Legacy Version
Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey
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| No: 214 | Street: Harvard | Name: John Moarn or Moran House |
| Family: Wilson/Roll | Owner Info: N |
| Built: c1890 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's Lots 3 & 4 of Camden City | Lot: 86-87 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: J. W. Sibley? Said to have been same as 202 Harvard (Mary Beth Tarkington) |
| #Owners: 8F | Original Use: Residential | Current Use: Residential |
| CHANGES | As Built: N | Add To: Y | Sub From: N | Replace: N |
| 1960 - Stewart Tarkington built the pool. 1962 - Stewart Tarkington added a bed room and extended the living room & added a fireplace. Also added a mud room & utility room behind the kitchen. Prior to 1962 the only bathroom was downstairs and the staircase opened up into the kitchen. In 1962 the downstairs bathroom became a half bath and the staircase opening was walled up and a new opening was created in the living room. Upstairs additions included a hallway lined with closets, a full bathroom and a 4th bedroom. Outside, the front porch became 2 story with a big lantern. On the back of the house a serpentine patio across the entire width of the house was built. (Information from Mary Beth Tarkington who lived there from c. 1956-1973) 1975 - Gerald Hudson erected a tool shed. 1978 - William Bahl erected a 2 car garage. 1997 permit for the Manceras to put on a very large addition, possibly doubling the house area (RWA Architects). 2006 Mancera permit to replace pool house & expand garage/storage (Jane Yancey). 2011 Permit for Cris & Monica Wilson: alteration (Classic Kit Design; Bruckner Dev. Inc.) | ||||
| Current Owner: Monica B. Roll | Date Fr: 2010 | Date To: |
| Original Owner: James W. Sibley | Date Fr: | Date To: 1886 |
| Owner 1: John Andrew & Mary E. Moarn (Moran) | Date Fr 1: 1886 | Date To 1: 1939 |
| Owner 2: Ray & Edith M. Stoddard (James Leonard Grace's in-laws - see story 1 below) | Date Fr 2: 1939 | Date To 2: 1946 |
| Owner 3: John & Betty McKee | Date Fr 3: 1946 | Date To 3: 1956 |
| Owner 4: Stewart W. & Sara M. Tarkington | Date Fr 4: 1956 | Date To 4: 1973 |
| Owner 5: Gerald L. & Beverly Hudson | Date Fr 5: 1973 | Date To 5: 1978 |
| Owner 6: William F. & Katherine G. Bahl | Date Fr 6: 1978 | Date To 6: 1985 |
| Owner 7: Debra C. & Richard Oliver | Date Fr 7: 1985 | Date To 7: 1995 |
| Owner 8: Monica Donath Kohnen | Date Fr 8: 1995 | Date To 8: 1995 |
| Owner 9: Rafael J. & Katherine Fitton Mancera | Date Fr 9: 1995 | Date To 9: 2010 |
| Owner 10: | Date Fr 10: | Date To 10: |
| Owner 11: | Date Fr 11: | Date To 11: |
| Owner 12: | Date Fr 12: | Date To 12: |
| 1975 Owner: | Gerald L. & Beverly Hudson. 86-87 Sib 1 |
| Description: | This was built as a frame farmhouse. When it was for sale in 1960 it had downstairs a living room 16x13, and dining room 15x14, a kitchen 14x12 (modern), and a bath. Upstairs there were 3 bedrooms: 13.9x12.5, 15x13.3 and 15.8x13.4. (see photo) It's since had many additions and remodelings. |
| Story 1: | John Moarn (or Moran) is listed as one of the Founding
Fathers of Terrace Park. They petitioned for incorporation of the
village in June 1892. (see 202 Harvard & 429 Elm for other family
members.) There's also more information about the Moran and Grace
families in the Terrace Park Historical Society People File - burials in St. Andrew Cemetery in
Milford. John Moran was grandfather to James Leonard Grace on his mother's side. |
| Story 2: | Mary Beth Tarkington's other grandparents, Joseph and Madeleine Tarkington, lived on Wooster Pike "in a big old brick house on the hill. Their house had a music room, parlor, two dining rooms, two kitchens, two staircases and a foyer that seemed bigger than my whole house! ..... The house had a tower that I was told they used to look out for Indians and a wrap-around porch. There was also a carriage house. My grandfather died in 1965 and in the early 1970s my grandmother had it torn down and they built apartments. As I look back on it, they missed the bed and breakfast era by about 10 years. Fixed up, it would have been a great B&B." (Mary Beth Tarkington) |
| Story 3: | Mary Beth Tarkington who grew up here enjoyed the openness of Terrace Park. Now she sees most back yards are fenced in. She remembers, "On my block, we could see up the alley and across the alley to see who was outside playing in their back yard. Our parents would stroll across the back yards and talk, compare tomato plants. Now everything is fenced in and it seems less friendly." She is "dismayed to see the smaller houses torn down and replaced with 'McMansions'". |
| Story 4: | Debbie Oliver - president T P Garden Club 1994-95 |
| 1939 Map: | Grace |
| 1942 Map: | Leonard Grace |
| 1951/3 Map: | McKee (moved to Knoxville c. 1956 & either sold or gave the house to the Tarkingtons, their daughter & family) |
| 1959-72 Directories: | Stewart & Sally Tarkington (relatives of the Spanglers 411 Washington & 304 Miami) |
| 1973-74 Direct: | '' (Sold 1973 & moved to San Francisco Bay Area, later retired to San Diego. Both now dead.) |
| 1975-78 Directories: | Gerald & Beverly Hudson |
| 1980-82 Directories: | William F. & Kathy Bahl |
| 1984 Directory: | '' (Sold 1985) |
| 1986-95 Directories: | Rich & Debbie Oliver |
| 1996-97 Direct: | Rafael Mancera |
| 1998-2007 Directories: | Rafael & Kate Mancera |
| 2008-09 Direct: | " (Sold 2010) |
| 2011-12 Directory: | Monica Roll & Christopher Wilson |