E.J. Swedback was the first resident at 201 Irvine Ave S. Swedback moved that house to the corner of Eleventh and Bemidji and remodeled it for his home in 1913. A. J. Naylor purchased the lot, and the Bemidji Pioneer socials noted on December 26, 1913 that A. J. Naylor “has the outside work of his new home completed and is occupying it. Mr. Naylor will complete his home gradually, and, when the interior work is complete, will have spent $2,000 on it.” The Naylor family owned the home until about 1960, and the house is still an attractive structure.
Exploring the Rich History of the Bemidji Area