Sep 01, 2009
421 Bushaway Road, Wayzata, MN, USA
Excerpt from the History of Bushway Road and Its Neighborhood (1858-2009) by Irene Stemmer, of the Wayzata Heritage Preservation Board (HPB) as a means of preserving the history of the Bushaway Road and its neighborhood. 1929: The H.C. Piper House – 421 Bushaway Road This three story, Colonial Revival, clapboard sided cottage was designed by Liebenberg & Kaplan, Architects as a summer home for Harry C. Piper in 1929. A screen porch stretches across the entire front of the house facing Wayzata Bay. Above the first-floor porch is an open deck and small open porches extend from the third-floor dormers. The Piper’s year-round home on Mount Curve Avenue in Minneapolis was a stately brick mansion designed by the same architectural firm, however, the “house at the lake” with its numerous porches was a true lakeshore cottage designed to accommodate a relaxed and carefree lifestyle combined with a beautiful view of Wayzata Bay of Lake Minnetonka. The house was sold in 1970 to George Butzow, CEO of MTS Systems. The present owner bought the house in 1986. After a fire in 2008, the owner has been restoring it to its original beauty. Piper, Jaffray and Company In 1913, Harry C. Piper and C. Palmer Jaffray, classmates at Yale, formed a partnership of Piper, Jaffray and Company. Four years later, they merged with George B. Lane to form a company called Lane, Piper & Jaffray, Inc. The firm grew steadily through the 1920s to 45 brokers. After the stock market crash of 1929, they emerged a two-person office with Robert G. Hopwood giving the company its most enduring and recognizable name, Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood. They also had a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. In the years following World War II, the company experienced growth through several expansions and acquisitions to emerge in 1992 with a new name of Piper Jaffray Companies, Inc. which it is to this day. Harry C. Piper was born in 1889. He married Louise Gillette around 1915. They had three children, Harry C. Piper, Jr. (Virginia Lewis), Catherine (Charles Pierson and after his death Francis Knoblauch), Louise (Morgan Aldrich). Mr. Piper died in 1968 and his wife, Louise in 1980. (See 623 Bushaway Road for early family history.)
421 Bushaway Road, Wayzata, MN, USA
Excerpt from the History of Bushway Road and Its Neighborhood (1858-2009) by Irene Stemmer, of the Wayzata Heritage Preservation Board (HPB) as a means of preserving the history of the Bushaway Road and its neighborhood. 1929: The H.C. Piper House – 421 Bushaway Road This three story, Colonial Revival, clapboard sided cottage was designed by Liebenberg & Kaplan, Architects as a summer home for Harry C. Piper in 1929. A screen porch stretches across the entire front of the house facing Wayzata Bay. Above the first-floor porch is an open deck and small open porches extend from the third-floor dormers. The Piper’s year-round home on Mount Curve Avenue in Minneapolis was a stately brick mansion designed by the same architectural firm, however, the “house at the lake” with its numerous porches was a true lakeshore cottage designed to accommodate a relaxed and carefree lifestyle combined with a beautiful view of Wayzata Bay of Lake Minnetonka. The house was sold in 1970 to George Butzow, CEO of MTS Systems. The present owner bought the house in 1986. After a fire in 2008, the owner has been restoring it to its original beauty. Piper, Jaffray and Company In 1913, Harry C. Piper and C. Palmer Jaffray, classmates at Yale, formed a partnership of Piper, Jaffray and Company. Four years later, they merged with George B. Lane to form a company called Lane, Piper & Jaffray, Inc. The firm grew steadily through the 1920s to 45 brokers. After the stock market crash of 1929, they emerged a two-person office with Robert G. Hopwood giving the company its most enduring and recognizable name, Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood. They also had a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. In the years following World War II, the company experienced growth through several expansions and acquisitions to emerge in 1992 with a new name of Piper Jaffray Companies, Inc. which it is to this day. Harry C. Piper was born in 1889. He married Louise Gillette around 1915. They had three children, Harry C. Piper, Jr. (Virginia Lewis), Catherine (Charles Pierson and after his death Francis Knoblauch), Louise (Morgan Aldrich). Mr. Piper died in 1968 and his wife, Louise in 1980. (See 623 Bushaway Road for early family history.)
Sep 01, 2009
Posted Date
Mar 19, 2022
Historical Record Date
Sep 01, 2009
Source Name
Wayzata Heritage Preservation Board
