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823 Yale Avenue

Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey

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No: 823  Street: Yale Name: 
Family: Robinson Owner Info: N
Built: 1946 Sec: 22 Sub: Sibley's 2nd BL 8 Lot: 25-27, pt 28
Architect:  Cont/Build: Walter Gingrich
#Owners: 4 Original Use: Residential Current Use: Residential
CHANGES As Built: N Add To: Y Sub From: N Replace: N
1976 - James M. Robinson added to the garage for storage.
Current Owner: James M. Robinson Date Fr: 1975 Date To: 
Original Owner: Dorothy H. Rockaway Date Fr: 1946 Date To: 1970
Owner 1: Donald C. Jr. & Jane D. Morrison Date Fr 1: 1970 Date To 1: 1972
Owner 2: Marshall C. & Marjorie P. Hunt Date Fr  2: 1972 Date to 2: 1975
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1975 Owner:  Marjorie P. Hunt % James M. & Sandra Robinson
Description: 2 story brick Colonial, gable roof. 
Story 1: This is the house built for the Rockaway family when they moved back to Terrace Park after WWII.  When John (720 Elm) was born they lived at 509 Marietta.  Then they moved away and lived at a variety of army bases all over during the war.  When they came back to Cincinnati after the war they lived for a while with an aunt in Cincinnati before moving to the 3rd floor of 733 Elm while their house was being built.  

Col. John Dobbling Rockaway was born 7 March 1908 and died 10 October 1995, aged 87 years.  Dorothy Doan Hussey Rockaway was born 30 June 1912 and died 10 December 2006 in Naples FL, aged 94 years.  They are both buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery, Cincinnati OH.  Their son, John, bought "Gravelotte, 720 Elm, in 1997.  Their son, James, lived at 309 Stanton.

1951/3 Map: Rockaway
1959-70 Directories: John & Dottie Rockaway
1971-72 Direct: Craig & Tudie Morrison  (1970 from Mariemont)  (Sold 1972)
1973-74 Direct: Marshall C. & Marjorie Hunt (moved from Ontario, Canada)
1975-2012 Directories: Jim & Sandy Robinson