroline Farnham Davidson, Kate Davidson, and Cynthia Davidson resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that William F. Davidson, who attended the school from 1909 until 1910, who graduated from Harvard University in 1920, who was a First Class Botswain's Mate with the Naval Reserve Force in Newport, Rhode Island, during World War I, who married Caroline Farnham, who was an amateur playwright, and who officed at the Pioneer Building, resided at this address. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that William F. Davidson, who attended the school from 1909 until 1910, who graduated from Harvard University in 1920, and who officed at the Pioneer Building, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that William F. Davidson, a member of the Class of 1916, resided at this address. The Davidson family were members of the Minikahda Country Club. Edgar Long was in the lumber business and was the general manager of the Railway Supply Company. Long Siding, Milaca County, Minnesota, four miles North of Princeton, Minnesota, was named for Edgar C. Long. William Fuson Davidson (1897-1982,) the son of Watson Poage Davidson (1871-1953) and Sarah Matilda Davidson (1874-1945,) was born in St. Paul, graduated from Harvard University in 1920, was a successful businessman in St. Paul, founded the Davidson-Baker company with Lee Baker, and began a play writing career as a cure for his insomnia, including the plays "Thru the Keyhole," published by Northwestern Press in 1934, "Room for One More," "Early to Bed--Early to Rise," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1938, "Poor dear Edgar," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1940, "The Lady Elects," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1940, "He Met a Mermaid," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1940, "Brother Goose," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1942, "Act Your Age," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1943, "A Little Honey," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1945, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1961, "Bachelor Father," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1962, "Learn Baby Learn," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1969, "Paddle Your Own Canoe," published by The Dramatic Publishing Company in 1980, and "Three to Get Married." William F. Davidson married Caroline Farnham and the couple had four daughters, Cynthia Davidson (1925- ,) Kate Davidson (1928- ,) Patricia Davidson (1939- ,) and Caroline Davidson (Mrs. Dutton) Foster (1942- .) In 1930, the Pullman Company built the sleeping car #1011, a 14 section plain-jane heavyweight sleeper, which was named the "Archibald Guthrie," was rebuilt in 1939 and sold to the Great Northern RailRoad, was rebuilt by the Great Northern RailRoad in 1957 as business car, was transferred to the Burlington Northern RailRoad in 1970, and was ultimately purchased by the Alaska RailRoad in 1971, was renamed the "Denali" and was used a business car, and subsequently was retired in 2001. Archibald Guthrie was the contractor who built the Great Northern RailRoad line in the Bemidji, Minnesota, area in 1893. Archibald Guthrie (1844-1913) was born in Lanark, Ontario, Canada, the son of James Guthrie (1791-1868) and Margaret Reid Guthrie (1806-1873,) moved to St. Paul in 1866, was initially a track layer for the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, then clerked at the St. Cloud, Minnesota, railroad station, worked at a brakeman and a conductor from 1867 to 1877, then became the superintendent of the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad from 1877 to 1888, then became a railroad contractor, died in Chicago, and was buried in St. Paul. In 1879, Archie Guthrie was the trainmaster of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba RailRoad and resided at 11 DeBow Street. Archibald Guthrie married Frances Emma Wescott (1851-1928,) a daughter of Guv R. Wescott, M. D., of Norwich, New York, in 1871, and the couple had a daughter, Anne Sabra "Bama" Guthrie (Mrs. Warren) Bicknell (1872-1959.) Anne Bicknell lived in in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and was an author of Flower Folk, published in New York by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1936. Warren Moses Bicknell (1868-1941) and Anne Sabra Guthrie Bicknell had four children, Frances Louise Bicknell, Warren Bicknell, Jr., Elizabeth Bicknell, and Guthrie Bicknell. Archibald/Archibold Guthrie had nine siblings, James Guthrie (1824-1866,) Peter Guthrie (1826-1914,) John Vanderpool Guthrie (1829- ,) Edward Guthrie (1831-1881,) William Reid Guthrie (1836-1909,) Christina Guthrie (1837-1896,) Helen "Ellen" Guthrie (1840- ,) Mary Louise Guthrie (1847-1931,) and Elizabeth Guthrie (1849-1925.) In 1902, A. Guthrie, a contractor for the Great Northern RailRoad, purchased a contolling interest in the Victoria (British Columbia) Terminal RailRoad. Archibald Guthrie is buried in Oakland Cemetery. The abandoned town of Guthrie, North Dakota, five miles north of Drake, North Dakota, in north central North Dakota, was founded in 1910 and was named for Archibald Guthrie, the contractor who plotted the townsite, and the entire town is reportedly available for sale. In 2001, the St. Paul City Council took action on a Property Code Enforcement Appeal relating to this address. The house was last sold in 2006 and the selling price was $1,479,000. The previous owner of record of the property was John F. Klos and the current owner of record is Vern Jacobson. Robert Stuart Clark, a Lieutenant in the USNR, the son of Homer P. Clark, was a World War II casualty and resided at the former nearby 334 Summit Avenue in the early 1940's. John F. Klos has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, previously was with the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, and currently is a shareholder in the law firm of Briggs & Morgan. [See note on the Great Northern RailRoad for 280 Maple Street.] [See note on Gilbert for 318 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Taylor for 365 Summit Avenue.] [See note on William F. Davidson for 400 Summit Avenue.]
335 Summit Avenue: John H. Allen House, Built in 1892 (1891 according to Ramsey County property tax records); Romanesque Revival/Queen Anne in style; J. Walter Stevens, architect. John H. Allen was a partner in Allen, Moon, & Co., wholesale grocers. The structure is now a three story, 8156 square foot, multi-family apartment building. Construction of the house cost $25,000. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1893 and 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Allen, Joseph Allen, and H. C. Allen resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that John H. Allen resided at this address from 1893 to 1918. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#19066) indicate that John H. Allen and Margaret A. Allen, the parents of World War I veteran John H. Allen, resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. John H. Allen resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stronge resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Bernard H. Ridder (1883-1975,) the secretary of the Dispatch-Pioneer Press Company, and his wife, Nell Ridder, resided at this address. In 1934, Sidney R. Stronge, Florence James Stronge, Sidney Stronge, Louise Stronge, and James J. Stronge resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Sidney R. Stronge (1893- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1905 until 1908, who graduated from Yale University in 1915, who was a First Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 49th Field Artillery during World War I, and who was employed by the Stronge & Lightner Company in Minneapolis, resided at this address. Printon Garber (1851-1936) moved to Minnesota in 1884 and changed his name to John H. Allen. John H. Allen (1838-1904) was born in Galena, Illinois, moved to Minnesota in 1865, settled in St. Paul, opened a wholesale grocery business, and died in St. Paul. John H. Allen was a partner in Allen, Moon, and Co., wholesale grocers. Sidney R. Stronge was a graduate of Yale University. World War I veteran Sidney R. Stronge resided at 107 Virginia Avenue in 1919. Bernard H. Ridder, Sr., was the son of Herman Ridder. Herman Ridder, founder of the Ridder Group, began his newspaper career in publishing with the Catholic News in New York in 1875, then purchased the Staats-Zeitung in 1892, was a founder and president of the Associated Press, and was an early supporter of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, becoming its president in 1907. His sons, Bernard Ridder, Joseph Ridder, and Victor Ridder, bought the New York Journal of Commerce and the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press in 1927. Ridder Publications was incorporated in Delaware in 1942 and expanded westward when it purchased the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Long Beach Independent, San Jose Mercury News, the Pasadena Star News, a 65 percent stake in the Seattle Times, the Gary Post Tribune in Indiana, and radio and television station WCCO in Minneapolis. In 1974, the Knight Group and Ridder Publications merge to become Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc., with Bernard H. Ridder, Jr., as chair of the executive committee in 1976 and as chief executive officer in 1979. Bernard H. Ridder, Jr. ( -2002,) retired in 1982 but remained a member of the Knight-Ridder board until 1994. Bernard H. Ridder, Jr., was a 1930 graduate of St. Bernard's School in New York, attended Canterbury School, graduated from Princeton University, married Jane Delano, a niece of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1939, joined the Navy in 1942, was advertising director of the Duluth Herald and the Duluth News Tribune after World War II, was one of five original owners of the Minnesota Vikings professional football team, and served on the executive committee of the United States Golf Association. Sidney R. Stronge was the son of Joseph Stronge (1863-1942,) of the Stronge-Warner Company, and Louise Williams Stronge (1868-1965,) who resided at 334 Summit Avenue. The Stronge-Warner Company, wholesale milliners, operated 100 stores in the Northwest in 1920. The Stronge family were members of the Junior League in 1934. Joseph Stronge was born in Ireland and Louise Williams Stronge was born in Canada. Sidney R. Stronge married Florence James in St. Paul in 1925 and the couple had two children, Sidney Louise Stronge (1926- ) and James Jonathan Stronge (1931- .) John H. Allen ( -1936) died in Stearns County, Minnesota. Joseph Stronge ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. Sidney R. Stronge (1893-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Williams, and died in Ramsey County. Florence J. Stronge (1904-1992) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bailey, and died in Ramsey County. Louise Stronge (1869-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Boyd, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record of the property is William P. Muldoon. In 2006, William Muldoon, a pharmacist employed by Supervalu Pharmacy, contributed to the Sixth Congressional District Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Patty Wetterling.
