Lawrence A. Martin
Specific Structures. The following presents available information on the housing styles of specific structures located along the hike:
1089 Portland Avenue: Built in 1907. The structure is a two story, 4391 square foot, 13 room, nine bedroom, four bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Enoch F. Berrisford ( -1930) resided at this address from 1907 to 1955. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Enoch F. Berrisford resided at this address in 1882. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Berrisford and their daughters resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Berrisford resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Isabelle J. Berrisford resided at this address. Enoch F. Berrisford (1846- ) was born near the town of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, emigrated with his family to the United States in 1856, then moved to Credit River township, Scott County, Minnesota, joined the Sully Expedition against the Dakota in 1864, came to St. Paul in 1866, married Isabella J. Young in 1868, became a partner in the wholesale and retail baking business of his eldest brother, Thomas Berrisford (1840-1894,) continued in business until 1872, when the firm was dissolved, was a volunteer fireman and was foreman of the old Minnehaha Engine Co. No. 2 until 1873, and served on the Board of Education from 1873 to 1876. E. P. Berrisford took the wholesale part of the business and Thomas Berrisford retained the retail department of the department. The brothers again united their business interests in 1884 and were incorporated under the name of The Berrisfords' Baking and Confectionery Co., with E. P. Berrisford as president, and the company carried on a successful business until 1890, when they sold out to the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company, with E. P. Berrisford was retained as manager until retirement in 1896. The children of Enoch F. Berrisford and Isabella Y. Berrisford were Ada A. Berrisford, Katherine M. Berrisford, Isabella J. Berrisford, Gertrude F. Berrisford and Emma D. Berrisford Fogarty. In 1889, William Moore acquired Pearson & Sons Bakery, the Josiah Bent Bakery, and six other bakeries and started the New York Biscuit Company. In 1890, Adolphus Green started the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company after acquiring 40 different bakeries. In 1898, William Moore and Adolphus Green merged their baking operations to form the National Biscuit Company, with Adolphus Green as president. In 1971, Nabisco became the corporate name for the baking company. In 1981, Nabisco merged with Standard Brands and, in 1985, Nabisco Brands merged with R.J. Reynolds. In 1993, Kraft General Foods acquires Nabisco ready-to-eat cold cereals from RJR Nabisco and, in 2000, Philip Morris Companies, Inc. acquired Nabisco and merged it with Kraft Foods, Inc. In 1863, the United States Government sent General H. H. Sibley and General Alfred Sully and their forces to Dakota Territory to retaliate for the murders in the 1862 Dakota Uprising by driving the Indians out of the Dakota Territory, where they had escaped. Brigadier General Alfred Sully had been ordered to work in concert with a Minnesota column led by Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley. General Sibley led a military expedition starting in Minnesota which crossed to the high prairies of the Dakotas. General Sully and his troops began a slow advance up the Missouri River from a camp near Sioux City, Iowa. Alfred Sully (1821-1879) was the son of the portrait painter, Thomas Sully, of Pennsylvania, graduated from West Point in 1841, served in the Plains States during and after the Civil War, was a watercolorist and oil painter, was chief quartermaster of the U.S. troops at Monterey, California, between 1849 to 1853, was stationed at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, during the Minnesota Dakota War of 1862, married a French-Indian girl of the Yankton Lakota tribe and became the son-in-law of Saswe/François Deloria, was part of U.S. Major General John Pope's 1864 campaign against the Lakota to protect travelers to gold mines in the northern Rockies and settlers pursuing Homestead Act land claims, defeated remnants of the Indian bands that had participated in the Dakota Uprising of 1862 in Minnesota at Whitestone Hill, Dakota Territory, in September, 1863, defeated the Lakota and Tetons at the battle of Kildeer Mountain, Dakota Territory, in July, 1864, and then swept westward to the Yellowstone River before returning to Fort Rice (Bismark,) Dakota Territory. Enoch F. Berrisford ( -1930) and Ada A. Berrisford ( -1951) both died in Ramsey County. Katherine Berrisford (1872-1955) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Young, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is Ain Dah Yung Shelter, Inc. Ain Dah Yung, a shelter for youth with HIV/AIDS, is located at this address.
1076 Portland Avenue: Built in 1908. The structure is a two story, 2410 square foot, ten room, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kay resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Young resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John H. Bonbright, in the cash register business, and his wife, Mae Belle Bonbright, resided at this address. John H. Bonbright ( -1952) died in Hennepin County. Mae Belle D. Bonbright (1895-1972) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1997 for $241,000. The current owners of record are Shelly R. Rucks and Steven R. Rucks. Shelly Rucks and Steven Rucks were financial supporters of the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library in 2003 and of Courage Center in 2004.
1075 Portland Avenue: Built in 1948. The structure is a one story, 1358 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick bungalow, with a detached garage. The current owner of record is Uno Development Inc., located at 1060 Portland Avenue. Matthew J. Mejia, who lives at 1060 Portland Avenue, is associated with Uno Development Inc., real estate developers, which joined the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce in 2006.
1072 Portland Avenue: Built in 1908. The structure is a two story, 3065 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Poole resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Poole and their daughter resided at this address. Arthur B. Poole was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Sterner resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Otto W. Sterner, a physician and a partner with Ernest G. Sterner in the medical practice of Sterner & Sterner, his wife, Hildegaard M. Sterner, E. Russell Sterner, a clerk, Eleanor Sterner, a bookkeeper employed by Bannons Inc., and Otis W. Sterner, a clerk, all resided at this address. Arthur B. Poole was added to the Alumni Wall of Honor at the University of Minnesota in 1960. Bannons Department store was located on East 7th Street in Saint Paul. Otto W. Sterner ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. Ernest G. Sterner (1881-1955) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Ernest Russell Sterner (1906-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Ramsey County. Hildegard Marie Sterner (1881-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Ramsey County. Otis W. Sterner (1913-1985) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johanson, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Daniel R. Reif and Margaret T. Reif. Daniel R. Reif, a 1970 graduate, was a financial supporter of the St. Mary's University of Minnesota in 2003 and in 2004. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Reif were financial supporters of the Courage Center in 2003. Bishop Patrick R. Heffron, the second bishop of Winona, Minnesota, founded Saint Mary's in 1912 to provide higher education for young men in southern Minnesota's Diocese of Winona and surrounding areas. In its early years, the university operated as an academy and junior college. In 1925, it became a four-year liberal arts college.
1071 Portland Avenue: Built in 1907. The structure is a two story, 2113 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, one bathroom, two half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that the Misses Dougherty and J. W. Dougherty resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John C. Mullery, the secretary-treasurer of the William O'Brien Land Company, and his wife, Louise M. Mullery, resided at this address. John C. Mullery ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1997 for $238,000. The current owners of record are Jo Anne Link Zins and Joseph W. Zins. Pianist Jo Anne Link was taught by Martin Marks and Lee Luvisi, has appeared extensively as soloist, duo-pianist, and chamber musician throughout the Midwest and Southwest, has appeared as soloist with the Maple Mount Festival Orchestra, the Jordan Conservatory Orchestra, has toured as a soloist with the University of Arizona Orchestra, was awarded the MTNA National Baldwin Awards-State Division, first and second place in the International Recording Competition of Austin, Texas, and lives in St. Paul with her husband, Dr. Joseph Zins, where they share a studio devoted to the training of around 60 gifted and talented young musicians. An Indiana native, Joseph Zins had his professional debut with the Indianapolis Symphony at age 17, had temporary teaching jobs from Arizona to Texas to Kentucky, came to Minnesota in 1987 for a one-year post at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, but when no permanent job followed, fought through a decade-long midlife career crisis that dissolved when he and Jo Anne Link committed themselves to a life of private instruction from their home. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Culligan, their daughter, and Miss Julia Cummings resided at the former nearby 1065 Portland Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Culligan, their daughter, T. H. Culligan, M. J. Culligan, and Miss Julia Cummings all resided at the former nearby 1065 Portland Avenue. Michael J. Culligan, T. Howard Culligan, and Thomas Culligan were World War I veterans who resided at the former 1065 Portland Avenue in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Marie Culligan, a clerk employed by the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Michael Culligan, a clerk employed by Brooks Brothers, and Thomas H. Culligan, a department manager employed by Charles Weinhagen & Company, all boarded at the former nearby 1065 Portland Avenue and that Thomas Culligan, a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army, resided at the former nearby 1065 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Cornelius Guiney resided at the former nearby 1065 Portland Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mary Guiney resided at the former nearby 1065 Portland Avenue. Thomas Howard Culligan ( -1925) and Thomas Howard Culligan ( -1943) both died in Ramsey County. Julia M. Cummings (1873-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Merrick, and died in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Julia C. Cummings (1900-1990) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jerou, and died in Hennepin County. Mary Guiney ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. Thomas Howard Culligan ( -1925,) Thomas Howard Culligan ( -1943,) and Michael Culligan ( -1953) all died in Ramsey County. Cornelius Guiney ( -1936) died in Hennepin County.
1064 Portland Avenue: Built in 1907. The structure is a two story, 2598 square foot, ten room, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles H. Lindeke, Jr., resided at this address from 1911 to 1918. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lindeke, Jr., resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Quinby and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Vittum resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Percy Vittum, the president of Percy Vittum & Company, a live stock commission business, and his wife, Sadie/Sadee A. Keller Vittum, resided at this address. Percy Vittum was a son of David Sands Vittum (1820-1880.) David Sands Vittum was born in Sandwich, Carroll County, New Hampshire, the son of David Vittum and Dolly Beede Vittum, moved to Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, in 1830, received his law degree from Dartmouth College in 1845, married Mary E. Hall, the daughter of Ebenezer Hall of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1851, then married Amanda Page Hall (Mary Hall's sister,) was the father of Willis Hall Vittum (1854-1910,) Theodore Vittum (1862-1881,) and Percy Vittum (1867-1943,) moved to Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, in 1851, edited the Sauk County Democrat, was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 1852, representing the counties of Sauk, Juneau, Adams and Marquette, later served in the Wisconsin House of Representatives, entered the military and was commissioned Captain of Company F of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry in 1861, later was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, returned to the practice of law after the Civil War, then organized and headed the First National Bank of Baraboo, Wisconsin, subsequently bought out the Sauk County Bank, dealt in real estate, and was a vestryman of Trinity Church. Alfred Quinby and Helen Vittum Quinby were the parents of Percita "Percy" Vittum Quinby (Mrs. Arthur) Down ( -2006,) a granddaughter of Sadee A. Keller Vittum. The Percy Vittum Livestock Commission Company was located in South St. Paul, Minnesota. Charles H. Lindeke ( -1923) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. The current owners of record are Joan M. Nyberg and Richard H. Nyberg.
