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| No: 415 | Street: Elm | Name: Gilliland/Gatch House |
| Family: Pettit | OwnerInfo: Y |
| Built: 1890 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Camden City | Lot: 544-552 Pt vac alley Adj Camden City Pr 6. 15-544-545 cons |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: | 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: | OtherC: |
| MATERIAL | Siding: | Brick: | Stone: | Stucco: | Br&Sid: Y | OtherM: shingle |
| ROOF: gable | Stories: 2 1/2 | |||||
| CHANGES | AsBuilt: | AddTo: Y | SubFrom: Y | Replace: |
| 1944 - screen porch added by Graces. 1968 - screen porch converted to family room by Petits. 1944 - Graces removed 2nd floor screened sleeping porch at rear of house and added large brick patio with wall. The original "wash house" was converted to a "grill house" (see story 3). | ||||
| 2006 - Peggy Pettit sold off the side lot (to the north) to Debra L. & Steven D. Fletcher Tr. | ||||
| CurrOwner: William R. & Peggy Mae Schulte Pettit | Date Frc: 1958 | DateToc: |
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| Owner1: Gilliland | Date Fr 1: 1889? | DateTo 1: 1906 |
| Owner2: Lewis N. & Mary (Greeno) Gatch (later estate) | Date Fr 2: 1906 | DateTo 2: 1943 |
| Owner3: Loren G. Gatch, & Minna & John Gatch | Date Fr 3: 1943 | DateTo 3: 1944 |
| Owner4: Nancy B. Wallstead | Date Fr 4: 1944 | DateTo 4: 1944 |
| Owner5: Dale & Eloise W. Grace | Date Fr 5: 1944 | DateTo 5: 1956 |
| Owner6: Paul & Pris Connell | Date Fr 6: 1956 | DateTo 6: 1958 |
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| 1975 Owner: | Peggy Mae Pettit. 545-552& pt vac alley Camden City (pars 6 to 15 & 554,545) |
| Description: | Could this be called Eastlake Victorian? (see Ellis Rawnsley's Village Views Article. 8/83) |
| Story 1: | Lewis & Mary Greeno Gatch moved here from 614 Wooster Pike with their 2 children John (father of Ann of 635 Valley View in Terrace Park - earlier 602 Miami) and Loren (later at 104 Miami). We don't know when they moved to 415 Elm but at least by 1906 or 1911-12 and probably earlier since their boys grew up there. Since Lewis was a struggling young lawyer Ann Gatch suspects their parents helped them get the house. |
| Story 2: | One of the specialties of Lewis Gatch was "real estate law, including helping clients (like Sibley, Pattison & Iuen) create subdivisions that resulted in the development of Terrace Park." He "drew plat maps as part of his title searches. He did this work in a large book which contained parchment paper for the clients - and thinner paper (vellum) that remained in the book" - a permanent record of subdivision plats. (from The Lewis Gatch Family of Ohio) |
| Story 3: | 1944 - The original "wash house" where laundry was done was converted to a "grill house" and abutted to the patio. It contains a wonderful grill, hood, exhaust fan and cabinets for storage. It has a work top for food preparation or display and storage under that (originally for wood logs, converted to gas by Pettits). Originally there was a "well" on the site of the patio. Since laundry water still empties into the "old well", the area is "hot" from detergent. When it snows the snow melts over the "old well" site. Originally the house had a slate roof. |
| Story 4: | 1911-12 Directory : Lewis Gatch - attorney, John & Loren Gatch, university students (at Princeton) |
| Story 5: | An oral history of Mike Grace will be available at the TPHS archives. |
| Story 6: | Paul & Pris Connell 1956-1958: built and moved to 114 Red Bird, renting 415 Elm to Stu Proctor's parents when they moved back to Terrace Park from Milford (see 701 Miami). |
| Story 7: | After buying the house, the Pettits rented to Dick & Sally Eggleston as their new house wasn't built yet and the Pettits couldn't sell their Wyoming OH house as soon as they wanted. |
| Story 8: | 2007 - Peg Pettit sold side lot to Fletcher to build 413 Elm. |
| 1939 Map: | Galloway (rented from Gatch owners?) |
| 1942 Map: | Galloway (rented from Gatch owners?) |
| 1951/3 Map: | Dale Grace (newspaper photo during Grace residency) |
| 1959 Directory: | Dick & Sally Eggleston (renters) (moved to 625 Valley View) |
| 1960 Directory: | William & Peggy Pettit |
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| 2002-03 Direct: | Mrs. William (Peggy) Pettit |
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