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Building contracting and construction listed in directories 1873-1901
What's on this page:
- Contracting and construction listed in
directories 1873-1901
- 20th-century Contracting and construction
- 19th-century Lumberyards, hardware stores, plumbing
- 19th-century Decor, furnishings, appliances
- Property sales and building design
- Amandus K. Burger and Ira Berger, including receipts for a home AKBurger built in 1887
- Building the churches (page in progress)
Building construction and related work - one of the great engines of Freeland!
There is some overlap among pages for Contracting and construction; Lumberyards, hardware stores, plumbing; and Building decor, furnishings and appliances, so please also visit the other related pages.
Image at top left from 1895 city directory. This image of men digging came from John Zubach.
Building construction listed in directories 1873-1901
1873 Atlas of Luzerne County, for Freehold:
Cunnius, Jno. M., Carpenter and Builder, South Heberton, P.O. Upper Lehigh
Myer, Joseph, Carpenter and Builder, P.O. White Haven
1882-1884 city directory
In business listings:
None
1884-1886 city directory
In business listings:
Wagner, Jacob, carpenter, Front near Centre
1886-1888 city directory
In business listings:
Bachman, Alfred A., painter, 37 E Walnut
1889 mercantile directory
In business listings:
Cowens, W. D. - Contractor, etc.
O'Donnell, Edward - Paperhanger & H'ware
Schadel, Ernst - Builder
Schweppenheiser & Co. - Contractors & Builders
1895 Freeland city directory
In business listings:
McGettrick, Matt, paperhanger, 135 Centre
O'Donnell, E., painter and paperhanger, Front
1895 South Heberton city directory
In individual listings:
Boyle, Dennis, plasterer, Birkbeck St., h
Boyle, James C., plasterer, 140 Birkbeck St., h
Boyle, John J., plasterer, Birkbeck St., h
Brelsford, John, painter, 12 Birkbeck St., h
Campbell, John, painter, foot of Birkbeck St., h
Cunnius, Charles E., carpenter, Cunnius St., h
Cunnius, John M., contractor, Birkbeck St., h
Cunnius, Oscar E., carpenter, 148 Birkbeck St., h
Estner, John, mason, Township Turnpike
Faust, Daniel, carpenter, 18 Birkbeck St., h
Kester, Alfred, carpenter, Cunnius St., h
Kester, John, plasterer, 22 Birkbeck St., h
Krommes, James, mason, corner of Birkbeck and Walnut Sts., h
Kugler, Daniel, carpenter, Birkbeck St., h
Letcher, William, mason, Birkbeck St., h
Meas, Andrew W., stonemason, Birkbeck St., h
Mismer, Oscar, painter, Birkbeck St., h
Modjeska, Julius, carpenter, 147 Birkbeck St., h
Sensenbach, Joseph, carpenter, Johnson St., h
Shafer, Charles F, painter, Johnson St., h
Volknand, John, carpenter, Birkbeck St., h
Winters, Henry, painter, 4 Birkbeck St., h
About John M. Cunnius: in his 1893 history Bradsby he writes that Cunnius is proprietor of the Freeland Planing mill, builder, and contractor, and dealer in all kinds of building material, Freeland ... In 1872, he engaged in contracting and building, which he has since successfully pursued. He makes a specialty of building contracts, and constantly employs from fifteen to twenty mechanics. In 1890 he purchased the Freeland Planing mill, and has since utilized that institution to great advantage in his business.
1897 city directoryIn business listings:
Graver, George, mason, near end Birkbeck Krommes, James, mason, W Walnut
Lentz, L. H., carpenter and builder, S Ridge
Five years earlier, in 1892, Lewis H. Lentz got the contract to build the Zion Welsh Baptist Church on Fern Street. Less than 10 years later the building was sold to the new St. Anthony's parish.
