Fiegenbaum Home
Douthit Road Farm
Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
The farm was first owned by Martin Herman and Clara Louise (Drewel) Fiegenbaum. Martin and his brothers, John Henry and Edwin Friederich, built the house in the early to middle 1920s with $400 worth of used lumber purchased in Kansas City, Missouri.
About 1935, Martin and Clara moved to the nearby town of Higginsville, where Martin ran the Missouri Farmers Association (MFA) oil franchise.
John Henry and Katherine Margarete (Maun) Fiegenbaum and their children moved into the house around 1936. Electricity was brought in around 1940.
In the 1950s, the house became the home of Henry Martin (son of John and Katie Fiegenbaum) and Mary Ellen (Schmutz) Fiegenbaum and their family.
Sometime later, Henry and Mary built a brand new house a short distance south (to the left in the photo) of this structure and the old home was torn down.
More Photos
- Martin Herman and Clara Louise (Drewel) Fiegenbaum
- John Henry and Katherine Margarete (Maun) Fiegenbaum family
- Edwin Friederich and Lucille Marie Caroline (Rinne) Fiegenbaum family
- Henry Martin and Mary Ellen (Schmutz) Fiegenbaum family
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