BUILDING HISTORY--1897
(taken from the editions of The Reeseville Review)
11 Mar 1897: Bickel Bros. are now into their new meat market building.
18 Mar 1897: Chas. Baker of the Town of Portland is to build a
new residence. Ph. Woodard of Waterloo will be the builder.
NOTE: His farm was located in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of
Section 14 in the Town of Portland.
25 Mar 1897: At 2:00 on Sunday afternoon fire destroyed the rear part of the south 1/2 of the Christ. Steinacker building at the corner of North Main and Jackson streets.
1 Apr 1897: L. Jacobs is putting up an addition to his house--a wing on the west side. Carpenters are putting finishing touches on O.A. Sell's new residence. J.F. Hughes expects to begin work on his new residence shortly.
22 Apr 1897: A new awning is on the Klentz & Liebing store.
29 Apr 1897: Hedges of evergreens have been planted in the dooryards of C.W. Steinacker, George Roth, and Otto Dauffenbach.
6 May 1897: The framework is up for J.F. Hughes' new residence.
13 May 1897: Frank Fischer's new residence is completed and he is expected to move in shortly.
20 May 1897: Julius Venie is making preparations for a new residence.
27 May 1897: Frank Tennien has materials on the ground for a new residence.
3 June 1897: Carpenters are at work raising the roof and putting a second story onto the Otto Dauffenbach residence.
1 July 1897: Carpenters began work on the Venie residence, having finished the Hughes house.
8 July 1897: C.W. Steinacker has put up a new windmill for Fred Bickel in the Town of Portland.
15 July 1897: Henry Reinhard is to begin preparation for the foundation for a new residence. The framework of J.J. Venie's new building is up and enclosed.
22 July 1897: Frank Hughes and family are now in their new residence at the corner of Van Buren and Garfield.
5 Aug 1897: The framework of H.W. Reinhard's new residence is now up.
19 Aug 1897: E.A. Abendroth is raising and making improvements to his residence.
26 Aug 1897: The framework of F. Tennien's new residence is up. Similar in appearance to J.F. Hughes' new house. A new porch is added to F.H. Dauffenbach's building.
16 Sept 1897: F.J. Venie has purchased the Woodard building on South Main Street and expects to work it over as part of a new building which he anticipates putting up in the future.
23 Sept 1897: Masons are at work plastering H.W. Reinhard's new residence.
7 Oct 1897: Carpenters are repairing and remodeling the P.J. Conery building.
1 Oct 1897: Charles Breyer is remodeling the Conery building by adding a second story. John Kohn has moved part of his old saloon building from his residence lot to his farm by using a traction engine.
21 Oct 1897: F.H. Dauffenbach is increasing the capacity of his story by adding a second story to the rear part of the building.
4 Nov 1897: J.J. Venie and family have moved into their new residence. Klentz & Liebing have added a storeroom to their store.
25 Nov 1897: Charles Ruedig is painting Frank Tennien's new residence.
2 Dec 1897: Wells drillers are at F. Tennien's residence.