Joseph and Margarete's blended family of Schmitts and Fridriches was for decades a closely knit one. After their sons grew up and married, four of the six built or bought houses of their own on China Street, which became Elvira Street in 1905, and West 37th in the 1940s. This house at 2194 West 37th Street, which is still standing, was built for Joseph W. Fridrich in circa 1892. He lived in the house until his death in 1932, and after his death the house remained in the Fridrich family for another 42 years before it was sold in 1974. Next door at 2200 West 37th street--a house no longer standing-- lived his brother, and former business partner, August Schmitt, who also lived on the street until his death, which occurred in 1938. August's two daughters, Ida and Margarete, continued to live in their father's house until the last of the two died in 1975.
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