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Picture believed to be in late 30s. |
The Dutch Mill, Seneca Kansas
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The August 1928 Courier Tribune had an article which stated that the The Duct Mill company had purchased lots at the corner of Third and Main for the purpose of building one of their unique Tourist Cabin Service Stations. They already had more than a dozen such mill in the mid west and planed on adding one here and also at Marysville and St. Joseph Mo. The Mill would be 48 foot high and 26 foot square and have living quarters for the manager on the second floor. There would also be wash rooms and a garage. To my knowledge there was never one built at Marysville or at St. Joseph. In October of 1929 the stock market broke and the depression was on so it a wonder that an announcement in August ever came to be however they were likely committed to this project. Information below from the Courier Tribune from "News From Years Gone By. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy throws Seneca's disused Old Dutch Mill into the hands of a receiver. The proceedings are said to be of a friendly nature with a view to refinancing the chain of eight stations in Missouri and 12 in Kansas. The petitioners are officials of the Retail Lumberman Publishing Co; the Alemite Co; and Dempster Mill Mfg., OC. The Old Dutch Mill at Seneca never has been opened. It stands at the northeast corner of town, a subject of wide comment and wonderment. The company became hard up, never could get the money necessary to add the finishing touches to the Seneca property. A certain amount of stock in the Old Dutch Mill corporation was sold in Seneca through the total never has been made public. Editor's note - The depression did stop this project as it was a bad time for all. This was total devastation, as in only a short time bank, and businesses were closing and people by the millions were out of work. ) The Dutch Mill was built at third and North Street to the south west of the intersection. This was a filling station and cafe with cabins which were very small places to say where one might spend the night for little money. They were built during the depression when very few had money to travel and those that did had little money to spend. When money became a bit more plentiful most people wanted something better to spend the night. The small cabins were sold off in the late thirties and ended up farms and back yards as storage sheds. One was on my farm until some time in the 70s. |
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