Friday, October 3, 2014

From God's House to Men's Houses

2014-10-3. Frame church for sale
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Hobart Gazette 24 June 1921.


This is what Joe E. Mellon was offering for sale:

First St. Bridget Church

By 1921 this frame building had been moved from Main Street onto the parsonage lawn along Front Street.

Mr. Mellon found a buyer whose name we don't know — just an ordinary man who contributed as best he could to Hobart's long tradition of demolishing its historical buildings.

2014-10-3. Landmark lost
Hobart Gazette 22 July 1921.


(Happier news of some other acquaintances: John Kegebein already planning to rebuild his burned barn, and Ruth Miller visiting her family on their farm south of Ainsworth.)

2 comments:

Bonnie said...


Did you notice the article on this page about Myrtle Veal that you mentioned the other day?

Ainsworthiana said...

Hi Bonnie! Yes, thanks; I think I got the "sudden and unexpected" bit from that article.