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714 Myrtle Avenue

Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey

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No: 714  Street: Myrtle Name: Gunnison "Gallagher House"
Family: Gallagher Plaque: 2008 Owner Info: Y
Built: 1941 Sec: 23 Sub: Sibley's 2nd BL 1 Lot: 13-14-15
Architect: Prefab-Gunnison  Cont/Build: (Addition - Dick Bousman)
#Owners: 1F Original Use: Residential Current Use: Residential
CHANGES As Built: N Add To: Y Sub From: N Replace: N
1952 - side porch converted to a dining room.  Kitchen doubled in size.  Room built on the back of the house.  Porch added to the back.  Garage moved to the back of the lot.  (Dick Bousman of 721 Myrtle built the addition to the Gunnison.  The architect was Wilbur M. Firth, registered architect with the State of Ohio, 7124 Montgomery Road, Silverton OH.  The Terrace Park Historical Society has a copy of the plans, a gift from Eleanor Gallagher: lot on Myrtle; side, rear, side & front elevations; Foundation Plan; First Floor Plan.)  1962 - patio added off the porch.  1982 - little pool added. (all by the Gallaghers)
Current Owner: Graydon & Eleanor Gallagher (Walter ?) Date Fr: 1941 Date To: 
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1975 Owner:  W. Graydon & Eleanor L. Gallagher
Description: 1 story Gunnison Ranch, wood panel and clapboard siding, gable roof.  The Gallaghers built their Gunnison after the Mullikins (504 Yale).  
Story 1:      The Gallaghers moved into their house 1 month before the birth of their first child.  They brought up 3 children (Timothy, Gay and Joyce) here and  in 1996 Graydon and Eleanor had lived happily there for 55 years (over 60 years before Graydon died.)
     Eleanor Gallagher was for a very long time a teacher at Terrace Park School.  
     Walter Graydon Gallagher was born 1 August 1914 and died 16 March 2002, aged 88 years.  Eleanor Schaffer Gallagher was born 29 August 1914 and died 17 June 2009, aged 95 years.  They are both buried in St. Thomas Church Columbarium Section 1, Niche 14, Craver-Riggs Funeral Home.. 
1939 Map: ----
1942 Map: Graydon Gallagher
1951/3 Map: Graydon Gallagher
1959-2005 Directories: Graydon & Eleanor Gallagher
2006-09 Directories: Mrs. Graydon Gallagher (Eleanor)
2011-12 Directories:   Susanna Henize (a daughter or granddaughter of the Gallagher's daughter, Gay)