Monthly Archives: April 2012

Once Upon a Birthday Cake: Happy Hundredth

Posted on April 28, 2012 by hometown

Turning the big one-oh-oh in 2012 are: The chapel of Oakwood Cemetery on Grand Avenue. The home of East Side merchant and civic leader Samuel Selkirk Dillow (1866-1931) on Rosedale Street. (Update: The Dillow house burned in 2013.) Gustavus Adolphus … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Bricks and Martyr, Cities of the Dead, East Side, North Side, South Side | Leave a comment