In 1898 Everett had been living at William Butler's house but in 1899 the entire Shahan family was living here and working for Butler-Ryan. The father, Winfield, born in Iowa in 1856, became a supervisor while Raymond (b. 1882, Kansas) worked as a bricklayer and Earl (b.1878, Kansas) was a clerk. Everett (b. 1880, Kansas), who later became an engineer, was the stone cutter who figured the cutting of the marble for the dome of the Capitol.