Name/Title
Administrative RecordsEntry/Object ID
2014.2.3188Scope and Content
Abstract of Title. Lot 2 Block 76 So. St Joseph Addition to the City of St. Joseph. Dark brown cover containing multiple legal transactions attached by 3 paper fasteners. All documents are folded in half within the covering. Title on cover is 'Nal Mayes Abstract of Title, Real Estate and Real Estate Loans, 414 Francis Street, St. Joseph, Missouri'Context
First page of Abstract states " Abstract of Title to Lot 2 in Block 76, South St. Joseph Addition, To The City of St. Joseph, Missouri, H. S. Smith Abstract Co' The originating document was witnessed and sealed Oct. 25, 1858 establishing 14 lots in block 76, each 40' by 124.9' bordered by Doniphan Ave. to the North, Jackson Street to the South, Fourth St. to the West, and Fifth St. to the East. The documents under H. S. Smith Abstract Co. continue until Dec. 15, 1880 when Hershel, William, and Cora Bartlett sell 5 certain tracts (including lot 2) of block 76 to Thomas Culligan. Upon the death of Mr. Culligan in 1889, the said property went to his heirs. The property changed hands several times throughout the years, until ultimately some 20 years later ownership was reverted back to the William Bartlett Estate.
On October 1, 1921 The Oklahoma Producing and Refining Corporation of America(OPRCA) granted ownership to St. Joseph Oil Company. Due to a legal discrepancy, the company was dissolved and the property reverted back to OPRCA.
On September 15, 1928 OPRCA signed a 3-year lease with an option to purchase to the State Eleemosynary Institution of the State of Missouri,