A HOUSE is built of logs and stones,
Of
tiles and posts and tiers
A HOME is built of loving deeds
That stand a thousand years.
Uncle Ben's Quote Book
Of the first four houses built in Hope only two remain in 1981: the Shippy house built in 1881, now the LeRoy Jacobsen house
and the Renwick house, the house where Charles and Lorraine Williams now live. The A. D. Williams house was burned and rebuilt. It is now the home of Oliver Vierkandt. The Luce house was moved out of town. It stood where Lloyd Bayman built his house.
Most of the building took place in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Lumber for the early buildings came from either Tower City or Clifford. In 1882 Beidler and Johnson (the first lumber company) was formed. One of the early carpenters was L. O. Finn, who also was a journeyman tinner. Many of the business places were done with tin on the inside. The architecture of the early homes varied, but most were two story wood structures with elaborate trim and detail. Most all of them had porches across the front. They had high ceilings and narrow windows. Heating was done with coal and wood, many homes having radiators, and a few with fireplaces. Some of the homes had bathrooms and their own water systems. The larger homes were built with two stairways and extra rooms for hired help.
Hope lost many of its original homes when the population decreased and the houses were sold to people in the surrounding area and moved out of town. Some have been destroyed by fire, others were torn down and replaced by new houses.
In this section we have pictures of houses built before 1930. As records were not clear, it was difficult to come up with a complete listing of the people who lived in them, or owned them.
An old house is part of the collective memory of the human race, a! living relic from the past. Long forgotten joys and sadnesses linger in old rooms and on dark staircases. An old house continually reminds us that people have lived before. Through the house, we share an experience with those people from other times. Keeping up an old house is keeping faith with the past.
First Addition B 36-17-24
Robert Huschka purchased the home located in the north part of town in 1979.
Frank and Annie Vadnie lived in the house when they were first married in 1906. The house was new and, according to Adolph Lindeman, built that year. Their first child, Gladys Vadnie was born there.
Old records state that P. P. Rice (early day merchant) was the owner of the property in 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Braisted rented the house for sometime - until Mr. Braisted passed away. Mr. Braisted was on the first board and manager of the South End Shipping Association.
Eva and Harry Pickens bought the home in 1918 from M. B. Cassell, president of the First National Bank in Hope. Henry and Hazel Jakes later owned the property doing remodeling and adding a garage.
The spacious tree lined landscaped grounds add a great deal to the northwest entrance to Hope.
First Addition B 35-13-14-15-15-16-17-18
Roy and Jan Dashendorf purchased the home in 1977.
A retired farmer, Charles Day, built the home about 1907, and is known as the "Old Day" home. Owners and dwellers have been: A. J. Watkins, a barber, Fultons, Art Brooks, Fred Landstrom, and Dean Ihry.
The home has had a complete remodeling inside and outside, and a garage has been built.
B 33-1930-1935
William and Barbara West, who purchased the home in 1970, own this interesting place to the right as you come into town on the county road from the north.
The builder is unknown, but Frank Scott was the first to live in the house in the early 1900's.
Owners and dwellers: Elizabeth Brown, 1912
Ben Gray, 1920, automobile delivery business
Jesse M. Curtis, 1928
Bill and Anton Eckert, 1931
William and Jennie Newell, 1944
J. A. Martin, 1946
Paul and Dorothy Norgaard, 1958
and Joe and Ethel McCullough, 1960.
In 1970, two bedrooms were added and three of the original rooms were paneled. In 1972 another bedroom was added and the garage was attached. The barn and storage shed have been torn down.
B 2716-17
Fred and Martha Landstrom purchased the home in 1975. Very little is known about when it was built. It is believed that John Palfrey was the builder because it was known as the Palfrey house. Sig Peterson, who worked at the light plant, sold it to Fred and Thelma Mitchell. A garage has been added.
B 261-4
Dorothy Moore purchased the home in 1962. Joe Beckerjeck built the home in the late 1890's. Mike Hanley purchased the home in 1900. Mike was a clerk, later a store owner, and operated the Bijou Theater until the fire of 1935. In 1948, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Valentine retired from their farm in Riverside Township and purchased the home.
The home is still original.
B 2618-20
In 1954 Orrin and Sophie Moore, retired farmers from Melrose Township, purchased the home from Conrad and Darlene Johnson. It is not known when the house was built. A Mrs. Berg and her sons lived there for many years in the late 20's and early 30's. Additions have been put on both sides of the original house. The Moore's hobby of flower gardening is an added attraction to their block.
B 1 13-14-15
Robert and ,Janet Kainz purchased the home in 1954. Swen A. Olson built the house, year unknown. He clerked in the Beckerjeck Store and Mrs. Olson worked in the Hope House. Other dwellers were Hector Hanson and Sara Dorrance.
In 1958 a full basement was put under the house and an addition built onto the west side. The lean-to kitchen was removed and the inside remodeled. A utility room and a double garage were built on the east side in 1962.
B 34 22-23-24
In 1952 Morris and Goldie Johnson purchased the home on the northeast entrance into Hope. The house was built in 1905 by George Hardin. Owners and dwellers have been Charles Shippy, George W. Warner, George Hardin, Ed Burns and T. Thorsland.
