"This tree has all the original ornaments from the Congdon family here, so you actually ... and one at a time come in to Chester and Clara to receive your gift." Back downstairs, the Congdon ...

Because the house remained in the Congdon family until 1978, little has changed over time. Millett calls it the most intact house of its kind in Minnesota. Chester Congdon died in 1916 ...

Chester Adgate Congdon accrued ... Johnston, was completed in 1908. Congdon called it Glensheen. The name derived from the Congdon family’s origin in the village of Sheen in Surrey, England ...

Chester and Clara Congdon were ... a fruit orchard and many unusual tree species that were new to the area. The Congdon family deeded it to the city of Duluth in 1910 to be used as a public ...

For example, the Congdon family who lived in the mansion collected ... But there are even more pieces in Chester Congdon’s silver safe, which is behind a wooden door, then a safe door, then ...

Hartman said they long heard tales that it belonged to Clara and Chester Congdon's nephew, Alfred Bannister. He came to live with the family when his parents died in the 1900s, Hartman said.

Chester Congdon was an attorney and a Minnesota lawmaker who made his fortune investing in mining on the Iron Range, and whose legacy includes protecting public access to Lake Superior in the ...

“This tree has all the original ornaments from the Congdon family here, so you actually ... and one at a time come in to Chester and Clara to receive your gift.” Back downstairs, the Congdon ...