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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 ...
Virginia City was the first silver rush town, and the first to intensely apply large-scale industrial mining methods. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] After a year in existence, the boomtown had 42 saloons, 42 stores, 6 restaurants, 3 hotels, and 868 dwellings to house a town residency of 2,345.
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 ...
City Notes Ref. Wyeth-Tottle Mansion 1879 Italianante: Edmond Eckle St Joseph: Built for John Wyeth, since 1948 is the Museum of St Joseph. Harvey M. Vaile Mansion: 1881 Second Empire: Asa B. Cross: Independence: Today, a museum Robert A. Long House: 1910 Beaux-Arts style: Henry Ford Hoit: Kansas City: Today, the Kansas City Museum Mack B ...
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.
America's Castles is a documentary television series that aired on A&E Network from 1994 to 2005. Through interviews, historic photos and newly shot footage, the program documents the mansions and summer homes of the high society of The Gilded Age.
Virginia City retains an authentic historic character with board sidewalks, and numerous restored buildings dating to the 1860s and 1870s. Virginia City is home to many charming and informative museums. The Fourth Ward School Museum brings Comstock history to life in interactive displays, and a restored 1876 classroom.
Oatlands, 1804, Loudoun County - Plantation belonging to the Carters of Virginia, a National Trust Historic Site; Old Mansion, c. 1669, Caroline County - home of the Hoome family; The Peyton Randolph House, 1715, Williamsburg—home of Peyton Randolph; Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation, c. 1790, Charles City County - home of the Southall family