BUILDING HISTORY--1900
(taken from the editions of The Reeseville Review)
8 Feb 1900: Mike Benninger is hauling sand for a new basement for his barn.
15 Feb 1900: John Bickel spends his idle moments hauling stone for his new house.
17 May 1900: Daniel O'Rourke has purchased of George Rounds, Lot 3, Block 7 for $100. Loesch & Roth are at work on the new barn and residence for John Bickel.
31 May 1900: Lightning struck and slightly damaged the barn of Anton Gallitz last Wednesday evening.
12 July 1900: The barn on the G. M. Kohn farm was hit by lightning and entirely destroyed last Friday evening. Valued at $200. Insured by Elba Mutual Insurance Co.
29 July 1900: Last Saturday evening lightning destroyed the barn of Charles Roth. Also destroyed were a tool shed and granary. A separate shed was severely burned. The buildings were insured with Elba Mutual Insurance Co. but for not more than 2/3 of the loss. Hay was also lost but the horses were saved.
13 Sept 1900: Ed Fischer, the jewelry man, is erecting a building between Rob Moore and J.J. Solon's place of business. Chas. Bruecher is building a barn for John Goebel in the Town of Portland.
25 Oct 1900: Chas. Roth has raised the frame for a new barn last Friday. A feature of this barn is its support of the floor by tussels instead of posts from the basement.