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.
David S. MYERS was born July 20, 1938 in Columbia PA. He died suddenly on Monday, January 5, 2026 at the age of 87. His wife, Beverly, died earlier.