Jim McClure
Robert Niess and his kinsmen are deeply interested in the Elmwood Mansion, even 65 years since it passed from his family’s hands.
Born in York, he is the grandson of the prominent J. Edgar Small family who lived there and heard many stories about this landmark from his mother, Ann Small Niess. He has visited it many times after it passed from owner to owner. Today, Elmwood House, as the family calls it, is owned by Inch & Co., a construction company that has remodeled it as home for its real estate and property management divisions.
Niess has another interest – a vocation, really – that draws him to the mansion. He’s a principal in Chestnutt-Niess architectural firm and longtime architectural faculty member and vice dean of the Peter Behrens School of Arts, both in Germany.
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Scott Mingus has been in and around law enforcement since he was a child. That s going to end next month when he retires from the Auburn Police Division.
The son of the former chief of police for the city of Mobile, Mingus said heâs been around law enforcement for over 50 years, and that led to him becoming an Auburn police officer in 1992 and, eventually, Assistant Chief of the department.
âMy mom and dad knew there was no talking me out of it,â Mingus said. âWith me and my brothers, whatever we wanted to do, [my dad] just supported us and gave me some tidbits along the way once I got in there. He taught me how to treat people. ⦠He was a big factor in where Iâm at.â