Saturday, April 27, 2013

The Parsonage

This lovely little house is, according to a legend on the back of the postcard, "The Parsonage/Merrillville, Ind."

Parsonage1
(Click on images to enlarge)

While we have noticed a house on 73rd Avenue (south side of the road, west of Madison) that looks quite similar, I don't know for certain it's the same house and so I chose not to do a then-and-now.

The message on the back is from an old acquaintance, Silas E. Zuvers, who in the early years of the 20th century taught at the Ainsworth school.

Parsonage reverse 1

His obituary, from the Hobart News of August 17, 1916:

S.E. Zuvers obituary

Additional related items from the Lake County Star (courtesy of Alice Smedstad):

S.E. Zuvers obituary & misc. items

2 comments:

Suzi Emig said...

Hello! Was @ the museum further reorganizing the bookcase and found a picture of the Zuver's house...will try to remember which file it was in and copy it for you!

Ainsworthiana said...

Cool!