339 Summit Avenue: Crawford Livingston House/Charles H. F. Smith House; Built in 1898 (1899 according to the National Register of Historic Places and 1897 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Medieval-Rectilinear/Romanesque Revival/Italianate/Gothic/Venetian Renaissance villa in style; Cass Gilbert, architect. The building has a recessed loggia, pointed arches, third floor leaded-glass windows, and a front dormer with an Elizabethan character. Unit #1 is a 1615 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium, with the last sale in 2001 for $235,900, which is currently owned by Susan J. Linzmeier and Tom I. Linzmeier, who reside at 332 Brooks Avenue East. Unit #2 is a 1868 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium, which is currently owned by Ardis N. Noonan and James C. Noonan. Unit #3 is a 1428 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium, which was last sold in 2000 for $180,000, which is currently owned by Cheryl A. Armstrong and R. Thomas Armstrong, who reside in Round Rock, Texas. Unit #4 is a 1469 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium, with the last sale in 1997 for a sale price of $122,000, which is currently owned by Gregory A. Bullard. Unit #5 is a 1638 square foot, two bedroom, one bathroom, brick condominium, which was last sold in 2002 for $275,000, which is currently owned by Carlos Portenty and Julie A. Brandt Portenty, who are located at 1043 Grand Avenue. The house cost $14,000 to build. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. McQuillan Brothers Plumbing & Heating and architect Thomas Holyoke were involved in the design and installation of the plumbing in the house. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that the house was built for Crawford Livingston in 1898 and that Charles H. F. Smith resided at this address from 1899 to 1949. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. F. Smith, their daughter, and Wharton Smith all resided at this address. World War I veteran Wharton C. F. Smith (1896- ,) an Ensign, resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles H. F. Smith, a Vice President of the American National Bank, resided at this address and that Ruth Smith, a student, and Wharton C. Smith, a manager at Thomas & McKinnon, both boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles H. F. Smith, the vice president of the American National Bank and associated with Charles H. F. Smith & Son, and his wife, Mary Smith, resided at this address and also indicates that Margaret Daniels was a cook employed at this address. In 1934, Charles H. F. Smith and Mary Shawe Smith resided at this address and were members of the Minikahda Country Club, the University Club, and the Women's City Club of St. Paul. The 1930 city directory indicates that Wharton C. Smith, associated with Charles H. F. Smith & Son, and his wife, Esther Smith, resided at 460 Portland Avenue. Crawford Livingston, Sr. (1811-1848,) the son of Moncrieffe Livingston and Francis Covert Livingston, was born in New York City, married Caroline C. Chapman, the daughter of William Chapman and Elizabeth Cothral Lambert Chapman, in 1833, and died in Livingston, Columbia County, New York. Crawford Livingston, Jr. (1848-1925,) the son of Crawford Livingston, Sr., and Caroline C. Chapman Livingston, was born in New York, attended the Albany Academy, Albany, New York, moved to Minnesota in 1870, settled in St. Paul, inherited a relatively modest share of the Livingston fortune, was the purchasing agent for the Winona & St. Peter RailRoad in St. Paul, built the Litle Falls, Dakota, RailRoad with Henry Villard, built and was an owner of the James River Valley RailRoad and the Duluth-Manitoba RailRoad, was a partner with A. B. Stickney in building the Minnesota Centrasl RailRoad and the Chicago Great Western RailRoad, was the president of the lighting companies in St. Paul, was a director of the Merchants National Bank, was a director of the St. Paul Gas Company, was a trustee of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company, was the president of the St. Paul Board of Water Commissioners, was a Democrat, was an Episcopalian, married Mary Steele Potts (1852-1925,) the daughter of Dr. Thomas Reed Potts (1810-1874) and Abbian/Anna Abby Steele Potts (1825- ,) in 1875, was a banker, a stockbroker, and a railroad builder, was one of the foremost regional railroad developers and utility tycoons, invested in several railroads, including the Northern Pacific RailRoad, returned to New York City, was a member of the Union Club, was a member of the Army and Navy Club, was a member of the Strollers' Club, was a member of the Thomasville, Georgia, Country Club, was a member of the Florida Shooting Club, and was a member of the Minnesota Club. In 1880, the Livingston household included Kate Halpin, a servant, William Jones, a gardener, Nora McKillips, a waitress, Josephine Rysk, a laundress, Mary Luysh, a cook, and Mary Anderson, a seamstress. Crawford Livingston, Jr., and Mary Steele Potts Livingston had five children, Crawford Livingston III (1875-1903/1904,) Mary Steele Livingston (1879- ,) Allie/Abbie Frances Livingston (1881- ,) Henry Walter Livingston (1880-1889,) and Gerald Moncrieffe Livingston (1883- .) Crawford Livingston, Jr., was among the initial investors in Livingston, Wells & Co. and in Livingston, Fargo & Company, two of the three firms which joined to form American Express in 1850. After an early career as a banker and broker in New York, Crawford Livingston headed West to St. Paul, where he became one of the foremost regional railroad developers and utility tycoons and was the president of the Saint Paul Gas Light Company. Crawford Livingston was a descendant of Robert Livingston, a Scotsman who came to the United States in the early 17th Century with a large land grant and the title "Lord of the Manor" from the British crown. Four generations later, his family would serve in the Revolution and help draft and sign the Declaration of Independence. In 1879, Crawford Livingston, a partner with William G. Wheeler in Livingston & Wheeler, money brokers located at 29 East Third Street, and an insurance agent, resided at 65 Iglehart Street. Livingston's wife, Mary Steele Potts Livingston, was the daughter of a neice of Henry Hastings Sibley, died in Biddleford, Maine, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery. The Crawford Livingston Theatre in St. Paul is named after him. Crawford Livingston III resided at 432 Summit Avenue in 1904. Mary Steele Livingston married Theodore Wright Griggs ( -1934) in 1915, was one of the founders of the Children's hospital, was associated with the Organization of the St. Paul Women's Work Exchange in 1926, was a member and a past president of the Women's City Club, was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was a member of the Colonial Dames, was a member of the Colony Club of New York, was a member of the River Club of New York, was a member of the Somerset Country Club, was a member of the Everglades Club of Palm Beach, Florida, and was a member of the Bath and Tennis Club of Palm Beach, Florida. Charles Henry Francis Smith (1857-1937) was born in New York, came to St. Paul in 1883 and established a wholesale grocery business, became the first member of the New York Stock Exchange in the Northwest in 1890, was a founder of the American National Bank, married Mary Rosilla Shawe in 1891, was a director of the St. Paul & Northern Savings Bank, was a partner in Charles H. F. Smith & Son, investment bankers, was a co-receiver of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, served on a number of civic boards, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the Town & Country Club, was a member of the University Club, and was chairman of the funding committee to build the Cathedral of St. Paul. Charles Henry Francis Smith and Mary Rosilla Shawe Smith had two children, Wharton C. Smith and Ruth A. Smith. In 1903, Charles H. F. Smith and A. B. Stickney offered to purchase the Kittson Mansion on Saint Anthony Hill, an ornate but neglected Victorian home, for use as the archiepiscopal residence by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Archbishop John Ireland immediately rejected the offer, citing the frivolity of such an ornate home for a bishop's residence, but in 1904, Archbishop Ireland went back to Smith and H. C. McNair and informed them of his desire to build a great cathedral on the Kittson land. They immediately obtained the Kittson property and deeded it to the church. Mary Rosilla Shawe Smith's family was well-known in local musical circles and Elsie Shawe, a sister of Mary Shawe Smith, was a leader of the Schubert Club. John S. Prince, who was related by marriage to the Shawe family, was a businessman and was the mayor of St. Paul. Wharton C. Smith and F. Scott Fitzgerald reportedly bicycled to Hastings, Minnesota, and back one summer when Wharton Smith resided at this address. In 1919, Wharton C. Smith was the manager of Thomson & McKinnon, a brokerage firm. John Stoughtenburg Prince (1821-1895,) the son of Joseph Prince (1778-1833) and Charlotte Shattuck Osborne Prince and the stepson of Gabriel Franchere (1786-1862,) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, was an agent of the American Fur Company in 1840, resided in Evansville, Indiana, married Emma Sarah Linck in 1844 in Evansville, Indiana, came to St. Paul in 1854, was an agent of the Pierre Chouteau/Choteau Fur Company of St. Louis, Missouri, built a saw mill in the Lowertown area, then engaged in the insurance, real estate and banking businesses, was a member of the Minnesota Constitutional Convention in 1857, was the mayor of St. Paul from 1860 until 1862 and from 1865 until 1866, was the president of the St. Paul Assessment Commission, was the president of the St. Paul Board of Public Works, was an incorporator of the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, was an incorporator and a member of the board of directors of the St. Paul & Sioux City RailRoad, was first the cashier and, after 1876, was the president of the Savings Bank of St. Paul, was a Roman Catholic, and died in St. Paul. John S. Prince and Emma Sarah Linck Prince were the parents of 12 children, Maria Prince, Francis Prince, John Frederick Prince, Charlotte (Sister Mary Evangelista) Prince, Antoinette Prince Morgan, Mary Prince (Mrs. J. C.) Markoe, Frances Prince, Joseph Prince, Emma Prince (Mrs. Frank) Bingham, Laura Prince, Grace Prince (Mrs. Louis N.) Chemidlin, and John Sibley Prince. John S. Prince resided at 487 East Eighth Street in 1895. Emma Sarah Linck Prince resided at 576 Holly Avenue in The Chicago & North Western Railway was chartered in 1848 and was the successor to the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac RailRoad. The Chicago & North Western Railway merged with the Galena & Chicago Union RailRoad in 1865 and purchased a majority of the stock of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway in 1882. It also acquired over time the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River RailRoad, the Chicago Iowa & Nebraska RailRoad, the Peninsula RailRoad, the Chicago & Milwaukee RailRoad, the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RailRoad, the Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western RailRoad, the Litchfield & Madison RailRoad, the Minneapolis & St. Louis RailRoad, the Chicago Great Western RailRoad, the Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern RailRoad, and the Des Moines & Central Iowa RailRoad. The Chicago & North Western Railway defaulted on debts in 1925, emerged from bankruptcy in 1936, began passenger train operating agreements with the Union Pacific RailRoad and the Southern Pacific RailRoad in the 1930's, narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 1955, became employee owned in 1972, ended the exclusive employee ownership arrangement in 1982, lost an attempt to acquire the bankrupt Milwaukee Road RailRoad to the Soo Line RailRoad in 1985, avoided a leveraged buyout by Japonica Partners, L.P., by agreeing to a 1989 sale to Blackstone Capital Partners, L.P., which was backed by the Union Pacific RailRoad, made an initial public stock offering in 1993, with the Union Pacific RailRoad owning 25 percent of the railroad, and was purchased entirely by the Union Pacific RailRoad in 1995. Charles H. F. Smith ( -1937) and Mary S. Smith ( -1950) both died in Ramsey County. Wharton C. Smith (1896-1982) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Shawl, and died in Ramsey County. James Noonan is an arbitration, mediation, elder law, and estate planning lawyer. Jim Noonan and Ardis Noonan were members of the Cass Gilbert Society in 2006. [See note on Gilbert for 318 Summit Avenue.]
