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YEAR BUILT: Late 1800's HOME STATS: Stories: 2 Bedrooms: Bathrooms: Sq/Ft: ORIGINAL USE: Single Family Residence CURRENT USE: Single Family Residence BASEMENT?: Yes : Brick/concrete Foundation WALL CONSTRUCTION: Frame WALL TREATMENT: Asbestos siding ROOF: Asphalt shingles, hip with gable on right bay SHAPE: Irregular SEEN FROM PUBLIC ROAD: Yes LOT SIZE: Acres ORIGINAL OWNER: |
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| PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: House is identical to 204 N. Elizabeth except for porch alterations. Wrap-around open porch with hip roof across facade and north side. Original porch supports and balustrade are gone. Porch has been enclosed in the left bay where the entrance is located. The right bay contains a set of double windows on the first story. The second story of the right bay contains a round arch-topped, double-hung window with two-over-two glass. All windows in the house are plain-molded, double-hung, rectangular, two-over-two or one-over-one. On the northside there is an art glass window on the first story near the front. There is a chimney at the intersection of the southwest corner of the main roof slope and the gable. 2008 Historical Survey Update: Siding has been replaced. PROPERTY HISTORY:As early as 1853 William B. Ferguson sold 100 acres which formed a corner of Chambers Rd. and Elizabeth to George P. Little. Little died at the end of the Civil War and the land was transferred to his widow, Jullia A. Little, and his brother-in-law and business partner, Charles H. Olcott. Little and Olcott, a St. Louis wholesale dry goods store, was established in 1861. Julia Little moved to Easton, PA following the death of her husband and Charles started Olcott & Durass Planing mill on Broadway. Olcott died on February 8, 1900 and his interest in the property transferred to his daughter, Mrs. Florence Olcott Anderson. At the time of the transfer (1907) the 50.61 acres is described in a court decree as being improved by two two-story frame houses (204 and 218 N. Elizabeth). The Olcotts and Andersons were prominent St. Louis families who lived in Webster Groves and Rock Hill. A granddaughter of Charles Olcott married Emil Mallinckrodt. The property was undoubtedly used for investment purposes. |
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