First time visitors to my new North Union Street living quarters, ask if any thing existed on the nearby vacant lot at N. Union and North Streets. There was. It was the residence of Thomas N. Long and built in the mid 1870s. In 1918, the Long Estate sold it to Bundy & Winifred French. French, it should be noted was the Lassen County Courthouse Janitor for decades, which was a appointed position by the Lassen County Board of Supervisors.

In 1976, Winnie French sold the property. The residence and native stone garage was torn down in October 1977 and plans were for an apartment complex on the site that that never materialized.

Tim