Division Street

Gottfried Schock (later spelled both Godfrey and Godfried) was trained as a stone mason in Germany before his immigration to Kelleys Island in 1918. Though at first he worked in his cousins' vineyards, within a short time he employed his masonry skills both on the Island and the mainland. On Kelleys, he built the kitchen and dormitory buildings at the Kelley Mansion, the War Memorial in the Village Park, and five fine Island houses, including his own on Division Street. In addition in his forty-five year active career he built two churches (one in Marblehead and one in Detroit) and constructed countless decorative and functional stone structures, ranging from fireplaces, steps, walls, etc. his. artistic skills are nowhere more apparent than demonstrated in his own home and the house next door to the south, built in 1937 entirely from local stone.

Since Godfried Schock's death in 1990, his house has been the home of his descendants.

   
From Kelleys Island, A Tour Guide