1897 city directory
In individual listings:
Ashman, Joseph, painter, 73 E Front, h
Bachman, Harry, carpenter, Centre corner Luzerne, h
Barthold, Frank, carpenter, Chestnut corner Centre, h
Baucher, William, plasterer, Birkbeck near Cunius, h
Bell, Fred, painter, E Front near Birkbeck, h
Boyle, J. C., plasterer, Birkbeck near Johnson, h
Boyle, J. J., plasterer, 59 Birkbeck, h
Boyle, Owen, painter, 30 N Ridge, h
Brennan, John, carpenter, 9 E South, h
Brobst, Oswald, painter, W Walnut, h
Burger, Ira, carpenter, N Centre near Chestnut, h
Burger, John, carpenter, 44 W Walnut, h
Burger, William, carpenter, 42 W Walnut, h
Campbell, Frank, painter, 51 E Front, h
Campbell, Martin, painter, 18 E Main, h
Campbell, John, carpenter, Centre corner Luzerne, h
Cunius, Charles, carpenter, Birkbeck near Johnson, h
Cunius, Charles, carpenter, Centre corner Luzerne, h
Cunius, J. M., carpenter, Birkbeck near Cunius, h
Cunius, Oscar, carpenter, Birkbeck near Cunius, h
Daubert, Daniel, carpenter, Front corner Pine, h
DeJohn, John, Jr., carpenter, Adams near South, h
Deppe, George, carpenter, N Pine hear Chestnut, h
Doudt, Hubbard, carpenter, 72 N Pine, h
Doudt, Willoughby, carpenter, 72 N Washington, h
Drum, Benjamin, carpenter, W Chestnut, h
Fernau, W. S., carpenter, Birkbeck near Highland, h
Gower, William, carpenter, 17 E Walnut, h
Graver, George, mason, Birkbeck near end, h
Griffiths, David, carpenter, Chestnut corner Center, h
Griffiths, James, carpenter, 88 N Center, h
Hinton, Milton, plasterer, 48 W Walnut, h
Kester, John, plasterer, Adams near Carbon, h
Kocher, Curtis, carpenter, Chestnut corner Washington, h
Kocher, John, carpenter, Chestnut corner Washington, h
Kresge, Ezra, carpenter, W Walnut, h
Krommes, James, mason, W Walnut, h
Lentz, L. H., carpenter and builder, S Ridge, h
Lentz, Robert, carpenter, end E South, h
Malloy, Timothy, lumber, 149 S Washington, h
McMurtrie, Ezra, carpenter, Birkbeck near Cunius, h
Mearn, Andrew, mason, Birkbeck end, h
Mismer, Oscar, painter, 82 E Walnut, h
Moyna, John, mason, Washington corner South, h
Peters, Frank, painter, 47 E Front, h
Peters, Owen, carpenter, Centre corner Walnut, h
Reaber, Israel, plasterer, W Walnut, h
Rehrig, Edward, carpenter, 69 Johnson, h
Reimer, Lewis, painter, N Centre near Chestnut, h
Reinsmith, Oliver, plasterer, W Chestnut, h
Richards, James, carpenter, Birkbeck near Johnson, h
Rufe, David, carpenter, 75 Johnson, h
Rut, B. F., carpenter, 63 E Front, h
Seiple, Sanderson, carpenter, 84 E Walnut, h
Seiple, William, painter, 84 E Walnut, h
Sensenbach, Joseph, carpenter, Johnson near Birkbeck, h
Shaffer, R. E., painter, W Walnut, h
Shaffer, William, carpenter, Centre corner Luzerne, h
Shellhammer, John, carpenter, Centre corner Luzerne, h
Stevitz, William, plasterer, W Walnut, h
Volkenand, John, carpenter, Birkbeck end, h
Walsh, James, painter, 36 E Walnut, h
Woodring, Evan, carpenter, N Ridge, h
Yock, Goerge, painter, 96 N Centre, h
Yock, Peter, carpenter, 96 N Centre, h
Zeisloft, John, carpenter, 41 S Washington, h
1900-1901 city directoryIn business listings:
None
[I don't know why there were no listings found in the business listings of the 1900-1901 directory, but here is an envelope from Lewis H. Lentz postmarked 1906, by which time he had located his business on S. Washington St.]