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| No: 619 | Street: Amherst | Name: |
| Family: Shafer | Owner Info: Y |
| Built: 1952 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's 4th | Lot: 1-4 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: 9 | Original Use: Commercial (earlier store) | Current Use: Residential |
| CHANGES | As Built: N | Add To: Y | Sub From: N | 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: Don Gerred | Date Fr: 2010 | Date To: |
| Original Owner: Matthew W. & Mary L. Meldon (fr TPB&L) | Date Fr : 1952 | Date To: 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 | Date To 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 | Date To 6: 1986 |
| Owner 7: Paul F. & Esther H. M. Power | Date Fr 7: 1986 | Date To 7: 1997 |
| Owner 8: John L. & K. Diane Myslik | Date Fr 8: 1997 | Date To 8: 2003 |
| Owner 9: Lori Shafer | Date Fr 9: 2003 | Date To 9: 2009 |
| Owner 10: Wells Fargo Bank National Association | Date Fr 10: 2009 | Date To 10: 2010 |
| 1975 Owner: | Richard E. & Linda L. McCormick. 1-2-3-4 Sib 4 |
| Description: | 1 story brick ranch, gable roof. 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. From the deeds we know that H. M. Beck made his purchase from James W. Sibley for a store on the 19th of August 1891. He sold it to Frznziska Tillner in 1897. It was sold to Elizabth Krusling in 1909. She held the land until 1927 when it was sold to the Terrace Park Building and Loan. When the fire occurred and the original store building was torn down is not know at this time. |
| 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 the 1st owner of the present house. |
| Story 3: | Joe E. Smeltzer was assistant minister at the Mariemont Community Church. The deeds show that the Smeltzers owned the house but after them the church owned it and others rented it. |
| Story 4: | There are deeds relating to this house in the Building Survey file in the T. P. Historical Society 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. |
| 1959-60 Directories: | Matthew & Mary Meldon 617 Amherst |
| 1962-66 Directories | Matthew & Mary Meldon 619 Amherst |
| 1967-68 Direct: | Spike & Lin Bragg |
| 1969-72 Directories: | Charles & Pam Goetz (1969 from New Jersey) |
| 1973-76 Directories: | Richard "Dick" & Linda McCormick |
| 1978-80 Directories: | Harold J. & Jetta Lou Lewis |
| 1982 Directory: | Richard & Linda McCormick (Sold 1983) |
| 1984 Directory: | Joe E. & Candace Smeltzer |
| 1986 Directory: | Clare & Margaret Allen - renters from church |
| 1988-97 Directories: | Paul & Esther Power (bought from Mariemont Church) |
| 1998-2001 Directories: | Jack & Diane Myslik |
| 2002-03 Direct: | " (Sold 2003) |
| 2004-05 Direct: | Charlie & Lori Shafer |
| 2006-09 Directories: | " (Sold 2010) |
| 2011-12 Directory: | Don & Lori Gerred |