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The Glensheen murders were the murders of Elisabeth Mannering Congdon and her night nurse Velma Pietila on June 27, 1977, in Duluth, Minnesota, USA, at the Glensheen Historic Estate. [ 1 ] The motive was initially thought to be robbery, but soon the authorities began to suspect Congdon's son-in-law Roger Caldwell and adopted daughter Marjorie ...
Glensheen, the Historic Congdon Estate is a 20,000 [2] square foot mansion in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, operated by the University of Minnesota Duluth as a historic house museum. Glensheen sits on 12 acres of waterfront property on Lake Superior , has 39 rooms and is built in the Jacobean architectural tradition, inspired by the Beaux ...
The film was shot entirely on location in early 1972 at the Glensheen Historic Estate in Duluth, Minnesota.Five years after the film's release, the Glensheen Mansion became the site of the infamous murders of mansion owner and prominent heiress Elisabeth Congdon and her nurse.
Chester Adgate Congdon. Chester Adgate Congdon (June 12, 1853 – November 21, 1916) was an American lawyer and businessman. He was a prominent figure in the development of the mining industry in northern Minnesota, and served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1909 until 1913.
Oliver Traphagen sold the house to mining magnate Chester Congdon, who lived there with his family from 1897 until their mansion Glensheen was completed in 1908. [8] The Congdons, who still owned the house, subdivided it into nine small apartments in 1919. [ 6 ]
In 2015, the musical Glensheen (about the 1977 murders of Elisabeth Congdon and her nurse at the eponymous mansion in Duluth, Minnesota), opened at the History Theatre in St Paul. [7] "Glensheen" was winner of an Ivey Award for Overall Excellence and continues to play to sold-out houses. There are hopes for a tour or a transfer to Off Broadway. [8]
Congdon Park is a neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. London Road serves as one of the main routes in the community. Tischer Creek flows through the neighborhood. The Northland Country Club and the Glensheen Historic Estate museum are both located within the neighborhood.
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