1061 Portland Avenue: Built in 1926. The structure is a two story, 1810 square foot, eight room, three bedroom, one bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Lawrence F. Jaspers, a vice-president of Brown-Jaspers Inc., and his wife, Alma Jaspers, resided at this address. Lawrence F. Jaspers (1902-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Heinen, and died in Ramsey County. Alma B. Jaspers (1894-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Tresmer, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2005 for $350,000. The current owner of record is Stephanie Knutson, who resides in Woodbury, Minnesota.
1060 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a two story, 2090 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Botzet resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Henry E. Berry, Jr., resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry E. Berry, a wholesale baker, and his wife, Nellie E. Berry, resided at this address. Henry E. Berry ( -1942) died in Ramsey County. Nellie E. Berry (1888-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Keefe, and died in Ramsey County. Nellie E. Berry (1885-1979) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Blaine, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $405,000. The current owners of record are Matthew J. Mejia and Wendy K. Mejia. Matthew J. Mejia served as a representative of the City of St. Paul on the Capitol Area Architectural Planning Board in 1999, served on the Saint Paul Planning Commission from 2001 until 2007, is associated with Uno Development Inc., Real Estate-Developers, located at this address, and is a member of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. Wendy Mejia is a realtor with The Summit Group/RE/MAX Results. Matthew Mejia and Wendy Mejia are both competitive half-marathon/marathon runners.
1057 Portland Avenue: Built in 1928. The structure is a two story, 2633 square foot, 11 room, six bedroom, three bathroom, two half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Josephine Gaertner, the widow of Frank Gaertner, resided at this address. Josephine Gaertner (1871-1959) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Josephine Gaertner (1871-1960) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2005 for $760,000. The current owners of record are Joseph A. Tracy and Susan Tracy.
1056 Portland Avenue: Built in 1910. The structure is a two story, 1999 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mrs. L. C. Robinson and G. G. Robinson resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Lucy C. Robinson (1840-1924,) the widowed mother of George Robinson, who was born in New Jersey to parents born in the United States and who died of cardiac myocarditis, resided at this address in 1924. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. L. C. Robinson and G. G. Robinson both resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George G. Robinson, a bookkeeper employed by Fitch & Company, and his wife, Esther E. Robinson, resided at this address. Lucy Cecelia Robinson ( -1924) and George Gill Robinson ( -1943) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1996 for $212,000. The current owners of record are Caroline L. P. Portoghese and Stephen P. Portoghese. Caroline Portoghese, OTR/L, has been an occupational therapist for 10 years focusing on seating and positioning and its impact on overall function, health, and patient satisfaction at Fairview Rehabilitation Services in the Seating and Wheeled Mobility Clinic in Minneapolis. Stephen P. Portoghese is a son of Philip S. Portoghese, of North Oaks, Minnesota, who was a member of Scientific Advisory Board of Cephalon, Inc., and was the subject of an insider trading complaint by the the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1997, relating to Myotrophin, a drug Cephalon developed to treat individuals suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and is a member of the the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center's Academy for Excellence in Health Research. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles Briarley, a cutter, resided at the former nearby 1051 Portland Avenue.
1049 Portland Avenue: Built in 1911. The structure is a two story, 3214 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Leacey resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Burns resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Robert M. Burns, a physician who officed at the Lowry Building, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Burns resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Robert M. Burns, employed at the Earl Clinic, and his wife, Mary Burns, resided at this address. Fred J. Leacey ( -1917) died in Ramsey County. Robert M. Burns (1910-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Spillane, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Carolyn J. Marker and John C. Marker. Carolyn Marker, associated with the Skate St. Paul 2006 skating competition, resided at this address in 2006. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Heidenreich resided at the former nearby 1048 Portland Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Michael Heidenreich resided at the former nearby 1048 Portland Avenue. Michael Heidenreich ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. Michael Heidenreich (1894-1981) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Jansen, and died in Ramsey County.
1046 Portland Avenue: Built in 1922. The structure is a two story, 3233 square foot, 12 room, four bedroom, two bathroom, brick house, with a detached two car garage and a detached one car garage. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William L. Strong resided at this address. The property was last sold in 1996 for $207,500. The current owner of record is Harry F. Pihl III. Harry F. Pihl III was a financial supporter of Out Front Minnesota in 2006.
1045 Portland Avenue: Built in 1902. The structure is a two story, 3516 square foot, 12 room, five bedroom, four bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. August Jacke resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jacke resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Thomas C. Daggett, a partner in the law firm of Daggett & Redlund with Clinton W. Redlund, and his wife, Ursula K. Daggett, resided at this address. Thomas C. Daggett was the head of a committee that campaigned for the re-election of Ramsey County District Court judges Hugo O. Hanft, Carlton F. McNally, Gustavus Loevinger (1881-1957,) and Richard A. Walsh. August E. Jacke ( -1946) died in Hennepin County. Ursula Daggett ( -1931) and Thomas C. Daggett ( -1940) both died in Ramsey County. Clinton W. Redlund (1903-1987) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nelson, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1998 for $305,000. The current owners of record are Karin Knolls Roof and Richard W. Roof. [See note on Hugo O. Hanft for 1044 Portland Avenue.] [See note on Carlton F. McNally for 9 South St. Albans Street.] [See note on Gustavus Loevinger for 1699 Portland Avenue.] [See note on Richard A. Walsh for 1459 Summit Avenue.]
1044 Portland Avenue: Built in 1902. The structure is a two story, 1832 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Hon. and Mrs. H. O. Hanft and Miss Clara M. Holly resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Hon. and Mrs. H. O. Hanft, Oscar Hanft, and Miss C. M. Holly all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that the Hon. and Mrs. H. O. Hanft and H. H. Hanft all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Hugo O. Hanft, a Second District Court judge, and his wife, Laura H. Hanft, resided at this address. Hugo O. Hanft was a First Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant with the 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which served in the Phillipines during the Spanish-American War in 1898 and 1899. Hugo O. Hanft was a Ramsey County District Court judge between 1915 and 1942 and his wife was Laura Hanft. Laura H. Hanft ( -1931) and Hugo O. Hanft ( -1949) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2002 for $349,900. The current owners of record are John Bickford and Debra Desnoyelles.
1037 Portland Avenue: Charles Beard House; Built in 1905; Thomas Holyoke, architect. The structure is a two story, 3298 square foot, ten room, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Charles Beard resided at this address from 1907 to 1933. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beard resided at this address. The 1917 Catalogue of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, published by James T. Brown of New York, indicated that William Lovatt Beard, a member of the class of 1920 at the University of Minnesota, resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beard and their daughter resided at this address. William L. Beard was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#7455) indicate that William L. Beard (1898- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Sergeant and Sharpshooter in the U. S. Marines, who was born in St. Paul, had blue eyes, dark brown hair, and a dark complexion, was 5' 7 1/2" tall, was a student at induction, served in Cuba, was a student at the University of Minnesota after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his father, Charles Beard, at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles Beard, the secretary and treasurer of Irvin & Beard Company, resided at this address and that William L Beard, a student, boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beard and their daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles Beard, the president-treasurer of the Charles Beard Company, wholesale jewelers located at the Ryan Building, and his wife, Helen L. Beard, Charles L. Beard, a salesman, Harriet Beard, a religious worker, and John L. Beard, a salesman for the Charles Beard Company, all resided at this address. John Beard ( -1933,) Helen M. Beard ( -1937,) Charles Beard ( -1938,) Charles Beard ( -1941,) and Helen Lovatt Beard ( -1950) all died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $675,000. The current owners of record are John Sjaastad and Lizabeth Sjaastad. John Sjaastad was a Research Associate at the Freeman Center for International Economic Policy at the the Humphrey Institute of the University of Minnesota in 2003.
1036 Portland Avenue: Built in 1914. The structure is a 1 1/2 story, 2152 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. F. J. Bethke resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Emil F. Betchke, a salesman, and Emil F. Bethke, the secretary of the Holly Realty Company, both resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. F. J. Bethke resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Abr Fineberg, the president of the U. S. Mail Order Company, and his wife, Tillie Fineberg, resided at this address. Abraham H. Fineberg ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $385,000. The current owners of record are Robin L. Collins and Sean J. Edman. Sean J. Edman is a lawyer and a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association for the Second District.
1033 Portland Avenue: Built in 1904. The structure is a two story, 2244 square foot, ten room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Walter J. Sanborn resided at this address from 1905 to 1906. The 1914, 1918, and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hamilton resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Martin P. Coonan, a chartered life underwriter and special agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Gertrude C. Coonan, both resided at this address. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was established in 1857, by a transplanted New Yorker, John Johnston. William H. Hamilton ( -1924) and Walter James Sanborn ( -1937) died in Ramsey County. Martin P. Coonan (1886-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hurley, and died in Ramsey County. Gertrude C. Coonan (1894-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Cotter, and died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold in 2000 for $375,400. The current owners of record are Leslie Connelly and Michael Connelly.
1032 Portland Avenue: Built in 1909. The structure is a two story, 6,862 square foot, multifamily apartment building. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Frankel, Mrs. A. F. Dawley, Mrs. M. S. Kraker, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Lewis, and Mrs. James Slavin and her daughters resided at this address. The 1917 Catalogue of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, published by James T. Brown of New York, indicated that John Bradley Crabtree, a member of the class of 1919 of the University of Illinois-Champagne, resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Hickey, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Porter, their daughter, Mrs. M. S. Kraker, and Mrs. James Slavin and her daughters all resided at this address. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#1809) indicate that Francis C. Hubbard (1898- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Private in Company C, 7th Engineers, who was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, had brown eyes, dark brown hair, and a ruddy complexion, was 5' 7" tall, was a student at induction, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, including the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, was issued a bronze victory button, was an automobile salesman employed by H. H. Hubbard after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided with his mother, M. A. Hubbard, at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Miss J. A. Donohue, W. H. Donahue, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gillen, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Gorman, Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Graham, and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Michaels all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at this address were Fred A. Leavitt, a salesman employed by Chaes Securities Corp., and his wife, Maye Leavitt (Apartment #1,) Catherine E. Crowe, a dressmaker, and Margaret Wherry, a nurse (Apartment #2,) Julia A. Donahue (Apartment #3,) and Paul F. Keating, a staff officer, and his wife, Rebecca Keating (Apartment #4.) Rebecca Keating ( -1933,) James E. Slavin ( -1940,) Christopher H. Gillen ( -1941,) Eugene R. Gorman ( -1945,) Catherine E. Crowe ( -1946,) James Slavin ( -1948,) Jule B. Frankel ( -1949,) and Julia Ann Donahue ( -1950) died in Ramsey County. Fred A. Leavitt (1883-1959) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Doman, and died in Ramsey County. Margaret Wherry (1875-1968) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hutchinson, and died in Ramsey County. Paul F. Keating (1874-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Brickley, and died in Ramsey County. Mae M. Leavitt (1876-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Webster, and died in Ramsey County. Francis Chollar Hubbard (1898-1980) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ayer, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record is TPK Properties LLC, located at 1035 West Seventh Street. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Connolly resided at the former nearby 1029 Portland Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. W. R. Connolly resided at the former nearby 1029 Portland Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Mary K. Connolly, the widow of William R. Connolly, resided at the former nearby 1029 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. W. R. Connolly resided at the former nearby 1029 Portland Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary K. Connolly, the widow of William R. Connolly, resided at the former nearby 1029 Portland Avenue. Mary K. Connolly (1878-1972) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County.