340 Summit Avenue: Thomas B. Scott and Clare Scott House/George Thompson House: Built in 1894 (1895 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Beaux Arts/Italianate/Renaissance Revival in style; Allen Stem of Reed & Stem, architect. The structure is a two story, 9022 square foot, 17 room, 11 bedroom, five bathroom, stone house, with a detached garage. The house was built for $40,000. Italian Renaissance style elements are the window trim, the porch columns, the profile of the eaves and its general massing. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Scott resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Thomas B. Scott resided at this address from 1895 to 1899. Mrs. M. J. Barnum resided at the house in 1900. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that George Thompson resided at this address from 1900 to 1924. The 1910 city directory indicates that Abigail I. Thompson, vice president of the Pioneer Press and Dispatch Printing Company, and George Thompson, president of the Pioneer Press and Dispatch Printing Company, resided at this address. George Thompson (1840-1917) resided at this address in 1914. Joseph Stronge, of the Stronge-Warner Company, and Bernard H. Ridder (1883-1975), president of the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press, also lived at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mrs. Abigail I. Thompson resided at this address in 1917. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. George Thompson and Mrs. Harry W. Fagley resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Abigail I. Thompson (1847-1923,) the widowed mother of Mrs. A. C. Jefferson, who was born in Vermont to parents who were born in the United States and who died of a carcinoma of the uterus, resided at this address in 1923. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. George Thompson resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Samuel Shepard resided at this address from 1925 to 1946. The 1930 city directory indicates that Samuel M. Shepard, with the W. A. Frost Mystic Company, and his wife, Charlotte H. Shepard, resided at this address. Samuel M. Shepard was a World War I veteran who resided at 421 Summit Avenue in 1919. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Ole Forside resided at this address from 1961 to 1983. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Gordon Shepard (1914- ,) who attended the school from 1925 until 1931, who graduated from Williams College in 1935, and who attended the Harvard Graduate Business School and the Yale University Law School, and MacMillan Shepard, who attended the school in 1928 and who attended Yale University, both resided at this address. Thomas Blythe Scott, Jr. (1863- ,) was born at Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, was raised in Evanston, Illinois, attended the preparatory school of the Northwestern University, went to the Pennsylvania Military Academy, at Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1880, went to Boston in 1881 and attended Harvard University, but left in his Junior year in 1871, went to Iowa and ran a farming and cattle ranch in Franklin County, Iowa, until 1889, was a delegate from Ramsey County to the National Republican League convention at Cleveland in 1895, married Mary E. Clare, at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1889, came to Minnesota in 1889 and began to deal in investment securities, was the president of the Northern Exchange Bank, was a director of the Merchants' National Bank, was a director of the Life Insurance Clearing Society, and was a director of the Edison Electric Light & Power Company. He also was a member of the Minnesota Club, the Commercial Club, the Town and County Club, and the Nushka Club. Thomas Scott was president of the Life Insurance Clearing Association. He also was elected to the Minnesota Legislature. Thomes Blythe Scott, Sr. (1828-1886,) was born in Scotland, came to the United States in 1836, spent his boyhood in New York state, in the early 1850's moved to the state of Wisconsin, assisted in building the Wisconsin Valley RailRoad, eventually a part of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul system, married Ann Eliza Scott, was president of the First National Bank, of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, was a Wisconsin state senator for twelve years, moved to Merril, Wisconsin, in 1880, founded the T. B. Scott Lumber Company, and founded the First National Bank of Merril, Wisconsin. Joseph Stronge (1863- ,) the son of Samuel Stronge, a farmer residing near Dublin, Ireland, and Charlotte Sexton Stronge, was born in County Kildare, Ireland, came to America in 1882, first to Albany, New York, came to St. Paul in 1887, was a travelling salesman for the Oppenheimer Millinery Company, was married in 1891 to Louise Williams, and, in 1892, became a manufacturer of children's headware in St. Paul. The Stronge family includes a number of prominent officers in the British army, some of whom served at Waterloo, under Wellington, and the Sexton family included a leader of the Irish Parliamentary party in the British parliament. Joseph Stronge and Louise Williams Stronge had one son, Sidney Raymond Stronge. The Minnesota Pioneer was Minnesota's first newspaper, founded in 1849, and was a forerunner of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Augustus J. Goodrich was the proprietor of the old St. Paul Pioneer, prior to its consolidation with the Press. Subsequently, Augustus Goodrich became secretary and treasurer of the St. Paul Gas Light Company. The St. Paul Dispatch began in 1868. The Dispatch Printing Company was formed in 1885, when George Thompson purchased the Dispatch. The Dispatch Printing Company bought the Pioneer Press in 1909, and continued to run the two newspapers separately. Charles K. Blandin (1872-1958) was hired as business manager for the Dispatch Printing Company just prior to World War I. In 1916, the Dispatch Printing Company bought the Itasca Paper Company to secure the newspapers' source of newsprint. Blandin bought a controlling interest in the Dispatch Printing Company in 1917 from George Thompson's widow, Abigail Thompson. Blandin acquired Abigail Thompson's remaining shares in the Dispatch Printing Company in 1923, upon her death, reorganized the Dispatch Printing Company into the Dispatch and Pioneer Press Company, and shifted incorporation from Minnesota to Delaware. Ridder Publications acquired the Pioneer Press and the Dispatch from Blandin in 1927 and the Dispatch and Pioneer Press Company became the Blandin Development Company, the parent corporation of the Blandin Paper Company, and the owner of its stock. The Pioneer Press and Dispatch newspapers merged in 1985 and became a morning-only daily in 1990. Charlotte Hardenbergh Shepard was a member of the Minnesota branch of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America by virtue of ancestor Joseph Stone. Joseph Stronge ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. Sidney R. Stronge (1893-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Williams, and died in Ramsey County. Florence J. Stronge (1904-1992) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bailey, and died in Ramsey County. Louise Stronge (1869-1965) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Boyd, and died in Ramsey County. Abigail Ione Thompson ( -1923) and Samuel McMillan Shepard ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. Charlotte Hardenbergh Shepard (1887-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stone, and died in Ramsey County. Charles A. Reed (1858-1911) and Allen H. Stem (1856-1931) both came to St. Paul after beginning their careers further east. Through a connection with the New York Central Railroad, they received the commission for the Grand Central Station in New York City. They were also responsible for the designs of various depots, for the former West Publishing Company building, the St. Paul Civic Auditorium, Hotel St. Paul, the St. Paul Athletic Club, and the Reed and Stem double residence, all in St. Paul; Wulling Hall, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis;) and the White Bear Lake Yacht Club (1913,) White Bear Lake, Minnesota. The current owner of record of the property is Robert V. Miller, who resides in River Falls, Wisconsin. [See note on the St. Paul Gas Light Company for 761 West Linwood Avenue.]
