A Survey Report could not be located for the 1979 Survey of the Harris Addition, St. Joseph, Buchanan County.

However, there is a draft National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination with the files. This draft nomination was never finalized. We will be using this draft in lieu of an actual Survey Report.

In 2003, there was a nomination prepared and listed in the NRHP entitled Harris Addition Historic District. Please note that the draft nomination aka Survey Report and the listed nomination each contain information not included in the other.

Form N o 10-300 (Rev 10.74)

U N i l t D S I A-1 LS D k P A K T M t N T O F T H t I N T E R I O R NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM'

SEE l NSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS

NAME HISTORIC William T. H~trris Iiis.t;oric Neighborhood

.L

AND/OR COMMON none

LOCATION West one/half Block 15, all of Blocks 9 and 16, Harris Addition and

STREET & NUMBER east one/%lf of Block 13, Carter's Addition to the City of St. Joseph

see 1 e plan maps -NOT FOR PUBLICATION

CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT St. Joseph, - VICINITY OF Missouri 6th Hon. William Coleman

STATE Missouri C%E

COUNTY Buc hanan

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CODE 021

CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS =DISTRICT -PUBLIC =OCCUPIED

- BUILDING(S1 XXPRIVATE -UNOCCUPIED

-STRUCTURE - 6 0 1 H -WORK I N PROGRESS

.-.SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE --OBJECT -IN PROCESS -YES: RESTRICTED

,BEING CONSIDERED X X Y E S : UNRESTRICTED

-NO

PRESENT USE -AGRICULTURE .-MUSEUM

-COMMERCIAL -PARK

-EDUCATIONAL XXPRIVATE RESIDENCES

-ENTERTAINMENT -RELIGIOUS

-GOVERNMENT -SCIENTIFIC

-1NDUSTRIOL -TRANSPORTATION

-MILITARY -OTHER

OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME

Multiple Private - -- - - - - - . - . - . - - . ----- - . -

STREET & NUMBER

CITY. TOWN STATE

- VICINITY OF

COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC Registrar of Deeds Buchanan County Courthouse STREET 81 NUMBER

5th and Jule -- CITY. TOWN STATE

St. Joseph Missouri

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE , Missouri Historic Inventory

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-FEDERAL 3 T A T E --COUNTY . LOCAL - DEPOSITORY FOR

Office of Historic Preservation , Division of Planning and Policy Develop- . .

ClTY- T jepff;rtmerrt (THh-tura* * Y.O. Box 176 Jefderson City Missouri G5lOl

105 horth 19th

119 North 19th Mr. and Pks. William Herzog 119 N. 19th, St. Joseph, MO 64501

108-110 North 19th Mr, and Mrs. Mark Jackson 108 N, 19th, St. Joseph, MO 64501

102-104 North 19th Mrs. Louise T, Farr 102 N, 19th, St. Joseph, Mo 64501

1855-1817 Felix Mr, Randall Kirbey 2727 N, 32nd, St. Joseph, MO 64506

N.E. corner 18th Pelix Fire Station City of St. Joseph Fire Dept,

7th and Sylvanie, St, Joseph, MO 64501

109 horth 18$h Mr, and Mrs. John Schellhorn 109 N, 18th, St, Joseph, MO 64501

113-113i North 18th Mr. Lowell D. Rock 1501 Francis, St. Joseph, M" 64501

1715 Felix Mr, and Mrs, Joseph Coburn 1715 Pelix, St. Joseph, MO 64501

1716 Aancis Mrs. DuWayne Barnes 1716 Francis, St. Joseph, MO 64501

1802 Francis Mr. and Mrs, Pay1 Wheeler 1802 Francis, St. Joseph, Mo, 64501

1808 Francis Mr, and Mrs, Jmes L, Willis 1808 Francis, St. Joseph, Mo, 64501

1812 Rnncis Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Modlin 1812 Prancis, St. Joseph, MO 64501

1822-1824Francis Mr, andMrs,GlenBoMro~ 1824 Francis, St, Joseph, MO 64501

1815 Francis Mr, and Mrs, Level1 Jackson 1815 @rancis, St, Joseph, MO 64501

209 3orth 18th Mr. apd Mrs, Levell Jackson 1815 St. Joseph, MO 64501

211-215 North 18th Ms. Betty June Wise 211 N, 19th St. Joseph, Mo 64501

and Ms. Susan J. Ualters 215 N, 19th, St. Joseph, MO 64501

221 horth 18th Mr, and Mrs. N. Frederick Cool 221 N. 18th, St. Joseph, Mo, 64501

I

208 Morth 19th Mr, and Mrs. John Creal, Jr, 208 N, lgth, St, Joseph, MO 64501

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20. 206 North 19th Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burnham Route # 4, St. Joseph, MO 64504

(2) The Architecture of Saint Joseph Albrecht Art Museum 2818 Prederick, St. Josephr bfo 64501

(3) The Stained Glass of Saint Joseph Albrecht Art Museum 2818 Frederick, St. Joseph, MO 64501

This neighborhood i s an enclave of well kept residences, large- owner occupied, i n an

area of the c i t y which was, a t one time,quite fashionable wi t11 leaders of the business

and cu l tu ra l community l iv ing t h e r e 3 "While there nre anumber of well kept or s i m i -

restored residences outside the enclave the fee l ing of the whoke area i.s one of deter- 2.

io rn t ion , with many m d larger homes converted in to substandard muliple dwellings.

