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710 Floral Avenue

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General Information

No:   710  
Street:   Floral  
House Name:   James E. Bellville House  
Historic Plaque:   Y 2008  
Owner Info:   N  
Built:   1892  
Sec:   23  
Subdivision:   J. W. Sibley 2nd TP BL3  
Lot:   35-41 pt 42  
Architect:     
Cont/build:     

Description:    Railroad houses were built in the 1890s from blueprints sold by a Cincinnati architect for $25.  All are in Sibley subdivisions.  See 716 Floral Avenue for more building date explanation.  2 1/2 story Victorian, siding, gable roof.    
Original Use:   Residential  
Current Use:   Residential  

CHANGES:
As Built:   N  
Added To:   Y  
Subtracted From:   N  
Replaced:   N  

Description Of Changes:   2003 - add garage. Architects +. (Koehler)  
Deeds
Shows earliest property ownership records

Stories:

Story 1: 1909 Williams' Hamilton County Directory lists James E. Bellville (Luella) as a postal clerk. Other Bellvilles listed on Floral are Jas. B. & Rebecca F. Is Rebecca a book keeper (b. k)?
Story 2: Other Bellville family information. James E. Bellville is the son (???) of James B. Bellville in Anderson township. Look for James B. in the census.
Story 3: From p. 33/4 of A Place Called Terrace Park - Assuming that perhaps James E. Bellville went by Ed since there was more than one James Bellville - Mrs. Ed Bellville having to take a broom to rout one foraging [Elephent] in the Bellville haymow. (or this may have been next door at 716 Floral)
Story 4: Frances Weatherhead Gerard lived in this house in the 1930s. She was the grandmother of Mary Gerard Cone (222 Oxford) & Nancy Gerard Ricketts (722 Park & 749 Wooster). Their father, Stephen Gerard, who had tuberculosis, lived there with her for a while. Frances Gerard died in 1978.
Story 5: The Gerard family rented a house in Milford in the 1910 census very near the Cornish and Corwin families. The father, Turpin, was the manager of a cigar store.