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*****TIIK “GOLDEN AGE” 0. W. SHAW HOUSE, AMID CENTURIES OLI) OAK TREESLONG-TIME AUSTIN LANDMARKShaw House Is Nearly 100 Years Old and It Holds Many Memoriesr.v MAREEN HENNESSYWThe Shaw house at 710 4th St. SW is almost 100 years old.and it holds many stories.Mrs. Marion Shaw Jenks, now the sole inhabitant, is in hernineties — “but ue won’t sayhow many nineties” she demurred. She has a good memory and likes to tell the stories sheour works are evil.’ After a long silence, came a hesitant query: ‘Is Dr. Gibson here?'“I was never smart enough to have graduated from college —math was the bane of mv life —but I'm very appreciative of the opportunity I had to do some studying at the Cnrleton CollegeAcademy.The Shaw house, since it was built, has been an Austin landmark, and to passersby, it seems timeless. Hut for Mis. Jenks, who has lived in the bouse for most of the vears of her life.■ w ...o’- • ^ wthere have been changes. Shetells:“In 1937. when the house was being painted, a workman threw
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin, Minnesota, US
Sat, Nov 26, 1966
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