There i s a wide var ie ty of a rch i t ec tu r t~ l s ty l e s from Federal, t b n u g h -x

ZhAhxxta Rennaisance revival , IIigh Victorian I t a l i ana te and Cl~~teauesque t o the vernacular

f ourid i n the ear ly p:lrts of the 20th Century. This widely varying sty1.e pat tern how-

ever r e f l e c t s the changing face of the c i t y during i t s growth from frorltier t o a major

metropolitan area and t rade center f o r iiorthwest l l issouri aud Iiortheast, K:a,nsas. There

i s a fee l ing of openess rtnd green s p c e l en t t o the are by the f a c t t h a t a llumber of

tlie I ~ O L ~ S a r e on multiple lo t s .

liouses in the Rrea include:

1. The Harris Toole, Tootle,hHerzop house 119 N. 19th, Federal s t y l e twic'story brick.

Buibt 18401s, extensively remodled 1923. The hou e has a truncated hip roof of

xiah& ribbed t i n . Double hung windows have in se t stone l i n t e l s and si l ls ,

Two chimneys extend from the f l a t t pa r t of the roof a t e i ther end.of the house.

The two s tory sect ion of the house i s rectangular with bisect ing cent ra l ha l l .

To the rear of the two s tory sect ion and t o the south of the bisect ing h a l l i s a

one s tory e l l with low gable roof. ( t h i s portion of the house may well be the pa r t * I

of the house b u i l t ;~nd occupied by William I . Harris. Across the f ron t of t h e house

i s a one s tory f l a t roofed porcli which dates from the 1923 renovation. On the l o t

i s a three car garage a lso dat ing from 1923. The house i s buffered from the s t r e e t

by a brick wall topped by pickets which i s a pa r t of the 1923 desibm of the garden

by Hare ad IIare Landscape archi tec ts . a.

2. The IYcAlister, Sugust, S t . Joseph Museum Roteler house, 105 N. 19th. Cbte&uegque

s t y l e , two s tory br ick and sandstone b u i l t 1890, designed by Edmund J. h k e l . High , r ,i&

hipped roof of s l a t e . The f ront of the building has a two so t ry tower t o the l e f t

of the entranceway and a smaller t u r r e t which begins s t the second f loor level.

The srnaller t u r r e t extends well above the roof l i ne and i s topped by a sharply

conical roof. The two story tower his four a r t g lass windows a t tile f i r s t f l oo r

level . The southwest coriler of the building i s extended in to another two s tory

tower. The entraceway i s highly ornmented; the f i r s t three f e e t 'being bands of

yellow axid brown t i l e , above the ti lebands i s ailother three f e e t of rough cut

sandstone i n b-nds. A roman

arch of rough cut sandstone tops the entraceway. The panneled door i s recessed some

three f e e t from the face of the facade. Above the entranceway i s n shallow balsony which is decorated with two red grani te colums with Woerleicisn cap i t a l s of red

ff7. Corrtinuation sheet.

sandstone. The south facade of the building is highlighted by a roman arch porte-cochere

whose keystone is rux& a low relief carving of the head of a child. Pairs of windows

on the south facade have semi-detaclled brick columns two sotrys

in height. The port-cochere has s carriage landing as well as suc9trax steps leading to

a door into the main entrance hall. A brick courtyard reached through the port-cochere

is protected on the south and east by the carriage house and stables. The interior of

the house is as ornate as the interior with hand carved walnut woodwork, parquet floors

and an imposing !huaUu wliich rises to a landing

then divides and doubles back on iteself. At the landing is a story and a half faceted

art glasswindow in tones of yellow gold and white.

3. The Chapman, Kennard, ~ustonb, Robinson, Jackson home: 108-110 N. 19th, Italian

hwm Ltevival Style two story brick, c. 1872; low hip roof of ahbegtes shingle ri nedwitha oxe cornicewi h b a e s o

aabfe pung sah winaows%ave segmental fiaefs 05 g%%k and stone sills. The fornt

entrance is double leaf flgS$wentieth century conversioli to duplex style has doors

to the first and second floor aprtrnents place about three feet back form the facade.

