Legacy Version
Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey
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| No: 504-1 | Street: Miami | Name: |
| Family: | Owner Info: N |
| Built: circa 1907 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's Lots 3 & 4 of Camden City | Lot: 151 & 152 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: 11F | Original Use: Summer home | Current Use: Residential |
| CHANGES | As Built: N | Add To: Y | Sub From: N | Replace: N |
| 1982 - Brandon Fisher remodeled the interior including adding a new bath. 2006 - Dziedzic permits for new residence & garage (Drackett-Harth, contractors; Thomas Cole Wilcox, architect). Actually the house pretty much fell down as they were gutting it so a new house was built but they kept the original chimney. | ||||
| Current Owner: Joseph W. & Beverly Dziedzic | Date Fr: 2006 | Date To: |
| Original Owner: James W. Sibley (probably just land) | Date Fr: | Date To:1886 |
| Owner 1: Cronimus (Margaret & Matilda & heirs) | Date Fr 1: 1886 | Date To 1:1907 |
| Owner 2: Samuel A. West | Date Fr 2: 1907 | Date To 2: 1907 |
| Owner 3: John K. & A. G. Scudder | Date Fr 3: 1907 | Date To 3:1917 |
| Owner 4: Richard Redwood Deupree | Date F 4: 1917 | Date To 4: 1919 |
| Owner 5: Conduce B. Gatch | Date Fr 5: 1919 | Date To5: 1931 |
| Owner 6: Mabel W. Gatch | Date Fr 6: 1931 | Date To 6: 1955 |
| Owner 7: John G. & Phyllis W. Smale | Date Fr 7: 1955 | Date To 7: 1961 |
| Owner 8: Jack B. & Lois C. Henderson | Date Fr8: 1961 | Date To 8: 1963 |
| Owner 9: John E. & Nancy C. Ike | Date Fr 9: 1963 | Date To 9: 1970 |
| Owner 10: Michael C. Fletcher (1974 NinaCheryl Fletcher) | Date Fr 10: 1970 | Date To10: 1980 |
| Owner 11: Brandon M. & Tamyra "Tammy" Fisher | Date Fr 11: 1980 | Date To 11: 1990 |
| Owner 12: Christina & Eric W. Burnheimer | Date Fr 12: 1990 | Date To 12: 2006 |
| Owner 13: | Date Fr 13: | Date To 13: |
| Owner 14: | Date Fr 14: | Date To 14: |
| 1975 Owner: | Nina C. Fletcher. 151 & 152 Sib 1 (probably originally had 149, 150 & 151 - as Gatch had 1 acre) |
| Description: | 2 story Dutch summer house, siding, gambrel roof. |
| Story 1: | We see from the Deeds to this property that it passed quickly in 1907 from the Cronimus family through Samuel A. West, who lived at the corner of Marietta and Miami Avenues, to Dr. John K. Scudder. Thus there are probably three candidates for who had the house built. Certainly in 1911 Dr. Scudder lived there as TPHS has a picture of the house labeled with him as the owner. After that it went to Richard Deupree, Conduce Gatch and John Smale in that order. Information from the deeds does not always line up with stories of how long people lived there or owned the property. See stories below. Did the Deuprees or the Gatches start the Wildflower Garden? |
| Story 2: | House had a screened porch across the front (later
enclosed) and 5 small bedrooms upstairs. The Deuprees came out from
Clifton for summers. They rented to the Gatch family 2
summers. (Deupree acreage Drury Farm & Park - house later cut in
two for 2 families.) Then sold to Gatch with one stipulation - blue
spruce planted by Deupree was to be moved to their place on Indian Hill
but it was too large and couldn't be moved (they'd waited too long).
The two big conifers on either side of the garage were planted by Deupree.
The wildflower garden had in it 101 different wildflowers from their
travels. It was a 1 acre lot - the whole block. - beautifully
landscaped. Richard R. Deupree Jr. was born 3 October 1914 & died (aged 74 years) 11 February 1989, buried 15 February in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati OH. |
| Story 3: | Once a summer home for Richard Redwood Deupree who was eventually Chairman and CEO of Proctor and Gamble. He sold the property to a Gatch family (Conduce Gatch) and it was known then as "the Gatch House". The house was winterized (basement and furnace) by the Gatch family. They developed a wildflower garden at the back of their property, used by both Boy and Girl Scouts to earn wildflower badges. They sold to John Smale who was also eventually Chairman and CEO of Proctor and Gamble like Mr. Deupree. (Information from John & Nancy Ike) |
| Story 4: | Con B. Gatch's wife's name was Mabel. They had 2 daughters, Peggy Ann & Mary Con. Con B. Gatch was born 12 February 1889 and died 16 October 1953, aged 64 years, buried in Section 4 of Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford OH, Craver Funeral Home. |
| Story 5: | The Gatch daughter, Mary Con Gatch, married Bob Miller in Terrace Park in 1952, a year after they met on a blind date. They live in Winter Park, Florida. Bob came there in 1939 from Pennsylvania. Mary Con came there after graduating from college in 1950. (From an article in the February 2011 Winter Park Magazine given by Bunny Proctor 21 March 2011. It's now at the Terrace Park Historical Society with other Gatch materials and contains more information.) |
| Story 6: | Other notes - Gatch father(?) changed the garage from 1 to 2 cars. There was a john out there. Albert Cross from Milford (did he work for them?). Evelyn Lloyd Scallan Gatch, "Aunt Lil" - judged flower shows. |
| 1939 Map: | Gatch |
| 1942 Map: | C. Gatch |
| 1951/3 Map: | Conduce Gatch (died in the 1950s) |
| 1959 Directory: | John & Phyllis Smale |
| 1960 Directory: | '' (moved to 108 Miami) |
| 1962-63 Direct: | Jack & Lois Henderson |
| 1963-64 Direct: | John & Nancy Ike |
| 1965-70 Directories: | '' |
| 1971-72 Direct: | Michael & Nina Fletcher |
| 1973-74 Direct: | '' |
| 1975-76 Direct: | Nina Fletcher |
| 1978 Directory: | Timothy C. & Nina Hall |
| 1980 Directory: | N. F. Hall |
| 1982 Directory: | Brandon M. & Tamyra Fisher |
| 1984-86 Directories: | '' |
| 1988 Directory: | '' (moved to 313 Oxford) |
| 1990-91 Direct: | ---- (Sold 1990) |
| 1992-93 Direct: | Eric & Chris Burnheimer |
| 1994-2005 Directories: | '' |
| 2006-07 Direct: | " (Sold 2006) |