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Getto Block Building; Wichita, KS
Photo of the Getto Block Building at 235 N. Main erected for Peter Getto by William Henry Sternberg (1832 - 1906). This structure was erected in 1886 at a cost of $42,000. Peter Getto (a German immigrant) was involved in several businesses from wholesale groceries and wholesale tobacco to boots and shoes and bottled mineral water. In addition to this structure here which Sternberg erected, Peter Getto also had Sternberg design and build a nice two-story home at 255 N. Water. That home is no longer standing. Photos of the Getto home will be posted to this Photostream. The Getto Block Building (image above) is also no longer standing - destroyed by fire in 1923 which took the lives of nine persons.
Getto Block Building; Wichita, KS
Photo of the Getto Block Building at 235 N. Main erected for Peter Getto by William Henry Sternberg (1832 - 1906). This structure was erected in 1886 at a cost of $42,000. Peter Getto (a German immigrant) was involved in several businesses from wholesale groceries and wholesale tobacco to boots and shoes and bottled mineral water. In addition to this structure here which Sternberg erected, Peter Getto also had Sternberg design and build a nice two-story home at 255 N. Water. That home is no longer standing. Photos of the Getto home will be posted to this Photostream. The Getto Block Building (image above) is also no longer standing - destroyed by fire in 1923 which took the lives of nine persons.