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| No: 1005 | Street: Elm | Name: Senator John Smith House |
| Family: Lindell | OwnerInfo: Y |
| Built: circa 1800 | Sec: 28 | Sub: Thomas R. Biggs Est. | Lot: Parcels 1 & 5??? |
| Architect: unknown | Cont/Build: unknown but perhaps John Smith |
| #Owners: | Orig Use: Residential | Current Use: Residence and Farm |
| STYLE | Ranch: | Split: | Colonial: Y | Victorian: | Trans: | Trad: | Other: Y |
| CapeC: | Bung: | Eng: | Dutch: | Cont: | Misc: | ||
| CATALOGUE | Sears: | Gunn: | Pease: | BH&G: | Pattern: | OtherC: |
| MATERIAL | Siding: Y | Brick: | Stone: | Stucco: | Br&Sid: | OtherM: Log underneath frame |
| ROOF: gable | Stories: 2 | |||||
| CHANGES | AsBuilt: | AddTo: Y | SubFrom: | Replace: Y |
| Covered log cabin now inside house. 1920s - East wing (including plumbing) added. Traces of old cabin visible under living room in basement. Kitchen well filled in under kitchen; cistern and hand dug well have been abandoned. 1935 - Ross restoration before (Times Star article 8/24/35 p. 3). (1938 front column porch added???) Village Views, February 1981, also refers to an addition made by Fritz Huber and Hume Corwin around 1936. 2005 - permit for Lindell to extend kitchen & add 2nd floor bedroom/bath. Jim Nordloh, architect. Mike Nordloh, contractor. | ||||
| CurrOwner: Carl "Hap" & Ann Lindell (son Pax lives there) | Date Frc: 1982 | DateToc: |
| OrigOwner: Elder John Smith (moved to Louisiana and died there) | Date Frm: Late 1790s | DateTo: 1809? |
| Owner1: Zacheus Biggs | Date Fr 1: 1809? | DateTo 1: |
| Owner2: Thomas R. Biggs | Date Fr 2: | DateTo 2: 1881 |
| Owner3: Joseph Foster (from Biggs estate) | Date Fr 3: 1881 | DateTo 3: 1882 |
| Owner4: Michael Leaf | Date Fr 4: 1882 | DateTo 4: 1916 |
| Owner5: Laura Leaf (inherited from her father, Michael) | Date Fr 5: 1916 | DateTo 5: 1935 |
| Owner6: Judge Simon & Maude Ross (see 300 Rugby) | Date Fr 6: 1935? | DateTo 6: 1937 |
| Owner7: Carl H. & Frances Lindell | Date Fr 7: 1937 | DateTo 7: 1982 |
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| 1975 Owner: | Carl H. Lindell. Elm Ave 8.24 AC, Pt lot 20 Thomas Biggs Est. |
| Description: | The original Smith House was a log structure that forms the nucleus of this structure. It had four rooms and a second floor. The exterior has been radically altered, but the interior with its low ceilings, wide planked floor boards and hand blown glass panes, still retains some of its original integrity (Ohio Historic Inventory in file). |
| Story 1: | This land originally came from Covalt, Twn 5, Fr. R. 2 |
| Story 2: | The Reverend John Smith was one of the earliest settlers of Columbia township. He organized the first church in the Miami Purchase in 1790. He was a member of the first constitutional convention which organized the State and at the first General assembly of the State of Ohio held in 1803. He and Thomas Worthington were the first senators of Ohio. Smith was senator from 1803-1808 (Ohio Historic Inventor in file). |
| John Smith was a merchant/farmer, Baptist minister and one of the first US Senators from Ohio. Aaron Burr visited here on his trek westward. Both were charged with conspiracy. Burr's dream of a western empire started in Ohio. See house file. | |
| There's a great deal more material on John Smith in the
TP Historical Society archives including articles written by Ellis
Rawnsley and Esther H. M. Power.
Lindells may still have material Mel used for his article in Village Views (From conversations between Mel Aicholz & Esther Power. May & Sept 1991 |
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| Story 3: | T. R. Biggs was probably born in this house. He married twice and "repaired to Round Bottom Farm" in 1854. |
| Story 4: | In 1881 20 acres containing the Smith-Lindell house came on the market to be sold at auction as Lot #20 of the Thomas R. Biggs estate. It was bought by Joseph Foster of Clermont County with a successful bid of $2,000. 2/3 of its appraised value. In 1882 he sold it to Michael Leaf for $3,240. (Foster to Leaf deed) |
| Story 5: | The 20 acres that Michael Leaf bought in 1882, containing the Smith/Lindell House, has now been divided with 11.77 acres staying with the original house (1005 Elm Avenue) and 8.23 acres going with Hap Lindell's home (1001 Elm Avenue). (information from Esther H. M. Power) Isaac A. "Ike" Leaf, a descendant, died 18 June 2008 |
| Story 6: | Miller scrapbooks - Dec 23, 1965 (Christmas interior of home) & June 12, 1951, Post & Times Star articles by Polly Cramer. Also see article in Village Views (Feb 1981) for addition by Fritz Huber & Hume Corwin c. 1936. |
| Story 7: | Carl Lindell, an attorney, was Mayor of Terrace Park 1944-51 and 1964-71 He served 6 terms in all, 4 of 2 years each and 2 of 4 years (see Lindell Memorial Grove by Log Cabin (710 Elm). |
| Story 8: | Mrs. Simon Ross is the sister of Ruth Neely France, 435 Elm (according to the minutes of the TP Woman's Club, May 21, 1928). |
| Story 9: | Frances Lindell - president TP Garden Club 1953-55 |
| 1939 Map: | (map does not go that far down Elm) |
| 1942 Map: | Lindell |
| 1951/3 Map: | Carl H. Lindell |
| 1959 Directory: | Carl H. & Frances Lindell |
| 1960 Directory: | '' |
| 1962-63 Direct: | '' |
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| 1965-66 Direct: | '' |
| 1967-68 Direct: | '' |
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| 1975-76 Direct: | '' |
| 1978 Directory: | '' (Carl died in 1978, aged 73 years) |
| 1980 Directory: | " |
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| 1988 Directory: | " |
| 1990-91 Direct: | Lindell & Graumlich/Grosse |
| 1992-93 Direct: | Grosse (Frances Lindell was born Feb 17, 1903 & died Feb. 27, 1993) |
| 1994-95 Direct: | " |
| 1996-97 Direct: | " |
| 1998-99 Direct: | Richard A. III & Jenny Grosse |
| 2000-01 Direct: | Pax & Abby Lindell/Foggy Creek Farm |
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| 2006-07 Direct: | " " |
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