Notes: This is the historic Olson family home. Henry built it for his
family about 1922, on a double wide lot. The two story home
had very large rooms, including living and dining rooms, a kitchen
and separate breakfast room, a service porch, a master bedroom, a
smaller sitting room, and a bathroom. Upstairs, there were two
bedrooms, two enclosed sun porches, and a half bath. There was a
side porch off the sitting room, and an expansive covered front porch.
There was a large basement, with room for the heater.
Behind the house, there was a double car garage, with an attached laundry
room, and a workroom or storage room. The yard included a walnut tree,
two plum trees, a pomegranate tree, an apricot tree, and a fig tree.
Henry, Amy, and their two children moved in about 1922. Agnes died in
1929. In 1930 Maurice Noble, Amy's nephew, and Mary Olson, Henry's
mother, were living with them. Henry died in 1934, and Amy and Don
continued to live in the home until Don married in 1944.
In 1947, as Don's family began to grow, he and his wife, and two daughters,
moved back into the home. The home that was built for only two children,
eventually was occupied by seven children. |
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