Legacy Version
Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey
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| No: 415 | Street: Elm | Name: Gilliland/Gatch House |
| Family: Pettit | Owner Info: Y |
| Built: 1890 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Camden City | Lot: 544-552 Pt vac alley Adj Camden City Pr 6. 15-544-545 cons |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: 6F? | Original Use: Residential | Current Use: Residential |
| CHANGES | As Built: N | Add To: Y | Sub From: Y | Replace: N |
| 1944 - screen porch added by Graces. 1968 - screen porch converted to family room by Petits. 1944 - Graces removed 2nd floor screened sleeping porch at rear of house and added large brick patio with wall. The original "wash house" was converted to a "grill house" (see story 3). | ||||
| 2006 - Peggy Pettit sold off the side lot (to the north) to Debra L. & Steven D. Fletcher Tr. | ||||
| Current Owner: William R. & Peggy Mae Schulte Pettit | Date Fr: 1958 | Date Toc: |
| Original Owner: Traber? (see deeds) | Date Fr: | Date To: |
| Owner 1: Gilliland | Date Fr 1: 1889? | Date To 1: 1906 |
| Owner 2: Lewis N. & Mary (Greeno) Gatch (later estate) | Date Fr 2: 1906 | Date To 2: 1943 |
| Owner 3: Loren G. Gatch, & Minna & John Gatch | Date Fr 3: 1943 | Date To 3: 1944 |
| Owner 4: Nancy B. Wallstead ? | Date Fr 4: 1944 | Date To 4: 1944 |
| Owner 5: Dale & Eloise W. Grace | Date Fr 5: 1944 | Date To 5: 1956 |
| Owner 6: Paul & Pris Connell | Date Fr 6: 1956 | Date To 6: 1958 |
| Owner 7: | Date Fr 7: | Date To 7: |
| Owner 8: | Date Fr 8: | Date To 8: |
| Owner 9: | Date Fr 9: | Date To 9: |
| Owner 10: | Date Fr 10: | Date To 10: |
| 1975 Owner: | Peggy Mae Pettit. 545-552& pt vac alley Camden City (pars 6 to 15 & 554,545) |
| Description: | 2 1/2 story brick & shingle siding Victorian, gable roof. Could this be called Eastlake Victorian? (see Ellis Rawnsley's Village Views Article. 8/1983) |
| Story 1: |
Lewis & Mary Greeno Gatch moved here from
614 Wooster
Pike with their 2 children John (father of Ann of 635 Valley View in Terrace Park -
earlier 602 Miami) and Loren (later at 104 Miami).
We don't know when they moved to 415 Elm but at least by 1906 or 1911-12
and probably earlier since their boys grew up there. Since Lewis was
a struggling young lawyer Ann Gatch suspects their parents helped them get
the house. Lewis Gatch died 27 February 1936, C. T. Johnson Funeral Home. Mary Greeno Gatch, his wife, was born 15 May 1867 and died 19 March 1926, aged 58 years. Their son John N. Gatch was born 9 January 1893 and died 6 November 1966, aged 73 years, Craver Funeral Home. They are all buried in Section 10 of Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford OH. (see 104 Miami for son Loren) |
| Story 2: |
One of the specialties of Lewis Gatch was
"real estate law, including helping clients (like Sibley, Pattison
& Iuen) create subdivisions that resulted in the development of
Terrace Park." He "drew plat maps as part of his title
searches. He did this work in a large book which contained parchment
paper for the clients - and thinner paper (vellum) that remained in the
book" - a permanent record of subdivision plats. (from The
Lewis Gatch Family of Ohio) A story from Lew Gatch (Lewis Gatch's grandson) in 2010 says that someone (it must have been one of the Evelands) wanted to develop an area in Terrace Park and Lewis said he'd do the paperwork for free if he would be allowed to name the street in the area. Lewis was a loyal Princeton graduate so he named the street Princeton since there were already many streets named after Universities but not one named for Princeton. |
| Story 3: | 1944 - The original "wash house" where laundry was done was converted to a "grill house" and abutted to the patio. It contains a wonderful grill, hood, exhaust fan and cabinets for storage. It has a work top for food preparation or display and storage under that (originally for wood logs, converted to gas by Pettits). Originally there was a "well" on the site of the patio. Since laundry water still empties into the "old well", the area is "hot" from detergent. When it snows the snow melts over the "old well" site. Originally the house had a slate roof. |
| Story 4: | 1911-12 Directory : Lewis Gatch - attorney, John & Loren Gatch, university students (at Princeton) |
| Story 5: | An oral history of Mike Grace is available at the TPHS archives. |
| Story 6: | Paul & Pris Connell 1956-1958: built and moved to 114 Red Bird, renting 415 Elm to Stu Proctor's parents when they moved back to Terrace Park from Milford (see 701 Miami). |
| Story 7: | After buying the house, the Pettits rented to Dick & Sally Eggleston as their new house wasn't built yet and the Pettits couldn't sell their Wyoming OH house as soon as they wanted. |
| Story 8: | 2006 - Peg Pettit sold side lot to Fletcher to build 413 Elm. Peggy Mae Pettit was born 4 March 1929 and died 28 October 2010, Craver Riggs Funeral Home, buried in St. Thomas Church Columbarium. Memorial Service St. Thomas Church, 6 December 2010. |
| Story 9: | William "Bill" R. Pettit was born 26 April 1916 and died 22 December 2000, aged 84 years, buried in St. Thomas Church Columbarium, Section 5, Niche 136, Evans Funeral Home. |
| 1939 Map: | Galloway (rented from Gatch owners?) |
| 1942 Map: | Galloway (rented from Gatch owners?) |
| 1951/3 Map: | Dale Grace (newspaper photo during Grace residency) |
| 1959 Directory: | Dick & Sally Eggleston (renters) (moved to 625 Valley View) |
| 1960 Directory: | William & Peggy Pettit |
| 1962-2001 Directories: | '' |
| 2002-03 Direct: | Mrs. William (Peggy) Pettit |
| 2004-07 Direct: | " (Side lot sold 2006 to build 413 Elm) |
| 2008-09 Direct: | " |
| 2010-11 Direct: |