The house has been remodeled, and a garage has been added.
B 46 9-10-11-12
Robert and Blanche Moore purchased the home in 1962. It is known as the Billy McLean home and it is assumed he built the house in 1900. Other owners and dwellers were Mrs. Carney, Evelyn Eggert, Dave Boyer, and Elmer Ricker.
The home has been paneled, and new windows, siding, and a bathroom were added in 1974. The kitchen was remodeled in 1978.
B 25 ½-1-2-3-4-5
Ben and Agnes Nelson, retired farmers from Hugo Township, purchased the home in 1974.
August and Clara Usselman bought the lots in 1908 and built the house. Dr. Charles Harwood (early day doctor) -purchased the house in 1905. It was known as the Harwood house. Other owners and dwellers include Judd Wright, 1943
Sam Smith, Ervin Olson, 1947
Raymond Simonson, 1949
Fred Landstrom, 1954
Dan Braunberger, 1958
Clarence Knutson, 1960
and Jim Hofer, 1962.
An addition was put on in 1966. It was extensively remodeled inside in 1974, and an attached garage was added.
B 24 ½-1-2-3-4-5
Charles and Helen Hale purchased the home in 1966 from William Poppie.
About 1903 the house was built by George Hardin who also lived there. This place was taken over by the county. In 1942 William Poppie purchased the house from the county for taxes.
Lou Bowen also lived in the house.
B 2510-11-12
In 1944 Shorty and Elva Tvedt became owners of the house known as the Thompson house. In 1907 Mattie Thompson had the house built to her specifications (cost $800) by Bill Bowen Sr. who was an early day carpenter.
John and Laura Lynn, parents of Elva Tvedt, purchased the home in March 1936.
The house was originally square. The yard was entirely fenced in with wire fencing, and had a wooden sidewalk down to the street. The Lynns removed the wooden sidewalk made a small enclosed entry on the front of the house, and added a concrete sidewalk in front.
The Tvedts added the large enclosed sun porch to the south, the same level as the rest of the house. It has small heating vents that prevent flowers from freezing in winter. Concrete steps were made with hand rails and sidewalk to the front door. A garage was added south of the house. In the summer the yard is in full bloom with many flowers.
B 28 22-23-24
Earl and Edna Kerkow are the owners of the home. Art Kerkow, brother, was the former owner.
The abstract shows that A. E. Hubbard owned the lots in 1882-84. The date the house was built is unknown. It was known as the Taylor house. Other owners and dwellers were E. L. Taylor, George A. Warner, W. Robinson, F. M. Henderson, Charles F. Farrill, Fred Kerkow -1927, James Shidell, Art Kerkow.
A bathroom was added upstairs, and a service porch off the kitchen. In 1976 a bedroom and bathroom were added downstairs. Vinyl siding was put on in 1979.
B 25 North ½ 22-23-24
Jacob Goss purchased the home in 1976. It was known as the Al Williams home. It was built with a store front. It is presumed to have been built by William Bear (carpenter about 1903). Abegail Indegaard had a millinery shop in the building. Other owners and dwellers were Bill and Edna Coats, Nattie Hazlett, Clarence Dammen, 1953, Ervin and Lena Olson, 1955, Eleanor and Harvey Fick 1973.
When Ervin and Lena Olson owned the home, they removed the upstairs and did a complete remodel, so now it is a one-story home.
B 25 South ½ 22-23-24
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tweed purchased the home in 1978.
It was built by Lucius Finn, the owner, in 1902. He was an expert carpenter and built many homes in town. The story is that his bride died before he had the home finished, so never got to live in the house. It was known as the "Lofland Home€.
Other owners and renters were Mark Lofland, Del Burner, Leslie Clonkey, Rudy Rygg, and Ray Cockle. It is now used as a rental teacherage.
Extensive remodeling has been done inside the house, but the outside is the same.
B 1614-15-16 ½
Eleanor Fick is the owner of this house. Henry Standley built the house in the early 1900's. Other owners and dwellers were Mrs. John Palfrey, Turnbull, James Foley, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Pederson, Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Strathe, the Frank Vadnies, and Frank Doyle.
Harvey Fick used part of the house as an office while he was manager of the Farmers Union Oil Company. A sun porch was built onto the house and several windows were taken out. All the rooms are in the same order except for carpeting, paneling, etc. However the so-called parlor is used for a bedroom. This home now has five bedrooms. It has steam heat using the original radiators. It also has some leaded glass windows.
B 16 22-23-24
Paul Pederson purchased this house in 1974. Apparently Emery and Jennie Fullmer were the owners when the house was built by Lou Finn in 1900. It was known as the Jefferson house. Mr. Jefferson moved to Hope in 1902 and was a member of the city council in Hope 1904-1908. He formed a partnership with August Usselman in General Merchandise for two years, then he became the land agent for Murray Brothers and Ward. Wesley, the son, operated a ham radio and was very popular in the area.
Other owners and dwellers were Eugene Beardslee, Peter Wandler, Edward Kainz, David Salander, and Alton Gronlie. Very little has been done to the house outside of installing water, sewer, and furnace.
B 13 18-19-29
In 1978 Neil Ihry purchased the home.