344 Summit Avenue: Watson P. Davidson and Sarah Davidson House; Built in 1915 (Built in 1912 according to Tom Blanck and Charles Locks;) Gothic/Beaux Arts/Tudor Revival/Tudor Manor in style; Thomas Holyoke, architect. The three story, 18568 square foot, house was built for a cost of $40,000. The house has multi-pane windows, window hoods, a grand entrance arch, and typical Tudor chimneys. The front door and its molded arch, casement windows, and shingling are Gothic in styling. The proportion and shaping of the house are Beaux Arts in style. The trusses on the porte-cochere are Tudor in styling. The original house at this address was built for Samuel M. Magoffin, a lawyer, and was razed in 1914. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Watson P. Davidson resided at this address from 1916 to 1954. The 1900 federal census indicates that Watson P. Davidson (1872- ,) the son of Thomas Davidson and Cynthia Davidson and the head of household, who was born in Ohio to parents who were born in Ohio, his wife, Sarah Matilda Davidson (1875- ,) the daughter of William Fuson Davidson and Sarah Ann Johnston Davidson, who was born in Missouri to parents who were born in Ohio, his son, William F. Davidson (1897- ,) who was born in Minnesota, all resided in the Seventh Ward of St. Paul. The 1910 federal census indicates that Watson P. Davidson (1871- ,) the head of household, who was born in Ohio to parents who were born in Ohio, his wife, Sarah M. Davidson (1865- ,) who was born in Missouri to parents who were born in Ohio, his son, William P. Davidson (1900- ,) who was born in Minnesota, Cynthia Davidson (1905- ,) who was born in Minnesota, his daughter, K. Ann Davidson (1908- ,) who was born in Minnesota, his daughter, his son, Watson P. Davidson (1909- ,) who was born in Minnesota, Patrick H. Essert (1875- ,) a servant who was born in Indiana to parents born in Germany, Alice Fitzgerald (1892- ,) a servant who was born in Minnesota to parents born in Ireland, Ida Kranof (1886- ,) a servant who was born in Minnesota to a father born in Germany and a mother born in Austria, and William A. Woolson (1850- ,) a lodger who was born in Canada to a father born in Massachusetts and a mother born in Canada, all resided or boarded in the Seventh Ward of St. Paul. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Davidson and W. F. Davidson all resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Watson P. Davidson, who officed at the Pioneer Building, resided at this address and that William F. Davidson, a student, boarded at this address. The 1920 federal census indicates that Watson P. Davidson (1872- ,) the head of household, who was born in Ohio to parents who were born in Ohio, his wife, Sarah M. Davidson (1875- ,) who was born in Missouri to parents who were born in Ohio, his son, William F. Davidson (1897- ,) who was born in Minnesota, his daughter, Sarah A. Davidson (1909- ,) who was born in Minnesota, his son, Watson P. Davidson (1910- ,) who was born in Minnesota, his son, Robert J. Davidson (1913- ,) who was born in Minnesota, Sophie Johnson (1860- ,) a servant who was born in Sweden to parents born in Sweden, and Anna Hoffman, a servant who was born in Minnesota to parents born in Luxemburg, all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Davidson resided at this address. In 1934, Watson P. Davidson and Sarah Davidson resided at this address and were members of the Junior League. Watson Davidson was the president of Davidson Company, a real estate firm. Watson Pogue Davidson, Sr. (1870-1953,) was associated with the Davidson Company (1928-1976) and its predecessors (1890's-1920's,) which engaged largely in the rental of commercial office space, primarily in St. Paul, the Oregon & Western Colonization Company and its predecessors (1871-1977,) and the Manitoba Dairy Farms, Ltd. Ernest H. Davidson was W. P. Davidson's brother and William F. Davidson was W. P. Davidson's son. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Cynthia Davidson (1894-1918,) the daughter of Watson P. Davidson, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of broncho pneumonia, resided at this address in 1918. World War I veteran William F. Davidson resided at this address in 1919. The 1930 city directory indicates that Watson P. Davidson, the president of the Davidson Company, a real estate company, resided at this address. Watson P. Davidson was the son-in-law of "Commodore" William Fuson "Fuse" Davidson, a steamboat captain and entrepreneur. Watson Pogue Davidson was the subject of the book authored by Cynthia J. Faryon ...The Dream: W. P. Davidson & The Davidson Era, La Broquerie, Manitoba, Prairie Gold Publishing, 2008, dealing with the settlement of Marchland, Manitoba. In 1910, the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie, Manitoba, was authorized by the Manitoba Legislative Assembly to enter into an agreement with Watson Pogue Davidson. The first Canadian Wildlife Management Area was named after Watson P. Davidson and was established in southeastern Manitoba in 1961. The Watson P. Davidson summer cottage on Isle Royale, Michigan, was designed by the architectural firm of Holyoke, Jemne & Davis in 1922. In 1961, the house became the School of the Associated Arts/College of Visual Arts. Founded in 1924, the College of Visual Arts is a private, four-year college of art and design, with an enrollment of approximately 260 students and a faculty of 54. Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., designed a retaining wall for this site in 1925 which was subsequently razed. William F. Davidson ( -1954) died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is the School of the Associated Arts. [See note for Samuel M. Magoffin for 345 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Commodore W. F. "Fuse" Davidson for 908 Mound Street.] [See note on Holyoke for 500 Summit Avenue.] [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.]
345 Summit Avenue: Augustus K. Barnum House/Albert W. Lindeke House; Built in 1919 (1909 according to Sandeen and Larson;) Elizabethan/Tudor Villa in style; Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., original architect, garage architect, and addition architect. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Unit #1 is a 3000 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick condominium, with the last sale in 2003 for $615,000, which is currently owned by Eric M. Kustritz. Unit #2 is a 1450 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, brick condominium, which was last sold in 1991 for $105,000, which is currently owned by Thomas R. Blanck and Linda M. Bjorkland. The construction cost of the house was $25,000 (Sandeen; $22,000 according to Larson.) Johnston designed a garage for this structure in 1913, at a cost of $5,000. Johnston additionally was retained to design an addition to the house, in 1916, at a cost of $14,000. The house replaced a prior residence at this address, the Augustus K. Barnum house, a Tuscan style villa that was moved to Irvine Park and ultimately razed in 1974. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Augustus K. Barnum resided at this address from 1880 to 1892. The 1885, 1887, 1889 and 1891 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Barnum resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Barnum and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Morton resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mrs. Josephine Barnum, Mr. and Mrs. N. Jungeblut, David Wallace, and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ovitt resided at this address. The 1895 city directory also indicates that Bernard F. Kennedy, a clerk with the U. S. Engineers Office, boarded at this address. The 1897 Catalogue of the Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi, edited by George Anthony Katzenberger and published by the Inland Press of Ann Arbor, Michigan, indicates that David Wallace, an 1896 graduate of Purdue University, a proconsul from 1895 until 1897, and associated with Hadley & Armstrong, resided at this address as well as 21 Floral Street. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Justus B. Rice (1831-1898,) who died on pneumonia, and Eliza G. Rice, husband and wife, resided at this address in 1898. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Caroline Gotzian resided at this address from 1902 to 1904, that the initial house at this address was moved from this location in 1904, and that Albert W. Lindeke was the resident of the second house at this address from 1909 to 1971. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Lindeke resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Albert W. Lindeke, the manager of Scott, Burrows & Christie, and his wife, Caroline Lindeke, resided at this address. In 1934, Albert W. Lindeke, Caroline Saunders Lindeke, Mary Lindeke, and Albert Lindeke resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Albert W. Lindeke, Jr. (1914- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1925 until 1932, who was a 1936 graduate of Yale University, and who was employed by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, resided at this address. Augustus Kirby Barnum (1848-1923) was the youngest son of Dr. Augustus Barnum (1801-1843/1807-1853) and Allie Miller Barnum (1826-1898,) was born in Alabama, moved with his mother from Greene County, Alabama, to St. Paul before 1861, married Josephine Thompson (c.1851-c.1922) of Georgia, and went into real estate. Augustus Kirby Barnum and Josephine Thompson Barnum had two children, Edith J. Barnum (Mrs. Henry) Meyers (1879-after 1923) and Edmund Kirby Barnum (1881-after 1923.) In 1892, Augustus K. Barnum initiated a lawsuit in state court to quiet title for a portion of St. Paul originally dedicated by Congress as school land and eventually conveyed to private parties under subsequent Congressional legislation, which was resolved by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Dunn v. Barnum, 51 F1 355, unfavorably to Barnum because the title, initially invalid but validated by subsequent legislation, was later conveyed in the prior chain on a fraudulent basis as evidenced by grossly insufficient consideration. David Barnum (1843- ,) the oldest son of Dr. Augustus Barnum and Allie Miller Barnum, was apponted to the Naval Academy at Anapolis, Maryland, in 1858, dropped out of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1861 after the Civil War began, joined Company I of the Fifth Alabama Infantry, the Greensboro Guards, was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, was captured by the U. S. Army in 1862 at the battle of South Mountain, was paroled, served as acting master and then master in the Confederate States Navy at Charleston Harbor in 1862 and 1863, returned to the Fifth Alabama Infantry in 1864, and swore the Oath of Allegience to the U.S. goverment in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865. David Barnum was the author of Augustus McLaughlin, vs. David Barnum and Augustus K. Barnum, an infant, by Girart Hewitt, his next friend, published in 1869. Albert W. Lindeke was the son of Albert H. Lindeke and was a partner in Lindekes, Warner & Schurmeier, a wholesale dry goods firm. N. B. Jungeblut resided at 712 West Osceola Avenue in 1897. Albert W. Lindeke was a graduate of Yale University and Caroline Saunders Lindeke was a graduate of Smith College. The Lindeke family were members of the Somerset Club, the Minneapolis Club, the Minikahda Club, the Yale Club, the Century Club, and the Women's City Club of St. Paul. In 1908-1909, Caroline Saunders Lindeke, Class of 1901, was the vice president of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Club of Smith College alumnae. Caroline Gotzian ( -1913,) Eliza Garland Rice ( -1919,) Augustus K. Barnum ( -1923,) Albert H. Lindeke ( -1925,) Josephine Barnum ( -1935,) and David Wallace ( -1941) all died in Ramsey County. Albert W. Lindeke (1873-1961) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Caroline Saunders Lindeke (1879-1973) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Proal, and died in Ramsey County. W. S. Morton ( -1923) died in Swift County, Minnesota. Bernard Kennedy ( -1920) died in Cass County, Minnesota. Thomas R. Blanck, RA, is an architect, is a founder of the Cass Gilbert Society, is an architectural consultant for St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Virginia, Minnesota, and is an advisor to the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Samuel M. Magoffin resided at the former nearby 350 Summit Avenue from 1887 to 1896. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Charles Wesley Hackett (1832-1903,) the husband of Mira Holt Hackett, who was born in the United States of parents also born in the United States and who died of cancer of the rectum, resided at the former nearby 350 Summit Avenue in 1903. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mira Holt Hackett (1829-1910,) the widowed mother of Mrs. Horace B. Gates, who was born in the United States to parents also born in the United States and who died of a fatty degeneration of the heart, resided at the nearby former 350 Summit Avenue in 1910. Mira Holt Hackett was the wife of Charles W. Hackett (1831- ,) who was born in New Hampshire, came to Minnesota in 1856, settled in Lake City, Minnesota, and engaged in general merchandising, was register of deeds of Wabasha County, Minnesota, from 1860 to 1864, was Captain of Company C of the Tenth Minnesota Infantry, organized the Lake City, Minnesota, Bank in 1867, moved to St. Paul in 1872 and engaged in the hardware business, was a member of the State Board of Equalization from 1895 to 1897, was a member of the Jobbers' Union, and has been vice president of the St. Paul National Bank. Samuel M. Magoffin (1859- ) was the son of Beriah Magoffin (1815-1885,) a former Governor of Kentucky, and Anne N. Shelby Magoffin, graduated from Centre College in 1878, and moved to St. Paul. Samuel M. Magoffin resided at 344 Summit Avenue before 1914. The 1930 city directory indicates that Samuel M. Magoffin resided at 540 Summit Avenue. Horace B. Gates resided at 659 Summit Avenue from 1887 to 1893. Horace B. Gates ( -1940) died in Ramsey County. [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.]
