The venue was renamed the Coronet in 1945, with renovations by architects Walker & Gillette, then in 1959 rechristened the O'Neill in honor of the American playwright by then-owner Lester Osterman.
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Foreseeing westward expansion after the war, Francis Gillette and brother-in-law John Hooker had purchased shares in a concern which owned thousands of acres of sprawling Iowa landscape.
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Gillette was the son of Senator Francis Gillette and Elisabeth Daggett Hooker, a descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker, and the brother of actor/playwright William Gillette.
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In 1878, Gillette was elected as a Greenback Party member to the United States House of Representatives, serving in the 46th Congress with fellow Iowa Greenback Party member James B. Weaver from 1879 to 1881.
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He was interred in the nearby Glendale Cemetery in Valley Junction, the only family member not buried in the Hooker or Gillette family plots in Farmington, Connecticut.
She studied medicine at the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women, was licensed in 1899, and began the practice of medicine in 1900 in Schenectady.
She was sunk on 21 November 1943 southwest of Ireland by depth charges dropped from the British frigate, HMS Foley and the sloop Crane.
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, founder of the Church Universal and Triumphant, purchased the property in 1978, and ran her New Age church at the site until 1986 when Soka University of America bought the land.
He has produced many television films and several features including Walker and El Patrullero, which he also wrote.
The Aknusti manor house was designed by architectural firm of Walker & Gillette with landscaping by the fame Olmsted Brothers firm.
He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0.
It is assumed that Galland was shot down by the American ace Walker "Bud" Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group, USAAF.