Harland Parish House, 1023 Avon Street North, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Harland Parish House | |
| Address: | 1023 Avon Street N |
| Neighborhood/s: | North End, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| City/locality- State/province | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: | Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States of Americawarning.png"United States of America" is not in the list of possible values (United States, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azores (Portugal), Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China - People's Republic of, Colombia, Congo - Republic of, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands (Denmark), Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea_Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Maderia (Portugal), Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands (Holland), Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Samoa, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Zambia, Zimbabwe, American Samoa, Cambodia, Bonaire (Netherlands Antillies), Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Cook Islands, Curacao (Netherlands Antillies), England, Guam, Kosrae (Federated States of Micronesia), Marshall Islands, Monaco, Myanmar, Norfolk Island, Northern Ireland (UK), Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Ponape, Ireland - Republic Of, Rota (Northern Mariana Islands), Saba (Netherlands Antilles), Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands), Scotland (United Kingdom), St. Barthelemy (Guadeloupe), St. Christopher (St. Kitts and Nevis), St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands), St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles), St. John (U.S. Virgin Islands), St. Lucia, St. Maarten (Netherlands Antilles), St. Martin (Guadeloupe), St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands), Korea (South Korea), Tahiti (French Polynesia), Truk (Federated States of Micronesia), U.S. Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Wales (United Kingdom), Yap (Federated States of Micronesia)) for this property. |
| Year built: | 1912 |
| First Owner: | Harland Parish |
(44.971932° N, 93.133406° WLatitude: 44°58′18.955″N
Longitude: 93°8′0.262″W)
| National Register of Historic Places Information |
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History
Harland Parish, a clerk for NP Shops, built 1023 Avon Street in 1912. At the time, the street was named Crowell, and remained so until the 1940s. The Parish family lived at Crowell until 1923, when they moved. The home was briefly occupied by Richard Sutton, a cashier for Griggs Cooper & Co. In the late 30s, the house was purchased by the Connolly family.
John and Emma Connolly had three surviving children, Marcella, Lawrence and Mary. After John and Emma’s passing of heart complications (John in 1958, and Emma in 1971), the house was passed on to Marcella and Mary, who lived there until their old age. Neighbors remember the sisters chatting often in the screened-in porch. They also recall that Mary would walk around Como Lake every day. When it was necessary for Marcella to enter an assisted living home, Mary decided to sell the house. In December of 2006, it was purchased by Nick and Lindsey Dyer.
The Dyers discovered “JC ‘43” written in red paint inside the garage. They figured it to be the initial of John Connolly, who would have built the garage in 1943. There is also “MC” initialed in the concrete in the back yard, which could refer to either Marcella or Mary Connolly.