1027 Portland Avenue: Built in 1905. The structure is a two story, 2691 square foot, 12 room, four bedroom, three bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The current owner of record is William A. Waters, who resides in Minneapolis.
1026 Portland Avenue: Built in 1908. The structure is a two story, 3288 square foot, ten room, five bedroom, two bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Mrs. Edward J. Brennan resided at this address from 1909 to 1917. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mrs. E. J. Brennan and her daughter resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Silverman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry M. Silverman, the president and treasurer of the Peoples Department Store, and his wife, Annette Silverman, resided at this address. Harry Silverman ( -1952) died in Hennepin County. Annette Silverman ( -1938) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1994 for $195,000. The current owners of record are Bruce A. McMahon and Deena McMahon.
1025 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a two story, 2297 square foot, eight room, five bedroom, three bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William F. Repke resided at this address in 1888. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Repke and their daughters resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Repke and their daughter resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that William E. Broadbent, a treasurer of the Cowden Manufacturing Company, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Broadbent resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John H. Rahilly, a salesman, and his wife, Beatrice Rahilly, resided at this address. William F. Repke ( -1921) and John H. Rahilly ( -1952) both died in Ramsey County. Beatrice W. Rahilly (1881-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McCabe, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1996 for $195,000. The current owners of record are M. Clare Kearns McCarthy and Thomas J. McCarthy.
1022 Portland Avenue: Built in 1900. The structure is a two story, 2378 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Fred Bertrand Farmer resided at this address in 1901. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Frederick B. Farmer resided at this address from 1906 to 1929. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Farmer and Mrs. Nellie Farmer resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Farmer and their daughter resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Fred B. Farmer, a representative with the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Farmer and their daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The property was last sold in 1996 for $234,000. The current owners of record are John H. Tuttle and Nina B. Tuttle.
1021 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a two story, 2187 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914, 1918, and 1924 city directories indicate that the Misses O'Keefe resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that M. Nellie O'Keefe, the principal of the Jefferson School, resided at this address. Nellie M. O'Keefe ( -1936) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1996 for $172,500. The current owners of record are Kathleen A. Caron and Martin A. Caron. Martin A. Caron, DC, and Matthew R. Caron, DC, operate Caron Chiropractic Clinic, PA, at 490 Snelling Avenue South.
1018 Portland Avenue: Built in 1908. The structure is a two story, square foot, ten room, five bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Lorne W. Foley resided at this address from 1913 to 1916. The 1918 city directory indicates that Miss Ellen Foley and Miss Mary Foley both resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McCleary and R. E. McCleary all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Robert H. McCleary, a vice president of the McGill-Warner Company, and his wife, Mabel McCleary, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 2002 for $469,000. The current owners of record are Craig S. Krummen and Jill M. Krummen. Craig S. Krummen graduated from Iowa State University in 1990 and from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1995, joined the law firm of Winthrop & Weinstine in 1995, and is a shareholder in Winthrop & Weinstine practicing in the areas of complex commercial litigation and intellectual property litigation.
1017 Portland Avenue: Built in 1902. The structure is a two story, 2440 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Regenthal and Miss Emma Gross resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bixby resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Howard Bixby, a general agent employed by the State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, who officed at the Pioneer Building, resided at this address and that Paul H. Bixby, an agent employed by the State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, and Willard W. Bixby, a student, both boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bixby and P. H. Bixby all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Joseph C. Gutenkauf, a yardmaster, and his wife, Bessie Gutenkauf, resided at this address. In 1880, according to the federal census, Eugene Regenthal (1855- ) was a member of the seven person household of Henry Warfield (1830- ,) a tailor, and his wife, Amalia Warfield (1835- ,) a midwife, in St. Paul as an in store bookkeeper who was born in New York of parents both born in Bavaria, with the other household members being Albert Ploetzner (1853- ,) a bookbinder from New York, Thomas W. Moore (1850- ,) an in store clerk from Pennsylvania, Theodore Wall (1853- ,) an in store clerk from Ohio, and William T. Kirk (1858- ,) an in store clerk from Vermont. The 1910 federal census indicates that Eugene E. Regenthal (1882- ,) a liquor store clerk who was born in Minnesota of a father who was born in New York and a mother who was born in Minnesota, and his wife, Martha J. (Martha Julia "Patsy" Miller) Regenthal (1885- ,) born in Minnesoat of parents born in Germany, resided in St. Paul and had no children. Eugene Regenthal ( -1922) and Howard Bixby ( -1929) died in Ramsey County. Paul H. Bixby (1900-1975) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kirker, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Jerome Cromer Poire and Michele Cromer Poire. Michele Cromer-Poire, a co-owner of the former Odegard Books in St. Paul, and Carol Erdahl, a former school librarian, are co-owners of the Red Balloon Bookstore, an independent children's bookseller. Michele Cromer-Poiré was the Vice-Chair in 2007 of the Board of Directors of Lex-Ham Community Arts.
1012 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a two story, 2896 square foot, 11 room, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Clark resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Roy W. Clark, an assistant to the president of the Northern Pacific RailRoad, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Jennings resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Herbert K. Jennings, an advertising man, and his wife, Bessie Jennings, resided at this address. Bessie M. Jennings ( -1935,) Roy W. Clark ( -1948,) and Herbert K. Jennings ( -1949) all died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1999 for $247,000. The current owners of record are Louis H. Turner and Rodden H. Turner.
1011 Portland Avenue: Built in 1905. The structure is a two story, 2046 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Freeman P. Strong and Maxwell P. Gray resided at 410 Eichenwald Street in 1879 and subsequently moved to this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cook resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Gray resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that David W. Gray and his wife, Emma M. F. Gray, resided at this address. Freeman P. Strong was a partner in the Strong-Hackett Hardware Company and married Luella Maria Bostwick of Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Oscar Alonzo Bostwick (1830- ,) of Bostwick, Braun & Company, and Maria Louisa Bostwick. Frank Bostwick, brother-in-law of Freeman P. Strong, also was in the hardware business in St. Paul. David Wesley Gray ( -1931) and Emma Margaret Perry Gray ( -1937) both died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Elona Street Stewart and H. David Stewart. Elona Street-Stewart was elected in 2001 to the Saint Paul School Board of Education and is its chair, becoming the first American Indian (Delaware and Nanticoke tribes) to serve on an urban school board in Minnesota, is an elder and member of Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church, and has been employed since 1992 as program staff for Racial Ethnic Ministries and Community Empowerment in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Montana for the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church USA. Elona Street-Stewart was an Upward Bound student from Philadelphia, received her bachelor's degree in anthropology from Occidental College, and moved to Minnesota in 1985. H. David Stewart is a minister and is the pastor of the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church, having served there since 1985, when he assumed the position previously held by Rev. Tyrone Burkett from 1972 to 1984.
1009 Portland Avenue: Built in 1900. The structure is a two story, 2288 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Cook resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Nolan resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Nolan and Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Wilson resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Minnie Lou Nolan, the widow of Ernest H. Nolan, resided at this address. Ernest H. Nolan ( -1925) and Mrs. Minnie L. Nolan ( -1948) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $375,000. The previous owner of record was Myra J. Karlen and the current owners of record are Tom Karlen and Emily Karlen. Emily K. Karlen and Thomas G. Karlen previously resided at 885 West Linwood Avenue and Emily Karlen is a physical therapist with the Institute for Athletic Medicine.
1008 Portland Avenue: Built in 1907. The structure is a two story, 2098 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cline resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that J. Harry Lewis resided at this address in 1922. The 1930 city directory indicates that Raymond G. O'Malley, a lawyer and a partner with Linus O'Malley and Frank T. O'Malley in the law firm of O'Malley & O'Malley, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Lewis, their daughter, and J. Harry Lewis, Jr., all resided at 1005 Portland Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that J. Harry Lewis, Sr., the president of the Associated Home Builders, his wife, Mary K. Lewis, and J. Harry Lewis, Jr., a special agent employed by the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, all resided at 1621 Portland Avenue. In 1909, when the U. S. S. Minnesota was presented with a customary silver service on behalf of the state, J. Harry Lewis of St. Paul also presented Commander William S. Sims, the U. S. Navy representative, with a gold cigarette case. Minnesota was also represented at the ceremony in New York by Rose Marie Schaller, O. Cullen Calhoun, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Elmer, Theodore W. Griggs, Mrs. Livingston, Homer Clark, Mrs. L. P. Ordway, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stem, Mrs. Albert Schaller, Miss Abbie Livingston, Miss Mary Livingston, and Miss Ronnie Ransom. In 1920, J. Harry Lewis was one of two contact people for the sale of the official history of the Mystic Shrine. In 1925, J. Harry Lewis was the secretary of the board of the 60 bed Twin Cities Masonic Hospital. The U. S. S. Minnesota (BB-22) was a 16,000 ton, 456.3 foot long, Connecticut-class battleship and the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the state, was launched in 1905, was on a voyage around the world as part of the cruise of the "Great White Fleet" in 1909, was seriously damaged when it hit a submarine-laid mine in the mid-Atlantic seaboard in 1918, was repaired and rejoined the fleet in 1919, was used as a training vessel until 1921, was then decommissioned, and was sold for scrap in 1924. C. W. Cline (1869-1959) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Studebaker, and died in Nicollet County, Minnesota. J. Harry Lewis ( -1937,) Linus O'Malley ( -1938,) and Raymond G. O'Malley ( -1951) all died in Ramsey County. J. Harry Lewis (1893-1979) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Knollin, and died in Ramsey County. Frank T. O'Malley (1885-1964) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of O'Connor, and died in McLeod County, Minnesota. The current owners of record are C. H. Eggenberger and Joan A. Eggenberger.
1005 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a two story, 2492 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smart and Miss Ada de Lottinville resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Harwick, their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Palmer, and Mrs. O. C. Snyder and her daughter all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Lewis, their daughter, and J. Harry Lewis, Jr., all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Renz resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Valentine Renz, a salesman, and his wife, Therese Renz, resided at this address. J. Harry Lewis ( -1937) and Valentine P. Renz ( -1952) both died in Ramsey County. J. Harry Lewis (1893-1979) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Knollin, and died in Ramsey County. Theresa Renz (1868-1959) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Weber, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1991 for $128,800. The current owners of record are Christine Anning and Timothy J. O'Brien. In 2005, Christine Anning and Timothy O’Brien appealed a decision of the St. Paul Heritage Preservation Commission conditionally approving a permit application to construct a two and one-half story rear addition at 1009 Portland Avenue. Chris Anning is the Age Group Coordinator for the Under Age 17 boys soccer program for the St. Paul Blackhawks Soccer organization.
