Welcome to the neighborhood

We are Mr. and Mrs. Pollen and we live on Rose Street.  The listing for our home includes, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, .13 acres and 1,664 square feet.  The current structure was built in 1918, but the history goes back further.  

A house on our plot can be found on fire insurance maps from 1903. Thea year 1909 is the first record of a resident at 1334 Rose. Christopher and Carlne Schavland and their son, Oscar, lived at our address. Christopher moved to Lincoln from Indiana and eventually served in State government.  Sadly, on May 17th of 1909, our property saw its first funeral. C. Schavland was hit and killed by a car. He was just 42 years old. The guilty party, Floyd Rawlings, claimed bankruptcy and never did pay restitution to widow Schavland for her husband’s wrongful death. Schavland’s viewing took place at his home. His grave stone can still be found at Wyuka Cemetery.  

In 1910, our address saw happier days as a Valentine’s Day Kensington (Pot-Luck) and wedding was hosted. For the next few years, it appears the property was a boarding house having various inhabitants, including the widow Schavland, and several members of the Sanden family. A child, Dels Crawford, was a writing contest finalist in 1911. In 1910 and 1911 there were reports of fires at 1334 Rose, the first caused by an electrical storm and the later, a “box” fire. It may be that the damage led to the current structure being built in 1918.

In the 1920’s the Yeck Family lived, married and died in the home. From an advertisement in 1934, one can learn that Flossie Yeck held a public auction of items from the home including “Sour Kraut!” It was “For Rent” in June of 1934. By 1935 Mrs. Sol Eckley was ready to present her new home to the Prosperity Thimble Club with a house-warming. The following years the home was used for a Halloween party, Art Clubs and Charity Rebecka meetings. In February of 1945, help was wanted in caring for two ailing women. I assume the upkeep of the many stairs were too much for the ladies and in April 18th 1946 the house was put up for auction by relator, Laura B. Wood. 

Notable events involving the residence in the more recent years include: the 1958 death of Larry L. Aichele, 17, when the brakes failed on his car, the selling of “ranges” from the home in 1962 and Susan Horbatko winning IGA foods “Bingo Bucks” in 1977. Through the century, 1334 has seen its share of deaths and weddings, but I have found no newspaper records of births in the home.

1334 Rose functioned for over 100 years with only 1 bathroom. A remodel done in 2017 switched the direction of the basement stairs and made a powder room under the upper staircase. Beautiful wood carved finishes, banisters and columns can be seen directly as you enter the front door. In January 2022 a group of film students from UNL used our home as the set for their production of a short film. The walk-up attic was turned into a science lab. The kitchen and dining room were used for domestic scenes. 

The only “old” items we have found in the home are a star-shaped drawer pull under the attic floor boards and some hardware for drying laundry in the basement. There is lots of room to expand, and we have dreams of finishing the basement and walk-up attic, as well as adding a mud room out the back. We hope to live here until we too, pass away with-in its historical walls.