Name/Title
Hax Residence, 401 S. 11th, Photos (16), 1980'sEntry/Object ID
P2018.2.171Description
Hax Residence, 401 S. 11th, Photos (16), 1980's. Fifteen color and one b/w snapshots of the mansion-style home on the SE corner of 11th & Sylvanie. The 2-story brick home is surrounded by a wrought iron fence and sits on a raised grassy knoll above street level. The house features roof turrets and a red-brick carriage house with a side turret. The house is currently painted a golden color.
George Hax, partner in a prosperous packing company In 1886, George Hax commissioned W. Angelo Powell to design a new home. Located on the southeast corner of Sylvanie and 11th streets, a two-story Queen Anne style residence. Behind the house is a turreted and multi-gabled carriage house of brick construction added in 1905.
It has been well preserved by the Alano Club of St. Joseph since c. 1948, when it opened a four-bed hospital there to help detoxify alcoholics. In 2019 it serves to host meetings of local AA groups, Alanon, and Narcotics Anonymous groups.Collection
Marshall & Melanie WhiteMade/Created
Artist
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall WhiteDate made
1980Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Eleventh Street, 401 South, Hax Family, Hax Residence, Eleventh Street, Alano, AlcoholicsDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 3½" x 5"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
George HaxProvenance
Notes
Photos taken by the donor, Marshall White, who was reporter for the St. Joseph News-Press and pursued an interest in local history and architecture.
