Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Orville P. Chubb was the first physician who practiced in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The Orville P. Chubb House in Fairmont was built in 1867 for Chubb and his wife. Chubb was born in Michigan in 1830, attended Cincinnati Medical College, and married Sarah E. Gorton. When the American Civil War started, he enlisted in the Army and served in the Fifth Michigan Regiment in its medical corps. After the war ended, he came to Martin County in fall 1865 to seek land available to retired Civil War soldiers. He built the house in 1867 at 209 Lake Avenue.Dr. Chubb was disillusioned with medical practice after the Civil War, but since there were no other physicians in Fairmont, he practiced medicine until Dr. Winslow Hunt arrived in 1871. He had other pioneering interests in the town, such as surveying and laying out the town site of Fairmont on land that he co-owned. He also surveyed the first cemetery and the first fairgrounds, ran a store out of his home, and established the first drug store. He owned a substantial amount of property within the county. By 1873, though, he decided that Fairmont had become too well-settled, so he moved on to Kansas, Nebraska, and California. He died in Michigan in 1894. He was buried in Lakeside Cemetery by his wife and daughter.The house is a Greek Revival design, with brick made from clay quarried near Buffalo Lake. It originally contained three rooms, but another room was added in 1930 and another section was added in 1935. The second floor contains two bedrooms, a small child's room, and a bathroom. The house was acquired in 1992 by the Martin County Preservation Association. It is the oldest brick house still standing in Fairmont."@en }
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- Orville_P._and_Sarah_Chubb_House abstract "Orville P. Chubb was the first physician who practiced in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The Orville P. Chubb House in Fairmont was built in 1867 for Chubb and his wife. Chubb was born in Michigan in 1830, attended Cincinnati Medical College, and married Sarah E. Gorton. When the American Civil War started, he enlisted in the Army and served in the Fifth Michigan Regiment in its medical corps. After the war ended, he came to Martin County in fall 1865 to seek land available to retired Civil War soldiers. He built the house in 1867 at 209 Lake Avenue.Dr. Chubb was disillusioned with medical practice after the Civil War, but since there were no other physicians in Fairmont, he practiced medicine until Dr. Winslow Hunt arrived in 1871. He had other pioneering interests in the town, such as surveying and laying out the town site of Fairmont on land that he co-owned. He also surveyed the first cemetery and the first fairgrounds, ran a store out of his home, and established the first drug store. He owned a substantial amount of property within the county. By 1873, though, he decided that Fairmont had become too well-settled, so he moved on to Kansas, Nebraska, and California. He died in Michigan in 1894. He was buried in Lakeside Cemetery by his wife and daughter.The house is a Greek Revival design, with brick made from clay quarried near Buffalo Lake. It originally contained three rooms, but another room was added in 1930 and another section was added in 1935. The second floor contains two bedrooms, a small child's room, and a bathroom. The house was acquired in 1992 by the Martin County Preservation Association. It is the oldest brick house still standing in Fairmont.".
- Q16890336 abstract "Orville P. Chubb was the first physician who practiced in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The Orville P. Chubb House in Fairmont was built in 1867 for Chubb and his wife. Chubb was born in Michigan in 1830, attended Cincinnati Medical College, and married Sarah E. Gorton. When the American Civil War started, he enlisted in the Army and served in the Fifth Michigan Regiment in its medical corps. After the war ended, he came to Martin County in fall 1865 to seek land available to retired Civil War soldiers. He built the house in 1867 at 209 Lake Avenue.Dr. Chubb was disillusioned with medical practice after the Civil War, but since there were no other physicians in Fairmont, he practiced medicine until Dr. Winslow Hunt arrived in 1871. He had other pioneering interests in the town, such as surveying and laying out the town site of Fairmont on land that he co-owned. He also surveyed the first cemetery and the first fairgrounds, ran a store out of his home, and established the first drug store. He owned a substantial amount of property within the county. By 1873, though, he decided that Fairmont had become too well-settled, so he moved on to Kansas, Nebraska, and California. He died in Michigan in 1894. He was buried in Lakeside Cemetery by his wife and daughter.The house is a Greek Revival design, with brick made from clay quarried near Buffalo Lake. It originally contained three rooms, but another room was added in 1930 and another section was added in 1935. The second floor contains two bedrooms, a small child's room, and a bathroom. The house was acquired in 1992 by the Martin County Preservation Association. It is the oldest brick house still standing in Fairmont.".