A flntt roofed porch extends across the front and a part of the south side of the

building and is ornamented with wrouglt iron trim. &he sout facade has a two

story bay witli windows on each of the faces of t e bay. Theccood!cLin~c

4. Two sotry brick duplex at 10P-104 W. 19th. Vernacular style with belcast hipped roof

a bay on tlie south frtcade and porches at both first rtns second floor lsfels on the

front facade. Built 1905

5. Two story brick and asbestos siding duplex at 12815-1817 ~elix./'%$n'nncular style

with belcast I@ roof. Porch on first floor level of and bay window on both levels.

6 . One to one and one/half story brick fire station. Modern style.

7. one story frame second empire b8rnacular style at 109 N. 18th. Mansard roof has

oct.~glnal asbestos shingle. House was converted to duplex in late nienties is in

the process of being reconverted to single residence by present owners.

8. two story frame house at 113-113; N. 18th asbestos siding hides construction which

is probably clapbord. There are two roof styles both low hp and gable and the

house has apparently "just growed like Topsyw. Federal style rrood lintels make

one think the house is prob~bly quite old but 1 can not ger any precise information

on it.

9. Powler Coburn residence, 1715 Felix Frame farmhouse gothic vernaoulnr, built 1915.

House was built by Miss Louisa Powler owner of tlie Mansion on the same half block

and the unmistahable signs of age in the brick of the foundation and the square nails

in the basement floor joists make one wonder if the house may not be well be bult

on the foundation of a mansion outbuilding.

10. Barnard, &an, ,owler, Priebe, Barnes House; 1716 Francis, High Italianate Victor- shap d

ian style , two sotry brick, 1878. ~his/kouse gas full basement and ~ttic. !i!b

The cross

gable roof is of slate smhdibw with cornice boxed pedirnented raking. A wooden

brcketed stringcourse separ:+tes the second and attic floors. A& six sided tower

at the northesat corner of the house extends well above the roof line adxxx, with

slender . . windows wit11 stone semi-circular lintels in each of the six

sides. Wilidows on the first and second floors liave segmental

carved stone lintels. a rear section of the house is less highly ornamented with

a simple gable roof line anti brick lintels ovee the windows, A porch wraps around the

base of the tower and pnotects two sets of double doors which open into the

main area of the house. Both sets of doors not only are double leaf but also are

in exterior-interior pairs. The interior doors of the set which faces on Frqncis

or the front of the ho-2 has upper panels of etched glass with the monoggam of

the builder HEE3. There is a glass fanliglit over each of these two sets of doors. w anut On the interior of the house the curved free hnnging/stalrway to the second floor

is located in the tower.

11. Two story brick vernacular style house; 1802 'rancis, 1902. Belcnst hipped roof

of asbestos shingle. An interesting feature of the hoame is the belcast hipped

dormer inset into tho roof on tlie front fncade with shallow baleony. A bay

on the west side of the building is topped by a gn,ble dormer. A plain wood feize

trims the top of the secolid floor. Ayroch extends the whole front facade.

12. Two story frame vernacplar , l W 8 Francis; 1904. Belcast hipped roof, hipped dor-

mer, double bay windows on second floor. Leaded glass in top pane of first floor

windows. Front porch extends le~igth of front facade.

13. Two story frame vern.,cular; 1812 Prancis, 1904. Belcnst hipped roof of :~sbestos

shingle, dowle bay windows on second floor, almost identical to house at1808

except th t soor and window placement on front facade of first floor is different,

reputedly build* by same builder

14. Prairie style vernacular, 1924; duplex residence, x%ucco with wood trim in the prairie

style, @edium hipped roof of asbestos shingle. Builder was Frank Kessler, long

time grocery nerch~nt of tlie city.

15. TWO story frame V ~ ~ I I R C U ~ R ~ : 11115 Francis. Built in 18808s h-$aW

a a m - 1 the house was movecl from

the corner lot in the early part of the century slid h:ls been added on to ~ n d

covered with nsbestos siding to tlie point where it is digficult to imagine wliat

t ~ l e 1880 house looked like. A portiorl of the roofline is hipped, nportion

gable tlle roof is of asbestos slringle. h p:rladi.ln window at the a~ttic level

rz tri;l,agul lr window ;t t the second leve l atid i n t e r e s t t o the facade. an e : ~ r l y 20th C.

porch w r a p s around the house from the f ron t door, i n the middle 08 the f r o n t fncllde t o

a s ide door on the e s s t facsde.

