Henry W. Klotz, Sr.

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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 in Arkansas.

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.[1] He also participated in the family ice delivery business that supplied the town and outlying areas until electricity distribution arrived in 1949.[2]

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.[3]

[edit] House

The house was a Herman Page design ordered from a Sears Roebuck catalogue by Klotz' mother and built in 1921[4] or 1922[5] It was the first Sears Roebuck house to be built in the town and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[6]

[edit] Service station

The service station was built of fieldstone in 1938[7] to a design by Courtney Nichols. It was registered as a Historic Place in 1991.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Penny Warner, 'Russell: Crops, railroad, busy shopping once kept residents hopping', Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, November 14 1999.
  2. ^ Penny Warner, 'Russell: Crops, railroad, busy shopping once kept residents hopping', Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, November 14 1999.
  3. ^ Penny Warner, 'Russell: Crops, railroad, busy shopping once kept residents hopping', Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, November 14 1999.
  4. ^ Steve Mitchell, Jill Bayles and Ken Story. History and Architectural Heritage of White County, (Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 1991)
  5. ^ Penny Warner, 'Russell: Crops, railroad, busy shopping once kept residents hopping', Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, November 14 1999.
  6. ^ 'Arkansas - White County', National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 28 August 2006.
  7. ^ Steve Mitchell, Jill Bayles and Ken Story. History and Architectural Heritage of White County, (Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 1991)
  8. ^ 'Arkansas - White County', National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 28 August 2006.


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