Dr. Brent Royuk, Dean of Arts and Science at Concordia University here in Seward, presented the program this evening to the Magazine Club. His topic was the history of his family home they have owned here for the past several years. He also has a web site with many old post card pictures of historic Seward subjects. We had met before but really appreciate what he is doing to document some of Seward's history. His house is in the same City Block as our house was on 1st Street. We thought of it as the "Davey Justice" house since they owned it for some time ahead of the "Royuks". The house was built in 1908 as a "Parsonage" for the Congregational Church and utilized by a number on Pastors over several years. Brent has done a tremendous amount of research on-line, through County Records, our City Library, the State Historical Society, etc. He obviously enjoyed getting all the "pieces put together" and telling people about it. While many or even most old houses have a "story", few would have the unique background of this one and an owner with the interest and ability to seek it out.
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