[2] August Larson was born in 1875 on a farm in Wiota, fifty miles southwest of Madison.

in classics at Coe College in Cedar Rapids in 1903, he became Wisconsin manager for Central Life Assurance.

The main front door is golden oak with a leaded glass window, flanked by sidelights.

Inside is a central foyer with quarter-sawn oak trim and a staircase to the second floor with newel posts and the diamond shape repeated.

)[3] August served as a director of Commercial Trust Company and later President of Randall Bank.