411-1 Terrace Place
PhotosLegacy VersionGeneral Information
No: 411-1
Street: Terrace Place
House Name:
Historic Plaque:
Owner Info: N
Built: Y
Sec: 23
Subdivision: Sibley's Lots 3 & 4 of Camden City
Lot: 112
Architect:
Cont/build: J. W. Sibley
Description:
2 story Victorian Queen Anne
architecture, siding, gable roof. "Rather simple
two story frame
building characterized by its "L" plan and plain
fenestration. Narrow one bay front facade exhibits a gable end with
fishscale shingles and decorative attic vent. Paired one-over-one
window has simple surrounds. South wall exhibits small two bay
fenestration: small Eastlake porch and one-over-one windows.
#36. It is difficult to discern whether the storefront is
original.
Significant as an example of Victorian Queen Anne architecture and
for its early commercial context in Terrace Park. Lot #112 of J. W.
Sibley's subdivision, platted on May 29, 1886. In 1891 R. E. Werner,
who owned 34 lots, sold lot #112 to Harriet M. Gegner (Deed Book 718, Page
240) Gegner subsequently took out a mortgage with the Milford Home
Building Company. Mrs. Gegner was not listed in the 1891 Hamilton
County Directory, but in 1893 she was listed as follows: Gegner, Mrs.
Harriet J. books, postmaster and railroad agent, Terrace Park.
Perhaps the commercial space on the first floor served as a bookstore
an/or post office.
Part of a small cluster of commercial buildings serving this
residential community. Faces the right-of-way of the abandoned
Little Miami Railroad. (Ohio
Historic Inventory - 4/1980) In 1980 when the Inventory was done the
building was deemed to be in "excellent condition" both inside and out.
It was not on the National Register but was eligible.
Original Use: Residential
Current Use: torn down and replaced
CHANGES:
As Built: Y
Added To: N
Subtracted From: Y
Replaced: Y
Description Of Changes: Torn down and replaced in 1990.
Shows earliest property ownership records
Stories:
Story 1: The first building on the lot was a 3 bedroom frame house believed by a descendent of Sibley to be one of the 1st houses he built in Terrace Park c1886. The 1892 map shows only this building in the 400 block of Terrace Place. By 1891 it was owned and occupied by H. W. Gegner when Harriet was appointed postmaster which she combined with storekeeping. In 1895 Village Council voted to meet on Gegner's second floor. Council stayed here only a short time before moving to the second floor of 415 Terrace Place. In 1903 the post office also moved down the street to 415 Terrace Place with Lucius Conkling and his wife (Lillian 1920) as successive postmasters. Briefly their daughter was postmaster next in a little building across Harvard on what is now the Village Green. The post office returned to the first floor of 411 in 1921 with Lulu Tarvin as postmaster with her two sons as helpers. They continued to operate the store. Next Lillian Droescher ran the combined post office and store from 1925 for the next 25 years. She lived at the rear of the 1st floor, had the post office in front and rented the upstairs to the Terrace Park Building and Loan Association. (see story 1, 409 Terrace Place)Story 2: April 14, 1966 Eastern Hamilton County Messenger says Trackside Treasures was opening here but was it here or next door at 413 Terrace Place? See story at 413.
Story 3: See story 6 at 415 Terrace Place for more information.