Norman Gasbarro | September 21, 2011
In the years before the Civil War and in the years following the war in which veterans returned and lived in Gratz, this property, known as Lot #42 on the original Simon Gratz subdivision, was owned by three families. Each of the families had a number of Civil War veterans who were associated with it. […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 20, 2011
The original owner of this lot was probably Samuel Dubendorf and the house that is here was probably built before 1828. Dubendorf sold the property to Henry Schreiner in 1830. In 1838, Henry Schreiner sold this property to Abraham Hess. Hess was a shoemaker and probably built the shop building that still stands today adjacent […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 19, 2011
The first owner of this original Simon Gratz lot was Jacob Sierer (or Seara) who purchased it in 1816. The house was built sometime between the land purchase and 1820. From 1825 to 1849, the property was owned by Martin Moyer, but he did not live here, preferring instead to rent to tenants. In the […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 18, 2011
Leonard Reedy (1776-1837) purchased this property from Simon Gratz in 1818. He had been living on the property for about two years, so the earliest parts of the present house probably date to 1816. Reedy was a gunsmith and was well known throughout the region. After Leonard’s death, his widow Elizabeth continued to live here, […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 8, 2011
This is the eleventh in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The original house on Lot #85 on the north side of Market Street was built about 1832 at the time the land was conveyed to John Welker (1784-1854). The earliest found picture of the house is shown above and is […]
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