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600 is a very dark purple clinker-brick house with hipped roof. The cornice has a dentil course over a soldier course of brick broken over the entrance by a small gable with the fascia cut in an arc to frame an arched window. The entrance is in a one-story projection with unusual wrought iron railing on top. The arched door has stone voissoirs and two carbed stone tudor rose medallions flanking it. The porch on the ground floor on the east has Tudor carved brackets and arch trim. The feeling of the house is Georgian, but the detailing and color are more English gothic.

H. W. Pentecost 1929-30
James S. Gladish 1930-34
John H. Peacock 1934-37
Ralph Stephens
Nelson Corn 1942-65
William Anderson 1967-68
Fred Gisler 1973 -

Mr. Pentecost was in the investment business with the firm Levy and Pentecost with offices in the American National Building.

Mr. Gladish was president of Globe Securities, and owned the Gladish Building at 3rd and Harvey.

Mr. Stephens was owner of Dolores Restaurant which was a favorite dining establishment on N.E. 23rd Street. The restaurant was named for Stephens' daughter.

Mr. Corn served for many years as a justice of the state Supreme Court, but his lasting fame came after his career had ended. He was a principal figure in the Supreme Court scandal of the 1960s when another justice was impeached and still another resigned in the face of impeachment. Corn was a key witness against his fellow judges in the case that included convictions of income tax evasion, bribary, and perjury.

Mr. Anderson was an attorney.