1305 Bixby Avenue

Built about 1920. It became the home of Dr. Vandersluis in 1936.

Charles Wilson Vandersluis, Jr. was born in Walker on Nov. 8, 1906. He became an MD in 1935. He married Rosalie McCullough June 1, 1936 in Bemidji. He practiced medicine in Bemidji from 1935 onward. In 1937, he was coroner for Beltrami County. He had an office in the Medical Building.

It was then the home and the office of Marcus Reed, attorney,  from 1951-1967.

Dale Norby (1970)

1305-BixbyMrs. Doris Havumaki was at this residence from at least 1974 to 1989. She was a counselor for Rural Minnesota C. E.  P. She was the widow of Sulo Havumaki.