G.A. Nichols sold these lots in 1925 to Hugh Stonum, a traveling salesman who chose the English cottage style for this unique home which was originally a duplex.

Unlike most duplexes, however, it was more like two separate homes, each with its own basement, first floor living area, and second floor bedrooms. It even had two separate addresses for mail, one as 2203 N. Hudson, the other at 401 N.W. 21st.

Stonum sold the place to Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Frierson. A physician, Dr. Frierson installed an elevator for his wife, who had suffered an accident that crippled her legs. They remained until 1961. Four years later, Maurine Carie sold the home to Bert T. and Peggy Rosamond.

Bert was a graphics designer trained at the Ray-Vogue School of Design in Chicago. He distinguished himself in the neighborhood as the designer of the Heritage Hills medallion and the project coordinator who completed the street marker program. Peggy was a fashion artist who attended the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York and was a nationally known artist of high fashion paper doll sets.

The Rosamonds called their home the “Castle on the Hudson.” They replaced all floors, fixed the elevator, repaired the foundation, repainted, remodeled the kitchen and bathrooms, and returned the exterior to its original paint scheme with stucco finish on the seven gables.

Tom Brown later purchased the home and featured it on the 2003 Historic Home Tour.

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