The Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A. Johnstone House (also known as the Royal House) is a historic house in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Built in 1887, the Queen Anne-style house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1] It was included as a contributing property in the Polk County Homestead and Trust Company Addition Historic District in 2016.[2]
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| Location | 1830 8th St. Des Moines, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°36′40″N 93°37′42.6″W / 41.61111°N 93.628500°W |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| Part of | Polk County Homestead and Trust Company Addition Historic District (ID16000687) |
| MPS | Towards a Greater Des Moines MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001152[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 25, 1996 |
It was a 10-room house,[3] on a triple lot.[4]
Anna E. Johnstone was a teacher before marrying. Andrew A. Johnstone owned a china and glassware store in downtown Des Moines.[4]: 211 They had two daughters. Andrew died of a stroke in 1892. Anna sold Andrew's business, moved with the children to a rented apartment, and rented out the house. She sold insurance and real estate and returned to school, receiving a medical degree in 1900 and becoming a doctor of osteopathy, and one of the first women to accomplish that. She moved back into the house and used part of it to operate her osteopathy practice.[3]
Anna was a student of Dr. Summerfield S. Still, who ran an osteopathic hospital and school in downtown Des Moines, and lived in North Des Moines.[4]: 134
The house was still in the family in 2013: it was owned and occupied by Jon Royal, a great-grandson of Anna E. and Andrew A Johnstone.[3]
Anna Johnstone died in 1848.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ William C. Page. "Polk County Homestead and Trust Company Addition Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ a b c Dave Elbert (April 26, 2013). "The Elbert files: One house, one family, 125 years". Des Moines Business Record. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places: Towards a Greater Des Moines" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ^ Anna Johnstone obituary notice 1948, Des Moines Register
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