Glennon-Young House
522 4th Avenue
1920, Craftsmen Bungalow

This 1920 home is a craftsmen style bungalow, an architectural style very popular in the United States 1890 to 1940. The cross-gabled massed form, as well as the half-width porch, feature overhanging eaves, decorative braces, and rafter beams. Tapered porch posts support the square porch columns.
Its first owner was R.H. Glennon, a train dispatcher.  A relative, Gordon R, also lived there; he was a student.  By 1930, Roy and Emma Young had purchased the home. Mr. Young was the chief clerk of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha railway station. By 1940, Mr. Young was a cashier for the same station, and then by 1960, became a bailiff for the County Circuit Court.  He passed away in 1973. Mrs. Young was involved in several fraternal organizations.  She was a royal matron of the Luella Nyus Court No.1 Order of Amaranth. She also held offices in the Cherith White Shrine No. 14 Order of Jerusalem and Eau Claire Chapter 126 Order of the Eastern Star.  Mrs. Young passed away in 1984 at the M.B. Syverson Home. Mr. and Mrs. Young raised two children, June and Willard, in the house.

By 1980, the current owners purchased the home.  Among other home improvements during their ownership, they painted the exterior in the summer of 2006.

*Source information from Virginia and Lee McAlester’s A Field Guide to American Houses, Eau Claire city directories, the Eau Claire Leader and Eau Claire Leader Telegram, and Mary Taylor’s 1987 intensive survey forms.