108 Miami Avenue
PhotosLegacy VersionGeneral Information
No: 108
Street: Miami
House Name:
Historic Plaque: N
Owner Info:
Built: 1925/6
Sec: 23
Subdivision: Pattison & Iuen
Lot: Irr Pt lots 33-34-37
Architect:
Cont/build: Fred Strathmann & Sons Builders
Description:
2 story Colonial, frame and cedar shake construction,
gable roof, with additions.
Original Use: Residential
Current Use: Residential
CHANGES:
As Built: N
Added To: Y
Subtracted From: N
Replaced: N
Description Of Changes: 1962 - John G. Smale converted the attached garage to a library (or family room) and added a new 2 car garage. 1971 - Marian Delaplane moved the garage to the rear. 1970s - back lot sold off to Hildbolds to build 212 Cambridge. 2008 - permit to Tiara Properties to add & remodel (Kyle Hinck, architect, Drackett Harth, contractor).
Shows earliest property ownership records
Stories:
Story 1: Ruth Clayton, daughter of Fred Strathmore, says the house was built in 1928-29.Story 2: Dorothy Rixey - daughter of Meyers at 203 Cambridge. Eppa Rixey Jr. - Hall of Fame pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds.(See also Eugene Franklin Bubbles Hargrave at 622 Miami.) Rixey's daughter was Ann Chase Rixey who married J. Sikes. (see more information at 2 Lexington Circle)
Story 3: Relative Helen Christopher (215 Oxford) was flower girl in Eppa and Dot Rixey's wedding.
Story 4: 1963 scrapbook - or perhaps earlier, 2 page article - interior on tour. Rixeys.
Story 5: John Smale - CEO Proctor & Gamble; also led GM overhaul. He was born in Canada in 1927 and died in Cincinnati OH in 2011. His wife, Phyllis, died in 2006.
Story 6: Linda Gislason died 26 October 1977, aged 39 years.
According to the Enquirer, on March 4, 2018 Riley Humler was appraising Rookwood pieces at a Rookwood Pottery Company event. He is "a respected art pottery appraiser from Antiques Roadshow."