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24. Eells House907 Monument Ave
This well-maintained Southern Colonial style house was built in 1937 for the Eells family. Bryon W. Eells, Sr., came to Port St. Joe in 1913 from Louisiana as chief clerk of the Apalachicola Northern Railroad Company. Within three years he was promoted to vice-president and general manager, a position he held until 1931. In 1931 the railroad went bankrupt, and Eells was named receiver until 1937. Before this house was built, the Eells family lived in the Port Inn and in a house that stood where Dr. Curry’s office is today. Eells was instrumental in convincing Alfred I. duPont to invest in the town and to build the paper mill here. He was also one of the builders of the original Catholic Church and mayor of Port St. Joe for three terms. His wife Delores Colgin Eells began a welfare program for the needy in Port St. Joe and was chairman of the first March of Dimes in 1934.
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