Lot 1

William Reed built a modest dwelling ($35) on Lot 1 about 1845 and a much more substantial building ($255) between 1850 and 1855. The value of the lot rose to $452 in 1875, when it was owned by the National Stove Company and another increase in 1895 when it was owned by Gramlich and Eberly, suggesting an addition or improvement. Tax records suggest that the structure built about 1875 was not a house and oral history of the village suggests that it probably was a tobacco barn. By 1910, the total value of Lot 1 was $120 and by 1915 the value was $40. By that time the building(s) probably had been razed or were in poor condition.

Lot 1 Owners

(Partial List)

  • 1835 Abraham Keylor
  • 1836 Abraham Keylor
  • 1837 Abraham Keylor
  • 1844 William Reed
  • 1845 William Reed
  • 1846 William Reed
  • 1847 William Reed
  • 1848 William Reed
  • 1849 William Reed
  • 1850 William Reed
  • 1855 William Reed
  • 1860 William Reed
  • 1866 E. Johnson
  • 1870 National Stove
  • 1875 National Stove
  • 1880 Gramlich and Eberly
  • 1885 Gramlich and Eberly
  • 1890 Gramlich and Eberly
  • 1895 Gramlich and Eberly
  • 1899 Gramlich and Eberly
  • 1905 Gramlich and Eberly
  • 1910 W. O. Menkel
  • 1915 W. O. Menkel
  • 1920 W. O. Menkel
  • 1925 W. O. Menkel
  • 1930 Phillip Menkel
  • 1935 Phillip Menkel
  • 1940 Homer and Beatrice Landefeld
  • 1945 Anna Siegel
  • 1950 Anna Siegel