353 Summit Avenue: William B. Dean and Mary Dean House; Built in 1882; Altered Queen Anne in style. The house was constructed for $15,000. It was remodelled around 1900. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that William B. Dean resided at this address from 1881 to 1923. The 1885, 1887, and 1889 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dean and their daughters resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dean, their daughters, and William J. Dean resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dean, their daughter, and W. J. Dean resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dean and their daughter resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that William B. Dean and Mary C. (Mrs. W. B.) Dean, members of the church since 1864, Helen Dean, a member since 1901, and William J. Dean, a member since 1887, all resided at this address. In 1916, William Blake Dean was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dean resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Loella Dean de Forest (1864-1920,) the wife of Stephen H. de Forest, who was born in Pennsylvania to parents born in the United States and who died of acute pericarditis, resided at this address in 1920. The 1920 city directory indicates that William B. Dean resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William Blake Dean (1838-1922,) the widower father of William J. Dean, who was born in Pennsylvania to parents who were born in the United States and who died of senile broncho pneumonia, resided at this address in 1922. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Archibald MacLaren (1858-1924,) the husband of Katherine D. MacLaren, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in the United States and who died of femoral bi-lateral embolism, resided at this address in 1924. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. S. B. Dean resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Katherine MacLaren, the widow of Arch MacLaren, resided at this address. William Blake Dean (1838-1922) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Captain William Dean and Aurelia Butler Dean, received his education in the Pittsburgh public schools, at Bolmar's Boarding School for Boys in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and at Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, arrived in St. Paul in 1855 or 1856 and became a bookkeeper for the wholesale iron and hardware firm of Nicols & Berkey, succeeded Berkey in the partnership and the firm became Nicols & Dean (later Nicols, Dean & Gregg) in 1860, served as a director of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line) Railway Company from 1895 until 1901, served as a director of the Great Northern Railway Company from 1901 until 1922, served as a director of the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, served as a director of the Oakland Cemetery Association, served as a director of the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and served as a director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, was president of the Second National Bank of St. Paul from 1912 until 1913, was president of the St. Paul Plow Works, was a trustee of the St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylors Falls RailRoad Company from 1878 until 1885, was a federal government inspector of the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1883, was involved in the Rochester & St. Paul Railway Company incorporation in 1886, was a member of the National Monetary Commission in 1897, served in the Minnesota State Senate from 1891 until 1895 representing Ramsey County (District 27) as a Citizen's-Republican, where he authored legislation for construction of a new capitol building in 1893, served as presidential elector in 1884, was a member of the St. Paul city charter commission in 1897, was also a captain in the 31st Regiment of Minnesota state militia, was a member of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church from 1864 until 1922, and was elected as a trustee in 1863, was ordained as an elder in 1874, was the St. Paul Presbytery's commissioner to the Presbyterian General Assembly and a delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian Council in Scotland in 1913, served on an advisory committee to aid Archbishop John Ireland with his real estate holdings in 1896, was also a member and officer of the St. Paul School Board, was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society, was president of the Ramsey County Pioneers in 1885, was a member of the St. Paul Library Board, was a member of the St. Paul Board of Fire Commissioners, was a member of the St. Paul Water Board, was a member of the St. Paul Institute of Arts, was a member of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, was a member of the St. Paul Jobbers Union, was a member of the Ramsey County Pioneers, was a member of the St. Paul Businessmen's Association, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, was a Presbyterian, and died in St. Paul. William Blake Dean married Mary Katherine/Catherine Nicols, the daughter of his partner, John Nicols, in 1860 and the couple had eight children, Caroline Nicols Dean (Mrs. Charles Edgar) Haupt (1861-1930,) Aurelia Butler Dean (Mrs. Stephen H.) de Forest (1863-1920,) Alice Meeker Dean (Mrs. John N.) Jackson (1866- ,) Mary Katherine Dean (Mrs. A.) McLaren (1867- ,) William John Winter Dean (1869- ; wife Laura C. Dean,) Georgia Dean (Mrs. Charles C.) Clark (1873- ,) Sidney Butler/Butiel Dean (1879- ; wife Marjorie Dean,) and Helen Dean (Mrs. Frank) Lightner (1881- .) William Blake Dean, the son of William Dean and Aurelia Butler Dean and grandson of John Dean and Elizabeth Duck Dean, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great grandfather Philip Duck, a Corporal in the Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion during the Revolutionary War. William John Dean, the son of William Blake Dean and Mary Katharine Nicols Dean, the grandson of John Nicols and Caroline Meeker Nicols, the grandson of William Dean and Aurelia Butler Dean, and the great grandson of Obadiah Meeker and Jerusha Cook Harrison Meeker, was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of great great grandfathers Obadiah Meeker, a Cornet in New Jersey Troops, and Philip Duck, a Corporal in the Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia, during the Revolutionary War. Laura Dean Kaltenbach was the author of Here we are: The descendants of William John Dean and Laura Winter Dean. Charles W. Hackett (1831- ) was born in New Hampshire, came to Minnesota in 1856, settled in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota, and engaged in general merchandising, was the postmaster of Central Point, Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1856, was register of deeds of Wabasha County, Minnesota, from 1860 to 1864, enlisted in the Tenth Minnesota Infantry Regiment in 1862 and became captain of Company C, was mustered out in 1864, moved to St. Paul in 1872 and engaged in the hardware business in one of the largest wholesale houses in the Nothwest, the Hackett, Gates, Hurty Company, organized the Lake City, Minnesota, Bank in 1867, married Miss Mira Holt in 1853 and the couple had two daughters, was a member of the State Board of Equalization from 1895 to 1897, also was a member of the Jobbers' Union, and was the vice president of the St. Paul National Bank for many years. Dr. Archibald MacLaren graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1883, served as an intern at the Woman's Hospital from 1883 until 1885, settled in St. Paul in 1885, became the chief of staff of St. Luke's Hospital and associate attending surgeon of the University of Minnesota Hospital, was a member of the firm of MacLaren, Ritchie & Daugherty, and was professor of surgery of the University of Minnesota Medical School. In 1904, MacLaren published a paper entitled "Inflamation of the Gall Bladder and the Billary Passages" in the Transactions of the Minnesota State Medical Association. Mary Katherine Dean McLaren (1868- ) was born in St. Paul, the daughter of William B. Dean and Mary K. Nicols Dean, graduated from Miss Anable's School of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1888, married Archibald MacLaren in 1889, was a trustee of the Associated Charities of St. Paul, was the president of the King Daughter's Aid Society, was the superintendent of the Primary Department of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church Sunday School, was a member of the St. Paul YWCA, was a member of the Women's Welfare League, was a member of the Civic League, was a member of the Century Club, and was a member of the City Club of St. Paul, was a Presbyterian, favored woman's suffrage in 1915, and was listed in the 1915 Woman's Who's who of America assembled by John William Leonard. Archibald MacLaren and Mary Katherine Dean McLaren had three children, Margaret MacLaren, Katherine Dean MacLaren, and Archibald Dean MacLaren. In 1915, Mary Katherine Dean McLaren resided at 412 Holly Avenue. Sidney Butler Dean (1879- ) was born in St. Paul, prepared for college at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was an 1899 or 1900 graduate of Yale University, was the business manager for the Yale Courant in 1900, was employed by Nelson, Dean & Gregg, iron merchants, was indicted in 1917 with 37 other manufacturers and jobbers of automobile supplies by a federal grand jury under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act for restraining trade, was a World War I veteran who resided at 514 Grand Avenue in 1919, resided at 29 Summit Court in 1920, and resided at 1815 Portland Avenue in 1930. Miss Anable's School For Young Ladies was located at the corner of Broad Street and Pine Street in Philadelphia, was established by Miss A. M. Anable in 1848, was originally named Miss Anable's English, French, and German Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies, was Philadelphia's oldest school for girls, offered a college preparatory course of study with advance courses in history, literature, and and general culture, was operated by Isabelle Anble in 1899, and cost $500-$600 for books and tuition in 1899. Aurelia Dean ( -1913,) Mary Catherine Dean ( -1920,) Loela De Forest ( -1920,) William B. Dean ( -1922,) Archibald MacLaren ( -1924,) Frank Waterman Lightner ( -1928,) William J. Dean ( -1941,) Charles Edgar Haupt ( -1942,) Alice Dean Jackson ( -1954,) and Alice M. Jackson ( -1954,) all died in Ramsey County. Georgia Dean Clark (1873-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Clar, and died in Ramsey County. William J. Dean ( -1910) and Charles C. Clark ( -1954) both died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record of the property is EMK Development Company LLC, located at 500 Grand Hill. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Mary W. Otis resided at the nearby former 354 Summit Avenue from 1886 to 1916. In 1894, Caroline Otis Wallace, the widow of U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant George Wallace, lived at the former nearby 354 Summit Avenue. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Charles Wesley Hackett and Mira Holt Hackett resided at the former nearby 350 Summit Avenue in 1903. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Mary J. Monfort (1833-1905,) the widowed mother of Frederick D. Monfort, who was born in the United States to parents also born in the United States and who died of arterio sclerosis, resided at the former 354 Summit Avenue in 1905. