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| No: 712 | Street: Lexington | Name: |
| Family: Askam | OwnerInfo: N |
| Built: 1928 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's 2nd BL 7 | Lot: 40-43 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: |
| #Owners: | Orig Use: Residential | Current Use: Residential |
| STYLE | Ranch: | Split: | Colonial: | Victorian: | Trans: | Trad: | Other: |
| CapeC: | Bung: Y | Eng: | Dutch: | Cont: | Misc: | ||
| CATALOGUE | Sears: | Gunn: | Pease: | BH&G: | Pattern: | OtherC: |
| MATERIAL | Siding: | Brick: | Stone: | Stucco: Y | Br&Sid: | OtherM: |
| ROOF: gable with front dormer | Stories: 2 | |||||
| CHANGES | AsBuilt: | AddTo: Y | SubFrom: | Replace: |
| 1980 - E. C. Orr made a 2 story addition. 2004 permit for Askams to demolish 1 car garage & build 2 can with workshop (H & L Construction, Jane Yancey, architect). | ||||
| CurrOwner: Askam | Date Frc: 1992 | DateToc: |
| OrigOwner: Elliott R. & K. A. Burnham | Date Frm: 1929/36 | DateTo: 1944 |
| Owner1: Herbert A. & Isobel Berry (at least 1949-50) | Date Fr 1: 1944 | DateTo 1: |
| Owner2: Edwin & Edna Sonntag | Date Fr 2: | DateTo 2: |
| Owner3: Donald Lowry | Date Fr 3: 1951 | DateTo 3: 1952 |
| Owner4: R. J. & Rhea C. Sparrow | Date Fr 4: 1953 | DateTo 4: 1980 |
| Owner5: Edward & Susan Orr | Date Fr 5: 1980 | DateTo 5: |
| Owner6: | Date Fr 6: | DateTo 6: |
| Owner7: | Date Fr 7: | DateTo 7: |
| Owner8: | Date Fr 8: | DateTo 8: |
| Owner9: | Date Fr 9: | DateTo 9: |
| Owner10: | Date Fr 10: | DateTo 10: |
| Owner11: | Date Fr 11: | DateTo 11: |
| 1975 Owner: | Rhea C. Sparrow |
| Description: |
| Story1: | Pat Fehl remembers when the two Burnham boys, Reuben and Paul, were drowned in the Little Miami River. They had gone there with Flach Douglas but didn't know how to swim. There were also three girls: Ann, Joan & Barabra. |
| Story 2: | 712 Lexington was the first house owned by the parents of Peter H. Lowry (2 Oxford). Peter remembers living there as a child between the Kennedy and Butterworth families. |
| Story 3: | Steve Sparrow reported the death of his brother Richard S. Sparrow (Dick) November 21, 2005. Steve & Dick are sons of Richard J. & Rhea C. Sparrow. Dick is survived by his wife Kitty or Yorba Linda CA., children Jay and Kelly as well as Stephen (Steve) C. Sparrow of Arlington TX. |
| 1939 Map: | Burnham |
| 1942 Map: | Burnham (1943 The Elliot Burnham family moved to Detroit MI with the Budd Manufacturing Co.) |
| 1951/3 Map: | D. I. Lowry |
| 1959 Directory: | Richard & Rhea Sparrow |
| 1960 Directory: | '' |
| 1962-63 Direct: | '' |
| 1963-64 Direct: | '' |
| 1965-66 Direct: | '' (Richard died January 17, 1967) |
| 1967-68 Direct: | Mrs. Richard (Rhea) Sparrow |
| 1969-70 Direct: | '' |
| 1971-72 Direct: | '' |
| 1973-74 Direct: | '' |
| 1975-76 Direct: | '' |
| 1978 Directory: | '' (moved to Sem Villa in Milford and died 9/2/1996, aged 85 years) |
| 1980 Directory: | Ted & Susie Orr |
| 1982 Directory: | " |
| 1984 Directory: | '' |
| 1986 Directory: | '' |
| 1988 Directory: | '' |
| 1990-91 Direct: | '' |
| 1992-93 Direct: | David & Annette Askam (Sold 1992) |
| 1994-95 Direct: | '' |
| 1996-97 Direct: | '' |
| 1998-99 Direct: | " |
| 2000-01 Direct: | " |
| 2002-03 Direct: | " |
| 2004-05 Direct: | " |
| 2006-07 Direct: | " |