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Please note: The author of this website is not associated with nor has any contact with the current owners of River Ridge Farm. River Ridge Farm is owned by a religious organization and is not open to the general public. Most of the property lies behind locked gates and is not accessible.
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Dedication This web page is dedicated to Ernesto L. Grandelis, the foreman who built River Ridge and to his family who lived in the farm's Gate House for a generation. |
My name is William L. Passauer. I was born and raised in Oil City, PA near the historic River Ridge Farm where Congressman Joseph C. Sibley lived with his family and where President Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan wrote, "The 14 Points" that helped close World War I. My wife's grandfather, Ernesto L. Grandelis was the foreman responsible for building the mansion in an incredible 7 months. If you read the history of this fine estate and the gentleman who lived here in "Destiny's Gentleman" by Jack Mays, you will agree that the estate should have been preserved as a national treasure instead of being sold and its contents auctioned off to the highest bidder. If you search the internet for anything on the River Ridge Farm, Franklin, PA, you will come up empty--except for this site. It is my hope that these pages will fill that void. Here you will find the results of many years of effort. I am certain that here you will find many images of River Ridge that you have never seen before and information that has remained unknown until now. I hope you will enjoy what you see and read here and will pass its site address on to others. Any site wishing to link to this site may do so without permission. If you have photos, stories, records or other information you wish to share concerning River Ridge, please forward this information to: wpas@verizon.net. Full credit will be provided to the person submitting any used information.
All color images (except those specifically marked) were taken by William L. Passauer.
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William L. Passauer
Centreville, VA