1317 Lowell - Welcome to HPNA

This stately home is of the Greek Revival architecture. The first photo is from 2025 and the next photo is from 2002.

1317 Lowell

FIRST LISTED IN CITY DIRECTORY : 1906

RESIDENTS

1906 C. W. Walker

1907 T. W. Wilson

1908 vacant

1909-1912 Wm. Fetzer

1913-1916 P. W. Harts

1917-1918 Peter W. Harts

1919 vacant

1920-1925 Harry H. Devereux

1926 vacant

1927-1955 Jack Abbey

1956-1960 John W. Rourke

1961-1963 Donald E. Clark

1964-1987 J. Richard McDermott

1988-1993 Wm. J. Rothwell / Sally Rothwell

1994-2008 Robert H. & Janet K. Scott

2009-2016 Jill A. Friday

2019-2023 various concerns – LLC

2023 – Mark & Crystal Commean (prev. Crystal Gemeraad)

Text by Edward Russo for the HPNA 2000 house and garden tour

Photo of 1317 Lowell, circa 1912, courtesy of SVC, Lincoln Library. Coincidentally, Crystal Commean also found a duplicate of this picture in the trash when she acquired the house in 2024.

Captain Peter Wilde Harts (1837-1919) was appointed by President Lincoln to Company C, 67th US Colored Infantry as Captain on February 22, 1864.

Born in Pennsylvania, Peter Harts completed a law degree at the former University of Chicago in 1861. Following the service as a captain for the Union cause, he moved to Springfield with his wife. He became a proprietor for 27 years of a drug store and a book store. He eventually moved into real estate. His son, Brigadier General William Wright Harts (1866-1961), served in the U.S. Army from 1888-1929 and was an aide to President Wilson from 1913-1918.

Harry H. Devereux (1866-1926) was a mayor of Springfield and resident of 1317 Lowell.