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409 Terrace Place

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General Information

No:   409  
Street:    Terrace Place   
House Name:     
Historic Plaque:     
Owner Info:   Y  
Built:    1953   
Sec:   23  
Subdivision:   Sibley's Lots 3 & 4 of Camden City  
Lot:   111  
Architect:   Post Office Department of the US  
Cont/build:   Walter Gingrich  

Description:    1 story brick and siding building with gable roof, built as specified by the Post Office Department to be leased by them.   
Original Use:   Commercial - Post Office  
Current Use:   Commercial  

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

Description Of Changes:     
Deeds
Shows earliest property ownership records

Stories:

Story 1: The present post office was built in 1953 on an empty lot purchased by Stan Miller in 1952 from Stella C. Cole. Walt Gingrich built the post office to Post Office Department specifications and Effie Miller still held the lease to the postal service in 2000.Until 1971 the U. S. Postal Service did not exist. It is a private corporation with authority from Congress to transport the U. S. mail. Previously and since the inception of the United States of America, there was the Post Office Department, an arm of the federal government Our Post Office was built after talks with the Post Office Department (clarification by Lee Stegemeyer). According to Stan Miller (Effie's husband) the first Post Office was in the grocery store (corner of Terrace Place and Harvard). The 2nd was in a small building on what became the Village Green. The third was in a building now torn down (411-1 Terrace Place, Gegner, Droescher) from 1925 to 1953 when the present Post Office was built. See Story 2 411-1 for a slightly different beginning to the story.
Story 2: There seems to be a controversy about when home delivery of mail started in Terrace Park. There's an interesting and informative article in The Milford Advertiser, Thursday February 4, 1960.
Story 3: Paul Wise, clerk in the Post Office, was found dead on Marian Lane delivering mail, March 4, 1976.