Rettiger Building
308 Cottowood St.
Strong City, Kansas
This building dates from 1886. David Rettiger, a prominent business man and an influential citizen of Strong City, was born in Germany. He invented a stone cutting machine and engaged in stone contracting on a large scale. He built many of the stone buildings at Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, and numerous other Kansas towns, and among his largest contracts were those for furnishing building stone for the Santa Fe Railway Company.
This kit is a representation of the prototype building, but some artistic liberties have been made to adjust for manufacturing techniques, size constraints and additional features to make the kit into a more versatile/useful presentation.