What is the square footage of this mansion in Duluth, Minnesota, operated by the University of Minnestoa Duluth as a historic house museum, indelibly linked with the Congdon name?
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Chester Adgate Congdon Chester Adgate Congdon (June 12, 1853 – November 21, 1916), lawyer and capitalist, was born in Rochester, New York, on June 12, 1853, his parents being Sylvester Laurentius and Laura Jane (Adgate) Congdon. The Congdon name is indelibly linked with the Glensheen Historic Estate in Duluth, Minnesota.
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Glensheen Historic Estate Glensheen, the Historic Congdon Estate is a 27,000 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-Arts styles of the era. The mansion was constructed as the family home of Chester Adgate Congdon. The building was designed by Minnesota architect Clarence H. Johnston Sr., with interiors designed by William A. French Co. and the formal terraced garden and English style landscape designed by the Charles Wellford Leavitt firm out of New York. Construction began in 1905 and completed in 1908. The home is a crowning example of design and craftmanship of the Midwest in the early 20th century.
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Marble House Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum run by the Preservation Society of Newport County. It was designed by the society architect Richard Morris Hunt. For an American house, it was unparalleled in design and opulence when it was built. Its temple-front portico, which also serves as a porte-cochère, resembles that of the White House.
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Olaf Lee House The Olaf Lee House was built in 1905 at 955 Jessie Street North in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is significant for its sophisticated Swiss Chalet and American Craftsman design by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr..
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Historic Quad Historic Quad, also known as the Historic Quadrangle in Lewiston, Maine, is a grassy area of 22.4 acres (9.1 ha) enclosed by fences with five garnet gates. It is the oldest part of the Bates College campus, and serves as its historic center as well as the site of annual commencement exercises and other convocations. The areas is principally surrounded by College Street, Campus Avenue, Central Avenue and Andrews Road. The most center building on the Quad is Hathorn Hall, built in 1856 it was inducted into National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Hathorn is flanked by the oldest residential dorm at the college, Parker Hall, and the second oldest natural science building Dana Chemistry Hall. Directly across the stairs of Hathorn is Lindholm House, which houses the admissions office.
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Duluth Heights Duluth Heights is one of the largest neighborhoods (in terms of area) in the city of Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
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Duluth Public Library The Duluth Public Library is located in downtown Duluth, Minnesota. It is a part of the Arrowhead Library System and serves a population of 86,319.
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Duluth Ship Canal The Duluth Ship Canal is an artificial channel cut through Minnesota Point, providing direct access to Duluth harbor from Lake Superior. Begun privately in 1871, it was put under federal supervision and maintenance several years later. It is still an important component of the harbor facilities.
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Minnesota Governor's Residence The Minnesota Governor's Residence serves as the official home of the governor of Minnesota. The house, located at 1006 Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, is on 1.5 acre of land. The building is slightly more than 16000 sqft in size.
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Downtown Duluth The Downtown of Duluth, Minnesota, United States; is situated between Mesaba Avenue (Highway 194) and 4th Avenue East; and located on Michigan, Superior, First, Second, and Third Streets.
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Tank House Tank House, also known as Tank Cooperative is an 1897 Queen Anne living and dining cooperative owned and maintained by Oberlin College. Originally the Tank Home for Missionary Children, the house underwent a series of renovations before becoming the co-op it is today. In 1962, it became the property of Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, the second largest student cooperative in the United States.
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Congdon River The Congdon River is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, in the Big River State Management Area and immediately south. It flows approximately 3 km (2 mi). There are three dams along the river's length: at Rathbon Pond, Money Swamp Pond, and at Millbrook Pond. The river's crossing at Congdon Mill Road is the former site of a grist mill (in 1878) and later a sawmill (in 1806), and is named after Joseph Congdon, the mill's owner.
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Riversdale (Riverdale Park, Maryland) Riversdale, is a five-part, large-scale late Georgian mansion with superior Federal interior, built between 1801 and 1807. Also known as Baltimore House, Calvert Mansion or Riversdale Mansion, it is located at 4811 Riverdale Road in Riverdale Park, Maryland, and is open to the public as a museum.
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Parrott Hall Parrott Hall, also known as Denton House or Denton Place, is a historic home located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. It was built in 1850 and consists of a three story main block and two story addition in the Italianate villa style. In 1882, the property was acquired by New York State as an agricultural experiment station, known as the Geneva Experiment Station now operated by Cornell University.
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Piedmont Heights (Duluth) Piedmont Heights is a neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
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Thomas C. Carson House The Thomas C. Carson House is a historic house in Iowa City, Iowa. It is currently in use as the sorority house of the University of Iowa chapter of Alpha Phi, and is thus also known as the Carson-Alpha Phi House.
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Riley Lucas Bartholomew House The Riley Lucas Bartholomew House is a historic house museum in Richfield, Minnesota, United States, originally the home of prominent early Minnesotan Riley Bartholomew (1807–1894). The Richfield Historical Society operates the house as the Bartholomew House Museum adjacent to their Richfield History Center.
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Hilton Minneapolis The Hilton Minneapolis in Minneapolis, on Marquette Avenue between 10th and 11th Street South. The hotel is known for its entrance with floor-to-ceiling windows, crystal chandeliers, marble floors and a custom art collection featuring Minnesota landmarks by Minnesota artists. It has 821 rooms and is 25 stories tall. It has a 25,000-square-foot ballroom and 35 meeting rooms. It is the largest hotel in the state of Minnesota.
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Duluth Civic Center Historic District Duluth Civic Center Historic District is a historic district in Duluth, Minnesota that includes four buildings: the Saint Louis County Courthouse, designed by architect Daniel Burnham and built in 1908–1909; Duluth City Hall, designed by Thomas J. Shefchik built in 1928, the Federal Building designed by government architects and built in 1920, and the Saint Louis County Jail built in 1924. The center is a notable work of the City Beautiful movement The complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Prospect Park, Minneapolis Prospect Park is a historic neighborhood within the University community of the U.S. city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The area is bounded by the Mississippi River to the south, the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota to the east, the Burlington Northern railroad yard to the north, and the Stadium Village commercial district of the University of Minnesota to the west. The neighborhood is composed of several districts which include the East River Road area. The 1913 Prospect Park Water Tower is a landmark and neighborhood icon.
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E. W. Marland Mansion The E.W. Marland Mansion is a 43561 sqft Mediterranean Revival-style mansion located in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States. Built by oil baron and philanthropist Ernest Whitworth (E.W.) Marland, as a display of wealth at the peak of the 1920s oil boom, the house is one of the largest residences in the southwestern United States, and is known as the "Palace on the Prairie." It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973, and is now a museum open to the public.
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Glencoe (Glencoe, Maryland) Glencoe is a historic home and resort complex located at Glencoe, Baltimore County, Maryland. It consists if a complex of Italianate-influenced domestic buildings and structures, clustered around a square, two-story frame dwelling. The house features a broad porch, which wraps around two sides with an iron-railed deck atop the porch. Four interior brick chimneys rise around a central observation deck. The property also includes a two-story, mansard roofed stable / carriage house, a smokehouse, ice house, sheep shed, garden house (probably a former chicken house), and a latticed frame gazebo. It was built in 1851-1856 as a private residence, but was subsequently developed as a summer resort.