Charles Gilbert Gates

Charles Gilbert Gates (May 26, 1876 – October 29, 1913) of Minneapolis, Minnesota was the owner of the first home in the United States where air conditioning was installed in 1914.

[1] Charles Gilbert Gates was the son of John Warne Gates, a manufacturer of barbed wire.

In July 1913 he drove from his home in Minneapolis to New York City, where he had a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

[2] After his death his home was completed and was the first to have air conditioning installed.

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