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North 10th Street Note: This is the web-based incarnation of a brochure originally published in 1980. While the history is still very valuable, other information may no longer be accurate. Information updated by WayNet will be listed in this maroon color.
W.P. Hutton was president of the J.M. Hutton Company, casket makers. He was also treasurer of the Richmond Water Works Company. In or around 1902, Edgar F. Hiatt, then treasurer of the Dickinson Trust Company, bought the home and had it dismantled and moved to 2018 Main Street, the site of the now defunct Red Barn (Beach Club Tanning). According to research, the structure was dismantled with the stone pieces of the front and sides being numbered for proper reassembly. In 1905 the ownership transferred to George R. Williams, a bookkeeper at the Gaar, Scott Co. Gaar Williams, a Richmond native who became a noted cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, was a son of George R. Williams. The 308 N. 10th street site was then used, along with the land under the D.G. Reid house for the present Day Care Building.
Mr. Dill was secretary of the J.M. Hutton Co, vice president of Richmond Bridge, and treasurer of the Richmond City Water Works. Until September of 1977, the house had beautiful stained glass windows in the curved stairway.
The third of ten children, James M. Starr married Lydia C. Briggs who died about three years after their marriage. His second wife was Sarah Jane King, a daughter of Levinus King. James M. Starr was a prime source of funding for a piano company in 1872 later to become known as, "the house of Starr", Starr Piano Company. Henry D. Chapin purchased this home and lived there until 1909. Charles and Gertie Klop, their daughter Elizabeth, and son Bert resided there between 1909 and 1925. The Klops boarded and entertained theatrical people who came to Richmond to perform at the Murray Theatre. Miss Elizabeth continued her dance studio in this home until hear death in 1969. It is believed that a log cabin stood on the side of this eclectic high Victorian.
Text and illustrations © 1980, Old Richmond, Inc.
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