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Burlington Homes & Farms

References and Sources Event
S 10-13-1976 Don Anderson home, 517 Orchard st., to be on Tour of Homes - photo.
S 09-27-1976 Richard and Joy Griebel home to be on Tour of Homes - photo. (6046 Pine st., Fairfield Subdivision at Brown's Lake)
S 06-23-1976 Sketch of three cobblestone houses near Hillside on West Jefferson st. - now owned by Cy Hammiller, Henry J. Rueter, and David Oldenburg.
S 06-02-1976 City council discussed razing old Charles B. Wagner house on Jefferson st.
S 03-31-1976 Murray Hill Circus Farm of 20 acres on Burlington’s south side (Hwy. 83) sold to Edward Dunford; to be subdivided and developed; Dunford wants to annex area to city; third subdivision for Dunford - opened Highrise on Church st. in 1966 and, with Elmer Droster, previously opened West Park Addition, an extension of Orchard st.
S 03-10-1976 City recently bought Charles B. Wagner house on Jefferson st.; plan to rent it out until torn down for new police building.
S 10-27-1975 House Walk to include homes of Douglas Adams, 333 Donald dr.; John Lynch, 125 W. State st.; Mr. & Mrs. William Phenicie, 316 Origen st.; Brian Newbury, 256 Peters pkwy.; Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Hanna, 125 Ridge View dr. - interior photos.
S 10-08-1975 C. Roy McCanna home on corner of State & Kane sts. to become a funeral home.
S 08-11-1975 Burlington water department - Pokin' Around by Enoch Squires. Edward Rueter used cypress timbers from collapse of water tank in 1938 in constructing house at 416 S. Kane st.
S 03-03-1975 Richard and Nancy Bassett home on Spring Prairie rd. - country look, interior photo.
S 01-13-1975 George and Pat Sandstrom home on Spring Prairie rd. - article & photos. Previous owners were Jim and Mary Foley; Walter Whetlow owned house from 1958 to 1967
S 09-16-1974 Tour of Homes to include Robert Ruedebusch, Spring Valley rd.; Pat and Penny Torhorst, 549 Lewis st.; James and Kathy Weis, 461 Randolph st.; and Floyd and Vivian George, Spring Valley rd. - interior photos.
S 09-04-1974 A Man to Remember -- Palmer Gardner - Pokin' Around by Enoch Squires; drawing and photos of Gardner-Patterson house on Kane st.
S 04-15-1974 William E. Humphrey, of Family Realty, Inc., bought Brehm property on northeast corner of E. State st. & N. Perkins blvd.; will move house off and build residence and office. Also in S 4/15/74 - Brehm residence at 140 E. State st. moved to corner of Robert & Henry sts. facing Burlington High School. New owners are Glenn and Kathleen Johnson. Photos of move. (House relocation)
S 12-10-1973 House Reflects Early Burlington - Eugene "Beanie" and Jeanette "Jeanie" Weber house - photos.
S 08-06-1973 House and premises of Clarence V. Scharf estate at 140 S. Elmwood ave. for sale.
S 06-27-1973 Buildings for sale by school district business office; must be moved (to make way for vocational building) - 488 S. Perkins blvd. (Donald Sheppard - 1969-70 directory); 472 S. Perkins blvd. (Bryce and David Bartholf - 1969-70 directory); and 200 Wainwright ave.
S 06-27-1973 Christian Science society building at corner of Jefferson & Johnson sts. - photo. Mrs. Fred Hegeman bought house in 1870, according to Mrs. E. A. Miller, granddaughter.
S 06-11-1973 Cobblestone house in "Canada" - 309 N. Main st., JoAnn and Copeland Stevens, occupants; owned by Mrs. John Lux and Bill Sekeres - photos.
S 01-10-1973 School board authorized expenditure of district funds to buy Bartholf property on S. Perkins blvd; budgeted at $20,000, the purchase was approved last July at annual meeting.
S 10-11-1972 School board exercised option to buy Bryce Bartholf property at 472 S. Perkins blvd.; Bartholfs to have free occupancy of property for 6 months. Board owns first and third lots on Perkins blvd. from Wainwright ave. and Bartholf property filled space between. Board intends to build vocational education building.
S 10-09-1972 Roger and Wanda Trost house at 216 W. Chestnut st. remodeled; before and after photos.
1971-1972 Dir Leo H. and Kathryn Stang house, 416 Hawthorne st. - subsequent owner, Andreas Weiger, said house was built from Weyerhauser plans.
S 01-28-1971 Notice regarding land in southeast quarter of section 28 - Birge Whitmore.
S 10-15-1970 Remodeling Turns Tired Old House Into the Lux Picture Book Home - house at 125 N. Kane st., photos - Home Section article probably written by Enoch Squires.

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