This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reinhard Rauch Christensen Gold Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2672 Message Board Post: Does anyone know who the current owners are of the old stone house on the corner of 4th & Hacker in Buffalo? I believe that my gg grandfather, Jacob Reinhard, may have been the original owner/builder, placing the house's age at about 150 years old. Mr. Reinhard purchased numerous lots in the town of Buffalo, passing them on to his daughter & son-in-law, as well as his grandchildren. At one time, there was almost a family "compound" on that corner consisting of 3 houses & a butcher shop. More family dwellings were across the street. My grandparents, Carl Rauch, grandson of Jacob, and his wife, Lillie Christensen, lived in the stone house for years. My family sold the stone house in 1967, following G'ma Lillie's death. I have many fond memories of my childhood there, including the slate threshold between the original house & the dining addition. (Oh, how often we'd curl up on that threshold in the hot summer to cool off.) There was a *secret* staircase leading from a little room upstairs to the kitchen. And, a wonderful grape arbor where we kids would gorge on its bounty. A wooden front porch, with the standard porch swing was surrounded by lilac bushes. Not so fond memories include the out house, between the stone house & Aunt Til's (Mathilda Gold, wife of Preston). (A communal bathroom?) Grandma had chamber pots, but admonished (threatened?) us kids to not "make poo" in them. Hmmmm .... talk about making an entire generation of kids anal retentive. How can I find out who the original owners were? Do I need to contact the current owners? Thanks to anyone with advice.