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Bellflower Road, 11109
| Location |
11109 Bellflower Road |
Description |
13-room 3-story frame house, 41x60
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This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
| Other Names |
Bellflower Road, 55
Thwing House
Thwing Residence
President's House |
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| Cost |
1891: $13,600-$13,726.25
1926: Exchanged Bellflower Road, 11109 for Adelbert Road, 2153
1937: $12,500?
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| Financing |
1891: Gift of $5,000 from Samuel
Mather; Gift of $5,000 from John Hay; Gift of property worth $1,300 from
Jeptha Homer Wade
1937: Gift/purchase
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| Donors |
1891: Samuel Mather, trustee; John
Hay, trustee; Jeptha Homer Wade, trustee
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| Occupants |
1892-1937: Charles F. Thwing, WRU
President
1938-1941: Mather College
1942-1945: ?
1946-1949: Mather College |
Uses |
1892-1941: Residence
1942-1945: ?
1946-1949: Residence |
| Bought |
6/1938: from Charles F. Thwing Estate?
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| Sold |
4/1926: to Charles F. Thwing
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Trivia |
Longest continuous WRU President's
residence |
Alterations and Modifications
| Description |
ca. 1942: Built passageway
to Tyler House |
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This summary was compiled by staff of the University
Archives from sources
in the custody of the Archives.
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