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General Information
No: 736
Street: Wooster
Name: Sears The Kilbourne
Family: Costanzo
Historic Plaque: 2008
Owner Info: Y
Built: 1926
Sec 29
Sub Columbia
Lot:
Architect: Sears(see description below)
Cont/Build:
Description: 1 1/2 story Bungalow, siding, gable roof. Sears RoebuckThe Kilbourne $2,700. Model years 1921-29. (page 211 in Houses by Mail)
#Owners: 4
Original Use:
Current Use: Residential
CHANGES - As Built: N
Add To: Y
Sub From: N
Replace: N
Changes Description: 1961 - built stable attached to existing building - concrete block 12' x 20' x 12' (Charles & Helen Clopton). Enclosed front porch and dining room bay window. 1999 - Costanzos removed the old garage and built new (Bullock Garage, architect & contractor). 2003 - Costanzo wanted to build a house on 2nd 75' lot. Permit denied.
Owners:
Current Owner: Dominic & Louise Costanzo
Date Fr: 1966
Date To:
Original: Merritt & Ivea L. Elstun Date Fr: 1926 Date To: 1941
1: Charles E. & M. Bentheim Date Fr 1: 1941 Date To 1: 1948
2: Helen I. Clopton Date Fr 2: 1948 Date To 2: 1966
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Original: Merritt & Ivea L. Elstun Date Fr: 1926 Date To: 1941
1: Charles E. & M. Bentheim Date Fr 1: 1941 Date To 1: 1948
2: Helen I. Clopton Date Fr 2: 1948 Date To 2: 1966
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Stories
Story 1 Charles Bentheim's business was pin ball machines - all over the city of Cincinnati.
Story 2 A horse fell into the basement when the house was being built.
Story 3 Louise Dawn (nee Karpen) Costanzo died January 9, 2019. As a young woman she was a professional tap dancer and dance instructor. She was also an outstanding cook and seamstress.
Directories:
1939 Map: Merrill Elstun
1942 Map: Charles Benthein
1951/3 Map: Clopton
1959-66 Directories: Charles & Helen Clopton
1967-2012 Directories: Dom & Louise Costanzo
2015 Directory: Costanzo, Dominic and Louise
2017 Directory: Costanzo, Dominic and Louise