Our Past Is Present April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018

            This is “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County Historical Society.

            Today is another in the series about historic homes in Geary County.  This house has an ownership connection to the story shared yesterday in which one of the early property owners of the land on which the Schoenrock house now sits was Daniel Mitchell.  Mitchell also bought the land on which sits 340 W. Fourth Street, which some refer to today as the Carl and Ingrid Bierbaum house.  Carl Bierbaum owned the B.F. Goodrich Stores in Junction City and Coffeyville, Kansas.  The legal lot description dated 1860 was deeded to a Robert Wilson.  Wilson was an early surveyor and he sold it to Daniel Mitchell.  Michael Krebs, a Swedish carpenter, built the house on the lot for his wife in 1886. Neither of those persons lived in the house.  It was then sold to Julius Edgar Clemens, who died in 1932.  When Julius’s wife died  in 1944, the house was sold to Milton and Adah Mae Mackey for $3,500.  Mrs. Mackey was a school teacher.  After 1968 it was used as a rental property until the Bierbaums bought it in 1978. 

            The house was also owned by Ken and Geri Hoffman and the current owners it is currently owned by Denver and Kelli Kell.  We want to again encourage you to take a driving tour to see some of the beautiful historic houses in our area and you will see why we say “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County Historical Society.