I found them in the proverbial old trunk, ... One of them may be the oldest phone directory in town. It's just a single sheet of paper with typed numbers on it. |
I'm willing to bet that John Henry Kirby paid to have this house built because it was the most expensive house in Silsbee, ... It was the cream of the crop. |
If one little item is determined to be unconstitutional the whole (legislation) is going to fall. |
My grandparents bought it about 1937, but the structure was built around 1915 for the sister and brother-in-law of John Henry Kirby, the big lumber baron himself, |
My grandparents bought it about 1937, but the structure was built around 1915 for the sister and brother-in-law of John Henry Kirby, the big lumber baron himself. |
They lived upstairs and had the business downstairs, ... I can vaguely remember sitting on the porch, and I used to play in the big backyard. My wife and I, when we got married, even lived upstairs from 1978 until 1981. |
This is probably one of the oldest buildings in Silsbee, |
Unless they shrunk up over the years, he must not have been a real big fellow, |
We feel sorry for those people and we'd like to help them out, |