Name/Title
McDonald, Wilbur & Wallace, Doctor's Office & Residence, 301 N. 8th, Color Snapshots (16), c. 2000Entry/Object ID
P2020.1.356Description
McDonald, Wilbur & Wallace, Doctor's Office & Residence, 301 N. 8th, Color Snapshots (16), c. 2000. color. Sixteen snapshots of the double-tenement style, brick home on the NE corner of 8th & Jules that served as the home and office for Dr. Wilbur McDonald and later for his son Dr. Wallace McDonald. Photos of both exterior and interior.
Photos taken after the acquisition of the home by the donation of this building to the St. Joseph Museum by Dr. Wallace McDonald. For a time, the St. Joseph Museum used the building as its Administrative offices. It later sold the building to a private individual.
Drs. Wilbur and Wallace are direct descendants of Dr. Silas McDonald, the first physician in the Platte Purchase, who practiced for many years in St. Joseph. From his descendants came, Dr. Dan McDonald and his two sons, Dr. John McDonald, a St. Joseph doctor, Dr. Lee Landis McDonald, a St. Joseph dentist. Dr. Wilbur McDonald is the son of Lee McDonald, and Wilbur's son, Wallace, also practiced in St. Joseph until his retirement c. 2000.
Wilbur's family lived in one side this tenement and his office was in the other side. Dr. Wallace also practiced from this building. See explanations below of the photos from notes attached to the backs of each photo.
356A = Exterior View. "The McDonald House on the northeast corner of Jules & 8th Streets, 301 N. 8th".
356B = External View, more distanced view than #A above.
356C = Stained glass window. "This stained glass window which faces outside is original."
356D = Exterior South Entrance. "The southside entrance to what had been Dr. Wilbur McDonald's office. Dr. Wallace McDonald had the front entrances landscaped as the home sits on a prominent corner of downtown St. Joseph."
356E = Exteior North Entrance. "Entrance to Dr. Wallace McDonald's office. This northside entrance is the main entrance to St. Joseph Museum Administrative Center. The front stained glass window is original as are the other outside stained glass."
356F = Fireplace. "The bright but soothing north side reception area with its yellow walls is as it was during Dr. McDonald's practice. There sits a beautiful wood carved fireplace with tile. Most of the furniture is the McDonald's; and it fits well with the decor."
356G = Interior Door with Stained Glass Arch. "Only the arched stain glass in the northside hallway was designed by a Mr. Tobiason."
356H = Interior Door with Stained Glass Transom. " Shirley Miller and Pat Grable who worked for Dr. McDonald designed the interior stained glass windows, such as this transom over the door of the reception area."
356I = Interior French Doors. "Lovely French doors as seen in the south side hallway is the entrance to the north side reception area"
356J = Office with Bookshelf. "In the large room which was Dr. Wilbur McDonald's office is part of the library where numerous books are on the shelves. The white-painted doorway with pocket doors leads yet in to another room for a library."
356K = Chandelier, "This light fixture in the south side hallway is original."
356L - Kitchen. "This back area with black and white tiled walls and an old-fashioned sink may have originally been a kitchen. Right now, it is used to mount and graph with regard to Museum projects."
356M - Bookshelf. "Another bookshelf in Dr. Wallace McDonald's office which St. Joseph Museum Executive Alberto Meloni occupies."
356N = Bookshelf. "It is as though Dr. McDonald never left. This one book shelf has some of Dr. McDonald's things such as two ceramic Doctor figurine and containers of cotton balls."
356O = Office with desk. "Mr. Meloni occupies Dr. Wallace McDonald's beautiful large desk and chair in his office space. The desk is made from an old piano."
356P = Painting of man. "In the house also hangs a large portrait of an earlier pastor of the original Francis Street Methodist Church--Rev. Wilbur Fisk Packard." (Packard is the grandfather of Wilbur, his mother being Lucia Packard McDonald)Made/Created
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St. Joseph Museum StaffDate made
2000Place
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St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
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Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
DoctorsSearch Terms
Eighth Street, 301 North, Eighth Street, McDonald Family, Francis Street Methodist ChurchRelationships
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McDonald, SilasPerson or Organization
Wilbur McDonaldPerson or Organization
Wallace McDonaldPerson or Organization
Wilbur Fisk Packard
