- Henry W. Klotz, Sr.
Henry W. Klotz, Sr. was the proprietor of a house and a service station on First Street,
Russell, Arkansas , that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places inArkansas .Klotz worked as a mechanic for the White Way Service Station, which supplied
White Rose gasoline , from which its name derived. When the station was demolished Klotz built Henry’s Garage beside his home. [Penny Warner, 'Russell: Crops, railroad, busy shopping once kept residents hopping', "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette",November 14 1999.] He also participated in the family ice delivery business that supplied the town and outlying areas until electricity distribution arrived in 1949. [Penny Warner, 'Russell: Crops, railroad, busy shopping once kept residents hopping', "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette",November 14 1999.]Klotz's son, Henry Jr., became the town's
mayor and then Recorder/Treasurer . His other son, C.E. "Bo" Klotz, served as the town postmaster for 25 years. [Penny Warner, 'Russell: Crops, railroad, busy shopping once kept residents hopping', "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette",November 14 1999.]House
The house was a
Herman Page design ordered from aSears Roebuck catalogue by Klotz' mother and built in 1921 [Steve Mitchell, Jill Bayles and Ken Story. "History and Architectural Heritage of White County", (Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 1991)] or 1922 [Penny Warner, 'Russell: Crops, railroad, busy shopping once kept residents hopping', "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette",November 14 1999.] It was the first Sears Roebuck house to be built in the town and was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1992. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/AR/White/state3.html 'Arkansas - White County', "National Register of Historic Places"] . Retrieved28 August 2006.]ervice station
The service station was built of
fieldstone in 1938 [Steve Mitchell, Jill Bayles and Ken Story. "History and Architectural Heritage of White County", (Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 1991)] to a design byCourtney Nichols . It was registered as a Historic Place in 1991. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/AR/White/state3.html 'Arkansas - White County', "National Register of Historic Places"] . Retrieved28 August 2006.]References
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