Thursday, January 17, 2013
New Home For BHS
The Bennington Historical Society now has a new home!Finally we'll have a place to display some of the things we've already collected.
The building is on the NWcorner of Main and Stark streets. It has been many things over the years, Doc. Hickey's office and pharmacy, and I remember it as the hardware store. The building was erected in 1887-1888. It is one of the original buildings on Main Street. Now owned by Bob and Jan Mckelvie.
The space will give us the oppertunity to give the people of Bennington a chance to view some of the towns history.
Opening date is set for the weekend of Bennington Daze, then will be open a couple of days a week after that.
We are so excited to finally have a space to call home.
Hope to see you there!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Mr. and Mrs. Claus Sass, parents to John Sass.
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| This is my husband Larry's Great Grand parents. They lived at 180th and Ida St. before moving to Bennington on the corner of Bennington Rd. and Molly St. Friends of ours ( Don and Carol Morland) bought and remodled the house in the mid 70's. Don had saved all the doors and their hardware to reuse at a later date. He never did. Years later on my 50th birthday he asked me if I wanted that old door that I loved at his shop, of course I said yes. That was when he told me where it had come from. I didn't know that Claus and Bertha had owned that house. I was trilled. Now it is hanging as the front door at my house and I LOVE IT! |
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| The house was built in 1912 and this is the orginal door. The center glass is new everthing else is orginal. The window represents our farm which was established in 1898 The photo is the first areial photo of the place taken in 1948 and the S&K are for Sass and Klabunde families. I have to say that this was about the best gift I have ever gotten,. |
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