16. Two s to ry br ick I t a l i a n V l i l l n s t y l e ; 209 N. l a t h , 1876-6 . A low truncated hipped

roof i s of asbestos shingle. The cornice is boxed with decorttted f r i e , e and paired

brackets. A s ide porch has ornate posts , :!nd a 3nx~mx 4 ~ s s to ry bay on the south f-cade

has wood carved in to 7 rope as t r i r n aouid the windows. Lin te l s nre segment;\,l i n shape

and of brick. Front door i s double leaf wood and i s covered by EX hood porch supported

by brqckets matching the br7ckets on the roof cornice. Iioolline of f r o n t f xca,de has

inverted ttVtt f axkmuqxgable.

17. Two s to ry br ick and shingle duplex residence; 211-215 N. 18t0, 1905. F i r s t f l oo r w od

i s br ick second is/sfhngle. Pledium hipped roof of :tsbestos shingle. A t the ; * t t i d leve l

n hipped dormer which i s rtlso of wood shingle a x t g l t l a m has in t e re s t ing

r o l l e d sicles.

18. Two s to ry br ick , i I ta l iam V i l l a s t y l e , ; 221 N. l a t h , c. 1874. Truncated h ip roof

of asbestos shingle. L in te l s a rc of br ick and stone, s ide porch h ~ s orn:xte posts.

An entrnnceway has been added t o t he f#ont facctde sometime, it does not f i t the house

s ty l e .

19. Builders vernacular hone o f &!i@ax brick. ; 212 N . 19th, 1902 2 s tory and f u l l a t t i c

1883 20 . I ta l ianate v i l l a s t y l e , brick 208 N o 19th , /e labotate cornice and l i n t e l s

porch has been added, which obscures s t y l e .

SIGNIFICANCE SAMPLE COPY PERIOD

- PREHISTORIC

-. 1400- 1489

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE --.CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW

A R C H E O L U G Y -PREHISTORIC -COMMUNITY PLANNING ,LANOSCAPE ARCHITECTURE -RELIGION

ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC -CONSERVATION

AGRICULTURE -ECONOMICS

X J X RCHITECTURE

J R T

-COMMERCE

,POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -OTHER (SPECIFY)

SPECIFIC DATES 1840's through 1925 BUlLDERlARCHlTECT multiple

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

This area of residences lies within the Southwest Quarter, Section Nine, Township 57, Range

35, which Quarter section was pre-empted by William T. Harris, one of the earliest settlers

of Buchanan County. While architectural styles vary widely and there are varying degrees

of significance, there is only one intrusion-a semi-abimdoned city fire st:ttion. The range

of architecturtrl styles reflects in micrpcosm the changing face of the city. Tlle siories I S ( LA. -. * ( % I \ L i l N l \ t . , . l -

CLnctl, of the persons who had the houses built or m e d them for long periods of times,

a short course in the history of the city. The artisans who were involved in the building

and/or alterations to the houses reflects the calibre of the professional life of the city.

WILLIaI T . 1;WUtIS

one of the pre-1840 settlers in the St. Joseph area was former Kentuckian Fdillim 1. Harris.

Mr. Harris, n 1n1id speculator and builder WRS born in Niddletown, Kentucky in 1815 and

emigrated to the Platte Purchase nren shortly after his marriage in 183$.1* Ii e pre-empted

the S W Quarter, SIcf ion 9 , . Township 57, iiallge 35. Ihe pre-ernption certificate is #1930,

dated April 1, 1846 at Plattsburg, iblis~ouri and signed by President James E;. ~olk.~' Yw.

Harris died intestate in 1851 leavorlg, ;>ccording to Probate Court Records, an estate of

$30,000.00.~' 111 1857 an estate suit was filed by the widow, Now Mrs. Jane

Scott. Cofiuuissiolles of the partition decreed that the west one/half of tlie quarter section

be gold. William >loCarter , o~ater~lal grandfather of Mrs. bartlett Boder, owner of the Plissouri Valley Trust Historic Uistrict, purchased tl.e li~~id for $79,500.00. It is difficult

to follow the r,iaze of land dealings that took place in this 1/43 section of land for the

next few yeilrs, but Deeds of Trust, Mortgage "eeds, Quit Claims a ~ d Warr!~nty heeds, executed

between prominat members of the growing cormunity, abound. The 1/8 sections was platted

and dedicRted to the city as Carters Addition to the City of St. Joseph on July 1,1858.

Judgements brought against Mr. Carter in Buchanan County Circuit Court returned the land

to Plrs . Scott and the four surviving Harris children-John J. , Nary T , MargaretJ. , and Willie J., in 1865.4a Another estate partition snit was then filed by Plrs. Scott and as

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a result tile east one half of tlie quarter section was platted as Harris Addition to the

City of St. Joseph, and dedicated on Harch 11, 1865. The land in both additions was

divided by the commissioners and grRnted in fee simple to the Harris survivors. 5.

