Legacy Version
Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey
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| No: 712 | Street: Lexington | Name: |
| Family: Askam | Owner Info: N |
| Built: 1928 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's 2nd BL 7 | Lot: 40-43 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| Owners: 9 | Original Use: Residential | Current Use: Residential |
| CHANGES | As Built: N | Add To: Y | Sub From: N | Replace: N |
| 1980 - E. C. Orr made a 2 story addition. 2004 permit for Askams to demolish 1 car garage & build 2 car with workshop (H & L Construction, Jane Yancey, architect). | ||||
| Current Owner: David C. & Annette Askam | Date Fr: 1992 | Date To: |
| Original Owner: Elliott R. & K. A. Burnham | Date Fr: 1929 & 36 | Date To: 1944 |
| Owner 1: Herbert A. & Isobel W. Berry | Date Fr 1: 1944 | Date To 1: 1951 |
| Owner 2: (Edwin & Edna Sonntag renters?) | Date Fr 2: | Date To 2: |
| Owner 3: Barbara S. & Donald I. Lowry | Date Fr 3: 1951 | Date To 3: 1951 |
| Owner 4: Eileen C. & C. W. Parke | Date Fr. 4: 1951 | Date To 4: 1952 |
| Owner 5: Jane MacDonald Cash | Date Fr. 5: 1952 | Date To 5: 1953 |
| Owner 6: R. J. & Rhea C. Sparrow (just Rhea 1960) | Date Fr 6: 1953 | Date To 6: 1980 |
| Owner 7: Edward C. & Susan Orr (or Elizabeth L.) | Date Fr 7 1980 | Date To 7: 1992 |
| 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: | Rhea C. Sparrow |
| Description: | 2 story stucco Bungalow, gable roof with front dormer. |
| Story 1: | Pat Fehl remembers when the two Burnham boys, Reuben and Paul, were drowned in the Little Miami River. They had gone there with Flach Douglas but didn't know how to swim. There were also three Burnham girls: Ann, Joan & Barbara. |
| Story 2: | 712 Lexington was the first house owned by the parents of Peter H. Lowry (2 Oxford). Peter remembers living there as a child between the Kennedy and Butterworth families. |
| Story 3: | Steve Sparrow reported the death of his brother Richard
S. Sparrow (Dick) November 21, 2005. Steve & Dick are sons of
Richard J. & Rhea C. Sparrow. Dick is survived by his wife Kitty
of Yorba Linda CA., children Jay and Kelly as well a Stephen (Steve) C.
Sparrow of Arlington TX. Richard J. Sparrow was born 22 August 1902 and died (aged 65 years) 17 January 1967, buried 20 January 1967. Rhea M. Condit Sparrow was born 26 June 1911 & died (aged 85 years) 3 September 1996, buried 6 September 1996 . Both are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati OH, John Craver/Craver-Riggs Funeral Home. Rhea M. Condit Sparrow was born 26 June 1911 and died (aged 85 years) 21 September, 1996, buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati OH, Craver-Riggs Funeral Home. |
| 1939 Map: | Burnham |
| 1942 Map: | Burnham (1943 The Elliot Burnham family moved to Detroit MI with the Budd Manufacturing Co.) |
| 1951/3 Map: | D. I. Lowry |
| 1959-66 Directories: | Richard & Rhea Sparrow |
| 1967-76 Directories: | Mrs. Richard (Rhea) Sparrow |
| 1978 Directory: | '' (moved to Sem Villa in Milford) |
| 1980-91 Directories: | Ted & Susie Orr |
| 1992-2015 Directories: | David & Annette Askam (Sold 1992) |