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General Information

No:   618  
Street:    Home   
House Name:     
Historic Plaque:     
Owner Info:   N  
Built:    1961   
Sec:   23  
Subdivision:   C. R. Stuntz's Terrace Park  
Lot:   2, 3, pt 4  
Architect:   Steinkamp & Nordloh  
Cont/build:   Irwin Barber  

Description:    1 1/2 story brick & siding Cape Cod, gable roof.    
Owners:   4F  
Original Use:   Residential  
Current Use:   Residential  

CHANGES:
As Built:   N  
Added To:   Y  
Subtracted From:   N  
Replaced:   N  

Description Of Changes:    1967 - added a 20' x 13' 11 screen porch to the rear of the house (Oliver Cutler, contractor).  

Stories:

Story 1: Built on land sold off of 614 Home by Janet Semple.
Story 2: Robert Eugene Ranseen was born 29 November 1926 and died outside Atlanta GA 5 June 1999, aged 72 years, buried in St. Thomas Church Columbarium, Section 5, Niche 138. Marilyn Ranseen died 2015.
Story 3: Roger and Mary Louise (nee Sanford) Early had two children: Ellen Speidel Johnson and Steve S. Early Sr. (125 Winding Brook). Ellen's first husband was Capt. John Speidel, son of Louis Speidel of Speidel's Garden Center on Rt. 28 in Milford. They both grew up in Milford and graduated from Milford High School. There's an article at TPHS about Capt. John Speidel's rescue in Vietnam of Marvin Duren and Speidel's subsequent death. From 1977-81 Ellen owned 314 Rugby. Later she moved to North Carolina and is married to Randy Johnson, also a Milford High School graduate.
Story 4: Mary Louise Early was born 15 February 1918 and died 2 November 1995, aged 77 years, Craver-Hookom Funeral Home. Roger Early was born 15 October 1916 and died 29 December 2003, aged 87 years, Craver-Riggs Funeral Home. They are both buried in Section 4 of Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford OH.
Story 5: Roger and Mary Louise Early's grandson lived there with Roger when he became ill and stayed after his grandfather's death. When the Corner Barbershop building burned in Milford young Steve Early salvaged stones from an old well underneath the building and is using them to build a wall around a garden outside the porch.