THE DEWEY HOUSE

The Dewey House was built around 1898. It is speculated that it was named for Admiral George Dewey, the celebrated victor of the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines in 1898, during the Spanish-American War.

The fourplex was first located north of Lake Street and east of now Library Lane (described variously as at 31st and/or 33rd and Kentucky). It housed many tenants in its time, including the Reiss family, until 1925, when it was severely damaged in the great tornado. The owner, purported to be Superintendent of Schools Herbert Carleton, failed to make repairs, so tenants were forced to move out and it stood without electricity and deteriorating for over 30 years, its only known tenant being Village character Scotty Hudson, who lived on its less-damaged side.

In 1956 the Dewey was in the way of the new high school at 33rd and Dakota, and somehow it was not demolished but sold to Max Elkin for $3750. Elkin moved it to two lots at 3379 Brownlow. Today it is a fully-restored duplex, with a flat roof replacing the pitch and stucco replacing the faded siding.

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