203 Stanton Avenue
PhotosLegacy VersionGeneral Information
No: 203
Street: Stanton
House Name: A Railroad House
Historic Plaque:
Owner Info: N
Built: 1895
Sec: 22
Subdivision: Sibley's 2nd BL 10
Lot: 6-11
Architect:
Cont/build:
Description:
2 story Victorian, siding, gable roof. There
have been many additions made but evidently not recently because we have no
record of them. Was this house a so-called Railroad House but not
built in a cruciform pattern like 315 Amherst?
Owners: more than 7
Original Use: Residential
Current Use: Residential
CHANGES:
As Built: N
Added To: Y
Subtracted From: N
Replaced: N
Description Of Changes: 1976 - Ray Seiter Jr. removed the existing rear porch and erected a new 12'8 x 20' one. 2004 permit for Gary Coyne to replace detached garage with a new 2 car garage & attic - Villas Construction.
Stories:
Story 1: According to Caroline Meurer Burger (also in Census) who lived across the street, the Stumpf family owned the house when Caroline was young. They were a circus family. The mother and older daughter were bare back riders. The father was a roust-about. The younger daughter, Mary, was a close friend of Caroline Burger. Later the Stumpf family moved into the old circus house (1 Circus Place). Mary Stumpf and Caroline Burger had a great time putting on costumes we found in the attic. We would use rolls of tickets and pretend to sell them to the circus goers.Story 2: 1969 scrapbook - color pictures.
Story 3: Article in Village Views June 1999 by Pat Seiter Wirthlin concerning Terrace Park people she's met on her return to Terrace Park where she grew up at 203 Stanton.
Story 4 : Letter from Raymond J. Seiter, Jr. May 14, 1963 calls TP Village Council's attention to an extremely dangerous situation . A building on the south end of Miami, which was probably once a summer cottage, is now in the advance stages of disintegration and decay. The structure was built close to the river's edge. The bank has fallen away and the building now overhangs the river. The portion that overhangs the river is without a floor. Seiter asked the Village to take steps to remedy this situation and enclosed a copy of his letter for the property owner.
Story 5: Blanche & Grace Stuckey show up in the 1930 Census on Harvard Avenue. Why? Blanche died 30 November 1950, about 79 years.