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629 Lexington Avenue

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General Information

No:   629  
Street:   Lexington  
House Name:   L. B. Ryan House  
Historic Plaque:   Y 2008  
Owner Info:   N  
Built:   1910  
Sec:   23  
Subdivision:   Sibley  
Lot:   1-5, pt 6  
Architect:   James G. Hill ?  
Cont/build:     

Description:    3 story square, stucco, historic Italianate with original flat roof changed to truncated hip roof.  1997 description (before Hawk addition) as 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, unfinished 3rd floor, screen porch;  large rooms.    
Original Use:   Residential  
Current Use:   Residential  

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

Description Of Changes:   1975 - addition for Robert Payne. 1997 permit for Don Hawk to build a large addition: eat in kitchen, mud room, laundry, master bedroom with bath and closets. Remodeling to open up space in home (Joel Bruckner, contractor).  
Deeds
Shows earliest property ownership records

Stories:

Story 1: According to census records Lester B. Ryan and family lived on Park Avenue before moving to 629 Lexington Avenue. Lester & Nannie had been married 3 years and had a 2 year old son. He was 30; she was 25. Lester was a Merchant Tailor. His 45 year old brother also lived with them and was a Machinist (Laundry Machines).
Story 2: Evidently Becky & Henrietta (Reibel) Ryan lived here c. 1925 according to a picture given to the Terrace Park Garden Club for the celebration May 2, 1995 of the Club's 75th Anniversary.
Story 3: Chapmans connected to Loring Andrews. (not Chapman/Conkling family)
Story 4: Jack Hudnall died in 1984. Doris Hudnall died October 21, 2002,