Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A. Johnstone House

The Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A. Johnstone House (also known as the Royal House) is a historic house in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Built in 1887, the Queen Anne-style house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1] It was included as a contributing property in the Polk County Homestead and Trust Company Addition Historic District in 2016.[2]

Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A. Johnstone House
Location1830 8th St.
Des Moines, Iowa
Coordinates41°36′40″N 93°37′41″W
Built1887
Architectural styleQueen Anne
Part ofPolk County Homestead and Trust Company Addition Historic District (ID16000687)
MPSTowards a Greater Des Moines MPS
NRHP reference No.96001152[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 1996

It was a 10-room house,[3] on a triple lot.[4]

Anna E. Johnstone was a teacher before marrying. Andrew A. Johnstone owned a china and glassware store in downtown Des Moines.[4]:211 They had two daughters. Andrew died of a stroke in 1892. Anna sold Andrew's business, moved with the children to a rented apartment, and rented out the house. She sold insurance and real estate and returned to school, receiving a medical degree in 1900 and becoming a doctor of osteopathy, and one of the first women to accomplish that. She moved back into the house and used part of it to operate her osteopathy practice.[3]

Anna was a student of Dr. Summerfield S. Still, who ran an osteopathic hospital and school in downtown Des Moines, and lived in North Des Moines.[4]:134

The house was still in the family in 2013: it was owned and occupied by Jon Royal, a great-grandson of Anna E. and Andrew A Johnstone.[3]

Anna Johnstone died in 1848.[5]

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