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| No: 619 | Street: Amherst | Name: |
| Family: Shafer | OwnerInfo: Y |
| Built: 1952 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's 4th | Lot: 1-4 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: | Orig Use: Residential & Commercial | Current Use:Residential |
| STYLE | Ranch: Y | Split: | Colonial: | Victorian: | Trans: | Trad: | Other: |
| CapeC: | Bung: | Eng: | Dutch: | Cont: | Misc: | ||
| CATALOGUE | Sears: | Gunn: | Pease: | BH&G: | Pattern: | OtherC: |
| MATERIAL | Siding: | Brick: Y | Stone: | Stucco: | Br&Sid: | OtherM: |
| ROOF: gable | Stories: 1 | |||||
| CHANGES | AsBuilt: | AddTo: Y | SubFrom: | Replace: Y |
| 1965 - Braggs added a bedroom and bath. 1967 - Braggs put on a new roof (Franklin Laugel, contractor). 1981 - Richard McCormick added a family room and deck (Norval Julnes). 1998/9 - Jack Myslik added a screened porch in back and a small portico over the front door (also lots of updates indoors). | ||||
| Current Owner: Lori A. Shafer | Date Frc: 2003 | DateToc: |
| Orig Owner: : Matthew W. & Mary L. Meldon | Date Fr : 1952 | DateTo: 1965 |
| Owner 1: William J. Jr. & Lynn P. Bragg | Date Fr 1:1965 | Date To 1: 1969 |
| Owner 2: Charles J. Jr. & Patricia M. Goetz | Date Fr 2:1969 | Date To 2: 1973 |
| Owner 3: Richard E. & Linda L. McCormick | Date Fr 3: 1973 | DateTo 3: 1983 |
| Owner 4: Employee Transfer Corp | Date Fr 4: 1983 | Date To 4: 1983 |
| Owner 5: Joe Herbert & Candace Kay Smeltzer (see below) | Date Fr 5: 1983 | Date To 5: 1986 |
| Owner 6: John R. Fletcher TR, Mariemont Community Church | Date Fr 6: 1986 | DateTo 6: 1986 |
| Owner 7: Paul F. & Esther H. M. Power | Date Fr 7: 1986 | DateTo 7: 1997 |
| Owner 8: John L. & K. Diane Myslik | Date Fr 8: 1997 | DateTo 8: 2003 |
| Owner 9: | Date Fr 9: | DateTo 9: |
| Owner10: | Date Fr 10: | DateTo 10: |
| Owner11: | Date Fr 11: | DateTo 11: |
| Owner: Mildred Thorndyke [259&260] | Date Fr: 1944 | DateTo : |
| Owner: Wm. Thorndyke [259&260] | Date Fr: 1923 | DateTo: |
| Owner: Terrace Park Building & Loan [257&258] | Date Fr: 1928 | DateTo: |
| 1975 Owner: | Richard E. & Linda L. McCormick. 1-2-3-4 Sib 4 |
| Description: | 7 rooms (living & dining rooms, kitchen, family room, 3 bedrooms - also laundry room and screen porch). Block foundation. Landscaping by Danny McKeown. |
| Story 1: | H. Beck's store was on this corner at the turn of the century. A cellar hole remained on the site for a number of years following a fire. Council pressured the landlord to fence the hole as it was a hazard to children passing by on their way to school. |
| 1897 resident: H. M. Beck (grocery). 1911-12 Directory: Eugene Conklin - confectioner. | |
| All this was before the present house was built. |
| Story 2: | Mat Meldon was a Cincinnati detective and known as quite a "dresser". He was probably the 1st owner of the present house. |
| Story 3: | Joe E. Smeltzer was assistant minister at the Mariemont Community Church. The church owned the house. The Smeltzers and others rented it. |
| Story 4: | There are deeds relating to this house in the Building Survey file in the TPHS archives. There is also information concerning the vacating of an alley, which ran from Amherst S to the end of Sibley's 4th subdivision. 15 ft. - by ordinance 6, 1949. |
| 1959 Directory: | Matthew & Mary Meldon 617 Amherst |
| 1960 Directory: | '' |
| 1962-63 Direct: | Matthew & Mary Meldon 619 Amherst |
| 1963-64 Direct: | " |
| 1965-66 Direct: | " |
| 1967-68 Direct: | Spike & Lin Bragg (William Bragg owner in 1965 & 1967) |
| 1969-70 Direct: | Charles & Pam Goetz (1969 from New Jersey) |
| 1971-72 Direct: | " |
| 1973-74 Direct: | Richard "Dick" & Linda McCormick |
| 1975-76 Direct: | " |
| 1978 Directory: | Harold J. & Jetta Lou Lewis |
| 1980 Directory: | " |
| 1982 Directory: | Richard & Linda McCormick (Sold 1983) |
| 1984 Directory: | Joe E. & Candace Smeltzer - renters from church |
| 1986 Directory: | Clare & Margaret Allen - renters from church |
| 1988 Directory: | Paul & Esther Power (bought from Mariemont Church) |
| 1990-91 Direct: | " |
| 1992-93 Direct: | " |
| 1994-95 Direct: | " |
| 1996-97 Direct: | " |
| 1998-99 Direct: | Jack & Diane Myslik |
| 2000-01 Direct: | " |
| 2002-03 Direct: | " (Sold 2003) |
| 2004-05 Direct: | Charlie & Lori Shafer |
| 2006-07 Direct: | " |
| 2008-09 Direct: | |
| 2010-11 Direct: |