(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)

Shown here is The famous Beavertown Opera House (L) built in the 1870s; later the P.O.S. of A. Hall, and finally the Rescue Hose Company fire hall before it was torn down. The home of Johnny P. Kearns on the right (presently owned by Bobbi 0'Conner) was the first house to have running water in town when he installed a copper cistern on his roof to catch and hold rainwater and by gravity flow it in pipes to the downstairs.

(What other famous, but now demolished building was right across the street from these buildings? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Two Months

In 17-9 we asked what other great organization was created the same year that BVHS was built. The answer is the FFA (Future Farmers of America). The answer to the 17-10 question is beside the Central Hotel Beavertown had Moses Specht's Conway House (presently the beer distributor) and the Smith Hotel (presently the bank).