The Berghoff Road House Again

I am still overloaded with work, but I came across some information about the location of the notorious Berghoff road house.

First, in the Hobart Gazette of January 22, 1926, we come across an article headlined, "Whip Factory Buildings Sold" — in which we learn that Hobart's old whip factory is to be demolished. The article says that some of the materials from it will be salvaged for new construction by brothers Karl and Paul Wurffel (whom I've never heard of before), who intend to build a filling station "at the northeast corner of [semi-legible number] and Missouri, across from the Berghoff." The problem is that bad microfilm and its semi-legible number. The number looks as if it could be "30th," "36th," or "39th." We've previously seen the Berghoff described as being "on the Chicago Road," a name used for what is now Old Ridge Road. Old Ridge Road curves into 39th Avenue just east of I-65.

In the April 16, 1926 Gazette,the "Local Drifts" column includes this item: "Karl and Paul Wurffel opened last Sunday their filling station on the Ridge Road, opposite the Berghoff, which will be known as the Ridge Road Service Station."

I don't know if "Ridge Road" here means Old Ridge Road, in which case the Berghoff was at the intersection of Missouri and 39th, or (new) Ridge Road (i.e., 37th Avenue), in which case the site of the Berghoff is now buried under the Ridge Road/I-65 interchange.


I have yet to find any more information about noted Chicken Farm.