|
Diamond Ice Company
 The
Diamond Ice Company was established in 1913 as competition to the
successful Crystal Ice Company located a few blocks north on Houston
Avenue. The company did very well for more than four decades, serving
Denison citizens with cold items before the advent of refrigerators.  Diamond Ice Founded 1913 (Notice the "diamond" shape at the top of the building)  The 1913 Denison City Directory listed the new compamy at 106-108 West Crawford Street.  Diamond Ice 110 West Crawford Street (now Buck's Farm Supply) Note: Knaur-Lindsey grain elevators above (behind) this building photo by Mavis Anne Bryant, ca. 1999 
Officers were
Schuyler C. Knaur, president; E. L.
Green, vice-president; and A. S.
Burrows, secretary-treasurer. In 1917, T.
E. Steen had replaced Green as vice-president. In 1921, a time of
reorganization at Knaur Grain Company next door, John Simon Knaur replaced
Burrows, becoming secretary-treasurer. More reshuffling occurred by 1925 (an
era of economic upheaval in Denison in the wake of the Railroad Strike of
1922), with Schuyler remaining president, John Simon becoming vice-president,
and Mrs. Vergia G. Steele becoming
secretary-treasurer. John Simon Knaur died in 1933, and his widow Grace C. Knaur took his position as vice-president of Diamond Ice Company. In 1940, Mrs. F. Estle Young replaced Steele as secretary-treasurer. This was the last time Diamond Ice was listed in the Denison City Directory. Apparently Schuyler retired by 1946, the year when Grace Knaur died.  In 1942, the Knaurs
sold the company to Community Ice Company of Dallas, which continued operations
for fifteen years before bowing out
In 1953, Martellus Webb had started his firm,
Webb’s Farm Supply, at 100 East Main Street, on the southeast corner of Main
Street and Houston Avenue. In 1956, he was located in the old Texas Electric Railroad
building. That year he purchased the Diamond Ice building and moved his company
into the location at 106 West Crawford Street. Jan Buchanan eventually took over operations, and the name became
Buck’s Farm Supply.  Knaur Family History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