Garreth W. Kotts built the house in 1905. He helped to build the Independent Telephone Company in Hope and became manager. In 1920 he opened up the tire, battery, and radio shop. He left Hope in 1930.
Lloyd and Sophia Bayman purchased the home in 1944 for William and Anna Bayman. Gerald and Delores Holm bought it in 1970. Other dwellers were Hartwell Burner, Elsie Johnson, and David Salander.
The interior has been remodeled. A wall was taken out between the dining room and living room, and the walls were paneled.
B 13 21-22
Clarence and Clara Boyer purchased the home in 1951.
Mr. Burch was the owner and builder, and it is believed that the house was built in the early 1900's. It was known as the Burch House.
The outside and inside are still original, but there has been extensive remodeling
a new floor for the kitchen, bathroom, sewer and water, a new furnace installed, and new shingles put on. A basement has been dug.
Hank Nolting and Hugo Gunkel lived in the house before the Boyers bought it.
B 13 23-24
Mike and Nancy Kainz bought the home in 1969. It was built by Charley Chalmers in the early 1900's. He was in the bank and a land owner in Sherbrooke Township.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Kieltys, Jim Parkman, Gunderson, Hahns, Bill and Wilma Kainz in 1940, and Everett and Bonnie Skinner in 1961.
A bathroom was built on the west side, walls and doorways were taken out, a new kitchen was built, and the porch was removed, but still has the summer kitchen (now used for storage) to the north.
B 2 21-24
Arthur and Allegra Sjurseth purchased the home in 1966.
In 1902 Frank Woodward, a land agent, is believed to have sold the lots to I. W. Standley who built the house about 1910. Other owners and dwellers were William Ferris, in 1913, Henry Ferris, Lochrem, who worked in Kraabel's store, and Ted Iggena.
B 17 20-22
In September 1977 Frank Mitchell bought the home which was built by J. C. Patterson in 1882. It stands on the east side of the museum on Steele Avenue.
Several owners and renters were:
Mrs. Baldwin, 1898
Hudson Fullmer, 1899
K. W. Haviland, 1920
B. A. Kersting, 1930
J. O. Lingren
Mark Henoen
Oscar Vareborg and his sister Julia Philips, 1974.
The house is still original.
B 17 23-24
Sydney and Shirley Doyle of Minneapolis are the owners of the Helen Doyle home on Steele Avenue. Edward and Helen Doyle purchased the home in 1940.
What is now the kitchen was, at one time, the post office joined to a hotel and located in the northern part of town. In 1891, Mrs. L. J. Fullmer moved to Hope with her sons: Jacob, Hudson, and Edwin. It is assumed that, at this time, Jake Fulhner, a blacksmith, moved the building to its present location. He added on living quarters.
This home has been owned and lived in by only two families since it was moved to Steele Avenue.
Helen says, "None of the original is left, except the kitchen. It had a 10 foot ceiling and has been insulated and paneled. The balance of the house has been added on to the original. When we bought the house 40 years ago, it consisted of a kitchen, dining area, front room, and two bedrooms upstairs. Later Edward put in a bedroom, bath, and back and front entries. When we purchased the house it was not plastered, only rough boards on the inside covered with tar paper and painted a horrible green. The entire house has been carpeted, paneled, rewired, and made liveable. We paid $350 for the house and two lots€.
B 12 13-16
Gerald and Dyann Anderson purchased the home in 1975.
According to records Henry D. Carpenter owned the lots in 1891, and Wilbur Wood built the house in 1904. J. W. Wakeman, a land agent, lived there, and he is presumed to have sold it to Fred Willmert in 1920. Clay and Alma Brace (a daughter) also owned the home as did Paul and Frances Pederson.
It was known as the Wakeman home.
B 12 17-19
Mark and Joan Lemley purchased the home in 1979. They are in the process of restoring, removing plywood paneling and making appropriate improvements to what it was in the Joslyn years.
Joe Beckerjeck built the house in 1908, and he traded the house for the James K. Joslyn section of land one mile west of Hope.
Robert McLaughlin, a jeweler, lived in the house. When it was owned by the Farmers Elevator, managers Webb Smith and John Vaagene lived there. Next it was owned by Howard Washburn, and Charles and Helen Parkmall. Robert Brandel, a social worker from Finley, took off the porches and installed plywood paneling downstairs when they lived there. Earl and Julia Stensland removed the back stairway to the upstairs and put in a half bath, and refinished the wood work. Herb Paul was the next owner.
It was known as the Joslyn house. Ethel Joslyn, the daughter of James Joslyn, was married in the home to John Moses who later became Governor of the North Dakota.
B 3 13-15
Randall Curry Jr. is the owner of the home built in 1904 by N. N. Lunding, who had an early day implement business.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Curry Sr. purchased the home in 1947. They were retired farmers. The house is still original.
B 36 13-16
Kay Washburn purchased the home in 1978 from Warren and Eleanor Stromberg.
Joe Pepper, editor of the Hope Pioneer prior to L. J. Bowen, built the house in 1906. He moved his family here from Finley in September 1906. While the Peppers lived in Hope they boarded and roomed schoolteachers.
Dr. Litman had his office in the home. A. L. Pushor had his dental office here when this was his home. Dr. Neve and the Warren Strombergs also lived at this place.
