Edson Keith

  • American

Edson Keith was from a wealthy Chicago family. Born in Chicago in 1862, he graduated from Yale University in 1884 with a degree in dynamic engineering and graduated from Columbia Law School in New York in 1889. He married Nettie Keener, whom he had met in Paris, in April, 1891. He became vice-president of the family business, Keith Brothers Hat and Glove Company, in January, 1897 and became the firm's president in 1915. During that same year he purchased the 60 acre tract in Sarasota, and in 1916 made Florida his permanent home. - NRHP, 14th March 1991

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1870/00/00 Keith House at 1900 S Prairie Ave is built for banker and merchant Elbridge Keith (uncle of Edson Keith Jr), designed by John W Roberts in the Second Empire style. Visitor Prairie Avenue District Chicago
1893/00/00 Edson Keith Jr buys the Rees house for $42,500 Home Harriet F Rees House Chicago
1897/01/00 Edson Keith becomes vice-president of the family business, Keith Brothers Hat and Glove Company. Work Gage Group-Ascher, Keith, and Gage Buildings Chicago
1916/00/00 Edson and Nettie Keener Keith buy 60-acres on Florida's west coast and build a two-story, clapboard farmhouse Home Edson Keith Estate Sarasota
1916/07/00 Construction begins on the Italian Renaissance mansion for Edson and Nettie Keith Home Edson Keith Estate Sarasota
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