Block 15, llarris Addition was granted with other property to the son, John J. Harris. 4 \-; f! l 4 ! ,

It is in this block, on lots 3 and- 4, that the house which was tlie homestead of William

T. Harris stqnds. The great grandson: of A*. Harris identified the house as the one in which his great-grandfather was living nt the time of his death. 6 .

Edwin Toole, a lawyer a.rid tlsoonerll illto the Pl:jtte purchase area mied this ssme house

from 1870 to 1878. Mr. Toole w:ts born in Shelby bounty Kentucky in 1808 and when he

first came to the area settled in wbnt is now Andrew County. He was commissioned the

first Circuit Clerk of Huchanan County by the Hon. Austin King, Judge of the 5th Judicial

Cistrict of Missouri on February 19,1939. He served in this post for one yenr and then from

1840 to 1858 was Circuit Clerk of Andrew County, again the first one named. In 1858 he

moved to St. Joseph and was named Justice of the Peace in 1860. During the time he owned

the house at 119 N . 19th he was a member of the City Council of St. Jose,ph,;.and a practicing 7. attorney. In 1878, his wife having died, Plr. Toole sold the property and made an extend-

ed trip to the Montczlu~a Territory where he visited his son Joseph K Toole. J. Ko Toole,

also an attorney, became the first governor of the state of Montanna,upon its admittance

to the union,in November of 1889. J. Ko Toole also served mother term as governor and reyre-

sented the state for two terms in Congress 8,

In 1923 the home at 199 N. 19th was purchased by Milton Tootle I1 for his son and

daughter in law, Milton 111 and Natalie Gilbert Tootle. The Tootle family was established

in St. Joseph by Milton Tootle, airnative of Ross County Ohio, The first Mr. Tootle

was the builder of the Tootle Opera House. At its opening in 1872 it was ~roclairned

the finest west of the Mississi@pi, and became a prime stop $'or the legitimate theatre , r l l s f

circuits of the 19th ~entur~.~*~ilton I1 waq L., .. {L the P pesident anda'chairman of the Board af I *

the Tootle Lemon National Bank at the time of the purchase of the house. Ilis son later I' .I '

also became the chief' officer of the bank and oversaw the first of the mergers which

eventuated in the formation of the Arr~erican National Banlt, the cities largest. 16.

Three generations of the Tootle farnily now living in St. Joseph include Gilbert, who

with his elder brother Milton I V grew up in the 19th Street l~ouse, Milton V and 7

year old Milton VI, "Chipt1.

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At the time of its purchase by Milton Tootle the house at 119 N. 19tli underwent a rnrtjor

re nova ti or^ under the design auspices if Walter Boschen. Mr. Boschen was born in New Haven

Conn. in 1881 anci received his architectural education at the U~iiversity of Pennsylvania 1

the &ole des Beaux Arts, Paris. In 1909 M r . Boscken moved to St. Joseph and became the

partner of Edmund J. Uckel. He designed the First Presbyterian Cliurch of this city for

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thqt firm but before completion of that building was offered a jbb in New York. The

partnership was terminated but Milton Tootle who was chairman of the Church building Committee

prevailed upon the architect to remain in the city arid oversee completion of the building.

He opened a temporary office which beczune permanent and he practiced his craft in the

city for 45 years. The downtown cityscape is heavily influenced by Roschen designed buildings. $1.

In the year 1883 the name of J. W. blcAlister first appenrs in the City Directory of St.

Joseph. It was in this year that he purchased 250 of the 1000 shares with which the

Saxon Xational Brtnk was incorporated. In Plarch of 1183 the Comptroller of Currency,

John box, issued the bank its National Clxtrter which lists Mr. Mcklister R,S Cashier. A

former officer of the First National Bank of *t. Joseph has statedlVery often, and this

is still true, 1971- in many rural communities, the title of Fresident was honorary, with

the Cashier being, in fact, the chief executive officer. In 1889 McAlister purchased

Lots 1 and 2 of Block 15, Harris Addition. He engaged the firm of &kel and khnn to

design a home for him. ^The building permit issued by the city was for $18,000.00, for

which arnount the oppulent Chatenuesque mansion at 105 N. 19th was constructed. 1 .

McAlister w a s active in balking circles as an officer of the Saxon National 8,s-k and its

successor, the First Xational Bnnk of Buchanan County, until 1903, when he retired and

moved from the city.

h u n d J. Eckel (1845-1934) was a native of Alsace, Prance and a graduate of the Ecole

des Beaux krts, Paris. John Albury Bryan identified him as " t3fe outstanding inan in the

history of the profession in the western section of the statet1 Eckel arrived in St.

