Bierwirth Family Tree
The Otto Bierwirth Family
Otto's Projects
Otto's reputation as a "jack-of-all trades" builder and an
exacting finish carpenter was well known throughout the eastern Rensselaer
County towns of New York State. In his younger years he worked on the
construction of "the Trail," that twisting section of Route
2 between Troy and Williamstown, Mass. winding up to the top of Petersburgh
Pass from the Little Hoosick River valley below. When the family was
living in Troy for a while, he drove the "Black Horse Ale"
trucks on a circuit from Albany to Montreal for the George B. Lee Trucking
Company. During the World War II years he rode a motor pool daily from
Hoosick Falls to the Watervliet Arsenal which manufactered munitions
for the war effort.
But his real love was in the carpentry projects that he completed
for many homeowners in the area. His craftmanship reached a zenith in
the building of the Assembly of God Church in North Hoosick (now the
Cornerstone Fellowship), in which he played a major role and was justifiably
proud. Here is a list, probably by no means complete and in no particular
order, of some of those many projects:
Ruth and Chuck O'Neill, Willow St., Hoosick Falls
- remodeled downstairs, built new kitchen
Paul Warfield house, Shaftsbury, Vt.
- started slab & built the whole house: 2-1/2 months
Joe Neadeau, No. Bennington, Vt.
- built cinder block office and showroom
- put foundation under barn & repaired bellied roof
Albany Felt Co. factory building
Stanley Ford house, Ashworth barn
- for Jack Laplan
"Undergarment" factory building, Hoosick Falls, NY
- worked throughout building for Style Smith
Power's Market, No. Bennington, Vt.
-built porch over round front brick columns, and built apartments
Lawrence Powers house, No. Bennington, Vt.
- worked on house from ground up
Ed White residence, No. Bennington, Vt.
- built sun porch and installed flagstone floor
Ernest Cornwaithe house, Grafton, NY
- built house from foundation up
John Johanneson, Cambridge, NY
- built kitchen
George McKearin, Sr., Hoosick Falls,
NY
- remodeling and assistance to the noted expert on Corning glassware
and antique collector at his Hoosick Falls residence on Parsons Ave.
Paul Grogan
- bookcases to match existing woodwork
Hoosac School, Hoosick, NY
- worked with contractor Jim Frost's father on
building and remodeling on the private school's campus
Raymond and Helen Jones house, Hoosick Falls, NY
- remodeling
Harold and Bessie Cutler house, Hoosick Falls, NY
- remodeling to their house and little house next door
Charles Summers, W. Grafton, NY
- built kitchens
Sherman and Emma Jane Cottrell house, Hoosick Falls, NY
- remodeling
Ernest and Esther Tilley house, Hoosick, NY
-remodeling
Walter Winnie house, Hoosick, NY
- remodeling
Fred Corliss house, Grandview St., Bennington, Vt.
- basement, attic, and front porch
Clarence and Henrietta Thomas house, Petersburgh, NY
- built kitchen
Mountaintop House, Grafton, NY
- old icehouse shed was built onto house; cut roof off,
jacked up shed, and built bedrooms upstairs.
Ralph Morrison
- built kitchen in woodshed
"Doc" and Nellie Armstrong house, Bennington, Vt.
- built sun porch, office, made casement windows,
and hardwood floor in bedrooms and halls
Jack Simmons, Main St., Bennington, Vt.
- remodeling, built a stairway, changed rooms, etc.
Castle House, Berlin, NY
Quackenbush house, Parsons & Snow, Hoosick Falls, NY
Fred Peters house, Parsons Ave., Hoosick Falls, NY
Guidon place, Johnson Hill Rd., Hoosick Falls, NY
Monahan house, Hoosick Falls, NY
Frank Church family house, Petersburgh, NY
- remodeling
Green's Evergreen Farm house, No. Petersburgh, NY
- remodeling
Assembly of God Church building, Hoosick Falls, NY
- construction and finishing
Bierwirth family house, 18 Rensselaer St., Hoosick Falls, NY
- complete remodeling, built 2-1/2 car 2-story garage with workshop,
and 16' home-made travel trailer
Bierwirth family house, Hudson, Florida
- built house and separate apartment
"The Bierwirth
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©2002 by Daniel J. Bornt,
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