This house was built about 1905. Anton R. Erickson and his wife Carrie were at this home by July 1907 and lived there until about 1922. This furnished house was for rent in May 1922. .
C. O. Krantz lived there in 1926-1927.
John and Goldie Vinje owned the house at 1115 Beltrami Avenue starting about 1930. John Larson Vinje came to Bemidji in 1898 where he worked in the lumber mills and then was foreman of a railroad construction crew. He later was employed as stationery engineer at the courthouse until he passed away in 1939. Goldie Allen married John Vinje in 1924. Goldie married Ray Hampton in Idaho in 1949. Goldies Beauty Saloon was in operation here from 1940 until her death in 1971.
David McIlwain , wife Betty and six children moved to their new Bemidji home. Feb 1, 1973. He took over as manager of John’s Super Valu.