THE BUCK HOUSE Frank LaVerne Buck was born in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, on December , 1, 1849. He was the son of Joseph M. and Melinda Buck, a farming couple in the district. When the young Buck was 21 he 1 married Ella Potter of Sandwich, Illinois. In 1900 the Bucks came west to California. First arriving in Los Angeles, they - moved on to San Francisco and San Jose before settling in Pacific Grove later in the ·S k R year. Mr. Buck opened a restaurant at 603 t. Lighthouse Avenue. However, his venture was short-lived, and he closed his dining facility in October of 1901. His next business :i.1 enterprise was far more success ful. In December, he .went into partnership with the well-known Monterey Peninsula entrepreneur, :„.......:». T. A. Work, under the title T.A. Work and Company, dealing in "general hardware, lumber, hay, feed, flour, and wood." -- Be it illid 'ill,IE. The business office was in the 200 block of Forest Avenue, across from the Pacific Grove Review. F. L. Buck was the first president of the Pacific Grove Board of Trade, and fought hard that year to develop electric street lighting for the community, as well as a permanent city hall (temporary quarters for city government were at 169 Fountain). He participated in fraternal activities with Pacific Grove Lodge #331 of the F. & A. M., and was a leading member of the congregation of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Lighthouse Road and Seventeenth Street. With this active schedule he still made time to see to a proper home for himself and his wife. On October 1, 1904, the Pacific Grove Review reported that: t. IIi L.. 4, ... '0. . .1. 1 ....lk#*41*As 3% 1. 1915 photo Courtesy of California Historical Society continued on page 4 4 , OCR Text: THE BUCK HOUSE Frank LaVerne Buck was born in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, on December , 1, 1849. He was the son of Joseph M. and Melinda Buck, a farming couple in the district. When the young Buck was 21 he 1 married Ella Potter of Sandwich, Illinois. In 1900 the Bucks came west to California. First arriving in Los Angeles, they - moved on to San Francisco and San Jose before settling in Pacific Grove later in the ·S k R year. Mr. Buck opened a restaurant at 603 t. Lighthouse Avenue. However, his venture was short-lived, and he closed his dining facility in October of 1901. His next business :i.1 enterprise was far more success ful. In December, he .went into partnership with the well-known Monterey Peninsula entrepreneur, :„.......:». T. A. Work, under the title T.A. Work and Company, dealing in "general hardware, lumber, hay, feed, flour, and wood." -- Be it illid 'ill,IE. The business office was in the 200 block of Forest Avenue, across from the Pacific Grove Review. F. L. Buck was the first president of the Pacific Grove Board of Trade, and fought hard that year to develop electric street lighting for the community, as well as a permanent city hall (temporary quarters for city government were at 169 Fountain). He participated in fraternal activities with Pacific Grove Lodge #331 of the F. & A. M., and was a leading member of the congregation of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Lighthouse Road and Seventeenth Street. With this active schedule he still made time to see to a proper home for himself and his wife. On October 1, 1904, the Pacific Grove Review reported that: t. IIi L.. 4, ... '0. . .1. 1 ....lk#*41*As 3% 1. 1915 photo Courtesy of California Historical Society continued on page 4 4 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Historic Properties of Pacific Grove,Pine,581 Pine,581 PINE AVE_010.pdf,581 PINE AVE_010.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: 581 PINE AVE_010.PDF, 581 PINE AVE_010.pdf 1 Page 1