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James Sansom Carpenter House
The James Sansom Carpenter House was significant to Des Moines cultural history from 1906 to 1939. The 13 acre property named Oakwood estate by its owners J. S. Carpenter and his Spouse Florence L. Carpenter because of the old growth oak forestation. The Carpenters' collection was deemed by art critics as one of the finest collections of etchings and lithographs in America.〔December 28, 1994, Des Moines Register, J. S. Carpenter Was Visited by King of Sweden to See Art〕 The house held the Carpenter collection of 125 paintings and 350 etchings.〔 J. S. Carpenter was also known as Sannie or Sandy after his oddly spelled middle name.〔Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978 (bulk 1890-1937). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, J. S. Carpenter letter〕 J. S. Carpenter, a bridge building magnet, founded the Des Moines Association of Fine Arts in 1916.〔Book, An Uncommon Vision, the Des Mines Art Center, 1998 p. 26, Hudson Hills Press, ISBN 1-879003-20-1 Library of congress Catalog Number 98-72941〕 The Association members each contributed $100.00 annually for the purchase of paintings and sculptures.〔Des Moines Tribune, April 7, 1939, J. S. Carpenter's Art Delighted A Prince.〕 The members also received a 25% discount on art purchased at Association events.〔Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978 (bulk 1890-1937). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Carpenter letter to H.O. Tanner March 8, 1927〕 Carpenter was known as the Guru of fine arts by the Des Moines community.〔〔Louise Rosenfield Noun Papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa, Noun was an original member of the Des Moines Association of Fine Arts〕 Visiting artists and dignitaries came to Des Moines to sell their art and often stayed with the Carpenter's at Oakwood.〔 Carpenter was president of the Association from its inception until his death of heart disease in 1939. The Association transformed into the Edmundson Art Museum in 1940 under the auspices of Association Executive member, and Carpenter's close friend Jay N. (Ding) Darling.〔J. N. "Ding" Darling Papers Series V - Correspondence Subseries 1 - chronological, numbered, indexed items MsC 170, Series II, Box 1, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa〕 Darling as President of the Edmundson Art Foundation merged the original collection into the present day Des Moines Art Center.〔
== The mansion ==
Carpenter house, built 1890, extensively renovated in the 1920s, is a colonial revival with two and one half stories. It has six bedrooms with a formal front staircase on the west made of quarter-sawn oak and rectilinear panels with square stair spokes. The library has oak built in bookcases, wall panels and dentil cove molding all of quarter-sawn oak. The living room is 17 feet by 33 feet with an oak colonial revival fireplace on the north. The fireplace has matte green Grueby like three inch square tiles. The ceiling of the great room or living room is molded plaster tiles identical to the ceiling of the historic Hoyt Sherman House.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyt_Sherman )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hoytsherman.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18&Itemid=55 )〕 Florence Carpenter, a member of the Des Moines Women's club, was on the Hoyt-Sherman building committee in 1923 when the club auditorium was first dedicated. The formal dining room also has wood wall panels and cove molding all of African Teak wood. A servant's call button was present in the middle of the dining room but has since been covered by a brass plate. There is a servant's staircase on the east. After a fire nearly claimed the Carpenters' collection in the 1920s, a fireproof art room was constructed on the North. The room is separated from the house by about three feet of concrete and a double bank vault door. The 17 by 13 foot art room with 11 foot ceilings has 10 inch concrete floors and ceiling. Two windows on the North had bars that were removed at an unknown date, after the carpenter occupation. On humid days, with a strong Northeast wind, the smell of charred wood is present in the second story. The estate was 13 acres during the Carpenter period.〔National Historic Register Application〕 The original address of Summit street was changed to 1525 East 33rd street and again changed by development to 3320 Kinsey Avenue. The property was placed on the National Historic Register in 1998 and declared a local Des Moines Landmark by the Des Moines City Council ordinance 2001.〔Des Moines Municipal Code, 2001.〕
(Photo of Carpenter House circa 1914 )
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