County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: Watson St., 2nd house S of Houston St., E side, St. Charles
Built: 1909
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Architectural Style: Queen Anne Free Classic
Original Occupant: John E. and Clara Hallowell
Historic District Map
"72. 1506 Watson Street; Queen Anne Free Classic; 1909; Contributing
Built in the Queen Anne Free Classic style, this 1½-story frame house has a rock-faced concrete block foundation with red beaded joints and single-light basement windows. The walls are beaded weatherboard and there is a wood water table. The complex asphalt roof is a combination of cross gable and hip, and a secondary polygonal roof wraps the front gable end and creates a jerkin head. A brick interior chimney is on the front slope, near the peak, and the roof is trimmed with a wide frieze and raking cornices trim the gable ends. In the eastern bay of the façade is a half-glazed, multi-panel wood door with single-light transom, and there is a 12-light wood storm door. The door opens onto a small wraparound gallery that has a wooden stairway and deck, framed lattice panels, a plain wood balustrade and Doric columns supporting a shed roof. The gallery terminates at the south wall of the east gabled
wing, where there is a 1/1 vinyl window. To the west of the entry is a hanging box bay with 1/1 double-hung vinyl window and hip roof. The wall below the box bay has two pairs of applied moldings that mimic half-timbering. In the upper half story is a 1/1 double- hung vinyl window. The first floor of the east elevation has, from front to rear, a small single-light window overlooking the gallery, a 1/1 double-hung vinyl window, a polygonal bay with three 1/1 windows, and two single windows, and in the second floor is a pair. In the center bay of the west elevation is another polygonal bay with three windows, in the outer bays are 1/1 vinyl windows, and in the upper half story is a pair.
a. Garage; Contributing
The 1-story, frame 1-car garage has a concrete foundation, board-and-batten walls, and a low-pitched, front-gabled roof clad with asphalt shingles. Paired vertical board doors are on the north façade and on the west elevation are a 6/6 double-hung wood window and a half-glazed, 3-panel wood door. The garage is more than 60 years old and is contributing." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: 1909
Style/Design: Queen Anne Free Classic
According to the County's tax parcels database, this house was built in 1905; however, the address is not listed in the 1906 or 1908-09
city directories. From 1910-1915 the home was owned by John E. and Clara Hallowell, and he was the superintendent of Roberts, Johnson and Rand Co., which became the International Shoe Co. George and Catherine Jacob lived here from 1916-1917, and he was a foreman at the Star Co. (International Shoe Co.). From 1918-1924 John H. Werner, Jr. and his wife Katherine owned the house. Mr. Werner was an assistant cashier at the Central Bank and secretary of the St. Charles Milling Co. The family of Henry A. and Minnie Westhoff owned the house longer than any other resident (1925-1956). He was the Vice President of Central Trust Co., a toll collector in 1932, and from 1934-1949 a bottler at Fischbach Brewery. His daughter, Helen, occupied the house from 1950-1956, and she was employed as a nurse's aid at St. Joseph Hospital. It appears that the house served as rental property from 1957 through at least 1967.
The renters were as follows: Joseph E. (electrical engineer) and Mildred, 1957-1958; Donald (manager of W.T. Grant Store in St. Ann, MO) and June Hauffe, 1959-60; Ozan (teacher at Lindenwood College) and Patricia Marsh, 1961-62; Mrs. Lynn B. Dillon (teacher at
Lindenwood College), 1962-63; Andrew W. (clerk at Highlander Liquor Store) and Betty Johnson, 1964-65; Leroy (sales rep for Whiting
Roll-Up Door) and E. Jane Brannon, 1966-1967. By 1970 the house had been purchased by Edward and Helen Sawall. He was retired.
"Built in the Queen Anne Free Classic style, this 1 1/2-story frame house has a rock-faced concrete block foundation with red beaded joints and single-light basement windows. The walls are beaded weatherboard and there is a wood water table. The complex asphalt roof is a combination of cross gable and hip, and a secondary polygonal roof wraps the front gable end and creates a jerkin head. A brick interior chimney is on the front slope, near the peak, and the roof is trimmed with a wide frieze and raking cornices trim the gable ends. In the eastern bay of the façade is a half- glazed, multi-panel wood door with single-light transom, and there is a 12-light wood storm door. The door opens onto a small wraparound gallery that has a wooden stairway and deck, framed lattice panels, a plain wood balustrade and Doric columns supporting a shed roof. The gallery terminates at the south wall of the east gabled wing, where there is a 1/1 vinyl window. To the west of the entry is a hanging box bay with 1/1 double-hung vinyl window and hip roof. The wall below the box bay has two pairs of applied moldings that mimic half-timbering. In the upper half story is a 1/1 double- hung vinyl window. The first floor of the east elevation has, from front to rear, a small single-light window overlooking the gallery, a 1/1 double-hung vinyl window, a polygonal bay with three 1/1 windows, and 2 single windows, and in the second floor is a pair. In the center bay of the west elevation is another polygonal bay with 3 windows, and in the outer bays are 1/1 vinyl windows. In the upper half story is a pair of windows.
"A public sidewalk spans the front of this 50'x155' tree-shaded lot and an alley extends along the rear. A sidewalk leads from the street to the gallery, where it then turns right to wrap around the east side of the house and a landscape bed is between the sidewalk and house.
At the northeast corner of the lot is a 1-story, frame 1-car garage that opens onto the alley. The foundation is concrete, the walls are
board-and-batten, and the low-pitched, front-gabled roof is clad with asphalt shingles. Paired vertical board doors are on the north façade and on the west elevation are a 6/6 double-hung wood window and a half-glazed, 3-panel wood door. The garage is more than 50 years old and is contributing." ~ Lindenwood Historic Survey PDF pages 375-379