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729 Park Avenue

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General Information

No:   729  
Street:    Park   
House Name:   A Corey House  
Historic Plaque:     
Owner Info:   Y  
Built:   N  
Sec:   29  
Subdivision:   George W. Corey  
Lot:   35, 36  
Architect:     
Cont/build:   George Washington Corey  

Description:    2 story Victorian Farmhouse, poured concrete, gable roof, now greatly enlarged with addition on one side.    
Original Use:   Residential  
Current Use:   Residential  

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

Description Of Changes:    1890s - added front porch. Railing removed by the Oberles. 1920s - added bath room and kitchen. Dining room also added at some time. 2002-3 Total remodeling and large addition on one side. Garage. John Wallis, architect. Epic, builders.2009 permit for Jeff Robinson - porch columns (Mercurio Construction).  
Deeds
Shows earliest property ownership records

Stories:

Story 1: Same building material as the Community House (built as Terrace Park Baptist Church) and 2 other houses on Park (722 & 726). Don't know if 729 Park was a trial house or use up left-overs. Built by G. W. Corey: poured concrete probably 12-18 thick. Very unusual for the time.
Story 2: Faye Corey says 729 was built in 1875, others say 1892.
Story 3: Liz Tuttle, an historian, says this house was built before the Civil War as it was pre-existing in the Court House records in 1875. It most likely had a twin at 727.
Story 4: William W. (H.?) Eigher Sr. died 5 May 1947, buried in section 3 of Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford OH, Thomas Funeral Home. William Henry Eigher (a son) was born 25 July 1905 and died 9 July 1966, aged 90 years, buried in Section 19 of Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford OH, Craver-Hookom Funeral Home. Kenneth Eigher (another son) was born 5 June 1910 and died 21 October 1996, aged 86 years, buried in Section 22 of Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford OH, Evans Funeral Home. (see also 812 Floral and 714 Wooster Pike)
Story 5: Ruth Clayton remembers a Baird family living here. Ruth thought they moved to Lexington Circle with the Slifers but we have no record of that. The families along this side of Park in Ruth's childhood were: Corey 715, Boland 719, Towne 723, Saap 727, Baird 729, Miller 731.
Story 6: This house was on the 2008 House Tour as a last minute substitute after 615 Amherst Avenue had to drop out due to damage suffered in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
Story 7: 729 Park Avenue (information from 2008 House Tour)