910 2nd St S
Stillwater, MN 55082, USA

Blake-Scott House

John Blake, who was listed as a laborer in city directories, built this Italianate style house for himself circa 1875. The two-story, frame house has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding, two-over-two double-hung windows, and a flared hip roof. Its low-pitched roof with widely overhanging eaves, decorative brackets, and tall and narrow one-over-one double-hung windows are characteristics of the Italianate style that was popular in the United States in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. The house features a full-width front porch that is covered by a hipped roof with flared eaves. By 1882, Fred Scott owned the house. According to the 1894-1895 city directory, Mr. Scott was a druggist with his business located at 202 East Chestnut Street, lived in the house with his wife, Lake, and their daughter, Bessie, who was a seamstress. By 1900, Mr. Scott had passed away, and Mrs. Scott, who was still a co-owner of the Scott Drug Company, was living alone in the house. In 1910, Mrs. Scott took out permits to enlarge the rear ell from one-story to two-stories and to build a porch. According to repair permits taken out in 1922, Mrs. Vera A. Yerka had acquired the property. Mrs. Yerka lived in the house for several decades and in 1956, Vera and Kenneth E. Munson were listed in city directories as the primary residents.