Tuesday, March 12, 2019

More Houses

I found a few more pictures of some of the older houses that used to exist in Fond du Lac.

Moved back from N E corner 4th & Marr.  Gone

Bought by Presb. Church as Parsonage, for $4000 - 1867-1872,    or possibly home of Dr. Patchen.  unknown.

Typical mill hand house, in Lincoln Ave area.

M. T. Simmons, cashier at Wells Bank; occupied by Dr. Kalk.

West side workers home (near mills) Lincoln Ave.; residents mainly Belgian-French from Canada. - "Bel-jacks" worked in woods in winters, and in mills in summers; much singing in Brooke St. tavern.

H. L. Sweet, brother of B. F. Sweet; together they built "Common-sense" sleighs and other conveyances.

Chandler House on 5th st - he was a merchant with Dan. W. Smith

Upjohn house - he came from Hudson valley, hence a Dutch house; Anna, d. of Boston archi. m. he who later became Bishop Brown - her bro. edu in Latin & Greek - traveling preacher. son bookkeeper 1st Natl Bank.



Dr. L. A. Bishop residence; he married Cynthia Patchen, dau. of Dr. Patchen - Mrs. Bishop & Mrs. Blankenburg both sang - rivals.;  Marlea, dau. of L. A. Bishop, was music teacher in a private school in Spokane.  Located on the corner of First and Marr, the house was acquired by St. Joseph's, when the school needed more classroom space.  Named Willard Hall, it was eventually demolished.  The Doctor's office was located south of his house, on Marr, and is currently a garage.  You can still see the medical emblem on the garage.