Beckstrom House

Charles and Eva Beckstrom built this house in 1904 for $2,520.

Charles and Eva were born in Sweden and immigrated independently to the U.S. in 1891, Charles to St. Charles and Eva to Michigan. They were married in Chicago in 1899. Charles was a house painter and contractor in the Fox Valley. The couple raised their five children in this house, and it remained in the Beckstrom family for many years.

The Beckstrom House is an excellent example of the Homestead architectural style popular in the Midwest in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Sources

• "Index to the 1910 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com* (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009), [Digital copy of original records in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.], subscription database, accessed {February 2012}.

• "Index to the 1920 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com* (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009), [Digital copy of original records in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.], subscription database, accessed {February 2012}.

• "Index to the 1930 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009), [Digital copy of original records in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.], subscription database, accessed {February 2012}.

• The Family of Eva Rydell Beckstrom (courtesy of Betty Beckstrom, located in Historic Buildings binder).

• Charles 0 . Beckstrom obituary. n.s., n.d., (death date: 14 January 1942. (courtesy of Betty Beckstrom, located in Historic Buildings binder).

• "Mrs. Beckstrom of St. Charles Passes Away." n.s. 23 March 1955.(courtesy of Betty Beckstrom, located in Historic Buildings binder).