Name: DeHodiamont House
Address: 951 Maple Place
Architectural Firm/Architect: Unknown
Designation: City Landmark
History:
One of the City´s oldest houses, this picturesque home was built by the Belgian Baron Emanuel de Hodiamont for his second wife. Originally, de Hodiamont came to America in 1803 as a member of a band of Trappist Monks. After 10 years of hardship in the western wilderness, the monks returned to Europe, but de Hodiamont elected to remain here and return to secular life.
After his first wife succumbed to cholera, the Baron remarried and built this house in 1829. He owned a long strip of property in the vicinity, part of which later became the right-of-way for the Suburban Railway´s Hodiamont streetcar line.
The house is notable for its 24-inch-thick stone walls with a secret compartment as well as a secret room and a walled up passageway in the basement.
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