Terrace Park Building Survey

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716 Floral Avenue

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General Information

No:   716  
Street:   Floral  
House Name:   Fannie R. Bellville House  
Historic Plaque:   2008  
Owner Info:   N  
Built:   1892/1923  
Sec:   22/3  
Subdivision:   J. W. Sibley 2nd TP BL3  
Lot:   43 thru 47 pt 42  
Architect:     
Cont/build:     

Description:    Originally a "Railroad House", very similar the 710 next door.  "Remodeled" (mostly taken down and rebuilt) to its present Greek Revival style in 1923.  Now a 2 1/2 story Greek Revival home, siding, gable with 3 front dormers.    
Owners:   6?  
Original Use:   Residential  
Current Use:   Residential  

CHANGES:
As Built:   N  
Added To:   Y  
Subtracted From:   Y  
Replaced:   Style totally changed in 1923 (see Description). 2008 - permit to Todd Motto for an addition and remodel (Architects Plus, Michaelson Homes, contractor).  

Description Of Changes:     

Stories:

Story 1: 3 possible dates of building 1892, 1900 (Hamilton Co Auditor), 1904. I believe the 1892 date is correct because the house was occupied by a Bellville family (Fannie R. Bellville) in the 1900 Census. The deeds also show a mortgage in 1891 ready to build a house, finished in 1892.
Story 2: It looks as if it must have been Linda H. Beaman and her husband who totally remodeled this home and then lost it after the stock market crash and into the Depression.

Story 3: Home owned (1941-46) by the Greene family, owners of the Delta Queen, Greene Line Steamers. Tom & Letha Greene.
Thomas Rea Greene, Jr. was born into the Greene Line steamer family on February 4, 1938. He was the son of a Cincinnati steamboat captain and a West Virginia mountain girl. He began his career in art and illustration as a child: At Terrace Park Elementary School, Tom created a pencil drawing of a tree. He received recognition for the illustration; being called to the principal's office to receive the dollar prize. He died July 29, 2024. (info from his obituary)


Story 4: Jim & Soap Parker III bought the Great House at 716 Floral in early spring 1946. There they raised Jim IV Jake (b. 1942) & Bill (b. 1945). Does anyone know who gave the house this nickname?
Story 5: 1969 scrapbook - interior and exterior photos.
Story 6: Frederick T. Graumlich was born in Toledo, Lucas OH 27 Sep 1931 and died in Cincinnati, Hamilton OH 8 Jun 2000.
Story 7: This house and garden were featured several times during the time Claudette and Fred Graumlich owned it.
Story 8: This house is on the 17 October 2010 T P Historical Society House Tour, The White House Tour.

Story 9:  "Tracy and Todd Motto, 716 Floral Avenue.  Nicknamed The Great House by an early owner, this home was built in 1892 as a railroad house but restyled with Greek Revival features in 1923.  The Greene Family, who owned the Delta Queen riverboat, once resided here.  Its current owners have restored it to a home fitting of its ages-old nickname.  This house has been painted white inside and out for a striking decorative finish."