1992 - 2012: TWENTY YEARS!

To be historically accurate, I have found an article regarding the recently completed Kuser mansion which seems to indicate that the actual centennial celebration should have been in the year 1996, when the Kusers spent their first summer in the newly constructed "country home." I am told that a diary kept by the family dated the mansion as 1892. The powers that be are supposedly checking the Kuser diary, but so far, I have not received confirmation as to the date. Hard copy is in my files with an 1896 article and photo dated 1896 indicate that year as the date. Mayor Jack Rafferty and his administration placed Kuser Farm Park in the limelight and kept it there. Over the years, there have been hundreds if not thousands of visitors to that beautiful example of a Victorian estate. The gorgeous 1896 "Queen Anne" style Kuser mansion is a local treasure. Unfortunately, financial constraints insofar as policing the property, the character of the park is changing with many visitors ignoring the "NO PARKING" signs, graffiti, and other unfortunate acts which defy police detection.

Anonymous said...

Tom - What an amazing array of entertainment was put together for this celebration! How did I miss this? It sounds like an extraordinary day. Wish I was there!
Lakeside Girl

Wednesday, April 25, 2012