1004 Portland Avenue: Built in 1902. The structure is a two story, 2698 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Rockwell resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Miss Dorothea King resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Samuel S. King, the secretary of Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company and his wife, Minnie L. King, resided at this address. Samuel Stewart King ( -1938) and Minnie L. King ( -1950) both died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Leon E. Kramer and Susan K. Tamislea Kramer.
1000 Portland Avenue: Built in 1903. The structure is a two story, 3572 square foot, ten room, five bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hoy and their daughters resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that James J. Doland, a clerk employed by the W. J. Hoy Company, boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hoy and their daughters resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Reverend Charles E. Locke, bishop of the St. Paul Area of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife, Mina W. Locke, resided at this address. In 1897, Reverend Dr. Charles E. Locke was a minister in Salem, Oregon. In 1901, Reverend Dr. Charles E. Locke, of New York, presided over the funeral service for President William McKinley (1843-1901,) assassinated in Buffalo, New York, by Leon Czolgosz, a Polish anarchist, while visiting the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition. In 1916, Reverend Dr. Charles E. Locke, of Los Angeles, was a candidate for election as bishop or general superintendent in the Methodist Episcopal Church at a General Conference of the church at Saratoga, New York. During World War I, as part of anti-German hysteria, Reverend Charles E. Locke allegedly suggested that pacifists were worse than pro-Germans and should be exported to Berlin, according to Peacemaking: Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future authored by Judith Presler and Sally J. Scholz and published in Amsterdam and Atlanta by Rodopi in 2000. In 1924, Charles E. Locke was transferred to St. Paul by the Methodist World Conference, which met in Springfield, Illinois. William J. Hoy ( -1928) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are the trustees of Jan J. Carr and Susan A. Carr. Carr Creatives, a printing/graphic designs production service specializing in educational publishing and marketing and creating recruitment materials, brochures, magazines, postcards, development materials, annual reports, is also located at this address.
999 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a two story, 2276 square foot, ten room, three bedroom, three bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Burns and their daughters resided at this address. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mrs. S. M. Burns and her daughters resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Elizabeth Burns, a teacher at the Galtier School, Katherine Burns, a teacher, Maria Burns, a teacher at the Phalen Park School, and Sara Burns, a teacher at Johnson High School, all boarded at this address and that Sarah M. Burns, the widow of Michael Burns, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Sarah Burns, a tutor, resided at this address. Sarah Burns ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $499,900. The current owners of record are Christopher J. Pizinger and Kimberly A. Pizinger. Christopher Pizinger is a 1984 graduate of Hill-Murray High School in Maplewood, Minnesota, and was a financial supporter of the school in 2005. Chris Pizinger is the Chief Executive Officer of MINNCOR Industries, having been appointed to the position in 2004. Chris Pizinger grew up and went to school in Minnesota, holds a B.S. degree in Biology/Natural Science from St. John’s University, and an M.B.A. in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Arizona, previously was Chief Operating Officer of Stratyc LLC, a technology and consulting company he co-founded in 1999, and held a series of roles with H. B. Fuller Company, most notably serving as Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development of EFTEC, a global automotive subsidiary prior to that. Christopher Pizinger and his wife, Kimberly Pizinger, have one son. Hill-Murray is a private, college preparatory Catholic school for grades 7-12 and is one of only 19 Minnesota high schools accredited as a college preparatory school by the North Central Association. Hill-Murray School is the result of a 1971 merger of Archbishop Murray Memorial High School, a girls school founded by the Benedictine Sisters in 1958, and of Hill High School, founded in 1959 and staffed by the Christian Brothers, with the Middle School having been added in 1989. Hill-Murray's current enrollment is 985. The student population is drawn from the Twin Cities, from surrounding suburban areas, and from nearby Wisconsin communities. Correctional industries have long been a part of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC), dating back to the mid-1870's, beginning with the production of twine and soon followed by the Minnesota Line of farm machinery. In 1994, the Minnesota Department of Corrections created MINNCOR Industries, a centralized organizational structure of correctional industry operations, which then became the driving force that modernized, streamlined and upgraded these programs and is now operating in eight institutions with 22 diversified product lines, providing products and services to government, nonprofit and business organizations. MINNCOR no longer receives a State subsidy and is now financially self-sufficient.
997 Portland Avenue: Built in 1902. The structure is a two story, 2698 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bowen and Mrs. M. A. Green resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Landman and Norman Landman all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Teas resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick D. Tilton, an assistant to the general claims agent of the Northern Pacific RailRoad, and his wife, Emma G. Tilton, resided at this address. Walter S. Bowen ( -1937) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Charles R. Teas ( -1925) and Emma Geraldine Tilton ( -1937) both died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Bernadette A. Bellows and John B. Bellows, Jr. [See note on the Northern Pacific RailRoad and Jay Cooke for 432 Summit Avenue.]
993 Portland Avenue: Built in 1911. The structure is a two story, 1925 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Dietz and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Elmquist and their daughter resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dixson resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that this address was vacant. The current owner of record is Russell C. Desmarais. Dr. Russell C. DesMarais was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1967, studied from 1967 to 1972 with Michio Kushi at The Kushi Institute in Boston and received extensive training in Classical Oriental Medicine, including macrobiotic nutrition and acupuncture, graduated from Northwestern College of Chiropractic in 1977 and became Board Certified in Acupuncture, continued advanced training in Classical Chinese Medicine with Dr. Jack Worsley in Oxford, England, and later at the Center for Traditional Acupuncture in Baltimore, Maryland, founded the Turtle Island Health Center in St. Paul in 1978, the first integrated alternative natural healing center in the Midwest, completed two three-year postgraduate programs in Nutrition and Internal Disorders at Northwestern College from 1985 through 1988, expanded his training in Traditional Chinese Medicine by studying QiGong (or energy emission healing,) an advanced form of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1990, was certified as an International QiGong Doctor and Master teacher through the National Science and Research Center for applied QiGong in Benxi, China, in 1995, and also founded Three Rivers Crossing Center for QiGong and International Institute for Oriental Healing in 1995.
992 Portland Avenue: A. H. Roarke House; Built in 1903 (1894 according to the National Register of Historic Places;) Georgian Revival in style. The structure is a two story, 2014 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Roake resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fritz and Miss Sarah Moran all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nelson and L. M. Nelson all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Mary A. Donovan, the widow of Timothy L. Donovan, resided at this address. Timothy Donovan ( -1915) died in Ramsey County. Mary Ann Donovan (1871-1960) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Foley, and died in Ramsey County. Norman Nelson (1898-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rovig, and died in Ramsey County. Norman Hmilton Nelson (1897-1989) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Foss, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1993 for $154,000. The current owners of record are Frankie B. Shackleford and Jole R. Shackleford. Frankie Shackleford is a professor of Norwegian history and Associate Dean at Augsburg College. Jole R. Shackleford is a linguist at the University of Minnesota.
989 Portland Avenue: Built in 1911. The structure is a one story, 1711 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. Emanuel M. Barna (1893- ,) a Corporal, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Emanuel M. Barna, a clerk employed by the South St. Paul Fair Store, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frank T. Watson, a salesman employed by the American Steel & Wire Company, and his wife, Jannette Watson, resided at this address. John Warne Gates (1855-1911) founded the American Steel & Wire Company in 1898, primarily to produce barbed wire, and sold it in 1901 to J.P. Morgan as part of the larger U. S. Steel deal. The American Steel & Wire Company, along with the National Tube Company, the American Tin Plate Company, the American Steel Hoop Company, and the American Sheet Steel Company, all were acquired by U. S. Steel in 1901, when U. S. Steel was formed by the merger of the Carnegie Steel Company and the Federal Steel Company. The American Steel & Wire Company continued as a division of U. S. Steel and was headquartered in Chicago. The Minnesota Steel Company, located in Morgan Park, Duluth, Minnesota, was associated with the American Steel & Wire Company. Jeanette Watson ( -1945) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2006 for $349,900. The current owner of record is and the current taxpayers of record are Allen K. Short and Virginia A. Spagnolio, who reside at 987 Portland Avenue. Allen Short is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Virginia Spagnolio is a graduate of Michigan State University and they are both realtors with ReMax.
988 Portland Avenue: Built in 1922. The structure is a two story, 1664 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Moore, their daughter, and J. M. Moore all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that James S. Moore, an operator employed by the Dispatch-Pioneer Press Company, and his wife, Louise Moore, resided at this address. James S. Moore ( -1931) died in Ramsey County. Louise Moore ( -1934) died in Hennepin County. The current owners of record are Dorothea M. Martin and James A. Martin.
987 Portland Avenue: Built in 1911. The structure is a one story, 1711 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached one car garage. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#23850) indicate that Emanuel M. Barna (1894- ,) a 1918 draftee and a Private in Company 45 of the 20th Engineers, who was born in New York City, New York, moved to Minnesota in 1915, had brown eyes, black hair, and a dark complexion, was 5' 9" tall, was a salesman at induction, was a manager employed by the Sample Shoe Store after the completion of service, and was unmarried, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Morris Silverman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Abr M. Zeff, a grocer with a store located at 276 North Western Avenue, his wife, Jennie Zeff, David Zeff, a clerk, and Milton Zeff, a clerk, all resided at this address. Morris Silverman ( -1948) died in Hennepin County. Abraham M. Zeff ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. Jennie Zeff (1885-1984) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Diskin, and died in Ramsey County. David Zeff (1890-1962) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mottelson, and died in Ramsey County. Milton E. Zeff (1911-1992) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Rutzick, and died in Hennepin County. The current owners of record are Allen K. Short and Virginia A. Spagnolio.
983 Portland Avenue: Built in 1916. The structure is a two story, 2340 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Samuel T. Dietz resided at this address from 1916 to 1948. The 1920 city directory indicates that Samuel T. Dietz, proprietor of a drug store located at 205 East Fourth Street, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Dietz resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Samuel T. Dietz, a pharmacist, and his wife, Susanna Dietz, resided at this address. Samuel T. Dietz ( -1948) died in Ramsey County. Susanah Dietz (1865-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Harris, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1992 for $149,900. The current owners of record are Rebecca Rose and Michael Lee Schwab.