Joseph in 1869, joining the firm of Stigers mid Boettner. Lewis Stigers, senior partner

of the f irnl had designed Patee House , (a National Historical Landmark) . 111 1872 Eckel became a partner in the firm. From 1880 to 1891 and 1899 to 1894 he was partners with

George R. blarm. Later partners included Walter Boschen, Will S . Aldrich and his son

George H. Eckel. George Eckel had as partners Aldrich and Otto Brunner. The firm exists

Doday, with Willi~m Brunner, son of Otto as the Senior partner. Edmund Eckel was a mem-

ber of the Western association of Architects from 1885 to 1889 when that orgrtnization

mergedewith the hnerict511 Institute of ~chitects. He was made a fellow of the A.I. A. in

1889, the Fame year he was commissioned to design the McAlister House. 1Bk

McAlister sold the mansior:. 'o Albert J. August in 1906. August who owned the home until

his death ill 1940 was a leader in the retail business sector of the city of St. Joseph,

He founded the A. J. August l"len58sClothing Store in 1882, w d owned it until his death

when it was purchased by Martin Braun. This company which has been an importRrlt fixture

in the downtown business sector of the city was the first to build new facilities under

the Urban Renewa,l progr~m of the cit;.~. Ph. August wits a quiet philantropist, particular1

in caring for the children of less fortunate families.'$* His home was left to Jewish Chlrities of St. Joseph. Development of a program by Jewish bharities did not

#8. CC)h ' I ' I hUTIO SWT page 3.

eventuate and the building was sold to the city of St, Joseph for use as the St.

Joseph Museum. M r . August's daughter and son in law reimbursed the city for the pur-

chase price, so in effect this became yet another August philanthropy. l'* The

mansion wijs the location of the Pluseum until 1952 when it was moved to its present lo-

cation which, coincidentally, was the long time home of lliltoi~ Tootle II. In 1960

the rnansio~l was purchased by Lucile Connett Boteler, an interior decorator who used

the first floor and most of the second for her shop, living in a group of: rooms on the

south end of the second floor. The present owners have returned the llouse to a one

family dwelling,

PAUL 11, WOIiZk? ART (?LASS CliAFTSi,irtll

St. Joseph is aclmow9edged as a city rich with homes large m d srnall which have

stunning exmples of the art glass craft. In 1975 the Albrecht Art 14useum published a

study of this ~~henonienn which features photographic studies of some of the best of these

by Janes hyart of the School of Fine bts of the University of Kandas, One of the major

practioliers of this craft was Paul H. Wolff. Pk. Wolff was born in Stuttga.rt, Germany

and arrived in St. Joseph in 1889. He went to work for the firm of Smuel I. Smith &

Co., afir1~1 evtctblished in 1873. >fro Wolff created his windows by making drawings and

water color designs, then cutting out each piece of glass se2arately. Irl 1902 Mr. Wolff

established his own business wliich operated continuously until the 1960's. The mansion

at 105 W . llth has a number of outstanding exmples of Plr. Wolffls artistry. He iden-

tified the windows as his work when he did repair work on them at the time of the acqui-

sition by Mrs. Boteler. Mr. Wolffls work is also found in many ecclesiastical installa-

tions throughout the country. Pfr. Wolff was a york and Scottish kite Mason and Shriner

a, member of the St, Joseph Chamber of Commerce and of the Stained Glass Association of

America. lq •

Blocks 9 iknd 16 of Harris Addition were'granted to,.l,hrysret J. ( ~ a ~ ~ i e ) Mar~is, daughter

of William T o , in the 1065 land partition. She and her husband Mark Boatman 'hapan

were responsible for the constructio of two of the significant homes in the neighbor-

110 od . hiK 1~U~'~TiLbihl CKAYMAN - " ~ - A I W C E MAN"

A native of ~ouisiana(1846) ,C t lopnan was a mnn of all trdes. He served in the Confederat.

Army, enlisting in the army as a private, then becoming Chaplain of the Washington

Artillery of New Orleans. He was a Methodist South clergyman. He came to Missouri after U the War where he served area churches as well as the 2'rancis treet Methodist church of

St. Joseph. He married Maggie Harris in 1869 and at that time was engaged in the

practice of law with his brother in law Cullen Lincoln, the husband of Willie Jane

Harris. In 1874 he founded and was for four yews the editor of The kening Chronicle , c'

which was consolidated with the St. Joseph Gazette in 1878 whicd ha$ been in continuous

publication since 1045; In 1880 he formed a partnersliip with Vermont born p. 1.:.

