I have decided to stop being a closet reader of the EJK blog and become a contributor. I have posted some pics of a building demo I did a couple of months ago. Trivia questions: Where was the building being torn down located? What was the building used for? Who was Mayor at the time it was built and had his name on the dedication stone?
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I know the answers to these questions...because Casey shared with me the significant history involved in the building. Some of you old-timer Klopfensteins may know the answers!
WELCOME CASEY!!!
The building is (was) the pumping station in the Gridley park. And, I'm almost certain that the name on the cornerstone is A. Lee Klopfenstein, who was mayor at the time of the newly installed water system in Gridley. The water tower stands in the rear of the photo. This was a long time ago so I may be wrong.
Thanks for posting Casey. I have no idea whose name is on the stone but Lynn is probably right. If so, I hope you saved the stone.
Welcome aboard!
I think it's neat that you get to be a part of finding things like that in Gridley. You have a front-row seat to discovering family heritage. Is my dad right with his answers?
Casey,
We are anxious for the answers. The tower in the background caused me to also think it was the well house at the Gridley Park, but my mayor's guess would have been either Henry Diggle or Clyde Mool.
I had forgotten that a Klopfenstein was ever mayor of Gridley.
Cleve
Lynn had all the correct answers, it was the pumping station in the Gridley park. Albert Lee Klopfenstein was mayor in 1923 when the waterworks was erected. The building was no longer used do to a new water treatment plant built on the corner of 3rd and Market. There will be new water tower built where this building once stood. The tower will completed by this winter and old "rocket" tower will be torn down. The stone with all the names was saved by the village and placed in the archives.
Tomorrow we will began work on another building in town with Klopfenstein heritage. I'll post pics of project in the near future. Casey
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