In 1913, the company Miner & Tull advertised in the Ridgeway Journal that a new subdivision called the Sunnyside Addition had been platted and lots were available for sale. This new addition was located south of Ash Street and east of Main Street and included twelve lots. Two of the lots had already been sold, but the other ten were three acres each. The lots lined a new road named Mulberry Street in keeping with Ridgeway’s tradition of naming streets after trees. The lots were advertised to retiring farmers and renters as a place where one had space to build a “commodious” home and still have a garden and chickens. Buyers could put outbuildings wherever they liked. Lots 11 and 12 had already been purchased by J. D. Tull and W.W. “Bu h” (Bush) and they were preparing to build their new homes. (Ridgeway Journal, Feb 13, 1913). I found two other mentions of the Sunnyside Addition in the Bethany papers. The “Ridgeway News” column announced that Wm. Waddilove had purchased the lot south of Wm Bush (Bethany Republican, Mar 29, 1916). The Ridgeway column in the Bethany Clipper (May 11, 1916) noted that work on his new home was progressing rapidly and the family would soon be able to move in.
