Some of you may know that KPRC placed its first radio transmission station (and tower) on the northeast corner of Highway 90A & Eldridge Boulevard. In fact, the old road that became Eldridge Boulevard was originally known as KPRC Road.
KPRC eventually moved their tower to another location in the 1930s. (I think they may have put a tower on top of The Rice Hotel.) The site of the station became the Weth home. I'm a little confused about this 'transition.' I don't know whether the Weths adapted the station into a home or tore down the original structure to build a new house. Maybe an old-timer will know.
(Update) I got the following note from Barbara Joyce Jones Klahn (SLHS '57) about the Weth house: "I meant to e-mail you when you wondered if Mr. Weth tore down the old KPRC Radio Station or if he lived in it. He lived in the old original building. My husband worked for him in the Engineering Department of Imperial. We went to see him and Mrs. Weth often. Even swam in the swimming pool every summer. I was at the game when we lost Coach Clarkson. If I remember correctly, our class gave a large donation toward the electric score board. H. G. or Leon Anhaiser could properly tell you more on this."
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