B 36 19-21
Andrew and Margaret Tretter, retired farmers from Melrose Township, purchased the home in 1978.
Earl Pepper, elevator manager, built the home in 1903.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Orlo E. Wakeman, in 1905
Jesse A. Brace, 1919
George Smith
Pitt Chandler
Henry Plaine, 1943
F. W. Kotts, 1951
Walter Downs, 1956
and Tom Kingston, 1971.
The downstairs was remodeled in 1974, and new siding has been put on the outside.
B 36 22-24
Victor and Verona Semrad purchased this home on Steele Avenue in 1968.
Charlie and Minnie Warner had built the home in 1902. He was the owner of a general merchandise store.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Mr. and Mrs. William Bowen Sr., Thomas and Mae Beadle, and Jake and Lillian Emmerick. The Emmericks had many roomers in the upstairs apartment when they lived in the house.
The house has been remodeled by the Semrads, inside and outside, and a garage has been attached.
B 45 13-15
Andrew and Geraldine Jacobson purchased the home in 1941.
Frank Ray, a retired farmer, was the owner when the house was built in 1908. John Williams, a brother-in-law of the Rays, was the builder. It was known as the Ray house.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Anna Ray, James D. Brown, Joe and Amelia Heille, Orville Knutson, and Clarence Boyer.
The original front porch has been removed, concrete steps with side railings were put up, and new kitchen cabinets have been put in.
B 37 1-2-3
Eddie and Marjorie Kainz purchased the home in 1970.
About 1907 John Foley, who worked in the bank, was the owner when the house was built. It was known as the Foley house.
Dr. Fead, a dentist, lived there. In 1921, the Hope Trinity Lutheran Church purchased it for a parsonage. Many pastors lived in the house: Rev. H. L. Wilse, Rev. C. Mix, Rev. E. F. Nickel, Rev. L. Dirks, Rev. Robert Klingebeil, and Rev. Baumgartner. It was sold to Terry and Rita Some in 1968.
B 4 6-7-8-9
Larry and Mary Walsh purchased the home in 1972.
It was known as the McMahan house. This property which appears in an early picture of Hope is on Steele Avenue. The assumption is made that the house was built about 1903. The McMahan brothers were lawyers here and the property was listed in Ella McMahan's name. Clarence Foyen was the owner in 1942 and sold it to George and Hazel Thilmony in 1945.
B 11 16-17-18
Scott and Tammy Parkman purchased the home in 1976. In January 1887 E. H. and Hope Steele gave the property to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1888 the M. E. Church was located in that block and it is assumed that the parsonage was on lots 16 and 17. In 1901 the church was again moved and Edith M. Skinner obtained a warranty deed to the lots 13-16 in B 11. The next owners were Earl and Magpie Stevens, then F. W. Ehred and his wife Hattie M. in 1905
R. A. Lathrop and N. N. Lunding 1901: T. G. and Laura L. Pierson in 1908. Grant and Ethel Miller bought the home in 1927. They sold it to Ross C. and Grace E. Reichert in 1943. The Johnson Stores Inc. bought the house and lots in June 1945 and sold to John and Evelyn Johnson in 1948. John Sussex bought the home in 1963, and Lloyd Eggert in 1968.
The house is basically the same architecturally with the roof line, room arrangement, and east porch intact.
The historic features of this house are maintained by the use of suitable wall coverings plus the antique furniture the young Parkmans' collect.
B 55 1-2-3
Charles and Helen Parkman, retired Sherbrooke farmers, bought the house from Howard Washburn, who had in turn purchased it from the United Church of Christ.
The house was built in the last part of the century by Dr. W. H.M. Phillip, who moved there with his bride, Libby Curry.
The house has nine rooms, including two in the servants' wing, with a back stairway leading to the kitchen. The original porches have been removed (in the early 50's) but there are few changes within the house itself. The oak wood-work has never been painted and the spacious rooms, except for the dining room, have the original form. The stained glass windows, gables, and trim are the same as when built.
Renters have included: Andrew Moore, Andrew Shasky, Rev. Tyler Kriedeman, Rev. James Walker, John Larson, and the Stenslands.
Originally the doctor's office was in the house, and later on there was a beauty shop in the front room.
B 55 4-5
Delborn and Phyllis Erdman purchased the home in 1967.
Crane Johnson built the house in 1927 for W. G. Newell who was manager of the lumber business. It was sold to the telephone company when O. A. Amundson was the manager in 1930-1931. The switch board and office were moved there from upstairs in the present bank building. Alma and Evelyn Beadle, operators, lived in the house. In 1953 Bell Telephone, Mr. Foyen manager, sold the property to Mildred and Ernie Lura. C. C. Hawley and Margaret rented the place at one time.
It has been remodeled, the windows were changed, a kitchen and back entry added.
B 55 6-7-8
Gary and Mary Ihry purchased this home in 1973.
Thomas Major, an implement dealer with a garage, built the house about 1910. A. M. McLaughlin and Ada M. Standley are names on the abstract, but it is not known if either ever lived there. In 1930 the First National Bank had a mortgage, and it was the property of Steele County in 1940. The Hope Lodge No. 19 LO.O.F. owned the property in 1944. Orrin and Mabel Chance purchased it in 1944.
Other dwellers were:
Oscar Johnson, Jim Lawler, Arthur and Mary Zigmund. Mary was a midwife and had many babies delivered in her home while living there in the 1930's.
It has been remodeled. The house was lifted and a full basement added, the back stairs were removed, and a new kitchen added.
B 55 22-23-24
Leroy and Bertha Jacobsen bought the house in 1964.
The house appears in the early pictures of Hope and was one of the first group of homes built by the Williams brothers. James M. Williams and his wife Marie owned the property first. In 1886, Libeus Andrus and wife Betsy were listed as owners. It was known as the Shippy house, the recording to C. O. Shippy was done in 1897. Other owners and dwellers were: James C. Lawler and Jessie 1929, Arthur E. Lindeman 1942, Friedia Ashenfelter in 1949, M. O. Henoen and Ruth 1951, and Richard Paul and Frances Pederson.
The house has undergone extensive remodeling: porches removed, kitchen extended, new windows installed, resided, reshingled, a complete basement put in, plus an attached garage, by the Jacobsens.
The undertaking business was here when the Lawlers lived in the home.
B 11 8-9-10-11-12
Cassius C. and Peg Hawley purchased the home in 1943.
In 1906 the house was built by A. M. McLaughlin, a wood and coal dealer in Hope. Albert Lockwood and his father, George, helped build the house.
A.B. McLaughlin, a son, who was the postmaster in Hope had the home in 1925. The home is still original inside and outside.
B 11 21-24
James and Georgia Seidlitz purchased the home in December 1979.
Bernt and Clara Kraabel built the home in the early 1900's. Mr. Kraabel worked in, and later owned a general merchandise store. Mrs. Kraabel had many teachers as roomers during the years she lived in Hope. Charles and Anna Copenhaver bought the home in 1949.
The Seidlitz' are completely remodeling the house, keeping the outside and a portion of the house in its original state as well as the sunny front porch and the tower in the front room and master bedroom.
B 37 17-21
James Corlett purchased the home in 1977.
An early day dentist, Dr. Fead. (according to the Hope Pioneer) moved into the home in 1904. It is believed that this home was built in 1898 according to records
builder unknown.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Dick Erstad, Helmar Anderson, Adolph Lindeman, Fritz Haugen, Lou Bowen, and Gary Ihry.
In 1979 the house was lifted and a full basement and a double garage were added. The interior was cosmetically remodeled. The kitchen was enlarged by removing a wall. The back stairway and a wall between two bedrooms were also removed.
B 38 1-2-3-4
Emma Cole inherited the home, known as the "Cole House" in 1937.
It was built in 1908 by her father, George Wesley Cole, a retired farmer. Mrs. George Cole had many teachers and students as roomers during the years she lived in the home, until 1937.
Emma Cole, a retired teacher, and her nephew, George Dorothy, are now living in the home.
There were many renters after 1937.
It is still on the same foundation. Emma says, "There has been very little structural change. The open "wrap-around" porch was enclosed with glass (windows). A hall partition on the second floor was removed enlarging one bedroom into a possible living room. When water was put in, a pantry on the first floor and a small store-room on second were converted into bathrooms. It has been reshingled and the chimney reconstructed.
The home has "Georgia pine" woodwork throughout. It has an open stairway at front; a back stairway off the kitchen; two huge doorways off the living room, one with a sliding door; and a complete and full attic and basement. The complete hot water heating system was installed when the house was built in 1908.
B 38 6-7-8
Robert and Connie Ihry purchased the home in 1962.
Mr. Andrew Lein was the owner when the house was built, approximately 1906. Other owners were:
Eddie Milligan 1914, Trammell 1929, Helmer Anderson 1930, and Dave Stromberg.
The back porch was removed and the kitchen enlarged. An entry and a two-car garage were added. The pantry and basement stairway were taken out and made into a bath-room. The house was lifted and a full basement was built. A redwood deck was put on the south side off the kitchen.
B 10 1-8
Dan and Ellen Walsh are the owners of the home that J. D. Brown, a banker, built during the 1890's. E. J. Walsh, Dan's father, purchased the home in 1920. Other owners were Pearl and Frank Tillitsson and G. R. Settles.
The house originally had wood siding but was later stuccoed, more recently steel siding has been put on. In early 1950 a fireplace was built and a garage added. More recent remodeling included the addition of a patio. Basic structure has been changed very little in the remodeling that has been done. The house has weathered well, and has a very special feeling of home to all of us.
B 18 1-2-3
Don and Angie Faller purchased the home in 1976. Records of 1889 show that John and Christina Wamberg, early day druggist, were the owners when the house was built on the corner of Small Avenue.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Robert McLaughlin 1926, Augusta Joslyn 1929, Russell McClellen 1937, Fuller Land and Walsh's had possession in 1946, and Albert and Jenny Schmitz in 1961.
B 18 4-5-6
The Hope School District owns the Jim McCullom residence believed to have been built in 1896. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Washburn lived with Jim McCullom, who was single. In 1945 the property became an estate.
The place has had several renters some of whom are: Oliver Vierkandt, Sig Peterson, Siefken, Dowling, Laurence Thompson, Oscar Jensen, and Lyle Brend.
