Legacy Version
Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey
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| No: 611 | Street: Lexington | Name: |
| Family: FOR SALE | Owner Info: Y |
| Built: 1930 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's 3rd BL 17 | Lot: 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 47 |
| Architect: Joseph F. Jung | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: 4 | Original Use: Residential | Current Use: Residential |
| CHANGES | As Built: N | Add To: Y | Sub From: N | Replace: N |
| 1959 - added living room and 1st and 2nd floor baths and Florida room (Carl Strauss, architect). 1987 - added kitchen, library, family room and master bedroom (William C. Fielder, architect; Don Barnes, builder). 1992 - added 2 car garage, gazebo/porch and courtyard. 1993 - permit for Robert A. Haines to build a 9' x 9' pool house & gazebo. 1993 - added pool with brick walls and "British pub" in the basement. | ||||
| Current Owner: | Date Fr: 2016 | Date To: |
| Original Owner: Cecil A. Duell (Cathryn A. Duell in 1941) | Date Fr: 1928 | Date To: 1947 |
| Owner 1: Dwight H. & Lola Juanita Short | Date Fr 1: 1947 | Date To 1: 1987 |
| Owner 2: Robert A. Jr. & Sharon W. Haines | Date Fr 2: 1987 | Date To 2: 1998 |
| Owner 3: Richard P. & Charla A. Thomas | Date Fr 3: 1998 | Date To 3: 2016 |
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| 1975 Owner: | Dwight H. & L. Juanita Short |
| Description: | 2 1/2 story brick and stone French Norman Country Manor, slate with steep gables roof; with pool, gazebo and patio: 4 bedrooms. |
| Story 1: | Cecil Duell helped design the house. He was a stone carver and added his stone carving to the house: crests, corner quoins and arched lintels. The eagle in back was done for a downtown bank and then not used there. He had his stone carving studio in the 2nd floor loft and moved stones there from his truck in the garage with a pulley system, still visible in the present family room, his garage (in 2000 the family room has a bedroom above it where the original pulley system ran). |
| Story 2: | The Richard and Charla Thomas home was on the 2000 Sunday December 3 Terrace Park Garden Club Home Tour. Homes were open 1-5 PM. The Community House was open from 12-5 PM for Holiday Fair. refreshments, ticket sales and restrooms. Proceeds were used to continue the beautification of our village. |
| Story 3: | Dwight H. Short I died 1996. Dr. Dwight Hershell Short II, son of Dwight & Juanita, died 31 October 2008. Lola Juanita Short was born 22 June 1914 in Graham KY & died 8 November 2009 aged 95 years, Craver Riggs Funeral Home. (More information in the obituary at TP Historical Society.) |
| 1939 Map: | Duell |
| 1942 Map: | Duell |
| 1951/3 Map: | Dwight R. Short |
| 1959-86 Directories: | Dwight & Juanita Short |
| 1988-97 Directories: | Robert Jr. & Sharon Haines (moved from 621 Lexington) |
| 1998-99 Direct: | " (Sold 1998) |
| 2000-01 Direct: | Richard & Carla Thomas |
| 2002-03 Direct: | Richard & Charla Thomas |
| 2004-12 Directories: | " & Kate Thomas |