May 2, 2018
This is “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County Historical Society.
In some of
our previous programs, we have shared information about historic houses in
Geary County. This information comes
from an article published in the Daily Union newspaper by the late Irene
Jeffries. She wrote that “records show the house at 623 S. Adams was built in
about 1913 or 14 by Dr. C.K. Raber, who was a dentist in Junction City. This house was built in a style, which was reminiscent
of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural designs.
When the
Rabers two nieces came to live with them, they added a guest bedroom and bath
to the upstairs northeast corner of the home on Vine and Adams. The Rabers spent only four or five years in
that house before deciding to move to Arizona.
They deeded the place with its considerable land east of the house to
their daughter Cecil and her husband Walter Rockwell. In the mid-twenties, the Rockwells also left
Junction City and sold the house to Harry E. Montgomery, who was the publisher
of the Daily Union newspaper.
It was their
home until Mrs. Montgomery, then a widow, sold the house in 1973. Several others owned the house until Richard
Pinaire purchased it in 1976. Richard
Pinaire is an attorney with a law firm in Junction City.
We encourage
you to drive by 623 South Adams and then travel around other areas of Junction
City to see the beautiful historic homes in our town. You will see why the
Geary County Historical Society says “Our Past IS Present."
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