tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057230263597652188.post3447213135447373712..comments2023-10-25T01:17:39.039-04:00Comments on Sippiana Succotash: Batchelder Home -- Lost to the Wrecking BallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057230263597652188.post-13587562664158729312012-07-26T09:56:03.526-04:002012-07-26T09:56:03.526-04:00My husband's family were the last owners to li...My husband's family were the last owners to live in the house. His great-grandfather, Ivo Lea, owned a grocery store on the edge of Lawrence County and several rental properties in town, and bought the Batchelder house when my husband's grandma was in high school.<br />From all accounts, Mr. Ivo Lea was a character, he lived in the house with his wife, Naomi Kleinpeter Lea, children, and mistress. He was also a bit of a drinker, and squandered a good bit of the family money to that aim. After he died, the house got to be too much for Mrs. Naomi. She let her son/wife live on the top floor for awhile, but later decided it was still too much of an expense and traded it to Mr. Harry Pale (sp?) for a smaller house. Mr. Pale tore down the house for its lumber, and, I believe, eventually built some of the houses that are now in the Batchelder subdivision, between N. Jackson and N. Railroad streets.<br /><br />Even though the house was torn down, there is a smaller replica house on the corner of S. Jackson and Natchez....SaraLuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03274465686352832046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057230263597652188.post-29591727815934079412012-07-25T08:36:12.826-04:002012-07-25T08:36:12.826-04:00Do you know why it was torn down? What a shame!Do you know why it was torn down? What a shame!laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16815088163094258335noreply@blogger.com