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Mr/,fN <br />A." <br />FILLEBROWN HOUSE <br />A rare example of American Picturesque architecture, this <br />1879 summer cottage with its carved wood and colored glass <br />is one of the few structures surviving from the golden resort u <br />era of White Bear lake. <br />paring the summers from 1870 until 1910 thousands,"of <br />�} pleasure seekers flocked to this fashionable resort town to II <br />renjoy coot breezes and bathe in waters reputed to possess � <br />* a healing powers. Large colonnaded hotels and fine summer homes <br />lined Lake Avenue, airy pavilions dotted the shore. and <br />excursion boats cruised regularly across the lake. <br />! The Fillebrown House was built for St. Paul businessman <br />I Charles P. Noyes in 1879. Helen and Arthur Flllebrown, who <br />lived in the house from 1906 until 1978, presented it to the <br />White Bear Lake Area Historical Society for preservation. <br />gj rj The site is included in the National Register of .Historic Places. <br />` ERECT EG ay <br />"� /YIHITE +SEAR ARTS G411111IE <br />'LI{ITE of AR LANE AREA 1115 TORIGA E. SOCIETY <br />1&T9 <br />r' <br />a; <br />