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Frederick D. Monfort, a member of the church since 1900, resided at the nearby former 354 Summit Avenue. The 1915 Woman's Who's who of America, compiled by John William Leonard and published by The American Commonwealth Company of New York, indicates that Adele Harwood Bloss (Mrs. Frederick Delos) Monfort resided at the former nearby 354 Summit Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Monfort resided at the former nearby 354 Summit Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ford resided at the former nearby 354 Summit Avenue. Adele Harwood Bloss Monfort (1884- ) was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Adelbert Clinton Bloss, a manager of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, and Julia Clarissa Shea Bloss, was educated by a governess until 1896, attended Mrs. Leslie Morgan's School for Girls in New York City from 1896 until 1901, married Frederick Delos Monfort, the vice president of the Second National Bank, in New York City in 1906, supported woman's suffrage, was a Protestant Episcopalian, supported the Progressive Party in 1912, was the assistant secretary of the Board of Lady Managers of the St. Paul Free Medical Dispensary, was a genealogist, was a member of the Women's Welfare League of St. Paul, was a member of the St. Paul Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was a member of the St. Paul Colony of New England Women, was a member of the Ely Club of Ely School, was a member of the Town & Country Country Club, was a member of the White Bear Yacht Club, and was a member of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, and pursued the hobbies of golfing, singing, dancing, and fencing. Frederick Delos Monfort ( -1932) was born in St. Paul, the son of Delos A. Monfort and Mary J. Edgerton Monfort, was an 1892 graduate of Cornell University, was once the vice president of the Second National Bank, inherited a fortune, was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of his maternal grandfather and maternal greatgrandfather, moved to New York City in 1917, separated from Adele Harwood Bloss Monfort in 1922, resided in Rome, Italy, after 1927, and died in Rome. Frederick Delos Monfort and Adele Harwood Bloss Monfort had one child, Claire Edgerton Monfort (1908- .) Delos Abram Monfort (1835-1899) was born in Hamden, Delaware County, New York, moved to St. Paul in 1857, was elected a life member of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1858, was cashier of E. S. Edgerton’s old People's Bank, was the cashier of the Edgerton & Mackubin bank until 1860, married Mary Jane Edgerton (1834-1905,) the daughter of Erastus Edgerton (1783-1837) and Sophronia Willis Edgerton (1794-1869,) in 1860, was cashier of the Second National Bank, the successor to the People's Bank, in 1865, was the attorney for the Northern Pacific RailRoad, moved to Bismarck, Dakota Territory, and practiced law there, moved to Havre, Montana, in 1890 and practiced law there, returned to St. Paul again as cashier of the Second National Bank, and died in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Delos A. Monfort became the Commander of the Sir Knights of Damascus in St. Paul in 1876. In 1886, Colonel Delos Monfort was the first Fire King Coal, the opponent of King Boreas during the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Delos Abram Monfort and Mary Jane Edgerton had two children, Florence Monfort (1863- ) and Frederick Delos Monfort (1868- .) Claire Edgerton Monfort Giorgi was a granddaughter of Delos A. Monfort and married an Italian citizen, Ottavio Giorgi. Erastus Smith Edgerton (1816-1893) was born in Franklin, New York, married Eliza Cannon (1822-1895,) the daughter of Benjamin Cannon and Persis Cannon, in 1844, was a deputy sheriff of Delaware County, New York, moved to St. Paul in 1853, opened a bank in partnership with the late Charles N. Mackubin in 1854, owned the People's Bank, invested in several other banks, organized in 1865 and was the president of the Second National Bank of St. Paul, died in Franklin, New York, and is buried at Ouleout Valley Cemetery, Franklin, Delaware County, New York. [See note on Lieutenant George Wallace for 226 Summit Avenue.] [See note for Charles Edgar Haupt for 2647 East Lake of the Isles Parkway.] [See note for Sidney Butler Dean for 29 Summit Court.] [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad for 432 Summit Avenue.]
360 Summit Avenue: Former E. H. Cutler House Carriage Barn; Built in 1915 according to the Ramsey County property tax records; 1969 conversion by Walter Fricke of an 1875 carriage barn; Joseph Michaels, architect. The house and carriage barn were built in 1875 and remodeled following a design prepared by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., in 1886. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Edward H. Cutler resided at this address from 1875 to 1968. The 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, and 1893 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Cutler and Miss A. H. Dunbar resided at this address. The 1891 city directory also indicates that Annie Hurley was a domestic who was employed at this residence. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Cutler resided at this address. The 1910 city directory indicates that Bertha Ruesch was a cook employed at this residence. In 1916, Edward Hutchins Cutler was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Lucy Dunbar Cutler (1849-1918,) the wife of Edward H. Cutler, who was born in Massachusetts to parents born in the United States and who died of breast cancer, resided at this address in 1918. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cutler and their daughters resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Edward H. Cutler resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that E. H. Cutler and his daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward H. Cutler resided at this address. In 1972-1973, Leonard Fricke, a Sophomore at Macalester College, resided at this address. The house was razed in 1968, but parts of the former house were used in the one story, 1127 square foot, five room, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, carriage barn renovation. Edward H. Cutler was a partner with Daniel Rogers Noyes and Charles P. Noyes in a wholesale drug house, Noyes Brothers & Cutler. Edward Hutchins Cutler (1848- ) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of William Jonathan Cutler and Lucia Washburn Cutler, attended Boston Phillips, Boston Latin, and Brookline High Schools, moved to Minnesota in 1863, moved to St. Paul in 1870 and joined the Noyes Brothers wholesale drug company, married Lucy Carter Dunbar, became a partner in the firm in 1871 with Charles P. Noyes, Winthrop G. Noyes, C. Reinold Noyes, William W. Cutler, an Thomas E. Ludington, was a director of the First National Bank of St. Paul, was a member of the Minnesota National Guard, was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society, was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, was a member of the Minnesota Club, was a member of the University Club, was a member of the Town and Country Club, was a member of the Commercial Club, was a member of the Minnesota Boat Club, was a member of the New Jreusalem Church, and was the treasurer of the St. Paul Society. Walter Fricke was an alternate from St. Paul to the 1960 Republican National Convention. Lucy Carter Dunbar Cutler, the daughter of William Harrison Dunbar and Amelia Hobart Dunbar, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Edward H. Cutler and Lucy Carter Dunbar Cutler had six children, including William Washburn Cutler (1873- ,) Amelia Dunbar Cutler (1875- ,) Emily Wooldridge Cutler (1876- ,) and Lucia Washburn Cutler (1879- .) William Washburn Cutler graduated from Harvard College and the Harvard Law School, initially practiced law, joined Noyes Brothers & Cutler, and married Martha Carter of Newtonville, Massachusetts. The Cutler burial plot at Oakland Cemetery includes the graves of Edward Hutchins Cutler (1848-1955) and his wife, Lucy Carter Dunbar Cutler (1848-1918.) Winthrop G. Noyes graduated from Yale University in 1891, was a merchant, and became a member of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in 1883. Lucy Carter Cutler ( -1918) and Edward Hutchins Cutler ( -1935) both died in Ramsey County. Walter Wesley Fricke (1912-1991) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kepner, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are the trustees Leonard S. Fricke and Lucy S. Fricke, located at 200 Mississippi River Boulevard. [See note on Johnston for 476 Summit Avenue.]
361 Summit Avenue: Donald S. Culver House; Built in 1912 (1911 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Elizabethan/Tudor Revival in style; Peter J. Linhoff, architect. The structure is a two story, 5479 square foot, 15 room, seven bedroom, five bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles S. Bunker resided at this address from 1882 to 1896. The first house built on this lot was moved to 506 Summit Avenue in 1912. The present house at this address was constructed for $12,000. The 1885, 1887, and 1889 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bunker and their daughter resided at this address. The 1891 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bunker, their daughter, Charles M. Bunker, and C. G. Bunker resided at this address. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bunker, their daughter, Charles M. Bunker, C. G. Bunker, and Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Powers resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bunker, Charles M. Bunker, and C. G. Bunker resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Culver resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Donald S. Culver resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Culver resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Donald S. Culver and his wife, Bertha C. M. Culver, resided at this address. In 1934, Donald S. Culver and Merriam-Bertha Constans Culver resided at this address. Merriam-Bertha Constans Culver was a member of the daughter of the American Revolution. The Constans burial plot at Oakland Cemetery included the graves of William Constans (1829-1915,) Bertha V. F. Constans (1841-1928,) Edmund H. Constans (1873-1929,) W. F. Constans (1870-1913,) Bernard M. Culver (1873-1951,) Erne Constans Culver (1878-1965,) Otto E. Constans (1882-1958,) Gladys Kincaid Constans (1888-1918,) Ellen G. Johnson (1847-1929,) and Gilbert Johnson (1845-1933.) In 1876, C. S. Bunker was the general agent of the Miller's Association of Minneapolis. In 1880, Charles S. Bunker, who had been a member of the National Guard in New York before moving to St. Paul, formed the "St. Paul Guards" with William B. Bend, Thomas Cochran, W. H. Oxley, __?__ Larkin, and E. S. Chittenden, and was the first Captain of Company A. The St. Paul Guards became the First Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard. In 1889, Lieutenant Colonel C. S. Bunker was an Assistant Adjutant General for the State of Minnesota under Brigadier General John H. Mullen. In 1894, General Charles Bunker of St. Paul was a member, along with E. A. Hough, J. H. Burwell, D. H. Moon, P. H. Kelly, G. R. Finch, and L. F. Stone, of a committee formed to take charge of relief work for the victims of the Hinckley, Mission Creek, and Pokegama, Pine County, Minnesota, forest fire. In 1900, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bunker, C. M. Bunker, and C. G. Bunker resided at 776 Fairmount Avenue. Charles Max Bunker (1878-1958) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Harris, and died in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Donald S. Culver (1967-1961) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Bertha C. Culver (1877-1960) had a mother with a maiden name of von Frankenberg and died in Ramsey County. Gladys Kincaid Constans ( -1918) and Edmund H. Constans ( -1928) died in Ramsey County. Otto E. Constans (1882-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Von Frakenberg, and died in Ramsey County. Peter J. Linhoff (1877-1954) was born in Shakopee, Minnesota, moved to St. Paul in about 1903 and practiced there until 1940. During his architectural practice, Linhoff designed many fine residences in the Crocus Hill area of St. Paul. Linhoff was in practice alone with the exception of a brief partnership with Louis Lockwood in 1908. Linhoff died in St. Paul. The current owners of record of the property are Eric M. Lien and Laurel H. Lien. [See note for William Constans and the Constans family for 465 Summit Avenue.]
