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| No: 609 | Street: Amherst | Name A Railroad House |
| Family: Normile | OwnerInfo: Y |
| Built: 1892 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's 4th | Lot: 8, 9, 10 & 11 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: 7 | Orig Use: Residential | Current Use: Residential |
| STYLE | Ranch: | Split: | Colonial: | Victorian: Y | Trans: | Trad: | Other: |
| CapeC: | Bung: | Eng: | Dutch: | Cont: | Misc: | ||
| CATALOGUE | Sears: | Gunn: | Pease: | BH&G: | Pattern: Y | OtherC: |
| MATERIAL | Siding: Y | Brick: | Stone: | Stucco: | Br&Sid: | OtherM: |
| ROOF: gables | Stories: 2 | |||||
| CHANGES | AsBuilt: | AddTo: Y | SubFrom: | Replace: N |
| 1963/5 - MacMillans remodeled indoors upstairs (see pictures in file). 1977/8 - Normiles applied for 22' x 10' addition to rear. Added room over screened porch at rear and back section of 1st floor with shed-style roof (see Story 4). | ||||
| CurrOwner: Patricia P. Normile (& Raymond) | Date Frc: 1972 | DateToc: |
| OrigOwner: ?George S. Hawke | Date Frm: 1891? | DateTo: 1911 |
| Owner1: Adolph Keefer | Date Fr 1: 1911 | DateTo 1: 1924/28 |
| Owner2: Katherine Keefer (probably wife of Adolph) | Date Fr 2: 1924/28 | DateTo 2: 1940 |
| Owner3: Robert McGrew Critchell | Date Fr 3: 1940 | DateTo 3: 1949 |
| Owner4: Edgar H. & Grace B. Lotspeich | Date Fr 4: 1949 | DateTo 4: 1957 |
| Owner5: Dr. Bruce & Jeanette C. MacMillan | Date Fr 5: 1957 | DateTo 5: 1972 |
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| Owner7: | Date Fr 7: | DateTo 7: |
| Owner8: | Date Fr 8: | DateTo 8: |
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| Owner11: | Date Fr 11: | DateTo 11: |
| 1975 Owner: | Raymond P. & Patricia Normile. 8-9-10-11 Sib 4 |
| Description: | Railroad houses were built in the 18901 from blueprints sold by a Cincinnati architect for $25. All are in Sibley subdivisions. |
| Story 1: | Dr. Bruce MacMillan was chief of surgery at the Shriners Burns Institute. |
| Story 2: | "Railroad Houses" - 1890s houses in the shape of a cross built by the railroad (?, probably not true) from blue prints sold by a Cincinnati architect. |
| Story 3: | 1957 information in the file as to various owners and transfers of property before the MacMillans. |
| Story 4: | Information on the building date of this house from Patti Normile: When they were adding to the back of the house they found newspapers in the old walls from 1892. Thus we have concluded that the house was built in 1892 and not earlier as some thought might have been a possibility. Auditor also says so. |
| Story 5: | Robert McGrew Critchell, husband of Martha and later Virginia Critchell, brother of Ferd B. Critchell Sr., died August 10, 1962. (See Critchall information in Oral History notebook.) |
| Story 6: | This home was on the 2002 Heritage House Tour. |
| Story 7: | Edgar H. Lotspeich was a son of the Mrs. Lotspeich who founded the Lotspeich School, now a part of Seven Hills Schools. |
| 1939 Map: | Critchell |
| 1942 Map: | no name |
| 1951/3 Map: | Lotspeich, E. H. |
| 1959 Directory: | Dr. Bruce G. & Jeanette MacMillan |
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