Legacy Version
Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey
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| No: 206 | Street: Stanton (Lexington) | Name: A Railroad House |
| Family: Dickinson | Plaque: 2008 | Owner Info: N |
| Built: 1895 | Sec: 22 | Sub: Sibley's 2nd BL 9 | Lot: Pts 58-62 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: 10+ | Original Use: Residential | Current Use: Residential |
| CHANGES | As Built: N | Add To: Y | Sub From: N | Replace: N |
| 1961 - James F. Scherer added the rear porch. 1963 - the Scifres made a 2 story addition for a TV room, bedroom and bath. "Added to and enhanced several times." 2002 - permit for Doug Worple to add front porch and rework existing stairs (Charles Keffer, contractor, Arcanum, architect). | ||||
| Current Owner: Jon & Margot Dickinson | Date Fr: 2011 | Date To: |
| Original Owner: (see deeds) | Date Fr: | Date To: |
| Owner 1: John I. Crosby | Date Fr 1: 1919 | Date To1: 1945 |
| Owner 2: Hudson Biery (see story 2) | Date Fr 2: 1945 | Date To 2: 1951 |
| Owner 3: James F. & W. Neva Scherer | Date Fr 3: 1951 | Date To 3: 1963 |
| Owner 4: Robert D. & Martina Scifres | Date Fr 4: 1963 | Date To 4: 1973 |
| Owner 5: Archie Q. & Sydney A. Frost | Date Fr 5: 1973 | Date To 5: 1978 |
| Owner 6: Carol S. Beech | Date Fr 6: 1978 | Date To 6: 1983 |
| Owner 7: Richard E. & Sara K. Geier | Date Fr 7: 1983 | Date To 7: 1990 |
| Owner 8: Susan Conrad Amis | Date Fr 8: 1990 | Date To 8: 1998 |
| Owner 9: Charles A. Binghan III Tr. (for Douglas F. & Rebecca A. Worple) | Date Fr 9: 1998 | Date To 9: 2007 |
| Owner 10: Brian & Francisca Kelly | Date Fr 10: 2007 | Date To 10: 2011 |
| Owner 11: | Date Fr 11: | Date To 11: |
| Owner 12: | Date Fr 12: | Date To 12: |
| 1975 Owner: | Archie Q. & Sydney A. Frost. Pts lots 58-62. |
| Description: | 2 story aluminum siding Victorian with gable roof: 5 bedrooms, white kitchen, French doors, 10' ceilings, hardwood floors. Railroad houses were built in the 1890s from blueprints sold by a Cincinnati architect for $25. All are in Sibley subdivisions. |
| Story 1: | 1969 scrapbook - color pictures. |
| Story 2: | Betty Cosby lived here in 1925, according to a picture given to the Terrace Park Garden Club for the celebration May 2, 1995 of the Club's 75th Anniversary. |
| Story 3: | When Hudson & Katherine Biery owned this house it was
a 2 family house. They lived downstairs and rented the upstairs to
Stewart & Bunny Proctor in 1950 (March to November). Then they
wanted to make it into a one family home so the Proctors moved to Milford
and the Bierys moved to 721 Lexington (see note there) while the work was
being done. Then it was sold in 1951 to the Scherers. 1960, 1962-3 & 1963-4 Terrace Park Directories list
the Bierys at 403 Miami. They also owned a farm in Indiana where
Mrs. Biery grew hybrid day lilies. Mr. Biery worked for the Cincinnti
Street RR downtown and enjoyed gardening when he returned home.
Hudson Biery was an early director of ORSANCO. His wife specialized in growing iris. (Unknown source but in Esther Power's writing) |
| Story 4: | Robert DeBruce Scifres was born 29 August 1917 and was cremated 26 January 1988, aged 70 years. Martina Hum Scifres was born in 1920 and was buried4 August 2007. They are both buried in St. Thomas Church Columbarium Section 2, Niche 60. |
| 1939 Map: | Cosby |
| 1942 Map: | C & J Cosby |
| 1951/3 Map: | Biery |
| 1959-63 Directories: | James & Neva Scherer |
| 1963-72 Directories: | Robert & Tina Scifres (moved from 717 Myrtle) |
| 1973-74 Direct: | '' (Sold 1973) |
| 1975-78 Directories: | Archie & Sydney Anning Frost |
| 1980 Directory: | Jay & Carol Beech |
| 1982 Directory: | J. Scott & Katherine Heste (renters?) (Sold 1983) |
| 198-88 Directories: | Richard & Sara Geier |
| 1990-97 Directories: | Jim & Susan Amis (Sold 1990) |
| 1998-99 Direct: | '' (moved to 709 Franklin) (Sold 1998) |
| 2000-05 Directories: | Doug & Becca Worple |
| 2006-07 Direct: | " (moved to 1 Circus Place) (Sold 2007) |
| 2008-09 Directories: | Brian & Paqui Kelley |
| 2011-12 Directory: | Jon & Margot Dickinson |