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woodwork, tile and hardware. The left hand tower is square, with a steep pyramidal roof and a projecting rounded by, while the right turret is slightly smaller, octagonal in plan and surmounted by a curved bell-shaped roof. The central bay features a projecting one-story porch with
Victorian detailing, with a curved bay above and a small, steep gable above the bay. The upper levels feature
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Ivinson died on April 9, 1928, at the age of 97 in his suite of rooms in the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. After his death, the trust constructed the facility which is still in operation today. The
Ivinson Home for Ladies occupies its beautiful original structure in Laramie, Wyoming and still relies in part on the Ivinson trust for its operations.
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philanthropy. Over the course of the next 10 years he would pay for the construction of a modern hospital in
Laramie, fund the completion of the city's St. Matthews Cathedral, erect a monument to veterans of WW I and donate significant parcels of property to the Episcopal Church (most of which had originally been in his wife's name).
284:, where Edward became a naturalized United States citizen and worked in the dry goods business. In Peoria they adopted a young girl -- Margaret Ellen Watson, the daughter of a critically ill tailor. They raised her as their own and she would be the only child that the couple would ever have. From there they moved on to
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The property features a 2,647-square-foot (245.9 m) brick carriage house to the rear of the house. It was remodeled in 1921 for use as a school and renamed the Joslin
Cottage. The Virginia Cottage, a nearby two-story stucco and frame building, built in 1924 and employing details from the house's
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of Salt Lake City and built by local contractor Frank Cook, the house was regarded as the most significant residence in
Laramie at its completion. Edward Ivinson gave the mansion to the Episcopal Church, which used it as a boarding school until 1958. After years of neglect, the house was acquired by
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Wyoming National Bank in 1888. His next major banking move was to purchase Merchants National Bank in San Diego in 1893. Galusha ran the bank for him until his untimely death in 1903. Shortly thereafter, Ivinson sold the bank at great profit and reentered the
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In 1921 Edward deeded the house and grounds of his palatial mansion to the
Episcopal Church. The church used the estate as a boarding school for girls, adding the Virginia Cottage in 1924 and finally closing in 1958. He remarried in 1921 at the age of 90 to Augusta Haley, the 78-year-old widow of a
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Ivinson's death, Ivinson created a trust funded by his entire remaining estate to build and maintain a home for elderly ladies. It had long been a dream of his first wife Jane to secure a place for ladies without means, where they could comfortably live their remaining years. Edward
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Wyoming Republican party leaders, Edward mounted an unsuccessful run for governor of the newly created state of Wyoming in 1892. He was later elected mayor of Laramie in 1918, serving one term. Jane Ivinson died on November 9, 1915. Upon her death, Ivinson turned his attentions to
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Ivinson helped established the local Episcopal Church and the city's first public school. Jane would remain influential in the local social scene for many years. She was also, however, engaged in the Ivinson banking business, being on the board of directors of Ivinson's Wyoming National Bank.
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Ivinson sold general merchandise, rapidly expanding his business. He also extended his reach into banking when he bought the only bank in town. He soon sold the dry goods store and devoted most of the next 50 years to his various banking businesses.
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