Hawthorne Place Neighborhood Association Official Website
1624 Lowell
The first photo is from 2025 and the next photo is from 2002.
1624 Lowell
Previous house number was 1460
FIRST LISTED IN CITY DIRECTORY : 1921
RESIDENTS
1921-1922 vacant
1923-1931 Francis H. Eberts
1932-1935 George C. Hoffmann
1936 Harold A. Tolburg
1938-1939 H. H. Routson
1940 vacant
1941-1942 Fred C. Beecher
1944-1962 Moriz J. Friedman
1963-1972 Mrs. Sylvia B. Friedman
1973-1974 vacant
1975-1978 Michael W. O’Brien
1979-2011 Leo B. & May O. Henn
2011 – James E. Durako
Ines Hoffmann (1905-1994) was a woman of many achievements. She was Phi Beta Kappa at Wellesley College in 1925. She was a member of the order of Coif at the University of Chicago Law School in 1928. She practiced law with her father, Bayard Catron, and with her husband, Fred Hoffmann, over many decades. She was the first woman corporation counsel for Springfield. She was twice elected commissioner of accounts in finance, She was vitally involved in Springfield politics and affairs throughout her life. Her brief residence at 1624 Lowell was just the beginning of a remarkable and accomplished career. And – she raised four sons.
