Katherine Glaspie House

815 S. Second St.

This house is the second to stand on this site. The first was a house constructed circa 1870 for Patrick and Mary McGoldrick. John and Katherine Glaspie, local real estate dealers, purchased this property in 1891. After John’s death in 1893, Katherine hired the Stillwater Manufacturing Company to erect the existing Queen Anne style house. The two-and-a-half-story home was built in 1896 for an estimated cost of $1,200. The house has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding, one-over-one double-hung windows, and a hipped roof. Its steeply pitched roof of irregular shape with dominant front facing gable, patterned shingles in the gables, and asymmetrical front elevation are characteristics of the Queen Anne style that was popular in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Other character defining features include the prominent brick chimney, overhanging eaves with wood brackets, a two-story projecting bay window on the south elevation and the Ionic columns on the now enclosed front porch and second story balcony. The use of these columns indicates that the house falls within the Free Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style.

According to the 1898-1899 city directory, Katherine and her son John, a carrier for The Gazette, were the primary residents. By 1910, the property was owned by Daniel F. Doyle, co-owner of the Kilty & Doyle Shoe Store at 211 South Main Street. In 1910, Doyle added the front porch and also added a sleeping porch in 1919. The two-story, hipped-roof addition located on the rear elevation was built between 1910 and 1924 according to historical maps. The interesting garage, which features a cupola, was built circa 1990.

— Research by The 106 Group for the City of Stillwater's Heirlooms Home and Landmark Sites Program