* . #8 COiflINUiiTION S I ~ T page 4 j , '

Cornell as real estate broker, loan negotiator and collecting agent. 19. After 1884

he was listed in the City Directories as Residing Elder of the Msthodist Church,

South. The Chapmans were the builders of the houses at 108-110 N, 19th and 209 N, 18th,

The house at 108-110 N, 19th was constructed by the Chapmans c, 1872 and sold by them to

V,B, Wilkerson. In 1878 the house was purchased by George Kerm~d, a native of Ohio,

who cane to St, Joseph in 1874 from Chicago where he had been employed by Marshall 'Fiedd

and Co. In 1877 Mr, Kennard established a tea <and spice business which quicly grew into

one of the larger wholesale grocery concerns in the area, 2d* enn nards wife was the former Mirmehaha Flinturn, daughter of Loren T, Minturn one of the very early members of

Christ Episcopal Church and a Deacon of the Xpiscopal church who served the mission in

Am9,zonia for a number of years. 2%

In 1885 the home was purchased by Samuel Patterson Huston, who had been born in Armstrong

County, Yennsylinar~irz in 1839 and emigrated to Missouri after service in the Uiion Aemy

during the Civil War. Admitted to the bar in Linn County, Missouri in 1866 he quickly

established a lucrative practioe there, He was a leader in the Missouri 14. + Z \ ~ J (

Party both in Linn County and Buchstnan County after movirlg here in 1882, He became one

of the leaders of the Buchanan County Bar, being granted the honorary %itle of Judge.

He was City Counselor during the Mayorality terms of ' ' I :; i . Shepherd, 1890-1896, a* Huston died in 1903 ~ n d the house and adjoining lot were inherited by the widow and two

daughters, and remained in the f,mlily until the death of Florence Huston ;hike. In 1934

the house w;zs purchased by Walter, H. Robinson, and in 1940 title passed to his son

Kenneth, Kenneth Robison was a partner in one of the larger insurance Brokerages of

the city until his death in 1970.

The house at 209 N, 18th was also constructed by the Chapmans c, 1874 and was their

home until it was sold in 1877 to Dr, and Mrs, S, A, tlichmond, Dr. Richnond was an M.D.

who by 1880 had become the manufacturer of a patent medicine, Samaritan Nervine. In

1880 the house was sold at the Court House steps for back taxes, but Flrs. Elichmond

bou$ht it back on the same day. Prom 1881 to 1885 Ur, Richmond's business was housed

in the World Ilotel. (The World Hotel is the same building as Patee Mouse the National

Historic Landmark in the city.) Uuring the year 1882 Hichmond was proprietor of the

World's Epileptic Institutem2'* Apparently Dr. Richmond's business successes were

erratic and he h d at one time disapgened from the city, for an extended period of time,

In June of 1886 Ilr, l~ichmond walked into the office of the St, Joseph Daily Herald and

shot the publisher, Col. J, W, Strong, who died moments later. Arrested and tried by

R jury he WTS found insane and committed to Asylurn #2, St. Joseph. He escaped from

the asylum and went to Illinois where he apparently lived out his liPe?'Mrs. Eka

tlicl~mond ~ssuned control of the Patent i~ledicine business, divorced her husband in 1889,

and continuetl involved in the Ih., S, A . Richmond Samaritan tiervine Co, until shortly

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before iJorld War I. 2t* She continued Co l ive on i n the house u n t i l her de;xth i n the

ear ly 194;" s.

~ i l s o i n Elocli 9 , a t 208 iu. l g t h i i s the Louse b u i l t i n 1902 by Alva.11 Patee Clayton. A. P.

Cli~yton w a s born i n Ashley Lolui ty,~hio i n 1860 and c:me t o S t . Joseph with h i s plrents

i n 1865. iIis grandfather idvah &tee, was the brother of John Yakee,developer of

'lPateetowntl :tnd builder of the Patee House, He wzs the partner of J. J. Slleridan i n

the firm Sheridnn-Cla.yton Paper Co, This firm i s one of tlie surviving g i m t s of the

Golden Agel'of S t . Joseph, Clayton served two terms a s President of the Commercial Club,

forerunner of the Chamber of ~ o r n r n e r c e . ~ ~ ~ : k , !dayton b u i l t tlie house while he was serving

as Potentate of Moila Temple, , U O W , and it was h i s home while he was I~nperial Potentate

of the Shrines of North h r i c a , AA0NMS(1906-1907)~;Cfid Nayor of the City of S t . Joseph

1908-1912. ;4r. Clayton died i n 1916, but h i s widow the former Flattie G~mn l ived i n the

house u n t i l her death athe age of 98.

Block 1 3 , 0 t r t e r r s Addition was assigned t o Nary. T . Harris and Willie J. IInrris i n the

1857 land par t i t ion . In 1877 Lots 9 , 10, 11 were purchased by Annie Barnard, wife of >4 *

Henry li. Barnard. Iienry E. Bnrnnrd f i r s t appears i n the S t . Joseph City Directories

i n 1873, n p:-t,rtner id the firm of Judson and Barnnrd, Attorneys. He was not married

u n t i l a f t e r 1874, since t h a t d i rec tory l is ts him as having no dependents. By 1876 he

was engaged i n the pract ice of l i ~ w by himself and was l iv ing a t the Pacif ic House.

