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<DIV>Thank you Ann for sharing your information regarding the Sonnenberg Family
of Riverdale. Pat Prangley called me and told me that under his direction,
the keystone has been moved safely to the public works building for storage
until we can decide where it will be located permanently in our town. I
want to thank Pat for his help and dedication. I also want to thank
Joe Caputo for his diligence in keeping the stone intact at removal.
It is my hope that the business association, the town and the preservation
committee can partner in a project to find a permanent home for the keystone
within the town. Perhaps in one of the many parks within our town.
Any ideas would be welcomed. Our Business Association January meeting will
be held on Jan. 14th at 5:30 p.m. at Riverdale Park Town offices. Please
feel free to join us and discuss plans for the keystone. Thanks.</DIV>
<DIV>Saving history, one stone at a time! Audrey Bragg</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/10/2009 4:20:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
johnferg27@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>As the day approaches when the present day church building is demolished
on Route One, consider its history. If you stand at the curb on Route
One and look to the upper reaches of the building, you will see the keystone
with a date of 1928 and the name Sonnenberg.</DIV>
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<DIV>This structure was built by the Sonnenberg family -- a German family who
established a bakery on the site, operated by family members for years.
A daughter, Elsie, lived in the town on Madison Street (behind Chambers
Funeral Home) until the 1990s. MISS (she carefully corrected you if you
used any other prefix) Sonnenberg was a very independent, interesting and
feisty lady. She was in her 90s when she moved to an assisted living
residence. The last time I was in touch with her, she was
planning her 100th birthday and arranging for the champagne to be available
and plentiful. MISS Sonnenberg was born in 1901 and moved into the town
in 1928. <U>The Riverdale Story</U> provides a number of references to
her memories of the convenience of using the streetcar that ran into the
District and north towards Laurel. She also remembered the dirt streets
in the town that continued into the 1930s and beyond.</DIV>
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<DIV>Elsie Sonnenberg did not reach her 100th birthday, but died in her 99th
year -- the memories she left tell of a little town on the outskirts of
the Capital, content to stay little as long as it can. It would be
worth a trip up to Route One to see the building she occupied over time while
it still stands -- so sad that all of that history has been and is being
lost.</DIV>
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<DIV>I understand that the business association, under the direction of Audrey
Bragg, has requested that the keystone be preserved and she will see that it
is carefully archived. Thanks for following up on this Audrey.</DIV>
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<DIV> Ann
Ferguson</DIV>
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