Terrace Park Building Survey

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.

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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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.  

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