Louise Kline
230 Academy Street
Historic number 60
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Mrs. Fred (Louise) Kline’s former home (1865) was once known as the “Old Jesse Jordon property.” Mr. Jordon was a barber, a shoemaker, and remembered fondly as a practical joker. Among other owners of the property were Bruce Lonberger and John Wright, each of whom pursued a colorful occupation. Mr. Lonberger, a lumberman, and his father, George, whom pursued a colorful occupation. Mr. Lonberger, a lumberman, and his father, George, a sawyer, were members of a company that took lumber from the Bear Meadows area. They felled huge trees by hand and “wild-catted” them out of the mountain to a mill in Linden Hall. It was a hard and dangerous occupation.
Mr. Wright and his wife, Helen Leah Rackey Wright, lived here until 1938. He was thresherman and owned a threshing machine which he took from farm to farm during the harvest season to thresh the farmers’ grains.
According to Mrs. Kline, the house is “built like a barn, with pegged hand-hewn beams.” While the first floor ceilings are of normal height, the second floor ceilings are low enough to give a tall person reason to be cautious. She declares that the house “was moved over from Stone Valley” to this lot in very early days.
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Historic number 60
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Mrs. Fred (Louise) Kline’s former home (1865) was once known as the “Old Jesse Jordon property.” Mr. Jordon was a barber, a shoemaker, and remembered fondly as a practical joker. Among other owners of the property were Bruce Lonberger and John Wright, each of whom pursued a colorful occupation. Mr. Lonberger, a lumberman, and his father, George, whom pursued a colorful occupation. Mr. Lonberger, a lumberman, and his father, George, a sawyer, were members of a company that took lumber from the Bear Meadows area. They felled huge trees by hand and “wild-catted” them out of the mountain to a mill in Linden Hall. It was a hard and dangerous occupation.
Mr. Wright and his wife, Helen Leah Rackey Wright, lived here until 1938. He was thresherman and owned a threshing machine which he took from farm to farm during the harvest season to thresh the farmers’ grains.
According to Mrs. Kline, the house is “built like a barn, with pegged hand-hewn beams.” While the first floor ceilings are of normal height, the second floor ceilings are low enough to give a tall person reason to be cautious. She declares that the house “was moved over from Stone Valley” to this lot in very early days.
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