803 Floral Avenue

Description:

2 story stucco"International Style" house with Art Deco details, flat roof. "Waylite" block. Plans by original owner. Interior woodwork crafted by original owner. According to Carol Hird the house was designed and constructed by and for the Hopkins. All available information points to this being correct and no other family having been involved.

Story 1:

From looking at census and deed information: Myrtle A. Hopkins bought lots 1 & 2 of Sibley's 2nd BL6, 12 May 1910 from Jessie E. Reason. She sold it in 1935 to Donald Hopkins. Myrtle A. & Donald E. Hopkins appear to be sister and brother, children of Elisha and Laura Hopkins. In 1910 Myrtle was 20 years old and Donald was 18 years old. In 1930 they are living together in Cincinnati OH with their nephew John Moore and niece Katherine Moore. Is that the same Moore family at 115 Red Bird Lane? To date there is no known relationship.

Story 2:	One of the few residences in "International Style" in Cincinnati. There was another in Terrace Park (323 Harvard - picture in TP Historical Society file) but it was torn down in 1999.
Story 3:	An article dealing with International architectural style appeared in the Feb/Mar 2010 issue of "Housetrends greater Cincinnati". The article is based on A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia and Lee McAlester. "In 1932, America was introduced to the International style by a seminal exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art: "The International style: Architecture Since 1922" that identified and defined the major architectural style born of the Modern concepts that evolved in the 1920s and 30s. The main tenets of the International architectural style (which was based in large part on the Bauhaus philosophy) included radical simplification of form, lack of ornamentation and rejection of historical reference, use of concrete, steel and glass building materials and functionalism. (Functionalism emphasized an "honest" of "transparent" expression in the design of the structure, believing the design elements that served its occupants should not be disguised with useless decoration). Architects Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius were the trendsetters. The International style has had lasting impact on commercial and residential architecture in the United States".
Story 4:	For many years the basement of this house was where much of the work for the St. Thomas Bazaar was done under the direction of Mrs. Hopkins.
Story 5:	Edna Hopkins - president TP Garden Club 1955-56 & 1952-53.

1939 Map:	? but name not clear if there
1942 Map:	Donald Hopkins & Mrs. Anna Schwein
1951/3 Map:	Donald Hopkins
1959-78 Directories:	Donald & Edna Hopkins
1980-2009 Directories:	Richard & Carol Hird
2011-12 Directories:	Alison & Christopher Webster (Alison is Babe Mercer's granddaughter, Ellie Block's daughter - 404 Miami)

Current Owner: Christopher Webster	Date Fr: 2011	Date To:
Original Owner: Name not known or whether he actually lived here. (See description & deeds) ???	Date Fr:	Date To:
Owner 1: Donald E. & Edna M. Hopkins (original occupants?)	Date Fr 1: 1935	Date To 1: 1978
Owner 2: Richard & Carol R. Hird (later just Carol)	Date Fr 2: 1978	Date To 2: 2011
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Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey