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Lumber was hauled from Iowa City. The front hallway and stairs were finished in walnut. It was really an elaborate house for that day and has become a landmark in this area.
James L. Loring, 1833-1910, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He
came to Dallas Center as a civil engineer before 1869, helping to survey
for the Des Moines-Ft. Dodge railroad through this area. In 1871,
with his wife and three sons, he moved from Kosauqua, Ia., to Dallas
Center. The sons were Joseph O. Loring, 1858-1944, G. Harry Loring,
1864-1930, and Frank L. Loring, 1867-1945. Another son, John
Middleton, was born in Dallas Center. James L. Loring was a man of
unusual abilities. Besides being a civil engineer and an editor,
he was a merchant, attorney, clock repairman, a linguist, Justice of the
Peace, insurance agent and a notary. He published a Dallas Center
newspaper from 1885 to 1903 A home built by one of Dallas Center's early citizens has become a long-time landmark in the town. It is the two-story brick house on West Walnut and Kellogg Avenue, built by William H. Brenton in 1879. Mr. Brenton furnished 50,000 brick and the sand. The contractor secured other necessary materials. We are told that these were native brick made near the river west of town. No doubt the sand was hauled from the river as was the custom of that time. The house was well constructed and it remains an interesting and attractive home of which Dallas Center can be proud, 90 years later, in 1969. It is presently owned by Mrs. Lucille Charlton Hall, Widow of Guy H. Hall, who was long associated with the Brenton banking interests and later engaged in the practice of law in Dallas Center. The H. M. Schamel house was built in 1887 at 1506 Sycamore. It is a large two-story house of frame construction, well built and remains attractive and in good repair after 82 years in Dallas Center. |
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