1592 East Broad Street

1592 East Broad Street
Callender House

Lots 7 and 8 Callender and Rockwell's Subdivision

This 14 room house was built in 1893 for John G. Callender.

John G. Callender was born August 15, 1836 in Ohio, son of John and Mary Ann Welsh Callender. He married Ann Wilson in Franklin County on November 8, 1865. Ann was born August 2, 1842 in Zanesville, Ohio, daughter of William and Nancy Pierpont Wilson.

As early as 1872, Callender lived at 25 East Chestnut Street. In 1879 he worked for W.S. Huffman & Company and lived at 69 1/2 South High Street. The 1880 Census shows the Callenders at 69 1/2 South High Street and John's occupation is listed as real estate broker. In 1881 the Callenders address was again 25 East Chestnut Street.

In 1887, John Callender and Company was a saloon and cigar store at 3 and 15 West State Street, the southeast corner of High and State Streets. In 1888 the business was referred to as "Sample Rooms," a euphemism for a saloon. Callender lived at 83 West Goodale Street in 1887 and at 93 West Goodale Street in 1888. In 1889 there is no listing for the business, but Callender's occupation is then real estate. He lived at 93 West Goodale Street until about 1893. The Callenders are listed in the 1894 and 1895 City Directories at 1592 East Broad Street. John died in 1896.

In 1896, Ann lived at 1558 East Long Street. From 1898 through 1900, she lived at 97 West Goodale Street. In the 1900 Census she had four lodgers. In 1905-1906 she lived at 761 East Long Street. In 1911, Ann was living at 81 1/2 Mound Street with Mrs. Laura Wilson. When she died the following year, her death certificate listed the cause of death as "carbuncle".

Callender died in Columbus on August 9, 1896. Ann died January 23, 1912. They are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.

Callender sold lot 7 to Riley Gilbert on October 12, 1895 for $24,200. Callender sold lot 8 to Mary Rockwell in 1896. Mary Fannie Butt Rockwell sold lots 7, 8, 9, 42 and 43 to Riley Gilbert on May 12, 1897. The second mention of lot 7 on that deed is probably an error, since Gilbert already owned the house on lot 7.

Riley Miles Gilbert was born about 1847 in Ohio. He married Annie E. King in Columbiana County on November 7, 1872. Annie was born about 1850 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, daughter of Henry S. and Annie H. King. Annie died in Columbus on March 2, 1891. She is buried in Pittsburgh.

He married Annie Ruffin Williams on February 7, 1893 in Richmond Virginia. Annie was born about 1862 in Richmond, Virginia, daughter of David Terry and Sally Wilmouth (Williams) Williams. They had three children, Annie (1894), Mary Frances (1896) and Riley Miles, Jr. (August 1902).

In 1880 the Gilberts boarded at 190 East Broad Street. R.S. Warner also lived there and he and Gilbert were both working as commercial merchants.

In 1895 Riley was President of The King, Gilbert and Warner Company, manufacturers and dealers in pig and bar iron, steel and steel rails.

In 1895 the Gilberts lived at 46 Jefferson Avenue. The 1896 and 1897 City Directories list them at 1592 East Broad Street.

When National Steel Company was formed in 1899, Riley was Vice President. The company headquarters were in New York. National Steel Company was part of the 1901 merger that created U.S. Steel. At one time, U.S. Steel was the largest steel producer and largest corporation in the world.

In 1900 the Gilberts were living in Manhattan, New York City, on West 53rd Street. In 1901, Gilbert paid $1,000 to have a dumbwaiter installed in his home.

Riley died August 22, 1909 at his summer home at Bolton Landing, Lake George, New York. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

From 1900 to 1902, Robert Grosvenor Hutchins, Vice President of The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company is listed in the City Directory at this address. The 1900 Census says he was renting the house.

Robert Grosvenor Hutchins, Jr. was born September 28, 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, son of Rev. Robert Grosvernor Hutchins. He married Minnie Garrison Jeffrey in Franklin County on June 17, 1891. Minnie was born June 17, 1868 in Ohio, daughter of Joseph A. and Celia Harris Jeffrey. They had four children, Harriet J. (March 1892 - 1964), Celia Jeffrey (1894 - September 29, 1896), Margaret (June 1898 - 1974) and Katherine (November 1899 - 1984).

