Glaspie-Dwyer House
In 1889, local real estate dealers John and Katherine Glaspie purchased the lots on which this house and the adjacent house at 808 South Second Street are located from the Stillwater Construction and Furnishing Company. They sold the portion of the lots where 806 now stands to Ellen and James W. Dwyer in 1891, and the existing house was constructed for the Glaspies or Dwyers between 1889 and 1891. According to the 1894-1895 city directory, James W. Dwyer was a sawyer at the St. Croix Lumber Company. By the turn of the twentieth century, Jewett W. and Rebecca R. Wheeler were residing in the house. When Rebecca R. Wheeler was widowed in 1904, she sold the property to Arthur Day and William F. Kenneman. According to the 1904-1905 city directory, Kenneman had moved to Frazee, Minnesota, but Mr. Day remained in the house. Day, a civil engineer, lived in the house until he moved to Duluth in 1908. One will note that this house and the one at 808 South Second Street were built according to the same plan. This interesting one-and-a-half-story, Queen Anne cottage has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding one-over-one double-hung windows, and gable-on-hip roof with a corbelled brick chimney on the ridgeline. The second story balcony, the diagonal siding in the gables, the elliptical sunburst over the front window, and the projected lower cross gable bay on the north elevation are all features of the Queen Anne style that was popular in the United States in the late nineteenth century. A one-story, front gable rear addition that respects the design, scale, and materials of the original building likely dates from the turn of the twentieth century. The portion of the porch that wraps around the side of the house and the dormer on the south elevation are later additions. The garage that is located behind the house was built around 1990 and features a clipped gable roof, also known as a jerkinhead roof.
Glaspie-Dwyer House
In 1889, local real estate dealers John and Katherine Glaspie purchased the lots on which this house and the adjacent house at 808 South Second Street are located from the Stillwater Construction and Furnishing Company. They sold the portion of the lots where 806 now stands to Ellen and James W. Dwyer in 1891, and the existing house was constructed for the Glaspies or Dwyers between 1889 and 1891. According to the 1894-1895 city directory, James W. Dwyer was a sawyer at the St. Croix Lumber Company. By the turn of the twentieth century, Jewett W. and Rebecca R. Wheeler were residing in the house. When Rebecca R. Wheeler was widowed in 1904, she sold the property to Arthur Day and William F. Kenneman. According to the 1904-1905 city directory, Kenneman had moved to Frazee, Minnesota, but Mr. Day remained in the house. Day, a civil engineer, lived in the house until he moved to Duluth in 1908. One will note that this house and the one at 808 South Second Street were built according to the same plan. This interesting one-and-a-half-story, Queen Anne cottage has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding one-over-one double-hung windows, and gable-on-hip roof with a corbelled brick chimney on the ridgeline. The second story balcony, the diagonal siding in the gables, the elliptical sunburst over the front window, and the projected lower cross gable bay on the north elevation are all features of the Queen Anne style that was popular in the United States in the late nineteenth century. A one-story, front gable rear addition that respects the design, scale, and materials of the original building likely dates from the turn of the twentieth century. The portion of the porch that wraps around the side of the house and the dormer on the south elevation are later additions. The garage that is located behind the house was built around 1990 and features a clipped gable roof, also known as a jerkinhead roof.
Posted Date
Sep 28, 2021
Source Name
Heirloom Homes and Landmark
