Joseph McDonald House, Fremont, NE
Joseph McDonald House, 310 East Military Avenue, Fremont, Nebraska. Joseph D. McDonald built this house in 1888 for $31,000. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the building is said to be a great example of Queen Anne architectural style. It has three floors and 29 rooms. The structure also has many original architectural elements including stained glass windows, wood beams in a lattice design on the ceilings, wood floors, intricate trim detailing and a grand staircase. The Canadian-born McDonald was a prominent railroad contractor and banker. Only 20 when he came to the United States, he later moved to Nebraska in 1886. That year, the firm of Miller and McDonald built the railroad line from Fremont to Lincoln, and part of the Scribner branch. Two years afterward, McDonald was part of a firm responsible for constructing several railroad lines in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. He organized the Fremont Manufacturing Company and was a director of Fremont National Bank. In 1896, McDonald committed suicide in the northwest room in the garret of the house. The Fremont Weekly Herald reported McDonald had persuaded a number of friends to go in with him on purchasing mining stock and blamed himself when the venture lost several thousand dollars. Since then the building has been a hospital, a funeral home, an interior decorator, and now it's the home of Nephrology Care LLC and Bryce H. Lund, MD.
Joseph McDonald House, Fremont, NE
Joseph McDonald House, 310 East Military Avenue, Fremont, Nebraska. Joseph D. McDonald built this house in 1888 for $31,000. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the building is said to be a great example of Queen Anne architectural style. It has three floors and 29 rooms. The structure also has many original architectural elements including stained glass windows, wood beams in a lattice design on the ceilings, wood floors, intricate trim detailing and a grand staircase. The Canadian-born McDonald was a prominent railroad contractor and banker. Only 20 when he came to the United States, he later moved to Nebraska in 1886. That year, the firm of Miller and McDonald built the railroad line from Fremont to Lincoln, and part of the Scribner branch. Two years afterward, McDonald was part of a firm responsible for constructing several railroad lines in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. He organized the Fremont Manufacturing Company and was a director of Fremont National Bank. In 1896, McDonald committed suicide in the northwest room in the garret of the house. The Fremont Weekly Herald reported McDonald had persuaded a number of friends to go in with him on purchasing mining stock and blamed himself when the venture lost several thousand dollars. Since then the building has been a hospital, a funeral home, an interior decorator, and now it's the home of Nephrology Care LLC and Bryce H. Lund, MD.