Biography from the Centennial History of Columbus, Volume 2, "R. Grosvenor Hutchins, vice president of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, was born in Brooklyn. New York, in 1869, a son of the Rev. Dr. R. G. Hutchins, who for ten years was pastor of the First Congregational church of Columbus. In the early '70s the family removed to this city, the father accepting the pastorate here proffered him, and in the public schools R. G. Hutchins. Jr., acquired his early education. which was afterward supplemented by several years' study in the public schools of Minneapolis. He entered upon his collegiate course at Oberlin. Ohio. where he continued until his graduation. Mr. Hutchins came direct from Oberlin to Columbus, where he entered the employ of The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company and gradual advancement has brought him to the position of vice president.

On the 17th of June, 1891, Mr. Hutchins was married to Miss Minnie Garrison Jeffrey, a daughter of Joseph A. Jeffrey. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has served as president of the Columbus Board of Trade. He has found recreation in travel, visiting various points in Europe, South Africa and Australia. as well as on this continent."

In 1896 the Hutchins lived at 1403 Eastwood Avenue. In 1899, they lived at 581 East Town Street.

From 1903 through 1908, Hutchins is listed in the City Directory as boarding at the Columbus Club. The Hutchins are listed in the 1910 Census in New Rochelle, New York.

Minnie died August 15, 1925 of a fractured skull. The New York Times reported, "STONE FROM BLAST KILLS BANKER'S WIFE; Mrs. Robert Grosvenor Hutchins Struck by Boulder at Summer Home. MEN EXCAVATING FOR A DAM Vice President of Bank of Commerce Sees Wife Fatally Injured -- Victim Dies in Two Hours. - Mrs. Robert Grosvenor Hutchins, wife of the former Vice President of the Bank of Commerce and financial advisor of former Attorney General Daugherty, was killed yesterday afternoon at the Hutchins Summer home in Center Sandwich, N.H., when she was struck on the head by a stone which had been blasted during the excavation for a dam on one of the brooks running through the estate." She is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.

Hutchins married Lillian Blanche Prescott in Pasadena, California on October 16, 1926. She died in 1944.

Hutchins died May 2, 1949 in New York City.

Auctioneer O. Rundle Gilbert, published an 80 page descriptive booklet for the sale of Hutchins New Hampshire home. "Public Auction Sale: Complete Estate Dispersal ... Real Property Sold at ... Auction ... Estate of the Late Robert Grosvenor Hutchins ... "Juniper Farm", Center Sandwich, New Hampshire on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, August 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd," 1949.

Winfield S. Courtright bought 1592 East Broad Street and lots 32-35 for $25,000 from from Riley M. and Annie R. Gilbert on March 31, 1902.

Winfield Scott Courtright was born July 24, 1852 in Carroll, Ohio, son of Abraham and Susanna Fellers van Courtright. He married Cora E. Miller in Fairfield County on September 6, 1877. Cora was born in August 1861 in Ohio. They had a four daughters: Elizabeth Pauline (October 1878), Stella N. (January 20, 1880- December 30, 1964), Edna M. (June 17, 1884) and Emma L. (October 1896).

In 1880 the Courtrights lived in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County. Winfield was a general freight agent for the railroad. In 1900 the Courtrights lived in Columbus and Winfield was a coal operator, President of The Courtright Coal Company.

Edna married Carlton T. Nelson who lived at this house in 1912, Nelson also lived at 73 Parkwood Avenue and 1572 East Long Street.

Courtright was President of the Union National Bank about 1909. He was also director of the Chittenden Hotel.

Courtright filed for bankruptcy in December 1912.

From 1915 to 1916 Courtright was living at the Normandie Hotel at 259 East Long Street. The 1917 City Directory and the 1920 Census lists the Courtright's address as 1493 East Long Street. In 1920, Courtright's occupation is shipping clerk for the Pittsburg Coal Company. In 1922 Courtright is back at the Normandie Hotel, where he lived until his death.

Winfield died April 4, 1925. He is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.

The trustees for the estate of Louisa C. Gwynne purchased the house from Marie Gwynne Crotti purchased lots 5,6,7,42 and 43 of Calender and Rockwell's Addition for $35,000 on December 20, 1915.

