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714 Wooster Pike

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General Information

No:   714  
Street:    Wooster   
House Name:   William and Rosa Fruh Davis House  
Historic Plaque:     
Owner Info:   Y  
Built:    1918   
Sec:   29  
Subdivision:   Columbia  
Lot:   Pars. 119-120-147  
Architect:     
Cont/build:   Will Davis  

Description:    2 story Dutch style, clapboard covered with stucco, gambrel roof.    
Owners:   2  
Original Use:   Residential  
Current Use:   Residential  

CHANGES:
As Built:     
Added To:   Y  
Subtracted From:     
Replaced:   Bergers added a family room, 2nd bath, deck and finished the basement (probably in their 1977 and 1978 additions). 1977 - erected a 1 story addition at the west and rear. 1978 - erected a 10' x 12' rear deck (all additions for the Bergers).  

Description Of Changes:    F  

Stories:

Story 1: Information from Ruth Berger: On property owned by Rose and Will Davis in the point of Indian Hill Rd. and Wooster Pike was a Livery Stable where they housed horses and buggies used by travelers and cattle drivers who stayed over night in the Inn and Tavern across the street on the corner of Elm and Wooster Pike. The barn or stable was used by Robinson Circus who trained their circus acts in this barn. The livery stable or barn burnt in 1913. I was told there were horses that died in that fire. After Will Davis built this house he had a garage and gas station there. Lou & Ken Eigher worked for Bill Davis.
Story 2: Robert Berger died June 21, 1998. Ruth (nee Berwanger) Berger died 17 Feb 2015 at 97 years. They had 6 children, 17 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren when she died.