362-364 Summit Avenue: Built in 1977; Contemporary condominium in style; Design Consultants, builder and architect. Unit #1-East is a 1900 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, stucco condominium, which was last sold in 1996 for $190,000, which is currently owned by Robert K. Grennier and Dan C. Hanson. Unit #2-East is a 1669 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, stucco condominium, which was last sold in 1992 for $183,200, which is currently owned by Jane C. Tschida and Paul J. Tschida. Unit #1-West is a 2222 square foot, two bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco condominium, which is currently owned by Mary S. Wilson and Perry M. Wilson III. Unit #2-West is a 1748 square foot, two bedroom, two bathroom, stucco condominium, which was last sold in 2001 for $300,000, which is currently owned by Audrey I. Schweitzer and Phillip J. Schweitzer. Paul J. Tschida is an Assistant Vice President in the Department of Health and Safety at the University of Minnesota, was a 1951 graduate of Cretin High School, was formerly the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety, and is the Vice Chair of the Minnesota Council on Crime and Justice.
365 Summit Avenue: Mrs. J. W. Bass House/Frank B. Bass House/Griggs House; Built in 1885 (1890 according to the National Register of Historic Places; 1891 according to Tom Blanck, Charles Locks, and Jennifer Kirby; and 1894 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) originally Queen Anne Victorian in style and subsequently Classical Revival/Colonial Revival in style; Cass Gilbert and James Knox Taylor, architects. The structure is a two story, 7576 square foot, 15 room, seven bedroom, four bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. In addition to the bay windows, four panel double hung windows, and double doors from its original style, Chauncey Griggs changed the roof from gables to front facing and added the full-height full front Ionic columns. Chauncey Griggs also is believed to have added the porch after 1903. The house was built for $20,000. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Mrs. Jacob Bass resided at this address from 1891 to 1902. The 1893 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Bass, their daughter, and Mrs. J. W. Bass resided at this address. The 1895 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Bass and their daughter resided at this address. In 1903, the Bass family exchanged houses with Chauncey W. Griggs. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Chauncey Milton Griggs resided at this address from 1903 to 1949. In 1916, Chauncey Milton Griggs was a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Griggs, their daughter, Everett Gallup Griggs, and Calvin Wells Griggs all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Griggs resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Chauncey Milton Griggs, chairman of the board of Griggs Cooper & Company, a manufacturing and wholesale grocery business, and his wife, Mary W. Griggs, resided at this address. In 1934, Mary Wells Griggs, the widow of Chauncey W. Griggs, resided at this address. The 1939 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Calvin Wells Griggs (1886- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1900 until 1906, who was a reporter employed by the St. Paul Dispatch from 1907 until 1910, who pursued the hobby of photography, who was employed as a claim clerk by the Griggs-Cooper Company, resided at this address. The 1950 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Calvin Wells Griggs (1886- ,) who was born in St. Paul, who attended the school from 1900 until 1906, who was a reporter employed by the St. Paul Dispatch from 1907 until 1910, who was employed by Griggs, Cooper & Company from 1907 until 1950, who was a member of the St. Paul Athletic Club, who was a member of the White Bear Yacht Club, who was a member of the St. Paul Camera Club, and who pursued the hobby of photography, resided at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that the Franciscan House of Studies was located at this address from 1950 to 1966 and that Earl C. Joseph resided at this address at and after 1967. In 1879, C. W. Griggs represented St. Paul's Fourth Ward on the city's board of aldermen. Mary Wells Griggs was a member of the Somerset Club, the White Bear Yacht Club, the Womens Club of St. Paul, and the Colonial Dames. Martha (Mrs. Jacob Wales) Bass lived at this address with her family until 1903, when the Bass family exchanged houses with Chauncey Milton Griggs. Griggs added the Ionic portico to the house. Jacob Wales Bass (1815-1889) was born in Braintree, Vermont, the seventh of nine children of Isaac Bass and Polly Wales Bass, married Martha D. Brunson (1827-1913,) of Pennsylvania, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, owned and operated several sawmills in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (1845-1847,) moved to Minnesota in 1847, served as St. Paul's postmaster from 1849 to 1853, managed the St. Paul House, one the city's earliest hotels, then was engaged in a commission and forwarding business, had two sons, Edgar Wales Bass (1843-1918) and Franklin (Frank) Burr Bass (1848-1906), and died in St. Paul. The City of St. Paul, in the County of St. Croix, State of Wisconsin, was platted in 1849, immediately prior to Minnesota becoming a territory, by a group that included J. W. Bass and also included Louis Robert (1811-1874,) Henry Jackson (1811-1857,) Charles Cavalier (1818- ,) Henry H. Sibley (1811- ,) Vital Guerin (1812- ,) August/Auguste L. Larpenteur (1823- ,) William Henry Forbes (1815-1875,) James W. Simpson (1818- ,) A. C. Rhodes, L. H. La Roche, and John B. Coty (1819- .) Mrs. Bass was the daughter of Reverend Alfred Brunson (1793-1882,) who was an early Methodist minister to the Fort Snelling area at the Red Rock Methodist Mission. Mrs. Bass' brothers were Benjamin Brunson and Ira B. Brunson and they were the surveyors of a portion of the City of St. Paul in 1849. Benjamin Wetherill Brunson (1823-1898) served as a Major in the Eighth Minnesota Infantry, Company K, served at Fort Ripley, served on Sully's 1864 expedition during the Dakota Conflict, surveyed St. Anthony, Minnesota, and Austin, Minnesota, both in 1848, and was a state legislator. Ira B. Brunson resided in the Chippewa River Valley in Wisconsin and became a judge. Simeon Folsom substantially enlarged the St. Paul House, originally constructed in 1845 by Leonard La Rouche, then leased it to Jacob Bass, who opened it as a hotel. In 1849, the St. Paul House was the site of the organization of the Territory. For a few years, it held the post office. Bass operated the hotel, which contained a tavern, until 1852. He then opened a commission and forwarding warehouse on the St. Paul levee which was a prominent business house for some years. He later moved to Watonwan County, Minnesota, to farm. Edgar Wales Bass (1843-1918) was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1862, entered the military service as a Private in Company K, Eighth Minnesota Regiment, U.S. Volunteers, graduated from the U. S. Military Academy (West Point) and was appointed Brevet Second Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers in 1868, from 1869 to 1898, served as Assistant Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, U. S. Military Academy, as Assistant Astronomer of U.S. Expedition to New Zealand to observe the transit of Venus, as Assistant Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, U. S. Military Academy, as Professor of Mathematics and Head of Mathematics Department, U. S. Military Academy, was promoted to the rank of Colonel, retired due to a loss of eyesight, moved to Bar Harbor, Maine, and died in New York City from pneumonia. Frank Burr Bass (1848-1906) was educated in Racine, Wisconsin, studied art in Paris, France, became a St. Paul businessman, and died in St. Paul. Griggs was of the proprietors of the Griggs & Cooper Company, a wholesale grocery firm that was established in 1882. Chauncey Wright Griggs (1832-1910) was born in Tolland, Connecticut, the son of Chauncey Griggs and Heartie Dimock Griggs, moved to Ohio in 1849, attended and graduated from Monson Academy in Massachusetts, taught school, moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1851 to start a bank, then moved to Ohio to operate a mercantile company, then moved to Iowa, then moved to Detroit to operate a furniture business, the moved to St. Paul in 1856 to operate a supply store, contracting, and speculating in real estate, organized a company for the Third Minnesota Infantry in 1861, moved to Chaska, Minnesota, in 1863 to operate a brickmaking business, dealing in wood, and contracting for the government and railroads, returned to St. Paul in 1869 as a prominent coal and wood merchant, formed a partnership with others as Glidden, Griggs & Co. in 1883, was a Congregationalist, was a Democrat, was a stockholder and director of three banks and vice-president of one bank, was president of the Lehigh Coal & Iron Company until 1887, became an investor in Yanz, Griggs & Howes, one of the largest wholesale grocery firms in the Northwest, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for two terms and was a member of the Minnesota State Senate for three terms, was a St. Paul city alderman for seven terms, and shifted to the lumber business in 1888, moving to Tacoma, Washington. Chauncey Wright Griggs married Martha Ann Gallup of Ledyard, Connecticut, and the couple had six children, Chauncey Milton Griggs (1860-1931,) Herbert Stanton Griggs (1861- ,) Heartie Dimock Griggs (1866- ,) Everett Gallup Griggs (1868- ,) Theodore Wright Griggs (1872- ,) and Anna Billings Griggs (1874- .) In 1879, Mrs. C. W. Griggs was the secretary of the Protestant Orphan Asylum. Milton Wright Griggs (1888-1965) was born in Minnesota and died in Saint Paul. Milton Wright Griggs married Arline Whittlesey Bayliss (1888-1960,) the daughter of Charles Edward Bayliss and Eunice C. Bayliss, in 1910 in Belleterre, Long Island, New York and the couple had four children, Arline Bayliss Griggs (Mrs. Norton Murdock) Cross (Mrs. George Partridge) Mills (1911-1997,) Chauncey Milton Griggs (1913-1993,) Theodore Wright Griggs (1914-2002,) and Charles Edward Bayliss Griggs (1917- .) Chauncey Milton Griggs (1860-1931) was born in St. Paul, graduated from Yale College in 1893, married Mary Chafee/Chafey Wells (1863-1944,) the daughter of Calvin Wells and Mary Clyde Wells, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1885, and the couple had eight children, Calvin Wells Griggs (1886- ,) Milton Wright Griggs (1888- ,) Katherine Glyde Griggs (1890- ,) Mary Glyde S. Griggs (1893- ,) Everett/Everitt Gallup Griggs (1894- ,) Benjamin Glyde Griggs (1898- ,) Elizabeth Taggart Griggs (1901- ,) and Chauncey Wright Griggs (1902- .) Chauncey W. Griggs (1902-1954) was born in Minnesota, married Anne Gill Freeman Griggs (1910- ,) a daughter of Clarence K. Freeman, in 1935, and the couple had three children. Martha Ann Griggs was involved in church and charitable work and was president of the Protestant Orphan Asylum Board. Benjamin Glyde Griggs married Martha Dodgson Baker (1898-1994,) the daughter of Louis Carter Baker and Sarah A. Hoopes Baker, in Bala-Cynwyd, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, in 1922 and the couple had five children, Elizabeth Griggs (1923- ,) Martha Baker Griggs (1925- ,) Benjamin Glyde Griggs (1928- ,) __?