Legacy Version
Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey
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| No: 622 | Street: Myrtle | Name: Stuntz Carriage House |
| Family: Ecker | Owner Info: N |
| Built: 1890 | Sec: 23 | Sub: C. R Stuntz's Terrace Park | Lot: Pt 1 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: 8? | Original Use: Barn or carriage house to Stuntz' house (625 Elm). | Current Use: Residential |
| CHANGES | As Built: N | Add To: Y | Sub From: N | Replace: N |
| According to Nancy Thomsen Cook - Jerry Morgan did the original remodeling to the carriage house to make it into a home. The Thomsens did the major work. 1965 - Carl Thompson made a 15' x 6' addition to the rear. 1966 - added a 22'6" x 19' living room to the side of the building (John Heisler, contractor). 1979 - Paul Weston added a family room and enlarged the kitchen and bath. | ||||
| Current Owner: James "Buz" P. & Anne B. "Betsy" Ecker | Date Fr: 1987 | Date To: |
| Original Owner: Chauncey R. Stuntz, ("Suukee" (cow) - carriage house to 625 Elm | Date Fr: 1886 | Date To: 1919 |
| Owner 1: Edgar P. Mundy | Date Fr 1: 1919 | Date To 1: 1940 |
| Owner 2: John H. Garber | Date Fr 2: 1940 | Date To 2: 1940 |
| Owner 3: Mildred L. Glaser | Date Fr 3: 1940 | Date To 3: 1943 |
| Owner 4: Joseph V. Schott | Date Fr 4: 1943 | Date To 4: 1945 |
| Owner 5: Evelyn J. Kotte | Date Fr 5: 1945 | Date To 5: 1945 |
| Owner 6: Marian F. Kramer | Date Fr 6: 1945 | Date To 6: 1946 |
| Owner 7: Harriett J. Morgan (probably 1st residents) | Date Fr 7: 1946 | Date To 7: 1954 |
| Owner 8: Martha E. Constandse | Date Fr 8: 1954 | Date To 8: 1956 |
| Owner 9: Sarah D. Resor | Date Fr 9: 1956 | Date To 9: 1959 |
| Owner 10: John B. & Joy S. Trethaway | Date Fr 10: 1959 | Date To 10: 1965 |
| Owner 11: Carl L. & Alice J. Thomson | Date Fr 11: 1965 | Date To 11: 1969 |
| Owner 12: Robert L & Sue C. Whittaker | Date Fr 12: 1969 | Date To 12: 1978 |
| Owner 13: Paul J. Weston | Date Fr 13:1978 | Date To 13: 1987 |
| Owner 14: | Date Fr 14: | Date To 14: |
| 1975 Owner: | Robert L. & Sue C. Whittaker |
| Description: | 1 story, siding , gable roof. Originally a carriage house or barn for 625 Elm, the "Stuntz House" (See story 2). People also remember horses in this area. Jack Baxter's probably about 5 year old daughter from next door (603 Home) once watched a calf being born . |
| Story 1: | The Morgans were the ones who converted this carriage house for the Stuntz property (625 Elm Avenue) into a home. The family consisted of the parents, Jerome G. & Harriet J. Morgan (also called "Jerry"), and their 2 sons, Doug & Jerry. The mother, also called "Jerry", was very big in real estate, according to Linda Busken Jergens, "one of the first women to be successful". The father worked for a zipper factory, which explains why young Jerry was sometime called "Zip". |
| Story 2: | 1978 Whittaker to Weston lots 119, 120, 1/2 111(?) |
| Story 3: | After 1945 Carl and Alice Mitchell (see 624 Yale for Mitchell) Thomsen made more extensive changes to the house. The Robinson Circus elephant house was also underground for heat in the winter and cool in the summer. |
| Story 4: | Alice Thomsen died 8 August 2007. From Undated Newspaper article: "THOMSEN. Carl L. Thomsen, 88, of Englewood died Wednesday February 18, 2009 at Charlotte Harbor HealthCare in Port Charlotte. Born on February 7, 1921 in Adams County, CO to Otto and Hannah C. (Hansen) Thomsen and grew up in Mariemont, OH where he was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Terrace Park. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corp from September 1942 until September 1945. He was stationed at Doepham Green, England and was a navigator on a B-17. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 3 Oak Clusters during his service in the Normandy, Northern France and the Rhineland air offensive leaving the service after the war as a 1st Lt. Carl graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering in 1946. He worked at A. M. Kinney, Inc. Consulting Engineers for 30 years as a Vice President and opened the Denver office of A. M. Kinney, Inc. in 1969. In 1978 Carl moved to Lake Worth, FL where he worked for Gee & Jenson Engineering until retirement in 1987. Survivors include two daughters, Nancy L. Thomsen Cook of Englewood FL and Martha Thomsen-Hayes of North Port, FL, two grand children: Robert Tuttle of Englewood, FL and Amy Haynes of North Port FL. Englewood Community Femoral Home & Cremation Service has been selected to handle arrangements. Condolences may be made on line at www.englewoodfh.com. |
| Story 5: | Buz Ecker's mother, Margaret Pyne Ecker, died 19 May 2015 at 91 years. She was a graduate of Highlands High School and UC School of Nursing. |
| 1951/3 Map: | Morgan, Jerome G. |
| 1959-64 Directories: | John & Joy Trethaway |
| 1965-66 Direct: | |
| 1967-68 Direct: | Carl & Alice Thomsen (moved from 607 Floral) |
| 1969-74 Directories: | Robert & Sue Whittaker (moved from 407 Amherst) |
| 1975-76 Direct: | '' (moved to Colorado) |
| 1978 Directory: | Robert & Sue Whittaker |
| 1980-84 Directories: | Paul J. & Linda Weston |
| 1986 Directory: | '' (moved to 621 Miami) |
| 1988-12 Directories: | Buz & Betsy Ecker |