The combinatiorl of the purchase of the l,uld, the etched g lass doors i n tlie f ron t en4

t rance of the rnansion which cont ;~ in the monongram H l B and the f a c t t h a t the 1879 City

Yirectory l ists h i s address a s tlie sw corner of 18th and Francis a l l combine t o ideht ify

him its the builder of the ~nansion. Information about t h i s layyer who was wealthy enough

t o bui ld such (z house i s a t best sketchy, s ince he does not one appear i11 any of the

"vanity" h i s to r i e s compiled during these years. M t e r 1881 the Barnards no longer a re

found l i s t e d i n a City Directory, so perhaps they moved away form the c i ty .

W i l l i a m T. Fowler and Benjamin Loan, who l a t e r became Fowler's son i n law were two of

the pre-1840 s e t t l e r s i n the Buchanan County area, Fowler was born i n Delaware i n 1798

moved west t o Indiana a t a young age, where he served fo r s ix years i n the Indian& In Cx

Legislature. ~ l e emigrated t o Missouri i n 1836, s e t t l i n g d d R '-z53ved %O St.

Joseph i n 1845 where he established the City Hotel a t t he ns corner of Main and J u l e

S t r ee t s , City Hotel was the second hote l i n the young community. He suceeded Edwin

Toole as Circui t Clerk of Buchanaa County and was a lso County Clerk from 1840-1852,

' #8. CO~\~TI&UAT~ON S l U Y page 6.

A Captaizl i n the Union Army during the Civi l War he was ncmed Postmaster of St . Joseph

a t the time of Abraham Lincolh's second election. He was married t o Comfort ~ l * , also

a n t i v e of Delaware. Their children were &pmeline(Loan), ~ u l i s ( N r s . W. W. ~ u t h r i e )

Theodore and ~ o u i s a ; 29' The Loans were marrie~lin 1848. A native of Hardensburg

Kentucky, Loan emigrated t o Missouri i n 1838 and also located near Spnrta. Loin was

City Clerk of St . Joseph from 1845 t o 1848 mid 3rd Ward Councilman from 1852 t o 1853.

He was a niernber of the 1847 Railroad Convention which secured construction of the

Hannibal ;tnd St . Joseph %ilroa,d, the f i r s t t o reach the Missouri River. h Brig9,dier

Gener71 i n the Union A r m y , he was n member of Congress from 1862 t o 1869 and Visi tor

t o West Point i n 1869. lie died i n 1881 a t the age of 62. 30.

In 1891 the house and north 30' f o the l o t s t o the south were purchased by M r s .

h e l i n e Loan f o r $11, 800.00. She completed purchase of the 3 block i n 1897. Her

unmarried s i s t e r , Louisa, and fo r a time her brother, Theodore, l ived with her. A t

her de;tth the house was l e f t t o her two s i s t e r s and i n 1920 J u l i a Gutlr ie , who hi~d

l ived i n Atchison, Knnsa since her marriage sold her i n t e r e s t t o Louisa. Miss Louisa

who i s remembered as n, witty woman and f ine business person, sucessfully managed the

propert ies l e f t t o her by her fa ther and s i s t e r . Louiss died i n 1928, leaving the

property t o J u l i a Guthrie and the #our Guthrie childlren. The house w.,s occupied by

tenants u n t i l the ear ly 1930's and then was uninhabited u n t i l i t s purclmse by the

Alfred Priebes i n 1939.31~~s . Priebe, now i n her 90's i s the daughter of August

P fe i f f e r , the master Stonemn,son of St . Joseph who was responsible Por the elaborate u

stone work on the Huchan'm bounty ourt House. - Other houses i n the neighborhood whicli contribute t o i t s ambiance bn9 Beernsto be of

I ' i .

secondary significance are f ive 19th century dwellings, three 20th century single

family tlwellings of a similar vernq.cul,zr s t y l e and four duplex residences of d i f fer ing

s t y l e , but which r e f l e c t a mode of housing which was par t icu lar ly populnr i n St . Joseph

during t h e f i r s t quarter of the 20th century.

27. The kily Newsf History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, M , op. cit., p, 352

28. B8sed on personal conversation with secretcuy in h(ecorderts Office, Moila Temple, AAONMS, St. Joseph. June 15, 1977,

29, Abstract of Lots 8,9,10,11, Block 13, Carter's ~ddition op. cit,

30. Birdsall Williams and Go., op. cit. pp467,625,641,747.

32. Abstract of Lots 8,9,10,11, Block 13, Carter's Addition, op. cit.