HISTORIC HOUSE NEEDS A HOME.Byline: Karen Thacker Special to the Daily News QUARTZ HILL - The Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Genealogical ge·ne·al·o·gy n. pl. ge·ne·al·o·gies 1. A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree. 2. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree. Society needs a home for its books and the Quartz Hill Town Council needs someone to take over ownership of the 112-year-old Godde House. Both parties have agreed to merge their needs, but it's going to be costly - the pioneer ranch needs a piece of land to sit on and about $20,000 to move and repair it. ``We're a historical group and to have an old building would be just ideal for us, more so than a new building,'' said Beverlee Gurel, president of the society. ``As one of the only remaining pioneer buildings in the Antelope Valley it has historical value as the type of home people lived in during that time period.'' The house was built by pioneer rancher Max Godde, one of three brothers who moved to the Antelope Valley to farm after emigrating from Germany, and was enlarged in later years. Vacant and vandalized, the old house had been destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for demolition this spring to make way for a new subdivision. A last-minute rescue effort moved the structure to a temporary site offered by Quartz Hill Town Councilman Ed Frommer next to his home. After requesting proposals from local groups, the Town Council voted in July to let the society have the house for a genealogical research library. The society has been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a home for its collection of more than 600 books. First housed at the Palmdale Library, the books needed more space and were headed for the Western Hotel/Museum in downtown Lancaster. An issue about wheelchair access curtailed that move at the last minute and they are currently boxed up in a garage. ``We don't have a lot of money and we'd like to grow as a society and have our own place,'' said Mary Stegeman, publicity chairwoman. The closest genealogy genealogy (jē'nēŏl`əjē, –ăl`–, jĕ–), the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. library is in Burbank, society officials say. The Antelope Valley Genealogical Society is looking for donations to help make its library and historical restoration project a reality. The group figures it will cost about $9,000 to move the structure and an additional $11,000 or so to make repairs, and redo To reverse an undo operation. See undo. wiring and plumbing plumbing, piping systems inside buildings for water supply and sewage. The Romans had a highly developed plumbing system; water was brought to Rome by aqueducts and distributed to homes in lead pipes—hence the name plumbing from the Latin word plumbum . Donations are tax-deductible, organizers said. Checks can be made out to AVGS AVGS Advanced Video Guidance Sensor (NASA) AVGS Automated Vehicle Guidance System Godde House Fund and mailed to the society at PO Box 1049, Lancaster, CA 93584-1049. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The Antelope Valley Genealogical Society is seeking a new location for and funds to repair the 112-year-old Godde House. (2) Pioneer Antelope Valley rancher Max Godde poses with his wife and six of his children around 1901. Their home, now 112, still exists but is in the way of a proposed housing tract. (3) A.V. Genealogical Society members Bill and Nadine Ford and Mary Stegeman, from left, tour the Godde House. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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