And now the Penick Homestead.įire had plagued him in Washington, too.
Slab Castle, his rural retreat along the Chariton River in Benton Township, burned during 1924, just after Harry had sold it (he later repurchased the property, then the site of a more modest dwelling). The "homeless" couple then pulled up stakes and returned to Dixie Plantation, her home in Louisiana. The elaborate cottage he built as a replacement in the Spring Lake subdivision and as a home for his second wife, burned to the ground during May of 1905. The fine home he built at the east end of Auburn Avenue for his first wife had burned during August of 1902, just after her unexpected death. This was the fourth Lucas County property in which Harry had a stake that had burned under largely unexplained circumstances during the previous 30 years. All three men reportedly had moved out before the old home burned.
His permanent home for a number of years had been Seattle, where he was affiliated with a bank in which his former wife had been a major shareholder. Penick, between wives after a divorce from his affluent Louisiana-born spouse, reportedly had been living in the house that fall with two other men. 8, 1932, the old Penick Homestead burst into flames and burned to the ground. After that, the newspaper record goes silent.Īlmost two years later, during the early morning of Dec. Amel Nicholson, still were around during February of that year. We do know that Orrin and an associate, Dr. It's not clear why the sanitarium folded during early 1931 - there seem to have been no newspaper accounts of its demise. Howard Holmes" who moved to Chariton to work as Orrin's assistant. The sanitarium continued to flourish in its new location and, during 1930, Harry Penick recruited in Louisiana a "Prof. Pedigo remained to operate the hotel kitchen and dining room for sanitarium patients. Roscoe Pedigo, who had been managing the hotel, returned to farming and auctioneering. Built during 1874, the structure was more than 50 years old by now. The Bates House had fallen upon hard times after construction of the new Hotel Charitone and, owned by a Kansas City investor, was struggling to keep its old and slightly shabby rooms filled. So he leased the Bates House hotel just west of the square and moved his operation there. By November of 1928, Robertson's business had grown to the point where he needed more room than the Penick Homestead's hilltop provided.
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