977 Portland Avenue: Built in 1871. The structure is a frame condominium building. Unit #1 is a one story, 1367 square foot, five room, two bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit that is currently owned by Rebecca Jo McCarty and Stephen K. McCarty, who reside in Newport, Minnesota. Unit #2 is a one story, 1855 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit that is currently owned by Sara Krasny. Unit #3 is a one story, 653 square foot, four room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit that is currently owned by the Equity Trust Company as trustee for Virginia A. Spagnolio. Unit #4 is a one story, 823 square foot, four room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit that was last sold in 2005 for $192,000 and that is currently owned by Charles M. Rice, Jr. Unit #5 is a one story, 712 square foot, four room, one bedroom, one bathroom, condominium unit that is currently owned by Bernard C. Ziegler III and Laura K. Ziegler. Unit #6 is a one story, 1850 square foot, six room, three bedroom, two bathroom, condominium unit that is currently owned by Rebecca Jo McCarty and Stephen K. McCarty, who reside in Newport, Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that John Ireland resided at this address from 1890 to 1917. The 1900 city directory indicates that the Most Rev. John Ireland, Rev. Richard Cahill, and Rev. Thomas A. Printon resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that the Most Rev. John Ireland and Rev. Thomas Welsh resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Most Rev. John Ireland and Rev. Thomas A. Welch both resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the St. Luke's Convent was located at this address and that the Sisters of St. Joseph resided at this address. John Ireland ( -1918,) Richard Cahill ( -1918,) and Richard Cahill ( -1951) all died in Ramsey County. Thomas Andrew Printon ( -1924) died in Hennepin County. John Ireland (1838-1918) was the third bishop of and first archbishop of St. Paul, Minnesota (1888–1918,) was born in Burn-church, County Kilkenny, Ireland, emigrated to St. Paul as a child, was educated at French seminaries, including the the Petit seminaire of Meximeux, and was ordained in 1861 in St. Paul, served as a chaplain of the Fifth Minnesota Regiment in the Civil War, was cathedral pastor at St. Paul from 1867 to 1875, organized the first total abstinence society in the state in 1869, was made coadjutor bishop of St. Paul in 1875, became bishop ordinary in 1884, became archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of St. Paul in 1888, founded the University of St. Thomas in 1885, served as director of the National Colonization Association, commissioned the building of the current Cathedral of Saint Paul in 1904, commissioned the construction of the Church of St. Mary, the Immaculate Conception, in Minneapolis in 1906, and was the president of the Minnesota Historical Society. Ireland also refused to accept the credentials of a Greek-Catholic priest, Alexis Toth, in 1889 and attempted to expel all Eastern Catholic clergy, whether married or not, from America, which caused a schism that eventually led thousands of Greek-Catholics to leave the Catholic Church to join the Russian Orthodox Church in 1891.
976 Portland Avenue: Built in 1913. The structure is a two story, 3236 square foot, eight room, five bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Burns and Melvin Starbird all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Goodman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Max Goodman, a dealer in diamonds, watches, and jewelry, and his wife, Henrietta Goodman, resided at this address. Albert D. Goodman ( -1923) and Max Goodman ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. Henrietta C. Goodman ( -1937) died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 1996 for $239,000. The current owners of record are Errol C. Joki and Joy P. Joki. Errol Joki is associated with Strategy Sales, Inc.
972 Portland Avenue: Built in 1900. The structure is a two story, 2619 square foot, ten room, six bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Diether and their daughters resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Mary L. Diether, a teacher at the Summit School, boarded at this address and that Samuel B. Diether, a buyer employed by Seabury & Company, a wholesale grocery company, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicats that Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Diether and their daughters resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Samuel B. Diether and his wife, Anna Diether, resided at this address. Samuel B. Diether ( -1954) died in Ramsey County. Anna A. Diether ( -1932) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is Mary C. Noel.
969 Portland Avenue: Built in 1956. The structure is a one story, 1064 square foot, five room, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The current owner of record is Gerald W. Handwerk.
965 Portland Avenue: Built in 1956. The structure is a one story, 1064 square foot, five room, three bedroom, two bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The property was sold five times in the last 13 years and last sold in 2003 for $260,000. The current owners of record are Anahita I. Kaveh and William Jayson Singer. Anahita Kaveh was a member of the "Tissues of Life Team," a project of the Science Museum of Minnesota.
964 Portland Avenue: Anna Busch House; Built in 1908; Craftsman in style; Peter Linhoff, architect. The structure is a two story, 2850 square foot, eight room, five bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anna M. Busch and her daughter and Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Busch resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anna M. Busch and her daughter resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Anna M. Busch, the widow of Fred Busch, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. A. M. Busch and her daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Patrick W. McKasy and his wife, Lucy McKasy, resided at this address. Anna M. Busch ( -1927) died in Ramsey County. Patrick McKasy ( -1945) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Mary Pat Mckasy and James T. Young.
961 Portland Avenue: Built in 1897. The structure is a two story, 3122 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Schlenk resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Willius, Jr., resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Gust Willius, Jr., resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Willius, Jr., resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Gustav Willius, Jr., (1873-1924,) the husband of Mary P. Willius, who was born in Minnesota to parents born in Germany and who died of pulmonary tuberculosis, resided at this address in 1924. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward B. Graves, a lawyer who officed at the New York Building, and his wife, Margaret Graves, resided at this address. Gustav Willius (1831-1924) and his brother, Ferdinand Willius, were German immigrants who had together founded the National German-American/Germania Bank of St. Paul. Gustav Willius and Emma Klausmeyer Willius, the daughter of William Klausmeyer, a German immigrant and the Director of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, were the parents of Fredrick Arthur Willius (1888-1972,) a research cardiologist and the author of numerous essays and numerous books and textbooks in his field. The Gustav Willius mansion at 390 Hoffman Avenue was the original St. John's Hospital in St. Paul. The National German-American Bank of St. Paul was incorporated in 1884. In 1893, the National German-American Bank of St. Paul had Joseph Lockey as its president, had capitol of $2 million, but suspended business due a decline in depositors greater than its outstanding agricultural loans, and Daniel W. Lawler was appointed the overseer of the bank's affairs. The People's Bank of St. Paul, the West Side Bank of St. Paul, the First National Bank of Mankato, Minnesota, the Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Trust and Safe Deposit Bank, the Exchange Bank of Colby, Wisconsin, the State Bank of Providence, Rhode Island, the Texas National Bank of San Antonio, Texas, the National Bank of Commerce of Springfield, Missouri, the Baraboo, Wisconsin, Savings Bank, the Citizen's National Bank of Muncie, Indiana, the Louisville, Kentucky, City National Bank, and the Akron, Ohio, Savings Bank all suspended business at the same time as the National German-American Bank of St. Paul. The National German-American Bank of St. Paul did eventually re-open. Hugo Schlenk (1862-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dec, and died in Carlton County. Hugo Schlenk (1897-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schireman, and died in Carlton County. Gustav Willius ( -1924) died in Ramsey County. Edward B. Graves ( -1930) and Margaret B. Graves ( -1953) both died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Allan L. Osterud and Drucilla A. Osterud. Dru Osterud is a Social Services Policy Consultantin the Child Development Services Division of the Minnesota Department of Human Services and worked for the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning in 2001 in child care health and safety policy. Allan Osterud and Dru Osterud were financial supporters of Friends of the Mississippi River in 2005.
960 Portland Avenue: Built in 1902. The structure is a two story, 1901 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that William N. Carey, the chief engineer for the St. Paul Department of Public Works, and his wife, Mary H. Carey, resided at this address. Mary Carey ( -1945) died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1992 for $135,000. The current owners of record are James A. Heynen and Sarah T. Williams. James A. Heynen is an M.F.A. graduate of the University of Oregon's Program in Creative Writing and is the author of The Man Who Kept Cigars in His Cap, Graywolf Press, St. Paul, 1978, The One-Room Schoolhouse: Stories about the Boys, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1993, Cosmos Coyote and William the Nice , Henry Holt & Company, New York, NY, 2000, Boys House, Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, 2001, You Know What is Right: Stories, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1985, One Hundred Over 100: Moments with One Hundred North American Centenarians, Western Producer Prairie Books, Saskatoon, SK, 1990, Henry Holt & Company, New York, NY, 1997, Suitable Church, Poems , Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA, 1981, Notes From Custer, Bear Claw Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1976, Standing Naked: New & Selected Poems, Confluence Press, Lewiston, ID, 2001, and How the Sow Became a Goddess, Confluence Press, Lewiston, ID, 1977.
956 Portland Avenue: A. C. Thomson House; Built in 1901 (1900 according to the National Register of Historic Places); Colonial Revival in style; Louis Lockwood, architect. The structure is a two story, 2824 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Sommers resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Fred H. Bathke, a partner with Sidney J. Pfaff in Pfaff & Bathke, a steel products dealer located at the Pioneer Building, and his wife, Marie Bathke, resided at this address. Henery S. Sommers (1877-1964) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stern, and died in Ramsey County. Sidney J. Pfaff (1887-1955) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mathes, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2005 for $645,000. The current owners of record are Jeffrey M. Barnes and Karin L. Barnes.
955 Portland Avenue: Anna Schlenk House; Built in 1896 (1899 according to the National Register of Historic Places). The structure is a two story, 3046 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with an attached one car garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Schlenk and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anna Schlenk and her daughter resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mrs. A. A. Schlenk, her daughter, and Hugo Schlenk, Jr., all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Eliza A. Schlenk resided at this address. The 1890 city directory indicates that Anna A. Schlenk was the widow of Joseph Schlenk and resided at 761 East Sixth Street and that Hugo Schlenk also resided at that address. The 1891 and 1893 city directories indicate that Mrs. Anna Schlenk and her daughter and Hugo Schlenk resided at 761 East Sixth Street. Eliza A. Schlenk (1860-1966) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Hospes, and died in Ramsey County. Anna A. Schlenk ( -1928) died in Ramsey County. Anna Schlenk ( -1935) died in Hennepin County. Hugo Schlenk (1862-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Dec, and died in Carlton County, Minnesota. Hugo Schlenk (1897-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schireman, and died in Carlton County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 2001 for $425,000. The current owners of record are Dennis W. Hedlund and Colleen Staton. Colleen Staton, the "Tile Saw Goddess" on the "Tile Your World Forum" on the Internet, is associated with Geometric Tile, providing pre-cut, customized tile systems, utilizing two crews that do installations in St. Paul, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Savannah, Charleston, and Greater Atlanta, and with Nine Mile Properties, LLC. Colleen Staton was president of Key Automation Inc., a consulting company based in St. Paul, in 1992, and has been a business developer, a CEO, a patent-winning engineer, and a graphic artist. In 2005, Colleen Staton and Dennis Hedlund purchased residential property located at 308 E. President Street, Savannah, Georgia, from Classical Management LLC for $365,000, as a winter home.
