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| No: 203 | Street: Marietta | Name: Railroad House |
| Family: Baird | OwnerInfo: Y |
| Built: 1890/1902 | Sec: 23 | Sub: Sibley's 2nd BL 9 | Lot: 8-9-10-11 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: J. W. Sibley? |
| #Owners: 5F | Orig Use: Residential | Current Use: Residential |
| STYLE | Ranch: | Split: | Colonial: | Victorian: Y | Trans: | Trad: | Other: |
| CapeC: | Bung: | Eng: | Dutch: | Cont: | Misc: Victorian Cross "RR" | ||
| CATALOGUE | Sears: | Gunn: | Pease: | BH&G: | Pattern: Y | OtherC: |
| MATERIAL | Siding: Y | Brick: | Stone: | Stucco: | Br&Sid: | OtherM: |
| ROOF: steep gable | Stories: 2 1/2 | |||||
| CHANGES | AsBuilt: | AddTo: Y | SubFrom: | Replace: |
| 1998 - extensive remodeling and addition for the Baird family: added family room, master bath and 4th bedroom (Jane Yancey, architect; Stock Keffer, contractor). | ||||
| CurrOwner: H. Kim & Laurie E. Baird | Date Frc: 1995 | DateToc: |
| OrigOwner: West Family (also on Plat 1913) | Date Frm: 1890 | DateTo: 1951c |
| Owner1: Norris "Norrie" & Becky Genholz (Gentholts) | Date Fr 1: 1951c | DateTo 1: 1956 |
| Owner2: Mary Lyng Preston (& Tom) | Date Fr 2: 1956 | DateTo 2: 1994 |
| Owner3: Charles F. & Lucy K. Fellows | Date Fr 3: 1994 | DateTo 3: 1995 |
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| 1975 Owner: | Mary L. Preston. |
| Description: | Railroad houses were built in the 1890s from blueprints sold by a Cincinnati architect for $25. All are in Sibley's subdivisions. |
| Story 1: | 1969 scrapbook - color pictures. A wonderful large black and white photo of the West family members in 1926 at their home is in the file. Note porches later taken off and in late 1990s added again. Family related to Oliver Robertson (602 Miami) as well as to the Sibleys and Lloyds - see family notebook at TP Historical Society). |
| Story 2: | 1911-12 Directory at Miami and Miami & Marietta: Sam R. West (Ellen) and S. A. West (Elizabeth) - attorney; also James W. Sibley - ex mess. West family children were" John McCauley West, David Strong West, Oliver Huber West, Richard Belt West, Katharine Rebecca West and Elizabeth "Libby" Hoyt West. (She later ran a horse farm. ) (Katharine Rebecca West McComb died in Florida February 14, 2006) |
| Story 3: | Mary Hyer, a West, lived recently on Stanton (late 1990)s. |
| Story 4: | This home was on the 2005 Terrace Park Garden Club/Historical Society's "Generation Renovation House Tour". |
| 1939 Map: | West |
| 1942 Map: | West |
| 1951/3 Map: | Elizabeth West |
| 1959 Directory: | Thomas & Betty Lou Preston |
| 1960 Directory: | '' |
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| 1992-93 Direct: | '' (Betty Lou died November 8, 2003, Tom several years earlier) |
| 1994-95 Direct: | Charles & Lucy Fellows |
| 1996-97 Direct: | Kim & Laurie Baird |
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