622 Myrtle Avenue
PhotosLegacy VersionGeneral Information
No: 622
Street: Myrtle
House Name: Stuntz Carriage House
Historic Plaque:
Owner Info: N
Built: 1890
Sec: 23
Subdivision: C. R Stuntz's Terrace Park
Lot: Pt 1
Architect:
Cont/build:
Description:
1 story, siding , gable roof.
Originally a carriage house or barn for 625
Elm, the "Stuntz House" (See story 2). People also remember horses in this area. Jack Baxter's
probably about 5 year old daughter from next door (603
Home) once watched a calf being born .
Owners: 8?
Original Use: Barn or carriage house to Stuntz' house (625 Elm).
Current Use: Residential
CHANGES:
As Built: N
Added To: Y
Subtracted From: N
Replaced: N
Description Of Changes: According to Nancy Thomsen Cook - Jerry Morgan did the original remodeling to the carriage house to make it into a home. The Thomsens did the major work. 1965 - Carl Thompson made a 15' x 6' addition to the rear. 1966 - addeda 22'6 x 19' living room to the side of the building (John Heisler, contractor). 1979 - Paul Weston added a family room and enlarged thekitchen and bath.
Stories:
Story_1: The Morgans were the ones who converted this carriage house for the Stuntz property (625 Elm Avenue) into a home. The family consisted of the parents, Jerome G. & Harriet J. Morgan (also called Jerry), and their 2 sons, Doug & Jerry. The mother, also called Jerry, was very big in real estate, according to Linda Busken Jergens, one of the first women to be successful. The father worked for a zipper factory, which explains why young Jerry was sometime called Zip.Story_2: 1978 Whittaker to Weston lots 119, 120, 1/2 111(?)
Story_3: After 1945 Carl and Alice Mitchell (see 624 Yale for Mitchell) Thomsen made more extensive changes to the house. The Robinson Circus elephant house was also underground for heat in the winter and cool in the summer.
Story_4: Alice Thomsen died 8 August 2007.
Story_5: Buz Ecker's mother, Margaret Pyne Ecker, died 19 May 2015 aged 91 years. She was a graduate of Highlands High School and UC School of Nursing. Buz Ecker's father, David S. Ecker, died March 4, 2017 (?), aged 92 years.