309 5th St S
Stillwater, MN 55082, USA

House

Research indicates that this house was constructed between 1862 and 1875, and significantly enlarged in 1888. The house started out as a small two story ell with some Italianate details (Jeff Johnson). Today, this modest two-story house shows Italianate, Queen Anne, and East Lake design influences. When it was expanded in the 1880s, it took on an expanded L-shaped plan with a complex gabled roof form, a one-story porch in the rear, a one-story rectangular bay window on the south, and a one-story kitchen addition with flat roof on the rear. The house is clad in shiplap siding, rests on a cut stone foundation, and has an elegant brick chimney that pierces the side slope of the roof. The house features narrow, one-over-one double-hung windows with wood surrounds, many of which are paired. The window surrounds feature decorative East Lake banding hoods and modillions in the upper corners. A modern deck located off the kitchen in the rear utilizes railing from the old Tozer Gymnasium (Jeff Johnson). A front two story sleeping porch was added in the 1920s with the upper level enclosed in the 1970s. Sleeping porches were popular during this time period because of the tuberculosis epidemic. Sleeping porches provided ample fresh air which was thought to help prevent tuberculosis. According to city directories, Albert C. and Hulda Holquist resided here from 1927 through 1965. Albert was employed by Ryden and Holquist, a local grocer in Stillwater.