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involving some two hundred thousand
dollars. In 1924 he finished his contract
for erection of the Middletown Silk Com-
pany's new mill—a hundred thousand dollar
undertaking, also the State Trade
School, on Church Street, a handsome and
thoroughly modern structure, and the
contract for the construction of the new
North End School building, on a bid of
$131,193. Among his own enterprises
may be mentioned the erection of a handsome
three-story brick flat-house on
Spring Street, and the recent purchase
of the Douglass homestead on Broad
Street, which he has remodeled, providing
three handsome tenements. In 1921, hav-
ing purchased a tract on the west side of
Prospect Street, he opened a street running
westward from Prospect Street and
rejoining that thoroughfare, forming three
sides of a rectangle and known as Maz-
zotta Place. On this tract he erected the
elegant home of Dr. William E. Wrang.
In 1922-23 he erected for his own family
a beautiful home, which they occupied
July I, 1923. This is one of the finest
private residences in the city, overlooking
the valley of the Sabetha River and the
mountains to the west and southwest.
The first story and chimneys are of native
stone, which was also used in constructing
the fireplace in the parlor; the upper
story is of stucco, and the whole is finely
planned for convenience and beauty, and
its furnishings evince a refined taste.
Among the paintings are marine views,
scenes from American life, some of which
were executed in Rome, and superior
tapestries from the Old World. Its sun
parlor, on the south, is a model of taste
and utility, floored with tiles from the old
custom house and postoffice building of
Middletown, which Mr. Mazzotta demol-
ished. Another relic from the same build-
ing is the flagstaff, which forms one item
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in the tasteful decorations of the home
grounds. The stone work in which it is
set affords a beautiful basin for flowering
plants, and the shrubbery and blooms
working into the decorations are a delight
to the eye.
Blessed with fine native instincts, self-
cultivation has made a gentleman of Mr.
Mazzotta, and his naturally genial disposition
and unvaried upright dealings have
drawn to him many friends, whose esteem
he easily retains. His business reputation
is unsmirched, and he is in a position to
enjoy life's richest blessings. With his
family Mr. Mazzotta worships at St.
John's Roman Catholic Church, and he is
a member of the Knights of Columbus,
Loyal Order of Moose, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, Sons of Italy,
and Italio-American Club. A sound Re-
publican, he was placed in nomination in
1922 for the office of city councilman and,
though he polled the largest vote on his
ticket, he was defeated with the whole
Republican ticket in the landslide of that
year. He was again nominated in 1923
and elected by a large majority, only one
candidate receiving more votes—by a
margin of five. He is a member of the
council committee on streets, and of a
special committee on city and town planning,
being especially fitted for service on
the latter by his fine taste and good judgment.
His public spirit is evidenced by
his offering the use of a tract of land near
Spring Street to the Social Service
League, for use as a public playground.
In 1906 Mr. Mazzotta felt that he had
been sufficiently prospered to assume the
responsibilities of a family and, in Novem-
ber of that year, he revisited the home of
his childhood and was there married,
February 2, 1907, to Angelina DiStefano,
who was born there, March 31, 1887,
daughter of Sebastiano and Anna (Mes-