HARRY WARD GLOVER AND THE GLOVER HOUSE OF REDDING

Harry Ward Glover stands beside his building in front of Glover's Garage on the south-west corner of Market and Placer Streets in Redding. Circa 1920's. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

Harry Ward Glover, a native of Oakland, Alameda County, California was born on May 8, 1879 to English parents James Glover and Sarah (Hyde) Glover. His family lived in Sacramento in 1880 where his father was employed in stamping to provide for his family. Harry was the youngest of two children born to them. His older brother Herbert was born to his parents about two years before him.

At the age of 21, in 1900, Harry was living in Redding as a boarder under the household of Daniel F. Adams, a local hostler in the area, Adams was married to his wife Bella. At this time Harry was single and he was working as a blacksmith, eventually he began dating Christine Sutherland and they were married in Redding on September 29, 1904. Together the newlyweds purchased a house at 1308 Pine Street which was erected in 1900, and it became their home.

In 1906, Harry was elected as a Shasta County Deputy Assessor as well as becoming Redding’s Fire Chief, on June 15, 1906. Glover was succeeded as Redding's Fire Chief by Eugene A. Urban on December 17, 1906. Then in 1907 Harry purchased Peter Glaszer's blacksmith shop at the southwest corner of Market and Placer Streets. Glover closed the blacksmith shop and turned it into a garage in 1912, and he became an agent for Hupmobile, Maxwell, Mitchell, Star and Studebaker automobiles. On April 15, 1912, Harry Ward Glover was elected as the tenth mayor of the City of Redding, and he served the position honorably until April 20, 1914 when he was succeeded by L.F. Morton. 

When the 1920 U.S. Census was enumerated on January 8, 1920, for their neighborhood in Redding, it showed that Harry and Christine had a daughter during the interim named Maida who was eight years old at that time. Ten years later, when the 1930 U.S. Census was recorded it documented the Glover family was still living at 1308 Pine Street. During the 1930's, Harry was active within the local chapter of the Redding Kiwanis club and he served as president of this club as well.

Years later, Glover's dealership closed down when he retired. Harry died in Redding on June 10, 1946. His wife Christine (Sutherland) Glover survived her husband by three years and died on March 4, 1949. This residential house still stands and it's now home to commercial offices next to the iconic Damburger restaurant of Redding.

Above: Glover's Garage on the south-west corner of Market and Placer Streets in Redding. Circa 1920's. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

Above: the present day Glover house at 1308 Placer Street in Redding is now a commercial building and is located on the right side of Damburger. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on November 28, 2020.

RESOURCES: 

1880 U.S. Census

1900 U.S. Census

1904 City of Redding Directory

1910 City of Redding Directory

1910 U.S. Census

U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1918 for Harry Ward Glover.

1920 U.S. Census

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 4, 1925 on file in VF 979.234 Town Redding - Historical Information, available at the Shasta Historical Society.

1930 U.S. Census

1938 City of Redding Directory

1940 City of Redding Directory

1940 U.S. Census

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 for Harry Ward Glover.

California U.S., Death Index 1940-1997 for Harry Ward Glover

California U.S., Death Index 1940-1997 for Christine (Sutherland) Glover

City of Redding Mayor's Since 1887

Glover's Garage Leased by Gene Franck and Wife - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 7, 1940

The Sacramento Bee newspaper of Sacramento, March 5, 1949