948 Portland Avenue: Built in 1907. The structure is a two story, 4302 square foot, 11 room, seven bedroom, three bathroom, two half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clement and the Misses Mueller resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Henry Clement, vice president and treasurer of Hugo Hirschmann & Company, resided at this address and that Marie E. Clement, a teacher, boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clement, their daughter, and H. F. Clement all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry Clement, a real estate agent, and his wife, Ida Clement, resided at this address. Henry Clement ( -1939) died in Ramsey County. Ida Clement (1884-1972) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Engel, and died in Brown County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 2006 for $980,000. The current owners of record are Kenneth G. Dzugan and Miki E. Dzugan. Ken Dzugan holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holds an MBA in finance and general management from the University of Minnesota, has pursued doctoral studies in physics and mathematics at the University of Minnesota, was engaged in general management of the planning and development of the St. Paul Energy Park in connection with the City of St. Paul and the St. Paul Port Authority, was engaged in financial management of Spartan Properties, Inc., a small real estate development firm, was engaged in the operation of an independent strategic and financial planning consulting firm, was the founder and chairman of 21 North Main, Inc., in Minneapolis, providing the largest online inventory of used, rare, collector, out-of-print and antiquarian books, and is Vice President and Marketing Strategist for Rapport Online Inc., an Internet marketing firm in Sedona, Arizona. Miki Dzugan holds a bachelor degree in physics and an MBA from the University of Minnesota and is president and principal consultant for Rapport Online Inc.
947 Portland Avenue: Built in 1903. The structure is a two story, 2910 square foot, ten room, six bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Frank E. Whitman resided at this address in 1910. The 1914, 1918, and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Whitman resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that John W. Punderson, Carolyn E. Punderson, a clerk, and Dorothy Punderson, a clerk, all resided at this address. John Whitney Punderson ( -1938,) Frank E. Whitman ( -1941,) and Carolyn Eleanor Punderson ( -1950) all died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Barbara J. Burleigh and Malcolm B. Burleigh. Malcolm B. Burleigh is a part discoverer of U. S. patents #7,056,846 B2 and #7,078,454 B2, repellent fluorochemical compositions, that were assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company.
941 Portland Avenue: Built in 1894. The structure is a two story, 2516 square foot, nine room, six bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Kain resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Michael resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Michael and their daughter resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that the Hon. and Mrs. J. C. Michael resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that James C. Michael, a judge in the Second Judicial District, and his wife, Jennie Michael, resided at this address. The J. C. Michael is located at 840 West Osceola Avenue. Jennie Candall Michael ( -1941) and James Clark Michael ( -1946) both died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is William J. Bond.
940 Portland Avenue: Built in 1884. The structure is a two story, 3275 square foot, 12 room, six bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a one story, 600 square foot, six room, two bedroom, one bathroom, frame carriage house that also was built in 1884. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that William P. Westfall resided at this address from 1894 to 1951. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Westfall resided at this address. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Westfall and W. G. Westfall resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William P. Westfall and W. G. Westfall all resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that William P. Westfall resided at this address in 1928. The 1930 city directory indicates that William P. Westfall, a lawyer who officed at the Guardian Building, his wife, Sophie G. Westfall, Charles A. Puvogel, a chauffeur employed by W. P. Westphall, and his wife, Lillian J. Puvogel, a clerk employed by the Northern Pacific RailRoad, all resided at this address. William P. Westfall authored a "History of the Central Park Methodist Episcopal Church" in 1933. The Minnesota Historical Society has a quilt that was made by Mrs. W. P. Westfall and was given to Edith Brill. Edith Brill (1876-1961) took a photograph of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a baby in St. Paul. William G. Westfall ( -1928,) Sophia G. Westfall ( -1945,) and William Plaisted Westfall ( -1952) all died in Ramsey County. Charles A. Puvogel (1894-1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Obermeyer, and died in Ramsey County. Lillian J. Puvogel (1899-1977) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Poshek, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2000 for $516,000. The current owner of records of record are Elizabeth M. Engelking and James E. Engelking, Jr. Jim Engleking, the referee director for the St. Paul Blackhawks Youth Soccer Club, resides at this address. Beth Engelking was a performer at the 2006 Irish Fair on Harriet Island. Betsy Engelking is the Director of Resource Planning and Bidding for Xcel Energy.
935 Portland Avenue: Built in 1889. The structure is a three story, 4,342 square foot, multifamily apartment building. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nickel and Mrs. Elizabeth Nickel resided at this address. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley resided at this address. Frank W. Hurley and William J. Hurley were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1919 History of the Field Artillery Central Officers Training School indicates that Frank W. Hurley resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley and F. W. Hurley all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Harry Schaffer, a tailor, and his wife, Hattie Schaffer, resided at this address. In 1956, St. Paul Jaycee member William Hurley, as a result of winning the "Our Stake in Better Government" state competition, received an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D. C., and participated in a conference with former President Herbert Hoover. Elizabeth Nickel (1899-1990) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. John H. Nickel ( -1917,) William Hurley ( -1917,) William Hurley ( -1925,) William Hurley ( -1929,) Harry Schaffer ( -1939,) and William Hurley ( -1943) all died in Ramsey County. William Hurley (1886-1964) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Nugent, and died in Ramsey County. Floyd W. Hurley (1893-1964) was born in Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. Frank William Hurley (1895-1960) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McGuire, and died in Ramsey County. Harry Schaffer (1903-1958) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Silverstein, and died in Ramsey County. Harry Schaffer (1883-1960) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Hattie Schaffer ( -1962) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2001 for $355,000. The current owner of record is Crocus Hill Properties LLC, located in New Brighton, Minnesota. James Shands, a patent agent, is located at Unit #2 at this address.
934 Portland Avenue: Built in 1886. The structure is a two story, 3244 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, one bathroom, two half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached one car garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Eugene F. Powers resided at this address from 1895 to 1903. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Powers resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Capser resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Capser, their daughter, and L. W. Capser all resided at this address. Leo W. Capser was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Henry C. Capser, a merchandise broker officing at 379 Jackson Street, resided at this address and that Leo W. Capser boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Capser and L. W. Capser all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry C. Caspar resided at this address. Henry C. Capser appears to have been a descendant of Joseph Capser (1831-1919) of Stearns County, Minnesota, who was a partner with John H. Linneman (1825-1901) in the Sauk Center, Minnesota, general store Linneman & Capser in the mid-1860's. Leo Capser began summering on Madeline Island ("MoningwanekaaningMinis",) Wisconsin, in 1903 and, with Bella Capser, decided to establish a museum and began building one in 1955. In 1958, the Capsers, summer residents of Madeline Island, Wisconsin, opened the Madeline Island Historical Museum, assembled from portions of a surviving American Fur Company building, an old barn, the former La Pointe, Wisconsin, town jail, and the Old Sailor's Home and, in 1968, deeded the property to the Wisconsin Historical Society as a historic site. Mrs. Capser, an artist, organized the collections and designed the exhibits at the museum. In 1991, an endowment established by the Capsers funded the 8,000-square foot Capser Center addition to the original Madeline Island Historical Museum complex. There also is an Isabella and Leo Capser Fund at the Minnesota Historical Society. In 1950, Leo and Isabella Capser resided at Villa Saint Croix on the St. Croix River near Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota. According to History of Upper Mississippi Valley, published in 1881, Joseph Capser was born in Bavaria, Germany, moved to Pennsylvania in 1846, moved to St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, in 1858, married Mary/Maria Anna Ley (1843-1925,) the daughter of Henry J. Ley of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1864, and the couple had six children, Henry C. Capser, Josephina J. Capser, Sufronica C. Capser, Albert J. Capser, Edward A. Capser, and George W. Capser. Joseph Capser was a member of the Minnesota State Senate from District 31, Stearns County, from 1875 to 1876. In 1870, Joseph Capser joined with Ferdinand Borgmann, Joseph Ebensteiner, Henry Kalkmann, George Gruber, and Anthony Miller to purchase the site of the Church of St. Paul, a Roman Catholic church, in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, with Joseph Capser paying $300 of the $475 purchase price. Sauk Centre Township, Minnesota, was established in 1858 and Joseph Capser was one of its original residents. The 1870 federal census indicates that the Joseph Capser household in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, included Joseph Capser (1833- ,) Mary A. Capser (1845- ,) Henry Capser (1865- ,) Julia J. A. Capser (1867- ,) and Saphronia Capser (1869- .) Henry C. Capser (1865-1963) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Ley, and died in Hennepin County. Leo Woods Capser (1892-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Woods, and died in Ramsey County. Isabella H. Capser (1906-1986) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Durkee, and died in Ramsey County. Albert Joseph Capser ( -1945) died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is Nancy A. Tracy.
931 Portland Avenue: Built in 1912. The structure is a two story, 2011 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Ferguson and Mrs. E. G. Ferguson resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Ferguson and Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Ferguson all resided at this address. James C. Ferguson (1875- ,) a Captain, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The records of the 1919-1920 Minnesota World War I Soldier’s Bonus Board (#6512) indicate that James Cory Ferguson (1875- ,) a 1917 enlistee and a Captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, who was born in Fort Totten, Dakota Territory, was a physician at induction, received one bronze victory button, was a self employed physician after the completion of service, and was married, resided with his wife, Elsa K. Ferguson, at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that James B. Ferguson boarded at this address and that James C. Ferguson, a physician who officed at 426 Lowry Building, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Ferguson resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frederick H. Odendahl, a physician who officed at 6 West Fifth street, and his wife, Amanda H. Odendahl, resided at this address. Emma Ferguson ( -1926) and Frederick H. Odendahl ( -1934) both died in Ramsey County. Dr. James Cory Ferguson (1875-1955) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Cory, and died in Ramsey County. James C. Ferguson ( -1967) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Smart, and died in Hennepin County. Amanda Odendahl (1870-1958) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1993 for $105,000. The current owners of record are Lynnette M. Schmidt and Michael F. Yencho. Mike Yencho (1953- )is a photography instructor at the Hennepin Technical College.
930 Portland Avenue: Built in 1907. The structure is a two story, 3624 square foot, 13 room, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Peter S. Wick resided at this address from 1909 to 1944. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Wick and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Wick and Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Hauser all resided at this address. Rupert V. Hauser (1887- ,) a Captain, was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Wick resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Peter S. Wick and his wife, Ella B. Wick, resided at this address. Peter Sigewick Wick ( -1943) died in Ramsey County. Ella Victoria Evelyn Wick (1899-1971) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record is A. Jean Osteraas. In 1969, A. Jean Osteraas was employed in the Research Division of Gould-National Batteries, Inc., and was an author, with Douglas A. Olsen, of an article "Incorporation of Functional Groups onto the Surface of Polyethylene" in Nature. In 1963, Garson P. Shulman and Jean Osteraas were the authors of "Pyrolysis Of 3-Hexenedioic Acid" in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.
927 Portland Avenue: Built in 1973. The structure is a one story, 1144 square foot, five room, three bedroom, one bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The current owners of record are Lorial B. Rathman and Melvin W. Rathman, who reside in Minneapolis. The 1930 city directory indicates that Frank T. Watson resided at the former nearby 928 Portland Avenue.
