Stories:

Story 1: H. Beck's store was on this corner at the turn of the century. A cellar hole remained on the site for a number of years following a fire. Council pressured the landlord to fence the hole as it was a hazard to children passing by on their way to school. From the deeds we know that H. M. Beck made his purchase from James W. Sibley for a store on the 19th of August 1891. He sold it to Frznziska Tillner in 1897. It was sold to Elizabth Krusling in 1909. She held the land until 1927 when it was sold to the Terrace Park Building and Loan. When the fire occurred and the original store building was torn down is not know at this time.
Story 2: Mat Meldon was a Cincinnati detective and known as quite a dresser. He was the 1st owner of the present house.
Story 3: Joe E. Smeltzer was assistant minister at the Mariemont Community Church. The deeds show that the Smeltzers owned the house but after them the church owned it and others rented it.
Story 4: There are deeds relating to this house in the Building Survey file in the T. P. Historical Society archives. There is also information concerning the vacating of an alley, which ran from Amherst S to the end of Sibley's 4th subdivision. 15 ft. - by ordinance 6, 1949.

Story 5: Information about Esther E. M. Power written by Carol Cronk Cole for the Tracker Fall 2007.
Esther Hobson Moore Power was born 12 November 1924 and died 3 April 2024 at 99 years. She would have had her 100th birthday in November 2024.