The house was known as the McCullom and Washburn home. It is still as originally built, but the porch and roof trim have been removed.
B 18 10-11-12
The Methodist Church purchased the present parsonage about 1950. J. A. Officer built the home for Joe and Eliza Jefferson, a retired farmer in 1902.
Other owners and dwellers were Lewis Kersting 1919, Adeline and Leonard Monear 1931, and Elsie Johnson 1943.
Lewis Kersting remodeled the home when he lived there. Blinded in World War I, he married his nurse and returned to Hope to live. Adeline Monear had a beauty shop in the house.
Extensive remodeling and an addition was made by the Methodists in 1967.
Pastors who have lived here include: Rev. Gable, Rev. Doyle Buss. Rev. Clarence Palmer, Rev. Lionel P. A. Muthiah, Rev. James Farnham, Rev. Robert Collett, Rev. Eberhardt, Rev. Samuelson, and Rev. Zach Gill.
B 22 1-2-3
Gordon and Lois Vadnie own this home. Louisa Hague had the home built about 1894, builder unknown. Later she married Edward Fawcett. In 1923 Mary Black purchased the home and lived here a few years before moving to Grand Forks. The house was rented out for many years. Frank and Annie Vadnie purchased the home in 1943.
Other dwellers were:
Art Boyer, Art and Mary Zigmund, had a nursing home, and Leonard and Adeline Monear. She had a beauty shop in the home.
The house is still original.
B 22 3-4
Linda Knudson (teacher and basketball coach) purchased the home in 1981.
In 1967 Thea Windloss purchased the home built by George Hardin in 1903.
Owners and dwellers include: Bert Warner, J. Umsted. Emil Salander, Jim Rich
Maxie Stromberg, Jack Burchill. Del Erdman, and William Brendemuhl. Bert Warner had a dry cleaning business in the home.
B 22 6-7
Steve Kainz purchased the home in 1981 from David Carlson who purchased it in 1951. Homer Northrup, a farmer, owned the property in 1909, and the house probably was built about that time. He deeded the property to Lydia Northrup, who sold it to M. C. and Carrie Madsen in 1922. He was a blacksmith. He sold the place to Lee Rich in 1934. Thomas and Marian Walsh bought the house in 1945. The house is still original.
B 22 11-12
Herbert and Zelda Matthiesen bought the home in 1973.
The house had been moved in from west of Hope for Ted Kolegraf in the late 1920's. It was located next to his place of business where he had a garage and did mechanic work. Joe Fronk bought the house in 1961.
The house was completely redone on the inside in 1973.
B 18 13-14-15
Milton and Barbara Fosdick purchased the home in 1963. This house was moved in from the McCarthy farm east of Colgate. It was remodeled by Dan Paul.
The original site was the L. A. Jacobson home. He was an early-day druggist. It was known as the L. A. Jacobson house. Later Cy Wheeler lived in the house and during the 1930's it was known as the Wheeler house. This house was torn down by Fred Martin who sold the lumber in the area.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Maxie Stromberg, Mason Ronde, Claude Knox, Mic and Barbara Fosdick, and the Carrington Fosdicks.
B 18 22-24
Alan and Peggy McCullough purchased the home in 1979. It was built and owned by George Hardin in 1921.
Previous owners and dwellers were:
Elmer and Pauline Byers, Bessie Sussex, Rudy Ernst, Bertha Ricker, Alfred Johnson, John Sussex, Randall Curry, Anton Kubischta, and Keven McCullough.
The main floor has been paneled, otherwise it is still original.
B 10 14-16
George and Elsie Sussex purchased the home in 1964. Emma Sussex and Bob and Arlene Sussex had also lived in the house.
Robert Young, who was manager of an elevator, had the house built by a contractor from Fargo in 1933.
The kitchen has a built-in ironing board connected to a spice cabinet, and a clothes chute from the bathroom to the basement. It is the only stucco house in town today.
Robert Young had the lots filled in with dirt before building the house. There was a huge hole about two feet lower than the street at the rear of the lots where a house had once stood. This hole would fill with water. Clint Fuller's sister, Alice, almost drowned there, but William Bowen pulled her out by the hair and saved her life. Mr. Young hired his son, Donald, and Clint Fuller to fill the hole with dirt. They got a team of horses from Victor Wennerstrom in payment of pasture land on Fuller's Lake for pasturing their cattle, and a scraper from H. J. Wennerstrom, who was doing road building. They hauled dirt from the dump ground. It took considerable time to fill in the area.
B 10 19-24
In 1946 Harry (Lieutenant Colonel ret. US Army), and Ilma Bowen became the owners of the Morton B. Cassell home that was built in 1910. The builder-architect was Arthur C. Clausen, Minneapolis, and the out of town carpenters were assisted by local carpenters including W. A. Bowen.
For many years it was known as the Cassell house. Residents of this house have been: Morton D. Cassell, William Bowen, and Conrad Lillegard.
East and west dormers and a full front porch have been removed on the outside. Very few changes have been made on the inside - the wall paper between the beams has been replaced with paneling to match the original oak woodwork. Some changes have been made in the kitchen to accommodate new appliances. The downstairs cloak room has been made into a "powder room". The barn, garage, and ice house have been removed from the grounds.
