This c. 1915 two story, wood frame residence retains its original slate roof, fireplace chimney and cross-gable plan. Aluminum storm sash are more recent additions. While this residence has lost some integrity, this substantial home continues to reflect the early 20th century residential development of the more prosperous Elm Street neighborhood. This house would have had originally a large porch.
Arthur, Bess and Joyce Cunningham (Museum collection)
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Arthur Jarvis Cunningham, DDS (1890-1951) was the son of Dr. Charles Burdick Cunningham, born in 1890. He graduated in 1910 from Warrensburg Union School and acquired his degree in dentistry in 1913. His first office was in his grandfather’s former law office on the corner of Main and School (Stewart Farrar) Street until he built a new office across Main Street (subsequently occupied by Dr. Anthony Muratori, currently by Dr. Raluca Sandler). He served as a dentist for 38 years. He married Bessie S. Mills and they had one daughter, Joyce Mills Cunningham, who became an art teacher. (She married Charles Carpenter of Waterford in 1953.) Arthur Cunningham served for a time on the Warrensburg School Board and was a member of the Warrensburg Masonic Lodge, the Odd Fellows Warrensburg Lodge, and Kiwanis Club of Warrensburg.
It later became the home of Dr. Clinton Edward “Ed” Lawrence, who along with Dr. John Rugge started the Warrensburg Health Center. |
