Swedish Evangelical Mission Church Parsonage

314 4th St. N.

This house was constructed in 1904 as the parsonage for Swedish Evangelical Mission Church, located next door at 320 North 4th Street. The one-and-a-half-story, frame parsonage has a rock-faced concrete block foundation, clapboard siding, and a gable-on-hipped roof with a brick chimney on its ridge. The steeply-pitched roof with dominant front facing, hooded gable, the patterned shingles in the gable, the sunburst under the hood, and the full-width front porch are characteristics of the Queen Anne style. The hipped-roof porch with its pedimented gable and slender Tuscan columns, indicate that this house falls in the Free Classic subtype of Queen Anne, which is better known for the use of turned columns and spindles. The house features one-over-one double-hung windows and four-light fixed windows with two-light transoms. A one-and-a-half-story ell is located on the southwest portion of the rear elevation and a one-story ell is located on the northwest portion of the rear elevation.

Reverend K.E. Peterson, pastor of the Swedish Evangelical Mission Church, was the first resident of this parsonage. According to the 1912-1913 city directory, Reverend N.O. Olson resided here in these years. By 1919, Reverend J.J. Clemens was the primary resident. The church sold the parsonage when they moved locations in 1930. In 1956, Merton G. Schell and Reverend C.R. Chadderdon were the primary residents of this home.

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