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Note: riginally built for William N. Ryerson in 1909 at a cost of approximately $17,000. It was designed by Minneapolis architect, Edwin H. Hewitta native of Red Wing, Minnesota, "whose impeccable credentials included an apprenticeship with Cass Gilbert and a diploma from the celebrated Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris" (Millett, Larry; Lost Twin Cities; 1992). Among Hewitt's better known buildings in the Twin Cities are the Minneapolis Club, Blake School, Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, and Pillsbury House.
Who Are The Guest Rooms Named For?
Salyards Suite
Ely and Dorothy Salyards and their five children lived in the home for the longest period of timemore than 40 years, from the mid-1920s until the late 1960s. Similar to the father and son Thomsons, Ely Salyards followed in his fathers footsteps as a prominent Duluth grain broker. He was president of the grain commission business started by Henry Salyards in 1896Ely, Salyards & Company (both the company name and Elys own apparently were derived from his mothers maiden name, Mary Ely). Ely Salyards also served several terms as president of the Duluth Board of Tradeas did both his father and A.D. Thomson. Ely died in 1967, and Dorothy followed in 1976.
Village of Milton, Cavalier County, North Dakota - The Milton Globe
Feb. 20, 1908
C.T. Mears this week disposed of his grain elevator in Milton to Ely-Salyards & Co., the grain
commission firm of Duluth, with which Mr. Mears has been formerly employed. The Ely-Salyards people are not in the elevator business, but purchased this property in order to again secure the services of Mr. Mears, who enters their employ as handler of cash wheat at Duluth. He leaves for there on Saturday to immediately take charge of the work and will be back in a few weeks to close up his business affairs here, when the family will permanently remove to the head of the lakes.
Towner County, ND, Hansboro News
August 4, 1916
The Ely-Salyards Elevator company's grain warehouse at New Rockford was destroyed by fire with a loss of $20,000. Twelve thousand bushels of grain were in the structure. Spontaneous combustion caused the fire. This is the fourteenth elevator burned there since the town was established.
Note: The home now known as the A.G. Thomson House (Duluth, Minnesota) was o
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