Philip Preisach arrived in Lawrence within its first decade of existence. He was a woodworker trained in the traditional German craft before his arrival here. He established a furniture business producing "furniture, office desks, and bookcases" on Massachusetts Street sometime before Quantrill's Raid. It was located at 33 Massachusetts under the name of Preisach and Stick, according to the 1865 city business directory. By 1875 the address was given as 187 Massachusetts, under the same name. By 1885 the new numbering system had been adopted, and the businness' address was 943 Massachusetts. After he died in 1891, his business was taken over by a son or son-in-law. Later, a neighboring furniture business belonging to F. Ecke assumed the 943 Massachusetts location.

This is photo 2F of the Turnverein Composite.