The original bell system for each upstairs bedroom is still in use. The buzzer under the dining room table is being replaced - that will ring in the kitchen when it is replaced. The original icebox is still under the stairway leading from the kitchen to the hall. The stained glass windows are still the original windows, one is the family crest of Mrs. Cassell's family in England.
B 38 13-14-15
H. Dean and Patty Johnson purchased the house in June 1981.
According to the abstract Albert and Letitia Graham were the owners when the house was built in 1904. It was known as the Graham Home.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Elsie Klovstad -1919, Mamie and John Palfrey -1930, Conrad Lilligard -1946, Claude bowling -1948, Almon Reider, Simon Nielson -1948, Albert Brag -1950, and Malcolm and Velda Vadnie -1979.
An enclosed front entry has been added, also a bathroom which probably was a pantry as it is off the kitchen. It has one leaded glass window, a couple of ornate doors, and a stained glass panel in -the living room window, and ginger-bread trim on the front of the house on second floor.
B 38 16-17-18
Alfred and Lydia Fisher purchased the home in 1952.
Clara and R. A. Lathrop, farm machine dealer, built the home in 1903.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Kenneth Brendemuhl -1947, George Lemley -1948, and Charles Reynolds, depot agent -1949. It was known as the Lathrop House.
The hot water heating system has been replaced with electric heat, and the dining room was divided to make a small bedroom and bath downstairs. There are two ways to the stairway, from the kitchen and from the foyer.
B 38 19-20-21
Albert and Alma Wright purchased the home in 1952.
Grace and Frank Carpenter built the home in 1906. Mr. Carpenter sold insurance. In 1912 Clarence Egan purchased the home, and in 1950 Lee and Clara Rich.
There have been interior changes made, the entry changed, the large foyer was converted to a bedroom, a stairway was changed and a pantry was made into a bathroom. An outside stairway was built (but never used). The outside has remained the same.
B 38 22-24
Ralph and Corlyn Bayman purchased the home in 1967.
Other owners and dwellers were:
Malcolm Brown -1920, C. W. Moores -1932, Ross Reichert -1949, Knut Ronde, and Coleman Hanson.
B 6 1-4
Tim and Yvonne Martin are the present owners. The house was built by Adam and Cynthia Moote in the early 1900's. They later moved to Finley.
G.D. Fisher and his wife, Ellen, recorded their deed to the property in 1915. "Doc" was a well known veterinarian of the area, and his wife was a milliner and seamstress. Ellen sold the house to LeRoy and Minnie Richards in 1950.
Renters have included Myron Senn and Mark Lemley.
The original barn, where "Doc" kept his horses, is still standing, and the exterior of the house is much the same as when built.
B 6 5-6
The Hope School District is the owner of this house built in the late 1920's, by Crane-Johnson Lumber Company for Bill Newell, manager.
Owners and renters include: Minnie Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bowen, Ellen Fisher, and many teachers after the school bought the home.
B 9 1-5½
Milton and Barbara Fosdick became the owners of the Fuller home in 1977.
Albert. Ward, a real estate agent, had the house built by J. A. Officer in 1904. Ed. M. Fuller, garage and machine dealer, purchased the home in 1906. C. J. Fuller, now a retired mail carrier, became the owner in 1954.
The front porch has been enclosed, the back porch removed and the kitchen enlarged. The south chimney has been torn down, and asphalt siding put on the house. A barn was located in back for horse and carriage.
B 9½ 5-6-7
Oliver and Phoebe Vierkandt purchased the home in 1942.
John Larimore built the original house in the early 1900's. There was severe fire damage while Mrs. Iseminger, a widow, and her children lived there. Fred Martin tore down the house and rebuilt the present house in 1928. He intended to live in it, but sold it to Harry Jones instead.
The place is a show place of flowers in the summer, as Oliver's hobby is gardening.
B 9 8-9-10
Warren and Eleanor Stromberg purchased the home in 1978.
Harry Baker built the house about 1889. He had a meat market where Don Shasky now has his lounge and pool hall.
Other owners and dwellers include: James D. Brown, Thomas Baker Jr., F. C. Martin, Mike Carmody, Lena and Clarence Splitztoesser, and Clifford and Dora Close.
The interior has been remodeled, the exterior resided, and a garage attached.
B 9 9-12
Don and Helen Shasky purchased the home in 1950.
It is believed that the house was built in the early 1880's by Charles Merriell. He had the first hardware store in Hope in 1880, and was one of the first settlers in Hope. His family had a hardware store in Chicago and sent Charlie to Hope. The store burned in the fire of 1893, and was rebuilt. He left Hope in 1906.
Other owners and dwellers include: Leo Smith, Albert Lockwood, and Alex Windloss.
The porch has been enclosed, water, sewer, and a bathroom added, and the house has been resided.
B 19 1-2-3
Kurt and Marton Spies are the owners of this home.
Frank N. Gilmore had the house built in 1886. He had a lumberyard where Kingston's Standard Station is now located. Dan Nelson moved in after Gilmore.
The house was remodeled, enlarged, and modernized in 1941 by Fred Martin.
Other owners and dwellers include: Alf and Mildred Gunderson, William and Beulah Unruh, and the Carneys.
