716 Lexington Avenue
PhotosLegacy VersionGeneral Information
No: 716
Street: Lexington
House Name:
Historic Plaque:
Owner Info: N
Built: 1929
Sec: 22
Subdivision: Sibley
Lot: 47,48, 49, 50
Architect:
Cont/build:
Description:
2 story greatly expanded Traditional, siding, gable
roof. See 1963 newspaper picture for how it looked
originally.
Original Use: Residential
Current Use: Residential
CHANGES:
As Built: N
Added To: Y
Subtracted From: N
Replaced: N
Description Of Changes: Early extensive addition after Kennedy Srs. sold to Heimerdingers and by the time Kennedy Jrs. lived there. 1977 - Paul Kennedy Jr. built a detached garage. Looking at the picture of the house as originally built, it has a twin at 614 Home Avenue.
Shows earliest property ownership records
Stories:
Story 1: 1963 Scrapbook (Miller?) has an exterior picture.Story 2: The Kennedy family lived next door to the Lowry family (712 Lexington) in 1951-2. 714 Lexington had not yet been built.and Paul Kennedy remembers it was a corn field. When the Kennedy fmaily lived there they had 3 children, Gwen, Pat and Paul. The fmaily moved to 616 Yale whan Paul was quite young.
Story 3: Someone said that Faye Corey lived here sometime and that there was a fire in the house. 1943?
Harold "Skip" & Lane Merton's son, Taylor Merton, died 25 Sept 2018. He was 36 years old. His brother and sister-in-law, Adam & Lindsay Merton, live at 724 Elm Avenue in Terrace Park. His obituary will be on file in the Terrace Park Historical Society.