Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’ There is a house that has seen much in over 160 years, and probably, over the years a big variation in the amount and type of traffic passing by it on Mound Road in Washington Township. Really my story starts with Josiah Jewell from Genessee County, New York, and his originalContinue reading “Jackson Crissman’s Home”
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Washington’s Octagon
In 1858 Loren Andrus (1816-1901) with help of his brother in law David Stewart built, over a period of two years, his two story, eight sided home. The roof has extravagant Italianate supporting brackets and an octagonal cupola with weatherboard sheathing on top. A large porch supported by wooden Neo-Corinthian columns wraps around seven sidesContinue reading “Washington’s Octagon”
The 1929 Washington Savings Bank Robbery
Linda’ Monday Morning Moaning’s Washington Township: An article in the Romeo Observer from the 9th of January 1929 it would read: “On the 7th of January 1929, two neatly dressed young men walked into the Washington Savings Bank, soon after the bank had opened that Monday morning, and as described later, one of the menContinue reading “The 1929 Washington Savings Bank Robbery”
The Thorington School
Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s I have been very fortunate for those of us that love to see the old buildings and majestic homes that were built so many years ago and have been maintained and well cared for. What I have a very hard time with is the neglect that does occur in certain instances,Continue reading “The Thorington School”
Burt’s Writing Machine
Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s While researching my ‘Washington Township’ book, I came across a very interesting story, in the inventor of the first ‘typographer’. William Austin Burke, was born in Petersham, Massachusetts, on June 13, 1892. William would acquire much of his knowledge from borrowed books read by the light of a burning pine knot.Continue reading “Burt’s Writing Machine”
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