This house on 28th Street is still standing. It was home to the G. D. Ellyson family. Mr. Ellyson was the president of Marquardt Savings Bank and Treasurer of the Ideal Auto Company.
This house on 44th Street was the home of Mr. J. H. Matthews and his wife Minnie. Mr. Matthews was the treasurer and manager of Capital City Carriage Co. The house is still standing.
This house on 44th Street was the home of Mr. J. H. Matthews and his wife Minnie. Mr. Matthews was the treasurer and manager of Capital City Carriage Co. The house is still standing.
This house on Cottage Grove Avenue was the home of A. U. Coates and his wife Isabel. Mr. Coates was the proprietor of the A U Coates Realty Co. The house is no longer standing. Current site of Grace Methodist Church.
This house on Cottage Grove Avenue was the home of A. U. Coates and his wife Isabel. Mr. Coates was the proprietor of the A U Coates Realty Co. The house is no longer standing. Current site of Grace Methodist Church.
This house on Terrace Drive was built in 1907 and is still standing. It was the home of Jno. A. Elliott. Mr. Elliott was the president of Commercial Savings Bank.
This house on Harwood Drive was the home of Henry H. Pharmer. Mr. Pharmer was the manager of the circulation department at Successful Farming Publishing Company. The house is still standing.
This house on Grand Avenue was the home of J. H. Cownie. Mr. Cownie was the president of J H Cownie Glove Company. The house is no longer standing. Current site of The College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery.
This house on Capitol Avenue was the home of George M. King and his wife Marguerite. Mr. King was the president of the George M. King Electric Manufacturing Co. The house is no longer standing.
This house on Grand Avenue was built in 1883 and is still standing. It was the home of Jefferson S. Polk and his wife Julia. Mr. Polk was born in Kentucky on February 18, 1831. He came to Des Moines in 1855 as a lawyer. He was a founder and promoter…
