611 Myrtle Avenue
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No: 611
Street: Myrtle
House Name:
Historic Plaque:
Owner Info: Y
Built: 1948-9
Sec: 23
Subdivision: C. R Stuntz
Lot: 15-16
Architect: Wilbur M. Firth (Oakley)
Cont/build: Robert J. Kramer?
Description:
1 story brick & siding Colonial
Ranch, hip roof - no outbuildings. Architect designed/individually
built. Flagstone and wood shake/shingle.
Owners: 3F
Original Use: Residential
Current Use: Residential
CHANGES:
As Built: N
Added To: Y
Subtracted From: N
Replaced: N
Description Of Changes: 1996 - permit for Richard & Dale Johnsen to make an addition.
Stories:
Story 1: Dale Sonntag moved to Terrace Park in 1943 with her parents and sister, Dorothy. They lived at 712 Lexington and 726 Floral before building and moving here. She reports the information below about her parents and sister.Story 2: Dale Sonntag Johnsen reports the following about her husband Richard: He is also a Ph. D. and taught thermodynamics at the University of Michigan and was Head of the Graduate Engineering School there. He is the author of 10 engineering books 1 of which is considered the Bible of thermodynamics. His books have been translated into 14 languages. He was an advisor/consultant to NASA in its early years.
Story 3: Edwin J. Sonntag died September 2, 1970. Edna Marie Sonntag was born 16 November 1896 and died 13 March 1989, aged 92 years, buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago IL. Dorothy died but we don't know when.