710 Floral Avenue
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No: 710
Street: Floral
House Name: James E. Bellville House
Historic Plaque: Y 2008
Owner Info: N
Built: 1892
Sec: 23
Subdivision: J. W. Sibley 2nd TP BL3
Lot: 35-41 pt 42
Architect:
Cont/build:
Description:
Railroad houses were built in the 1890s from blueprints
sold by a Cincinnati architect for $25. All are in Sibley
subdivisions. See 716 Floral Avenue for more building date
explanation. 2 1/2 story Victorian, siding,
gable roof.
Owners: 7
Original Use: Residential
Current Use: Residential
CHANGES:
As Built: N
Added To: Y
Subtracted From: N
Replaced: N
Description Of Changes: 2003 - add garage. Architects +. (Koehler)
Stories:
Story 1: 1909 Williams' Hamilton County Directory lists James E. Bellville (Luella) as a postal clerk. Other Bellvilles listed on Floral are Jas. B. & Rebecca F. Is Rebecca a book keeper (b. k)?Story 2: Other Bellville family information. James E. Bellville is the son (???) of James B. Bellville in Anderson township. Look for James B. in the census.
Story 3: From p. 33/4 of A Place Called Terrace Park - Assuming that perhaps James E. Bellville went by Ed since there was more than one James Bellville - Mrs. Ed Bellville having to take a broom to rout one foraging [Elephent] in the Bellville haymow. (or this may have been next door at 716 Floral)
Story 4: Frances Weatherhead Gerard lived in this house in the 1930s. She was the grandmother of Mary Gerard Cone (222 Oxford) & Nancy Gerard Ricketts (722 Park & 749 Wooster). Their father, Stephen Gerard, who had tuberculosis, lived there with her for a while. Frances Gerard died in 1978.
Story 5: The Gerard family rented a house in Milford in the 1910 census very near the Cornish and Corwin families. The father, Turpin, was the manager of a cigar store.