This house was first owned by E. F. Crawford, an attorney. The house was a log home built about 1895 that was moved in from the Wolf Lake area in 1903 or 1904. Mr. Crawford left the Bemidji area a few years later and moved to a farm in Virginia near Washington, D.C.
Clara Fisk was a resident of the home in 1908.
Mrs. Ike Black entertained at her home at this address in January 1911.
From 1911 to 1931, the property belonged to hardware owner Charles E. Battles. He and his wife Kittie lived there through 1930.
The house next belonged to Sewell Wilson of Wilson & Co. Shop for Women. He was born in Baltimore in 1892. He entered the army July 1917 and served overseas for one year. He was discharged in June 1919. After returning to the states, he started the Wilson Company. He married Martha Eldridge on Sept 12, 1929 in Chicago. He raised his family here.
By 1956, the house belonged to Robert and Hazel Oas. Oas was the proprietor of the Hartz Store until it burned and then was owner of the City Meat Market.
