Summit Ave. St. Paul
A. G. Manson House
The first owner of the A. G. Manson House, was real-estate agent and investor Albert George Manson. This home started out as a French Second Empire-style residence. He wanted an imposing structure on a hill, and the architect of this house is unknown. Which is unfortunate because he created an amazing fashionable house of creamy white brick, three dormers, corner tower, decorative brackets, and wrought-iron cresting at the roofline.
After a succession of owners, funeral directors John Kessler and Thomas Maguire acquired the house in 1919, and built a circular driveway to accommodate the funeral home they planned to open there. The neighbors were not big fans of this idea, and they took their case all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court. The court agreed that the Summit Ave A. G. Manson home and surrounding area should stay for just the living. Following those owners, former U.S. Senator David Durenburger and his wife, Susan Foote, a retired university professor, bought the property in 1999. Susan states, "Already growing up in San Francisco, I had a weakness for Victorian houses." Although, they did hire architects Stuart MacDonald (MacDonald and Mack Architects) to build a side entrance and small terrace overlooking the large, new, side garden they installed.
After enjoying the home for five years, they sold it in 2004 to another professional couple, Jessica Stoltenberg, a corporate communications consultant, and her husband, physician Phillip Stoltenberg. The best part is that this is the only surviving French Second Empire-style house on Summit Ave.
After a succession of owners, funeral directors John Kessler and Thomas Maguire acquired the house in 1919, and built a circular driveway to accommodate the funeral home they planned to open there. The neighbors were not big fans of this idea, and they took their case all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court. The court agreed that the Summit Ave A. G. Manson home and surrounding area should stay for just the living. Following those owners, former U.S. Senator David Durenburger and his wife, Susan Foote, a retired university professor, bought the property in 1999. Susan states, "Already growing up in San Francisco, I had a weakness for Victorian houses." Although, they did hire architects Stuart MacDonald (MacDonald and Mack Architects) to build a side entrance and small terrace overlooking the large, new, side garden they installed.
After enjoying the home for five years, they sold it in 2004 to another professional couple, Jessica Stoltenberg, a corporate communications consultant, and her husband, physician Phillip Stoltenberg. The best part is that this is the only surviving French Second Empire-style house on Summit Ave.
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