Portrait of Conrad Gerlach
This file appears in: How the Boneyfiddle Got Its Name: Historic Preservation and Economic Redevelopment in a “Land of Good Faith”
Conrad Gerlach operated the Portsmouth Brewery in the 1880s and was the source of the lawsuit that led to the creation of the nickname Boneyfiddle for Portsmouth's old First Ward neighborhood. During a hearing in the Mayor's Court, Gerlach's attorney, H. W. Farnham, questioned whether the public nuisance complaint was "bona fide." The rest, as they say, is history and legend.
This file appears in: How the Boneyfiddle Got Its Name: Historic Preservation and Economic Redevelopment in a “Land of Good Faith”
How the Boneyfiddle Got Its Name: Historic Preservation and Economic Redevelopment in a “Land of Good Faith”
In the spring of 1993, Portsmouth Murals Inc, launched plans for their first mural, a birds-eye-view of Portsmouth in 1903. Imogene Howland chaired the Art Committee, which included Carl Ackerman,…