his wife Elizabeth died in 1908. Two years later, Johnson married Janie Kilgore. Their first child was Charles E. Johnson, born in 1911. The same year, Johnson's mother, Catherine, died. From 1910 to 1911, he built the Louis Johnson Building right next to the railroad. He also built a 178-foot-deep well and a 75-foot-high 60,000-gallon water tower, the city's first municipal water system. In late 1911, the Louis Johnson Building was ready for occupancy. The ground floor was occupied by the Largo Hardware Company, owned by Walter Geiselman, and by Louis Johnson's Drug Store and Ice Cream Parlor. The upper floor contained the Pinellas Hotel, managed by Johnson's wife. The second floor became apartments in the late 1920s. Louise S. Johnson died in 1946, and the ownership of the building was passed to his son, Charles. The ground floor became the Johnson Brothers Auto Machine & Supply Co., while Charles and his wife Frances M. Johnson lived upstairs in the former hotel. Charles died in 1982, and the ground floor has since been vacant. As of 1986, Frances was still living on the second floor. The building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1987. Gallery References External links Pinellas County listings at National Register of Historic Places Johnson Building at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs "Is it a Historic Hotel or a Hideous Hovel?" St. Petersburg Times 1911 establishments in Florida Buildings and structures in Largo, Florida Houses completed in 1911 Louis Johnson Building