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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 ...
Chester and Clara Congdon Estate. August 15, 1991 3300 London Rd. ... Duluth's finest mansion and grounds, better known as Glensheen Historic Estate; ...
Chester Congdon was born in Rochester, New York, on June 12, 1853, as the son of Sylvester Laurentius and Laura Jane (née Adgate) Congdon.On his paternal side, Chester was the sixth in descent from James Congdon, a Quaker from England who settled in Rhode Island in the first half of the 17th century.
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.
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 ]
Glensheen Mansion. The Glensheen Historic Estate, on the shore of Lake Superior, was built as the family home for wealthy businessman Chester Adgate Congdon. Glensheen sits on 7.6 acres (3.1 ha) of lakefront property, has 38 rooms, and is built in the Jacobean architectural tradition, inspired by the Beaux-Arts styles of the era.
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.