Como’s Lakeside Pavilion Then and Now
The first wooden pavilion was built on Lake Como 1894. A music float was added in 1901. A new concrete pavilion was built in 1906 and a long pergola was built west of the pavilion. In 1907 the old music float was replaced with a new bandstand that extended on piers out onto the [...]
Gethsemane Episcopal Church Then and Now
Gethsemane Episcopal began with a handful of people in 1856. By 1881, the congregation had expanded and a plan to erect a new church was implemented. The design was executed by Architect Edward Stebbins modeled the building on small Gothic style churches in rural England. The buildings broad proportions are considered unusual for churches [...]
Olive Ann Alcorn
Olive Ann Alcorn was born in Stillwater on Oct. 2, 1900. She moved with her family to the St. Joe Valley in Idaho after her father found work there as a timber buyer. Olive went through local schools in St. Maries, Idaho and eventually enrolled in the Denishawn School of Aesthetic Dancing. The Denishawn School [...]
Cassie’s Canoe on Carson’s Bay
Name: Cassie Johnson Age: Not telling! Neighborhood: Deep Haven Swimming Hole: Nocomo Beach on Carson’s Bay Quote: “Never canoodle a stranger in a canoe” After Deephaven was settled in the mid-1850′s, Carson’s Bay was named for Kit Carson’s brother Elijah. After the opening of the St. Louis hotel in the 1880′s the bay became a [...]
The Swinford Then and Now
The Swinford Townhouses and Apartments are tucked away between 394′s downtown spur and Hennepin Avenue. The building is located in an area that surrounded the once-elegant Hawthorne Park. The adjacent townhomes were built first, in 1886 by Hodgson & Sons in the Second Empire style, using red brick, stone, and terra cotta. The apartments [...]
