Glories Of Colonel Shaw House Remodeled By New Owners
Dr. E. B. Fenton and his wife are restoring the historic Anamosa pioneer home of Colonel William T. Shaw. The Cedar Rapids businessman bought the property last year and is blending early charm with modern comfort. They are collecting antiques from Michigan New England and the Old South, including items tied to Shaw in his role as Anamosa’s first mayor and community builder.
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E. B. Fenton
Cedar Rapids
Fenton
Michigan
New England
Old South
United States
Mexico
Fentons
Maine
Colonel Shaw
Anamosa
Mexican War Veteran Colonel Shaw’s Iowa Home Feature
From Mexico came leather chairs and California pottery in the third floor lounge of the house. The dining room shows Catalina blue trim and California dishes behind glass. Rough hewn furniture in the sun room uses chestnut wood in a California-inspired style. The love-bird breakfast room holds early Spanish furniture from California. Buffets imitate covered wagons recalling Shaw’s 1849 gold rush band. Colonel Shaw, born in 1822 in Steuben Maine, joined the Mexican War at 23 after education roles in Indiana and Kentucky. The house, erected about 1866, is now owned by Dr. Fenton and described by Mrs. H. S. Dutton.
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Mexico
Colonel Shaw
Iowa
Harrodsburg
California
Shaw
Steuben
Maine
Robert Gould Shaw
Robert G. Shaw
St. Gaudens
Boston Commons
William T. Shaw
Indiana
de Pauw University
Kentucky
Pacific Coast
Jones County
Views of Dr. Fenton Home in Anamosa Pioneer Residence
The late Colonel William T. Shaw home in Anamosa, vacantly bought by Dr. E B Fenton of Cedar Rapids, is shown in photographs. The white and Catalina blue house sits on a hill with wooded fields. The third floor hallway hides stairs to the tower behind a panel, and a walnut railing runs from the entrance to the converted attic. A quiet lounge area uses top-of-house storage space with walnut and oak flooring, custom Mexican-made chairs and table, and Indian-woven rugs from New Mexico.
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Anamosa
William T. Shaw
E. B. Fenton
Cedar Rapids
Mexico
New Mexico
Permits Issued Last Week For Dwellings And Commercial Work
Local blog lists permits approved in the past week. Entries include residences and commercial properties with listed addresses, types like remodeling reroofing and new construction, and monetary values from 0 to 3,700 dollars. Notable names appear alongside specific street addresses and project types.
Eastern Iowa Begins Repair Of Buildings
Spring construction in eastern Iowa centers on repairs and remodeling with projects ranging from 100 to 500 dollars and some up to 2000. Most work is on farms, including major rebuilding of the Jeffrey estate building in Washington after a January fire, with costs possibly reaching 15000. The Bailey and Wilson buildings are receiving fronts, shelving, and redecoration, as the renewal continues.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Jeffrey
Washington
Jack Spratt Market and Grocery
Bailey
Wilson
Remodel Fair Store Building For Hartmans
Hartmans Remodel Fair Store Building at 214-16-18 First Avenue. Nearly $15,000 will be spent redecorating the three story and basement structure for Hartmans Furniture before May 15. Zangerle Construction of Chicago handles the plans with Frank Zobac as local contractor. Pittsburg plate glass front with black and grey trim. M Cach to install. Metcalf Plumbing Co handles plumbing. Cusack Electric Co handles wiring. Push button elevator and two way clock lights to be installed. Interior will feature eggshell marble finish and flat white ceilings. Building owned by Philip Leibsohn, former Fair store operator. Butterflies note about antennae.
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First Avenue
Hartman’s
Frank Zobac
Zangerle Construction Company of
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Remodeling and garage projects across city addresses listed
The notices cite multiple property upgrades including reroofing and remodeling at 1404 E Avenue NE Paul F Nissen. 910 Fifteenth Street SE Albert Copple. 1120 Tenth Street NW W H Herr. 133 Thirty-fifth Street Drive SE J S Hopkins. and 876 Cen oa Point Road NE Mrs Mary Letovsky. Each entry notes costs of 100 to 300 dollars where provided.
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J. Frank Palmer
Second Avenue
Joseph Zila
Seventh Avenue
W. L. Cone
Second Street
Warfield
Pratt - Howell Company
First Street
Vv. Hasek, Jr
Twelfth Vig
L. S. Palmer
Charles T. Hickok
Fifth Avenue
P. Bradley
Wenng Road
Frances Herr
Eleventh Street
E. E. Shenefelt
Vernon Drive
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Fourth Avenue
R. G. Kehne
Mount Verse Road
Philip Leibsohn
First Avenue
Quaker Oats Company
Third Street
C. H. Brittin
Seventeenth Street
J. G. Grunewald
St. Wenceslaue Church
Tin Street
Paul F. Nissen
E Avenue
Albert Copple
H. Herr
Tenth Street
J. S. Hopkins
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Mary Letovsky
Cenoa Point Road
Linn County Abstract Company Mortgage and Conveyance Totals
Real estate report shows 72 conveyances and 34 mortgages in Linn County for March 16 to March 24. Mortgages total 106,130.08 dollars. last year’s same week recorded 225 conveyances and mortgages totaling 47,090.00 dollars.
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Linn County Abstract Company
Linn County
Van Kuren Home Sold To George C Claassen
The property at 366 Woodland Drive SE formerly the Van Kuren home was sold last week to George C Claassen a Cedar Rapids attorney. It features 110 foot frontage wooded landscaping a large four bedroom house with two baths a recreation room and a ballroom. Malcolm V Bolton and Company represented the seller Floyd H Knapp and Company represented the buyer.
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Woodland Drive
Stephen J. van Kuren
George C. Clanassen
Cedar Rapids
Ward E. Baker
Malcolm V. Bolton
Home Owners Loan sale of 106 L avenue NW to Williams
Tait and Wagner company acting as agents for the Home Owners Loan corporation sold the property at 106 L avenue NW to R. B. Williams, formerly of 919 F avenue NW, last week.
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Tait and Wagner Company
Home Owners Loan Corporation
L Avenue NW
R. B. Williams
F Avenue NW
Newcomer Rentals Expand Cedar Rapids Listings
New tenants include Mr and Mrs Charles R Conn leasing 204 Crescent Drive SE owned by Minnie Welday 1641 B Avenue NE Malcolm V Bolton Co handled the deal Also removed from Bolton listings last week the 1727 B Avenue NE property owned by Dr N A York leased by Mrs Minnie Smith and her daughter Two newcomers join Hedges Company rentals last week R A Groom of Washington DC rents 563 Forest Drive SE Groom allied with the Order of Railway Conductors Old Mill Ice Cream adds a third Cedar Rapids site at 1121 First Avenue E Davenport operates two existing locations in town
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Charles R. Conn
Dallas
Tex
Crescent Drive
Minnie Welday
B Avenue
Malcolm V. Bolton
Hedges Company
R. A. Groom
Washington, D. C
Forest Drive
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Better Homes Directory
Wisconsin Lumber
Nagle Eaton Lumber Co
Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Co
C. R. Fuel
National Life
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Morris Sanford Companys
Century Engineering Corporaon
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Lember and Ceal Co
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W. J. Scherrebeck Insurance
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C. R. Savings Bank Bldg
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Farm—City Property National Life Insurance CO
Montpelier
Vermont
Harvey C. McClary
Dews
Wisconsin
Harold Ferguson
Third Avenue
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