E. H. Hobe House-Solheim

E. H. Hobe House-Solheim
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The E. H. Hobe House from Bald Eagle Lake
Location	5590 Bald Eagle Boulevard West White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Coordinates	45°6′37″N 93°1′35″W / 45.11028°N 93.02639°WCoordinates: 45°6′37″N 93°1′35″W / 45.11028°N 93.02639°W
Built	1897
Architect	C.F. Struck
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	83000933[1]
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1983

The E. H. Hobe House or Solheim (Norwegian for "Home of the Sun") was built in 1897 by Engelbrecht H. Hobe, a Norwegian immigrant, who worked for the newspaper Nordvesten, was a lumber dealer, steam-ship agent, and who became Vice-Consul, then Consul to the Norwegian-Swedish Kingdoms. The Victorian home was visited by Swedish King Gustav V and Crown Prince Olav and Princess Märtha of Norway. In 1918, Hobe purchased the Phillip J. Reilly house in St. Paul (565 Dayton Avenue), and thereafter used Solheim primarily as a summer home.^[2] The estate on Bald Eagle Lake was designed by Minneapolis architect Carl F. Struck.^[3]

References

1. National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Historic Sites Survey. Ramsey County Historical Society/Saint Paul Heritage Preservation Commission. 1982.
3. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.