Andre Crotti was born September 23, 1873 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, son of Charles Crotti. He married the widowed Marie L. Gwynne Glockner in Switzerland in 1902.
Marie was born February 3, 1868 in Columbus, daughter of Baldwin "Ball" and Louise Casey Jones Gwynne. They had two children born in Switzerland, Mary Elizabeth (1904) and Andre John (October 12, 1905).

"Baldwin Gwynne was one of the richest men in Franklin County in 1874." The Gwynne mansion was located at 151 East Broad Street. (151 was the address of Dr. Crotti's office). Baldwin died in 1878 and his wife a year later in 1879. They had two children, Edmiston and Marie, who were heirs to their grandfather's 3,300 acre farm in Madison County. The Gwynne children were descendants of Major Nathan Goodale and Colonel James Kilbourne. In 1880 the orphaned children lived with Thomas and Susan King. Edmiston married Marie Conrad in Columbus in January 1882. Between 1884 and 1885 the Gwynne siblings moved to Colorado, where they would meet Albert Glockner.

The story of Gwynne and Glockner is an interesting one, recounted in the book, Doctors, Disease, and Dying in the Pikes Peak Region. Dr. Boswell Preston Anderson of Colorado Springs, Colorado, had two young, wealthy tuberculosis patients, Edmiston Gwynne of Columbus and Albert Glockner of Pittsburgh.

Albert and Edmiston became friends, even going on hunting trips together during 1886. Albert and Marie married in April 1887. Edmiston died in December 1887, leaving behind a widow and three children. Glockner died in September 1888. They are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs.

In 1889, Marie founded the Albert Glockner Home in Colorado Springs in memory of her husband, a charitable sanatorium for non-terminal consumptives which opened in February 1890. In 1893, with the sanatorium running at a deficit, Marie asked the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio, to assume ownership.

In 1947, Marie suggested that the name of the facility be changed to Glockner-Penrose Hospital in recognition of the generous contributions of Spencer and Julie Penrose. Twelve years later, in 1959, upon the dedication of the 12-level bed tower addition to the hospital, Marie once again asked that the name of the hospital be changed to Penrose Hospital as a tribute to Julie Penrose who had contributed $3.2 million toward the building project.

Marie applied for a passport August 15, 1889 to travel with her maid, Kate Callahan. She met Andre Crotti abroad and they were married in Switzerland in 1902, where they lived until coming to Columbus in 1908.

The Crottis lived at 621 East Town Street in 1909. From 1910 to 1914 they lived at 1728 East Broad Street.

Dr. Crotti received his medical degree in 1900, emigrated to the Unites States in 1908 and served as surgery staff chairman for White Cross, Grant, and OSU hospitals. He retired in 1955.

In October 1921, Dr. Crotti founded the first free cancer clinic in the United States in Columbus. He became an internationally known goiter surgeon. Crotti's expertise earned him the Cavalleria of Crown of Italy in 1932 and the Chevalier Legion of Honor in 1936.

Andre John Crotti died March 10, 1927 in a auto collision while a student at Princeton University.

Mary Elizabeth married Dr. Maurice C. Buckles on April 30, 1941 in Franklin County.

Marie owned Lower Gwynne Farm, half the estate of Madison County pioneer Eli Gwynne, about 10 miles south of London on U.S. Route 56. In 1908, the farm, managed by J. Clarke Murray since 1894, consisted of 3,537 acres and had 70 horses, 500 cattle, 300 to 400 hogs and employed more than 20 men. In 1940 the farm was well known for it's prize Belgian horses.

Dr. Crotti died January 31, 1958. Marie died December 27, 1966. They are buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth Crotti Buckles died October 8, 1995. She is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Daughter Mary Elizabeth Buckles (aka Elizabeth C. Buckles) inherited the house on Crotti's death. It was transferred to her in 1960.

She transferred the property October 16, 1980 to Trustee Andre M. Buckles.

Andre sold the house and adjoining property (lots 4-7 and 42-46) to J. Sloan Company of Cincinnati for $225,000 on June 3, 1983.

1592 East Broad Street, circa 1962

Winfield Courtright, circa 1906

Courtright was a Director of the Chittenden Hotel at 205 North High Street. This photo is circa 1906. Designed by architects Frank Packard and Joseph Yost, opened March 16, 1895. Closed in 1972 and demolished in 1973.

The Normandie Hotel at 259 East Long Street opened in 1891 and closed September 29, 1970. Courtright lived here about 1915-1916 and from 1922 until his death.