Architecture

Noiseless Automatic Sewing Machine designed by by the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company in London, England. The treadle and gears run smoothly on this chain stitch sewing machine. The machine is mounted on a wooden table with an iron base, a foot treadle, and three drawers.

Wilcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine

Noiseless Automatic Sewing Machine designed by by the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company in London, England in 1871. Used by the Frederick Spangenberg family.

Endion Depot, Duluth.

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Depot, Endion. Designed in 1899 by I. Vernon Hill.

Cathedral School, 206 West Fourth Street, Duluth.

Sacred Heart Cathedral School, Designed by I. Vernon Hill and William T. Bray, 1904.

A. P. Cook residence in Duluth.

A. P. Cook House, Duluth. Designed by I. Vernon Hill, 1900.

George H. Crosby home, Duluth.

George H. Crosby House, Duluth. Designed by I. Vernon Hill, 1902.

Residence of Duluth architect Issac Vernon Hill at 2220 East Superior Street, Duluth.

I. Vernon and Cora Hill House, Duluth. Designed by I. Vernon Hill, 1902.

At the turn of the twentieth century, architect I. Vernon Hill's designs shaped the developing city of Duluth. Although his career lasted less than a decade, the buildings he designed would play a central role in defining the architectural landscape of the city.

Moving Endion Depot, 1986

The old Endion Depot slowly moves west down London Road on June 25, 1986, en route from its original site at the foot of 15th Avenue East to Canal Park.