Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A. Johnstone House

Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A. Johnstone House
Location 1830 8th St., Des Moines, Iowa
Coordinates 41°36′40″N 93°37′41″W / 41.61111°N 93.62806°W / 41.61111; -93.62806Coordinates: 41°36′40″N 93°37′41″W / 41.61111°N 93.62806°W / 41.61111; -93.62806
Built 1887
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Towards a Greater Des Moines MPS
NRHP Reference # 96001152[1]
Added to NRHP October 25, 1996

The Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A. Johnstone House (also known as the Royal House) is a historic house in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Built in 1887, the Queen Anne-style house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

It was a 10-room house,[2] on a triple lot.[3]

Anna E. Johnstone was a teacher before marrying. Andrew A. Johnstone owned a china and glassware store in downtown Des Moines.[3]:211 They had two daughters. Andrew died of a stroke in 1892. Anna sold Andrew's business, moved with the children to a rented apartment, and rented out the house. She sold insurance and real estate and returned to school, receiving a medical degree in 1900 and becoming a doctor of osteopathy, and one of the first women to accomplish that. She moved back into the house and used part of it to operate her osteopathy practice.[2]

Anna was a student of Dr. Summerfield S. Still, who ran an osteopathic hospital and school in downtown Des Moines, and lived in North Des Moines.[3]:134

The house was still in the family in 2013: it was owned and occupied by Jon Royal, a great-grandson of Anna E. and Andrew A Johnstone.[2]

Anna Johnstone died in 1848.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Dave Elbert (April 26, 2013). "The Elbert files: One house, one family, 125 years". Des Moines Business Record. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places: Towards a Greater Des Moines" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ Anna Johnstone obituary notice 1948, Des Moines Register

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