B 19 4-7
The owner of this house is Raymond fund.
In 1890, Willis Gray, a retired farmer, had a house built on this lot, Lou Finn was the carpenter. Fred Martin tore down the house in the 1920's and rebuilt the house from the old lumber. Mrs. Martin sold the house to Raymond Rund who lived there until he moved to Finley.
Arlene and Dick Horwart lived there until they moved to West Fargo in 1980.
B 19 11-12
Charles and Lorraine Williams purchased the home in August 1976.
Mary and Charles Renwick had the house built about 1881-82. It was one of the first houses to be built in Hope. (According to an article in the Hope Pioneer.)
Other owners and dwellers include: Fred and Hulda Lang -1915, Jacob and Margaret Lang -1907, Fred Martin, Mary and Ranemus Johnson, Marie and Mike Carmody, William Gingrey, Ruppelius, Bill Newell, Jim Wood, Strickler, Christ and Johanna Norgaard, and Dick and Eva Pickar.
A bedroom closet was converted to a bathroom. A rear bedroom upstairs has been paneled, otherwise it is as originally built.
B 21 1-2-3-4
Reed and Jill Jonason purchased the home in 1980.
This, the Shaw house, was built about 1892 by the Shaws. Isabella Canton, Shaw's housekeeper, inherited the home in 1924 from Bertrand C. Shaw. She deeded the property to
Katherine C. and Lauzerne J. Bowen in 1925. It was owned by Roger and Lorraine Ludwig in 1951, then by Waldo and Clara Lugabill, and lastly Tom Kingston.
The interior has been remodeled, and it has new windows and siding.
B 19 13-14-15
Charles H. and Marlin Parkman purchased the home in 1963. It is now unoccupied.
J.M. Williams and Marie H. acquired the property from the Red River Land Company in 1883 for $2100. The next owners were Marie and J. Evans Jr. who gave a quit claim deed to James F. and Olive Lassing in 1896. John and Beatrice Dorrance became the owners in 1904
Robert and Anna Young in 1921, Oscar and Anna Jenson -1934
Elmer E. and Clara Taver -1944, Ross and Grace Reichert -1946
Vince and Elaine Pederson -1947
and Theodore and Marjorie Kolegraf-1951.
The house has had relatively few changes over the years. The large south porch, opened from the living room, the other off the kitchen, this added spaciousness to the three rooms on the lower floor. An open stairway from the parlor leads to the three rooms and attic on the second floor.
B 20 9-12
Marion and Alice Powell purchased the home in 1963.
Ed Keene, a newspaper man, built the home in the early 1890's.
Other dwellers and owners include: J. W. Larimore -1906, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Olson, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cockle.
B 8 1-2-3-4
Homer and Sally Wennerstrom purchased this home in 1960 for $1.00.
The house was built by B. C. and Evie Reynolds about 1898. They lived there until H. J. and Virginia Wennerstrom bought it in 1927. In 1952 Homer and Sally were married and moved in with Homer's father, and have lived there ever since.
The original house had two stories and included what is now the dining room and the two bedrooms upstairs. The Reynolds built on a living room and bedroom upstairs to the west and a kitchen and a porch to the south. It remained this way with the addition of water and sewer and a modern bathroom upstairs while the Wennerstroms occupied it. The house had electricity in 1927. In 1970 Homer, with the help of some friends, took off the old kitchen and porch and added a kitchen, utility room, bath and bedroom to the south with an open porch on the east. The house has had all the windows replaced and new siding, but looks much as it did. The inside arrangement, except for the addition, is the same and the foyer has the original open stairway.
B 7 6-7-8
The Hope School District purchased the home for a teacherage in 1965 from Lloyd and Juanita Egan.
Sam Scott, an early day farmer from Carpenter Township, was the owner when the house was built in 1904.
Other dwellers and owners were:
Albert Ward, who had a milk route, John Dorrance, Gordon Jefferson, J. Parkman, G.D. Fisher, and Lyle Peterson.
Chester and Annie Braisted purchased the home in 1942. They rented it one year to Mr. Heiser.
The original house burned about 1930. A barn was taken down to build the present house, and the 2 x 6's were used for studdings.
Edna Pearl Bjorklund lived there, then her son Nels E. Bjorklund took over in 1924. Bessie Keilty purchased the dwelling in 1939.
The abstract mentions the Steele County Progress newspaper and the Steam Flour Mill - 1893, so it is assumed that they were once owners of the lots.
SECOND ADDITION
In 1955 LaNora and Milton McCullough became owners of the home that once was the business place of the South End Shipping Association of Steele County built by George Hardin in 1920. It was converted to a house with one bedroom, living room, and kitchen by Mike Kainz.
The McCulloughs have had Mike Kainz build on four bedrooms and a bathroom. Later, a family room and a garage were built on by John A. Olstad.
The home is located on the west entrance into Hope, off Highway 38.
SECOND ADDITION
Joel and Mary McCullough purchased the home in 1979. George Hardin built the house for Glenn Ebeling, a blacksmith. Other owners include Walter Schultz, Dr. Charlton Fowley, renter and Thomas Beadle.
Source: Hope Through the Century - Hope, North Dakota 1882-1982 Page 218