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1400 Whittier

The first photo is from 2002. The second photo is from 2025.

1400 Whittier

Previous house number was 1336

FIRST LISTED IN CITY DIRECTORY : 1904

RESIDENTS

1904-1905      no listing

1905-1908      P. E. Brady

1909-1910      A. B. Garber

1911-1912      J. A. Lindquist

1913               L. A. Patch

1914-1918      Carl D. Franke

1919-1944      John M. McCoy

1946-1968      Charles G. Briggle, Jr.

1970-1976      Joseph L. Voss

1977-1980      James Handley

1983-2000      William W. Skinner

2000                Jim L. Patton

2001-2009       Dale E. Yutzy

2009-2021       Jeffrey & Suzanne Clines

2021 –              Matthew J. Scherer & Caitlin Helton Scherer

This photo is from 1913 showing two women hanging out laundry at 1400 Whittier. What is interesting here, it is the home of the Franke family who established Paris Cleaners.
This is a view of the 1300 block on the east side of Whittier Ave. The house on the far right is 1400 Whittier, circa 1945, courtesy of SVC, Lincoln Library.
The five houses are 1320, 1322, 1330, 1334 and 1400 Whittier circa 1914, courtesy of SVC, Lincoln Library.
Members of the Franke family of 1600 Whittier sit on their front porch, circa 1915.
Charles Briggle, Jr. (1911-2001 ) grew up in 1605 Lowell.
He raised his family at 1400 Whittier.

For more information, see the newsletter for March 2006 and December 2009.