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811 Myrtle Avenue

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General Information

No:   811  
Street:    Myrtle   
House Name:     
Historic Plaque:     
Owner Info:   N  
Built:    1939   
Sec:   22  
Subdivision:   Sibley's 2nd BL4  
Lot:   16-19  
Architect:     
Cont/build:   Horton  

Description:    Originally a small clapboard 5 room 1 floor house similar to a Cape Cod except for window placement, gable roof: living room, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, 3 bedrooms and vanitory bath with 2 car garage and patio.  Now greatly expanded & 2 story.  See additions above.   Information in the Terrace Park Garden Club Home Tour 2000 ticket booklet says house was "originally built in 1935  as a two-bedroom cottage". (?)  Building date is not clear - 1935, 1939 or 1941? (see deeds).  Needs more research.    
Owners:     
Original Use:   Residential  
Current Use:   Residential  

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

Description Of Changes:    Prior to 1964 - large bedroom added to the back of the house (family room in 2000). 1976 or 78 - Eugene Desvernine remodeled and made a 2 story addition on the north side of the original house. 2002 - permit for Val & Jeff Arington to renovate the existing house - master suite, new patio and driveway, new garage/accessory building behind (JFP construction, John Wallis, architect).2010 permit for Porch Addition by Housley for Arington.  

Stories:

Story 1: Black and white picture of house as similar to a Cape Cod is in the TP Historical Society house file.
Story 2: The Jeff and Valerie Arington home was on the 2000 Sunday December 3 Terrace Park Garden Club Home Tour. Homes were open 1-5 PM. The Community House was open from 12-5 PM for Holiday Fair. refreshments, ticket sales and restrooms. Proceeds were used to continue the beautification of our village.
Story 3: When for sale in 2015: 5 bedrooms & 5,5 baths.