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Joseph & Anna Eichten House
This lovely Queen Anne style house with its turret, fish scale shingles, sunburst panel on the second floor window bay, parquet floors, and a ceramic fireplace was built in 1890 by Joseph and Anna Eichten. The original house included a toilet and a copper bath tub installed by M.M. Peaslee, a local plumber whose office was on Water Street. The prime lot was previously the site of the Second Presbyterian Church._x000D_ _x000D_ At the time of construction, Eichten was a wholesale dealer in spirituous liquors and a saloon owner. He was born in January of 1855; came to Minnesota in 1869, and to Stillwater the following year. A successful businessman, Joseph became the President of the Connolly Shoe Company in 1907, a position he held until 1931._x000D_ _x000D_ Faced with the collapse of the lumber industry, and the resulting loss of jobs and income in the city, a group of local businessmen, after considerable discussion, established the Connolly Shoe Company in 1905. The company goal was to manufacture shoes, to provide jobs for local residents, and to help stem the economic decline in the city. The company lasted in one form or another for over 70 years, and many of the older residents remember it fondly. The manufacturing building they built remains at 123 N. Second Street with its name still visible on the south side._x000D_ _x000D_ In 1907, Frank Linner, a local contractor, replaced the original small portico on Eichtens house at 215 West Pine Street with a large wrap-around porch decorated with dentils and columns typical of that period. Another room and a bathroom were added to the house at the same time. _x000D_ _x000D_ After a long and prosperous life, Eichten died in his home in 1940. His daughter lived there until 1950, after which the house fell on hard times. Fortunately, new owners have burnished the house back to its full splendor, and many of the original 1890 elements, including the windows, doors, woodwork, fireplace and wood floors remain. ... Read More Read Less
Joseph & Anna Eichten House
This lovely Queen Anne style house with its turret, fish scale shingles, sunburst panel on the second floor window bay, parquet floors, and a ceramic fireplace was built in 1890 by Joseph and Anna Eichten. The original house included a toilet and a copper bath tub installed by M.M. Peaslee, a local plumber whose office was on Water Street. The prime lot was previously the site of the Second Presbyterian Church._x000D_ _x000D_ At the time of construction, Eichten was a wholesale dealer in spirituous liquors and a saloon owner. He was born in January of 1855; came to Minnesota in 1869, and to Stillwater the following year. A successful businessman, Joseph became the President of the Connolly Shoe Company in 1907, a position he held until 1931._x000D_ _x000D_ Faced with the collapse of the lumber industry, and the resulting loss of jobs and income in the city, a group of local businessmen, after considerable discussion, established the Connolly Shoe Company in 1905. The company goal was to manufacture shoes, to provide jobs for local residents, and to help stem the economic decline in the city. The company lasted in one form or another for over 70 years, and many of the older residents remember it fondly. The manufacturing building they built remains at 123 N. Second Street with its name still visible on the south side._x000D_ _x000D_ In 1907, Frank Linner, a local contractor, replaced the original small portico on Eichtens house at 215 West Pine Street with a large wrap-around porch decorated with dentils and columns typical of that period. Another room and a bathroom were added to the house at the same time. _x000D_ _x000D_ After a long and prosperous life, Eichten died in his home in 1940. His daughter lived there until 1950, after which the house fell on hard times. Fortunately, new owners have burnished the house back to its full splendor, and many of the original 1890 elements, including the windows, doors, woodwork, fireplace and wood floors remain. ... Read More Read Less
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Heirloom Homes and Landmark
