He thought this granite was real nice and he decided they were going to move up here from West Virginia.” “I heard my great-grandfather came up here just looking around, and he found some granite,” Walker, 62, explained. Walker’s family were among the early settlers in Seisholtzville. Griffith was the first Seisholtzville postmaster. “The office closed due to the establishment of Rural Free Delivery, mail to your door,” Meiser said. The village did have its own post office from Nov. The properties in Seisholtzville actually have Macungie addresses even though they are in Berks. “We sort of grab people from Macungie (in Lehigh County), which has exploded in population,” Moore said. People keep coming back because they like the service.” We do reasonable pricing and we get things done. “And the people like it because it’s a country setting, it’s not like having to go to the big dealers. “We’re quite busy all the time,” Walker said. John Walker, a mechanic at Moll’s for the past three years and one of Moore’s auto buddies, says the business has been very successful. A nearby auto body shop was used by the garage starting in 2014 and was later purchased. They expanded the number of bays the garage had and kept the name Moll’s Garage. He and several others became friends as they nurtured their love of cars in the Pottstown and Boyertown areas. Moore said Brehaut was about 16 years older than him when they became business partners. 28, 2013, and the property is currently owned by Moore through 2936 Seisholtzville Road LLC. on May 11, 1984, according to deed records.īrehaut died Dec. They sold it to business partners Joseph S. The property was sold to his son and daughter-in-law, John R. On the original hotel site at 2936 Seisholtzville Road, Ralph Moll built a two-bay automotive garage around 1946. Today the Savory Grille operates on the property at 2934 Seisholtzville Road. Property records show Kovacs and his wife, Irene, purchased the property from the Oris on May 16, 1950. Kovacs operated the New Seisholtzville Hotel at that location from 1946 to 1986. The Meisers’ Volume 19 of “The Passing Scene” says Gabriel F. 26, 1944, and sold a 3-acre portion to Charles and Anna Ori on Nov. The Pickils had subdivided the hotel property on Aug. “This conveyance is made under precise conditions that no hotel nor restaurant establishment will be conducted upon these premises.” and Margaret Moll with an interesting deed covenant, or condition. 16, 1946, the Pickils would sell the portion of the property where the hotel stood to Ralph E. ![]() Nick Pickil had owned the hotel since 1928, when Minerva A. ![]() The owners then were Nick and Tesie (also spelled Tessie) Pickil according to deed records. The war took place from 1754 to 1763, but the hotel’s existence then is debated in Volume 19 of “The Passing Scene,” written by Meiser and his wife, Gloria Jean.Īlso according to “The Passing Scene,” the Seisholtzville Hotel burned to the foundation on Dec. “The building is an old stone structure erected during the French and Indian War,” Montgomery continued. Wert, according to Berks County deed records. ![]() The property remained in Charles Gery’s name until 1921, when Erwin, listed as executor of Charles’ will, sold it to Eli M. Erwin Gery took charge of the hotel March 27, 1877, according to Montgomery.
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