922 Portland Avenue: Built in 1908. The structure is a two story, 3665 square foot, 11 room, eight bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Beggs resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Jerry R. Beggs, the proprietor of J. R. Beggs & Company, a wholesale potato dealer, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Beggs resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Jerry R. Beggs, associated with J. R. Beggs & Company, a wholesale potato dealer, and his wife, Lou Worth Beggs, resided at this address. Jerry R. Beggs ( -1946) and Lou Worth Beggs ( -1953) both died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Gregory S. Defor and Jeannine S. Defor. The 1900 city directory indicates that Rev. Ernest Dray resided at the former nearby 903 Portland Avenue. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Moore resided at the nearby former 908 Portland Avenue and that Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Clough resided at the former nearby 906 Portland Avenue. The 1920 city directory indicates that Charles F. Clough, a proprietor of a drug store located at 858 Selby Avenue, resided at the former nearby 906 Portland Avenue. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guerin resided at the former nearby 906 Portland Avenue. In the 1890's, the Right Reverend Mahlon N. Gilbert, Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, was a particular advocate of establishing new missions in St. Paul, and the Emanuel Mission opened in 1893 at the corner of Selby Avenue and Victoria Street under a young vicar, Deacon Ernest Dray. Eventually, the Emanuel Mission became St. Clement's Episcopal Church.
901 Portland Avenue: St. Clement’s Memorial Episcopal Church; Built in 1894; Gothic/English country church style; Cass Gilbert, architect. The structure is a two story, 20,732 square foot, church. The parish hall was designed by Clarence Johnston. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that St. Clement's Episcopal Church was located at this address from 1894. The current owner of record is St. Clements Memorial Church. In the 1890's, the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota focused its church building efforts on growing cities, particularly St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the Right Reverend Mahlon N. Gilbert (1848-1900,) Bishop Coadjutor of Minnesota, was a particular advocate of new missions in St. Paul, especially in the rapidly growing suburbs west of the city. In 1894, Elizabeth Eaton, the widow of the rector of St. Clement's Church in New York City, Reverend Dr. Theodore Eaton ( -1893,) approached Bishop Gilbert with a proposal to fund a new church in Minnesota, to be named St. Clement's Memorial Church, in honor of her husband. The cornerstone was laid on April 17, 1895, and St. Clement's Memorial Church was consecrated on October 6, 1895. Reverend Ernest Dray ( -1938) was the first rector of the church and later was a missionary in Wyoming. Beginning in the 1960's, St. Clement's went through a period of decline and, by the early 1980's, the parish had shrunk to fewer than 300 members. In 1983, St. Clement's called the Reverend Daniel V. Pearson to be its new rector and he was given three years to rejuvenate the congregation or the church would close. Reverend Stephen Lander and Reverend Debbie Brown are the interim rectors of the 600 parishioner church, following the move of Reverend Pearson to St. Stephen's in Edina, Minnesota. The 1930 city directory indicates that Samuel Hartman resided at the former nearby 906 Portland Avenue, that Benjamin Nemer, a branch manager employed by Leon K. Stein & Company, Celia Nemer, resided at the former nearby 908 Portland Avenue, and that St. Clements Memorial Episcopal Church was located at the former nearby 919 Portland Avenue. Samuel Hartman ( -1960) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Benjamin Abraham Nemer ( -1934) died in Ramsey County. Celia G. Nemer (1893-1972) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Gerber, and died in Ramsey County. Celia Nemer (1890-1973) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. [See the note for Mahlon Norris Gilbert for 18 Summit Court.]
897 Portland Avenue: Built in 1885. The structure is a one story, 1061 square foot, eight room, three bedroom, two bathroom, frame bungalow, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles W. Caron, a foreman with Swift & Company, and his wife, Florence Caron, resided at this address. Charles W. Caron ( -1969) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Vanalls, and died in Hennepin County. Florence Caron (1892-1988) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McCue, and died in Ramsey County. The current owner of record is St. Clement's Episcopal Church. The church indicates that the building is used for youth activities and small meetings. Richard Rasmussen was a World War I veteran who resided at the former 894 Portland Avenue in 1919.
893 Portland Avenue: Built in 1911. The structure is a two story, 2172 square foot, nine room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. Jno. McKee, Jr., was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Edmund T. Burke resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Anne M. Burke, Ann Burke, a clerk, Charles W. Burke, a clerk, and John E. Burke, a clerk employed by McMeekin & Quinn, resided at this address. Anne M. Burke (1883-1969) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Casey, and died in Hennepin County. Ann Marie Burke (1912-1994) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Comsolan, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are C. H. Turner and Rex J. Turner.
889 Portland Avenue: Built in 1911. The structure is a one story, 1490 square foot, five room, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco bungalow, with a detached garage. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Schmitz resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Grace Empey, a teacher at the McKinley School, boarded at this address and that Harold J. Empey, an assistant manager employed by the Citizens Service Corporation, resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that George L. Hanzalick, a chief estimator employed by the Adam Decker Hardware Company, and his wife, Irene Hanzalik, resided at this address. The property was last sold in 1994 for $89,900. The current owner of record is the William Mitchell College of Law.
885 Portland Avenue: Built in 1924. The structure is a one story, 1546 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco bungalow, with a detached one car garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that William L. Alban, an architect located at the Endicott Building, and his wife, Gertrude Alban, resided at this address. William L. Alban (1873-1961) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. Gertrude Alban ( -1949) died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Jean M. Ludescher and George E. Rapaich. George E. Rapaich (1953- ) is a defense lawyer who practices in St. Paul, was a financial supporter of the University of Wisconsin-Superior Foundation in 2006, and ran in the 28th Annual Get in Gear 10K Run/Walk in 2005. Jean Ludescher and George Rapaich were financial suppoters of Open Arms in 2006. Jean M. Ludescher, Inc., is located at 1528 Breda Avenue. Jean Ludescher (1958- ) is a faculty member of the College of Veterinary Medicine and ran in the 28th Annual Get in Gear 10K Run/Walk in 2005.
881 Portland Avenue: Built in 1940. The structure is a one story, 1161 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached one car garage. The current owners of record are Diana R. Wigfield and Thomas M. Wigfield.
877 Portland Avenue: Built in 1904. The structure is a two story, 1724 square foot, eight room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Daly, Mrs. Elizabeth Daly, and H. J. Daly resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Keefe and Mrs. A. F. Healey all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hanify and Mrs. Ross Nelson all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William E. Bush resided at this address. Ross Edward Nelson ( -1924,) George T. Daly ( -1935,) and Ross Nelson ( -1952) all died in Hennepin County. Elizabeth Daly ( -1921) and William E. Bush ( -1945) both died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1997 for $107,900. The current owners of record are Anna R. Igra and Howard I. Oransky. The 1930 city directory indicates that the St. Lukes Catholic Parochial School was located at the nearby former 878 Portland Avenue. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that the St. Luke's Parochial School was located at the nearby former 878-880 Portland Avenue from 1905 to 1951, that Our Lady of Peace School was located at the nearby former 878-880 Portland Avenue from 1952 to 1972, and that William Mitchell College of Law was located at the nearby former 878-880 Portland Avenue from 1977, with the address eventually having been changed to 875 Summit Avenue. [See note for the William Mitchell College of Law for 875 Summit Avenue.]
857 Portland Avenue: Built in 1900. The structure is a two story, 2420 square foot, 12 room, three bedroom, four bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Clara M. Stalley, the widow of William B. Stalley, resided at this address. William Stalley ( -1928) died in McCleod County, Minnesota. The current owners of record are Frank O. Johnson III and Sandra K. Johnson. The 1930 city directory indicates that George Rick, a salesman employed by Seeler-Farnum, and his wife, Emma Rick, resided at the former nearby 859 Portland Avenue. George F. Rick (1900-1962) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Roufs, and died in Ramsey County. Emma M. Rick (1906-1975) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Stratman, and died in Ramsey County.
856 Portland Avenue: The property is a vacant lot. The current owner of record is the Summit Avenue Assemblies of God Church.
853 Portland Avenue: Built in 1905. The structure is a two story, 2019 square foot, ten room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mullen and Lawrence Holton and his daughters resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mullen resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Edward J. Mullen, a manager employed by the Railway Express Agency, and his wife, Anna T. Mullen, resided at this address. Lawrence Holton ( -1919) died in Ramsey County. Edward J. Mullen (1875-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mattimore, and died in Ramsey County. Anna Christine Mullen ( -1954) died in Hennepin County. The property was last sold in 2005 for $455,000. The current owners of record are John V. Politsch and Susan Politsch.
852 Portland Avenue: The property is a vacant lot. The current owner of record is the Summit Avenue Assemblies of God Church.
849 Portland Avenue: Built in 1905. The structure is a two story, 1969 square foot, eight room, five bedroom, two bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Lionel J. Sweeney, the sales manager employed by the Holt Motor Company, and his wife, Fay E. W. Sweeney, resided at this address. Lionel J. Sweeney (1894-1979) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Moran, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1996 for $184,000. The current owners of record are Jennifer Lynn Frisch and Timothy Joseph Pramas.
844 Portland Avenue: Built in 1938. The structure is a one story, 1170 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached one car garage. The current owner of record is the Summit Avenue Assemblies of God Church.
841 Portland Avenue: Built in 1902. The structure is a two story, 2800 square foot, nine room, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1914 and 1918 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carling and their daughters and H. J. Carling resided at this address. The 1920 city directory indicates that Estella T. Carling, a stenographer employed by the Oregon & Western Colonization Company, Harry J. Carling, the general manager of the Employers Detective Service, with offices at the Oppenheim Building, and Kathleen Carling, a stenographe, all boarded at this address and that Henry Carling, an artist who officed at the Met Building, resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Carling and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carling and their daughters all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Henry Carling, proprietor of the Henry Carling Artist & Art School, a studio located at 319 Robert Street, and his wife, Delia Carling, resided at this address. The officers of the Oregon & Western Colonization Company were W. P. Davidson, president, R. P. Warner, secretary, and J. G. Barwise, treasurer, and the corporate offices were located at the Pioneer Building. Henry Carling ( -1932,) Harry J. Carling ( -1938,) Delia Carling ( -1948) all died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1993 for $206,900. The current owners of record are Matthew J. Crellin and Joan L. Cochran.
840 Portland Avenue: Built in 1937. The structure is a one story, 1167 square foot, five room, three bedroom, one bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached one car garage. The current owners of record are the trustees of Florence M. Johnson and Ward L. Johnson.
834 Portland Avenue: Built in 1936. The structure is a one story, 1217 square foot, seven room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, stucco bungalow, with a detached one car garage. The property was last sold in 1993 for $75,000. The current owner of record is the Summit Avenue Assemblies of God Church. [See note for the Summit Avenue Assembly of God Church for 845 Summit Avenue.]
