Thomas and Susan Sutherland House

1006 S. Third St.

The original portion of this stately, Italianate style house was constructed circa 1881 for Thomas and Susan Sutherland. The two-story, frame residence has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding, a hip roof with flared eaves and a tall brick chimney. Its low-pitched roof with widely overhanging eaves, decorative brackets, and tall and narrow one-over-one and two-over-two double-hung windows are characteristics of the Italianate style. The house features a full-width front porch with mansard and hipped-roof projecting bays on the north and south elevations. A modern one-story rear addition features a second story porch. The small addition respects the design, scale, and materials of the original building. A one-and-a-half-story, front-gabled, clapboard-sided garage is located behind the house.

Circa 1881, Thomas and Susan Sutherland built a one-story house on this lot. Thomas was a contractor and builder. In 1894, Frederick P. Swanson purchased the house and hired contractors Baird and Johnson to raise the roof and add a second story for $200. According to city directories, Mr. Swanson was a bookkeeper for the Musser Manufacturing Co. Also living in the house were Louisa A. Lammers, a boarder who was a clerk for the Register of Deeds, and Martha Ponath, who was a servant. By 1910, Mr. Swanson, now a bookkeeper with the St. Croix Lumber Company, and his children Florence H. and Sherman F. Swanson, both students, lived in the house.

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