Mech (John) Palumbo at nine years old, Palumbo apprenticed as a stonecutter and carver near Castel San Giorgio in the Campania Region of southern Italy. In 1902, at age 16 and penniless, he began work in Pennsylvania for Consolidated Coal Company, which had paid his fare to America. He thought that Letcher county was similar to their home in Calibrian Mountains of southern Italy and both regions had a coal mining industry.
In 1913 after making a little money, John Palumbo, Sr. bought a hillside lot next ot Policetti's home overlooking Whitesburg and began "building a house that would last forever". His final design was a 10 room, tilek-roofed masonry house with two chimneys and a kitchen flue to accommodate a "cook stove." It had indoor plumbing which was unheard of in those days.
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Deborah Adams Cooper
In 1913 after making a little money, John Palumbo, Sr. bought a hillside lot next ot Policetti's home overlooking Whitesburg and began "building a house that would last forever". His final design was a 10 room, tilek-roofed masonry house with two chimneys and a kitchen flue to accommodate a "cook stove." It had indoor plumbing which was unheard of in those days.
Images of America Letcher County, Ky
Deborah Adams Cooper
Mech (John) Palumbo at nine years old, Palumbo apprenticed as a stonecutter and carver near Castel San Giorgio in the Campania Region of southern Italy. In 1902, at age 16 and penniless, he began work in Pennsylvania for Consolidated Coal Company, which had paid his fare to America. He thought that Letcher county was similar to their home in Calibrian Mountains of southern Italy and both regions had a coal mining industry.
In 1913 after making a little money, John Palumbo, Sr. bought a hillside lot next ot Policetti's home overlooking Whitesburg and began "building a house that would last forever". His final design was a 10 room, tilek-roofed masonry house with two chimneys and a kitchen flue to accommodate a "cook stove." It had indoor plumbing which was unheard of in those days.
Images of America Letcher County, Ky
Deborah Adams Cooper
In 1913 after making a little money, John Palumbo, Sr. bought a hillside lot next ot Policetti's home overlooking Whitesburg and began "building a house that would last forever". His final design was a 10 room, tilek-roofed masonry house with two chimneys and a kitchen flue to accommodate a "cook stove." It had indoor plumbing which was unheard of in those days.
Images of America Letcher County, Ky
Deborah Adams Cooper
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