833 Portland Avenue: Built in 1902. The structure is a two story, 2736 square foot, eight room, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that William F. Zimmermann resided at this address from 1902 to 1906. The 1914, 1918, and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hopkins resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that James H. Hopkins and his wife, Jennie Hopkins, resided at this address. William F. Zimmermann ( -1952) died in Stearns County, Minnesota. James H. Hopkins ( -1933) died in Ramsey County. Jennie Hopkins (1881-1957) was born outside of Minnesota and died in St. Louis County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 1996 for $250,000. The current owner of record is Tracey Lue Strech. Compensation Management Inc. is located at this address.
830 Portland Avenue: Built in 1936. The structure is a one story, 1316 square foot, seven room, three bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided bungalow, with a detached one car garage. The current owner of record is Summit Avenue Assemblies of God, located at 845 Summit Avenue.
829 Portland Avenue: Built in 1889. The structure is a two story, 2642 square foot, ten room, five bedroom, two bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Henry Hasenwinkle resided at this address from 1891 to 1892. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Walsh, J. C. Cabanne, and J. R. Cabanne resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Meagher resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mrs. M. A. Durkee, her daughters, and R. E. Gemmell all resided at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Abbott resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Clinton S. Abbott, superintendent of the Minnesota By-Product Coke Company, and his wife, Marion H. Abbott, resided at this address. In 1919, Clinton S. Abbott, a 1912 Mechanical Engineering graduate of Cornell University, a resident of the University Club, was the assistant superintendent of the By-Product Coke Company, St. Paul. John Cabanne ( -1921) and Clinton S. Abbott ( -1939) both died in Ramsey County. Marion H. Abbott (1892-1982) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record is Katherine Mary Lund Cohen. Jonathan Michael Rixen, who is listed as having resided at 827 Portland Avenue in 2005, was an applicant for registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Jonathan M. Rixen received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Iowa State University, worked for the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies and for Cambrex Charles City, Inc., graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in 2007, is a patent agent registered to practice before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, and currently is a law clerk at the Lemaire Patent Law Firm specializing in mechanical, optical and chemical engineering technologies. [See note for the Minnesota By-Product Coke Company for 1910 Portland Avenue.]
826 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a one story, 770 square foot, three room, one bedroom, one bathroom, stone bungalow, with a detached garage. The current owner of record is Eric M. Kustritz, who resides at 821 Summit Avenue. In 2000, Eric M. Kustritz of Osceda, Wisconsin, and involved in housing rehabilitation, contributed to the Cathie Hartnett (DFL) for Minnesota Fourth Congressional District primary campaign.
823 Portland Avenue: Built in 1889. The structure is a two story, 3333 square foot, nine room, four bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house, with a detached garage. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that Harry T. Morris resided at this address from 1891 to 1893. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Ewing and Miss Anna E. Spates resided at this address. The 1914, 1918, and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Reay resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Neville W. Reay, the president-general manager of the Daily News Publishing Company, his wife, Edna C. S. Reay, and Robert M. Reay, a reporter employed by the St. Paul Daily News, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Edward S. Reay, a member of the Class of 1924, resided at this address. In 1972-1973, Anne Hill, a Junior at Macalester College resided at this address. Neville W. Reay ( -1933,) Anna Elizabeth Spates ( -1933,) and Frank H. Ewing ( -1934) all died in Ramsey County. Robert M. Reay (1905-1974) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Scott, and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Jean Kummerow and John Loban. Jean Kummerow & Associates, a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® certified continuing education provider, is also located at this address. John Loban is a realtor with the St. Paul-Grand Avenue Office of Edina Realty. In 1994, John Loban was appointed by Mayor Norm Coleman to the St. Paul Neighborhood Sales Tax Board and, in 1998 and again in 2002, was appointed by Mayor Norm Coleman to the Neighborhood Sales Tax Reinvestment (STAR) Program. In 1995, John Loban was appointed to the Board of Directors of Cable Access St. Paul, Inc./St. Paul Neighborhood Network. In 2006, John Loban unsuccessfully ran for election to the Ramsey County Soil & Water Conservation District.
819 Portland Avenue: Built in 1889. The structure is a two story, 3202 square foot, ten room, six bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, brick house. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that John R. Warner resided at this address from 1891 to 1896. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kelly and Mrs. Kate Smith resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Mayer Rosenholtz and their daughters resided at this address. The 1918 and 1924 city directories indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Rosenholtz and their daughter resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that William T. Sharp and his wife, Vera L. Sharp, resided at this address. Kate Bell Smith ( -1924,) Meyer Rosenholtz ( -1930,) John Francis Kelly ( -1932,) and John F. Kelly ( -1953) all died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 2004 for $539,900. The current owners of record are Michael B. Busch and Terri F. H. Busch.
817 Portland Avenue: Built in 1889 (1901 according to the National Register of Historic Places); Queen Anne in style. The structure is a two story, 2394 square foot, 11 room, five bedroom, two bathroom, asbestos-sided house, with a detached garage. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Donnelly resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. August Norden and their daughter resided at this address. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Aug Norden resided at this address. Thos. P. Norden was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hurd, and Mr. and Mrs. Aug Norden all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Irvin D. Carpenter, an osteopath, his wife, Aetna S. Carpenter, Alex S. Kelliher, a salesman, and his wife, Eleanor M. Kelliher, all resided at this address. Stan J. Donnelly ( -1918) and Alexander S. Kelliher ( -1940) both died in Ramsey County. Eleanor Kelliher (1893-1956) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Cloeman, and died in Ramsey County. The property was last sold in 1999 for $223,000. The current owners of record are Cathleen K. Brannen and Jonathan H. Brannen.
816 Portland Avenue: Built in 1906. The structure is a 1 1/2 story, 1511 square foot, six room, three bedroom, one bathroom, stucco house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that James M. McKissick, a chauffeur, and his wife, Clara M. McKissick, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Samuel E. Turner, a member of the Class of 1930, resided at this address. Clara McKissick ( -1956) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Paul J. Schuster and Susan T. Schuster. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Greig resided at the former nearby 815 Portland Avenue. Paul B. Greig (1896-1987) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Taber, and died in Ramsey County.
811 Portland Avenue: Built in 1908; Queen Anne in style. The structure is a two story, 2174 square foot, 12 room, six bedroom, two bathroom, aluminum/vinyl-sided house, with a detached one car garage. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dodge resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Victor Manes, a presser employed by Gordon & Ferguson, and his wife, Goldie Manes, resided at this address. Victor Manes (1898-1990) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. Goldie Manes (1901-1976) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Schwartz, and died in Hennepin County. The current owner of record is Susan A. O'Leary. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Dickman resided at the former nearby 815 Portland Avenue. The 1930 city directory indicates that John Pogoler, an agent, and his wife, Helen Pogoler, resided at the former nearby 815 Portland Avenue. Gustave A. Dickman ( -1948) and Helen Pogoler ( -1952) both died in Ramsey County.
809 Portland Avenue: Portland Apartments; Built in 1914 (1893 according to the National Register of Historic Places.) The structure is a two story, 9,002 square foot, multifamily apartment building. The structure is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. The 1918 city directory indicates that Dr. H. E. Horwitz, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Berman, Mrs. G. S. Moore, G. B. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fink, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Horwitz, their daughter, and Mrs. J. H. Morrison and her daughter all resided at this address. Louis Cohen, John H. Roycraft, and John H. Royer (1896- ,) a Private, were World War I veterans who resided at this address in 1919. The 1920 city directory indicates that Harry S. Berman, a partner with Samuel O. Berman in Berman Brothers, a wholesale and retail sporting goods dealer, and Joseph Cohen, a furniture dealer with a store located at 111 Grand Avenue, South St. Paul, Minnesota, both boarded at this address. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Hardiman, H. C. Bentz, Dr. J. A. Lepak, and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Waldner all resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that the residents of the apartment building located at this address were Samuel I. Gilman, a partner with Roy Gilman in Gilman Brothers, tailors, and his wife, Lena Gilman (Apartment #A,) Emmet J. Keefe, a laborer employed by Swift & Company, and his wife, Myrtle Keefe (Apartment #2,) James E. Carroll, assistant superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailRoad, and his wife, Lina Carroll (Apartment #3,) and Wolf S. Resnick, a proprietor of an auto parts supplier located at 268 Rondo Street, his wife, Anna Resnick, Benjamin W. Resnick, a manager of the Central Auto Parts Company, Louis Resnick, a salesman, and Simon Resnick, an auto mechanic employed by the Central Auto Parts Company (Apartment #4.) Louis Cohen ( -1926,) Henry C. Bentz ( -1931,) and Louis Cohen ( -1948) all died in Ramsey County. Emmet J. Keefe ( -1951) died in Stearns County, Minnesota. Louis Cohen (1874-1971) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. John A. Lepak (1887-1968) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Kolczyk, and died in Ramsey County. Emmet J. Keefe (1901-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of McKenna, and died in Washington County, Minnesota. Wolf S. Resnick ( -1959) was born outside of Minnesota and died in Hennepin County. Henry Waldner ( -1935) died in Renville County, Minnesota. The property was last sold in 2001 for $413,400. The current owner of record is Donald Driggs, who resides in Wayzata, Minnesota.
805 Portland Avenue: Built in 1889 (1893 according to the National Register of Historic Places); Queen Anne in style. The structure is a two story, 3055 square foot, 11 room, five bedroom, four bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Summit Hill Historic District. Minnesota Historical Society records indicate that George W. Koehler resided at this address from 1895 to 1905. The 1900 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Koehler resided at this address. The 1914 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Mumm, Mrs. Henry Downs, and G. E. Downs resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Asahel G. Wedge (1831-1921,) the husband of Mary J. Wedge, who was born in New York to parents born in the United States and who died of senility, resided at this address in 1921. The 1924 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Haas, Jr., resided at this address. The 1930 city directory indicates that Mrs. Alma C. Paulson, a teacher, and Oliver R. Van Krevelen, an assistant engineer employed by the Ramsey County Engineer, and his wife, Mildred L. Van Krevelen, resided at this address. George W. Koehler ( -1916) died in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Bernard Joseph Mumm (1873-1956) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Zwart, and died in Ramsey County. Henry Downs ( -1911) died in Hennepin County. Mary J. Wedge ( -1925) and John Quincy Haas ( -1927) both died in Ramsey County. Alma C. Paulson (1886-1984) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Johnson, and died in Rice County, Minnesota. Oliver R. Van Krevelen (1901-1972) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Carl, and died in Hennepin County. Mildred L. Van Krevelen (1900-1957) was born in Minnesota and died in Ramsey County. The current owners of record are Mark H. Foster and Sarah D. Foster. The 1887 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Craig and Mrs. E. Harrison all resided at the former nearby 781 Portland Avenue, that Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Clayton resided at the former nearby 755 Portland Avenue, that Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clark, S. B. Clark, and C. H. Clark all resided at the former nearby 749 Portland Avenue, that Rev. and Mrs. A. J. D. Haupt, Miss Effie Hargis, and Mrs. Jane A. Cla