__ Griggs ( - ,) and __?__ Griggs ( - .) "Red Rock" is the English rendering of the Dakota designation "eyah-shaw" or "Inyanso," referring to a granite boulder about five feet long that was daubed with vermilion (i. e. red pigment,) that was venerated by Native Americans, and that marked the passage from one geological region to another. Red Rock, now Woodbury, Minnesota, was the northernmost of two steamboat landing sites that was used by early settlers and missionaries in the portion of Wisconsin Territory that became Minnesota. The Red Rock settlement was founded by the Methodists in 1837 as a mission serving the Dakota or "Sioux" Tribe. The granite boulder originally lay on the bank of the Mississippi and now resides at a Methodist Church in Newport, Minnesota. Apparently, the last time the Red Rock was regularly painted by the local Dakota was just before the 1862 Dakota Conflict in Minnesota. Simeon Pearl Folsom (1819- ,) the son of Jeremiah Folsom and Octavia Howe Folsom, was born in Lower Canada, was a lawyer and a civil engineer, moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1839, worked for Henry M. Rice, was a soldier during the Mexican War in 1846, moved to St. Paul in 1847, was a clerk with the Territorial Legislature from 1852 until 1853, was the St. Paul City Surveyor in 1854, was a member of the St. Paul School Board from 1858 until 1860, served in Company H of the Seventh Minnesota Regiment during the American Civil War, was an employee of the St. Paul & Pacific RailRoad, and was a member of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of grandfathers Tilly Howe, a Sergeant in the New Hampshire Troops, and Levi Folsom, a Private in the New Hampshire Mounted Infantry, and great grandfather Jeremiah Folsom, Lieutenant Colonel in the Fourth New Hampshire Militia, during the Revolutionary War. Simeon P. Folsom resided at 2154 Summit Avenue in 1908. Julia A. Barnum (1826- ) was the second wife of Simeon P. Folsom, marrying him in 1851 after his first wife, Emeline Curts Folsom (1830-1849) died. Benjamin G. Griggs and Everett G. Griggs were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. Benjamin Griggs was the son of a wealthy St. Paul wholesaler, first part of Yanz, Griggs & Howes, then part of Hill, Griggs & Company, and then part of the Griggs Cooper wholesale house, attended the St Paul Academy together with F. Scott Fitzgerald, and became an airline executive. Everett Griggs, Sr., (1869- ) was son of Chauncey W. Griggs (1832-1910) and Martha Ann Gallup (1843-1913) and was the president of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company in 1920. The 1917 Catalogue of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, published by James T. Brown of New York, indicated that Everett Griggs was a member of the Class of 1918 at Yale University and resided at this address. The first postmasters of St. Paul and their commissioning year were Henry Jackson, 1846; Jacob W. Bass, 1849; William H. Forbes, 1853; Charles S. Cave, 1856; William M. Corcoran, 1860; Charles Nichols, 1861; Jacob H. Stewart, 1865; Joseph A. Wheelock, 1870; and David Day, 1875. Benjamin Glyde Griggs (1898-1992) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Griggs, and died in Ramsey County. Chauncey Milton Griggs ( -1931,) Theodore Wright Griggs ( -1934,) and Mary Wells Griggs ( -1944) all died in Ramsey County. Milton W. Griggs (1888-1965) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Benjamin Glyde Griggs (1898-1992) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Griggs, and died in Ramsey County. Frank Bass (1848-1906) was born in the United States and died in Ramsey County. Calvin Wells Griggs (1886-1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Wells, and died in Ramsey County. Arline B. Griggs (1888-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Bayliss, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record of the property are Earl C. Joseph II and Holly J. Joseph. Earl C. Joseph, Sr. (1927-2007,) was a futurist and was the founder of the Minnesota Futurists, the first chapter of the World Future Society. Earl C. Joseph, Jr., of St. Paul, Vincent Joseph of Newport News, Virginia, Rebecca Joseph Sabino of Smithfield, Virginia, and Rene Joseph Leer of Minneapolis were children of Earl Joseph, Sr. Earl C. Joseph, Jr., has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, was previously employed by SGI and Cray Research, and is Program Vice President of High-Performance Computing of IDC. [See note on Gilbert for 318 Summit Avenue.]
366 Summit Avenue: Egil Boeckmann and Rachel Hill Boeckmann House, Built in 1928 (1899 according to the National Register of Historic Places and 1929 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Georgian Revival in style; David Adler and Robert Work, architects (George Grant, architect, according to the National Register of Historic Places.) The structure is a three story, 19158 square foot, multi-family apartment building. The house was constructed for $120,000. David Adler had designed the Boeckmann summer house at Dellwood, Minnesota, on White Bear Lake, in the early 1920's and, in the mid 1920's, he was retained to build their Summit Avenue house. The site for the house apparently was smaller than the usual site for an Adler house, and Adler designed a relatively compact house with a carefully structured series of back terraces for gardens and private outdoor space. According to Martha Thorne, the house was modeled on Cliveden House in Germantown, Pennsylvania, built between 1763 and 1767 for judge Benjamin Chew, which in turn was modeled after Kew Palace in England, built for Frederick, Prince of Wales. The greatest similarities between this house and Cliveden House is in the facade, with a five bay front, pedimented pavilion, a pedimented doorway flanked by columns, a horizontal belt course between the first and second floors, modillions on the main cornice, and paired dormers. The Art Institute of Chicago has over 500 pages of documentation on this house, although few other Adler projects have any similar quantity of documentation. Eugene A. La Violette, a civil engineer, was the "architect's superintendent" for the construction of this project, corresponding regularly with Adler, who only visited the site three or four times, although __?__ Reeves, an associate of Adler's, was closely involved in the project and visited the site several times. Rachel Hill Boeckmann, rather than her husband, Egil Boeckmann, was the driving force behind the project. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Daniel R. Noyes resided at this address from 1884 to 1927. The 1885 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Noyes and their daughter resided at this address. The 1887 and 1889 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Noyes, their daughter, and W. S. G. Noyes resided at this address. The 1891, 1893, and 1895 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Noyes, their daughters, and W. S. G. Noyes resided at this address. The 1906 Jubilee Manual of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church indicates that Daniel R. Noyes and Helen A. (Mrs. D. R.) Noyes, members of the church since 1868, Winthrop G. Noyes, a member of the church since 1883, and D. Raymond Noyes, a member of the church since 1898, all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Daniel Rogers Noyes (1837-1908,) the husband of Helen A. Noyes, who was born in Connecticut to parents born in the United States and who died of uremia, resided at this address in 1908. The 1918 city directory indicates that W. S. G. Noyes resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles Colberg was a chauffeur at this address. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Egil Boeckmann resided at this address from 1930. The 1930 city directory indicates that Egil Boeckmann, a physician who officed at 350 St. Peter Street, and his wife, Rachel Boeckmann, resided at this address. Egil Boeckmann was a prominent local ophthalmologist and Rachel Hill Boeckmann was the daughter of railroad magnate James J. Hill. Egil Boeckmann's father was Eduard Boeckmann (1849-1927), a Norwegian-born St. Paul physician. The house replaced the David P. Noyes house, which was built in 1884. The 1920 city directory indicates that Egil Boeckmann, a physician who officed at the Lowery Building, resided at the former residence located at 404 Summit Avenue. Daniel Rogers Noyes (1836-1908,) born in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, married Helen Abia Gilman (1843-1917), the sister of Mrs. Charles Phelps Noyes, and founded the wholesale drug business, Noyes Brothers & Cutler. Daniel Noyes and Helen Noyes had six children, Helen Gilman Noyes Brown (1867- ,) Winthrop Sargent Gilman Noyes (1869-1931,) Evelyn McCurdy Noyes Saltus (1871- ,) Caroline Lord Noyes Brown (1876-1947,) Josephine Lord Noyes (1876-1876,) and Daniel Raymond Noyes (1883- .) Helen Gilman Noyes Brown was born in New York City and was the tenth in descent from Richard Warren, twelfth signer of the Mayflower Compact, seventh in descent from William Coddington, first governor of Rhode Island, eighth in descent from Anne Hutchinson, pioneer in the movement for the intellectual freedom of women, who came to Boston with Governor Winthrop and is commemorated by a statue in the Boston Public Library, and was the great grandniece of Edward Dorr Griffin, a president of Williams College, and through her mother, she descended from Governor Thomas Mayhew, lord of the manor of Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands, from
