Terrace Park, Ohio Building Survey

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No: 215  Street: Oxford Name: Raymond & Pearl (Breiling) Christopher House
Family: FOR SALE Plaque: 2008 Owner Info: Y
Built: 1912/3 Sec: 23 Sub: Sibley's Lots 3 & 4 of Camden City Lot: 15-17
Architect: E. J. Schulte  Cont/Build: Cornish?
#Owners: 2F Original Use: Residential Current Use: Residential
CHANGES As Built: N Add To: Y Sub FromN Replace: N
1925 - garage.  1993 - kitchen bay and window.   1993 - permit for Helen Barnett to enclose the porch (Neal's Construction Co., architect & contractor).  2009 permit for interior & exterior alterations.
Current Owner:  Date Fr: 2011 Date To: 
Original Owner: Pearl Ida Breiling Christopher Date Fr: 1912 Date To: 1984
Owner 1: Helen Christopher Barnett (Pearl's daughter) Date Fr 1: 1984 Date To 1: 2009
Owner 2: Richard C. Jr. & Kathleen Mileham Date Fr 2: 2009 Date To 2: 2011
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1975 Owner:  Pearl Ida Christopher. 15-16-Sib 1. Pt lot 17.
Description: 1 1/2 story stucco Bungalow, gable with front dormer.
Story 1: Helen Barnett inherited the bungalow from her mother Pearl Breiling Christopher (see 302 Oxford).  Pearl married Raymond Christopher December 13, 1911 and they built their home here in 1912.  See 305-1 New Street for more family history.  More genealogical material in family notebook.
Story 2: There is an article about Helen Christopher Barnett in the June 2001 issue of Village Views.
Story 3: Compare to 400 Stanton. Is this Craftsman style?  Some call this "Prairie Style".
Story 4: Mystery - this house is said to be a copy/modification/variation/similar to 209 Cambridge.  It was built for Ray Christopher in 1912/13.  The house looks like the Sears house "The Hollywood" and has interior features of that Sears house but has the architect listed as E. J. Schulte.  Model dates for "The Hollywood" are 1916-24.
Story 5:      Pearl Ida (nee Breiling) Christopher was born 7 September, 1887 and died 19 March 1984, aged 96 years, buried in Rest Haven, Blue Ash OH.   
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ack Breiling Christopher, son of Ray & Pearl,  was born 8 November 1914 & died  (aged 75 years) 14 August 1990, buried 20 August in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati OH.  Stirling-Gerber Funeral Home, probably in Canton OH.  
1939 Map: Christopher
1942 Map: Christopher
1951/3 Map: R. B. Christopher
1959 Directory: R. B. & Pearl Christopher
1960 Directory: ''
1962-63 Direct: Mrs. R. B. (Pearl) Christopher & Helen Christopher
1963-70 Directories: ''
1971-72 Direct: Lowell & Helen Barnett & Mrs. R. B. (Pearl) Christopher
1973-74 Direct: " "      (Lowell died December 13, 1973)
1975-82 Directories: " "
1984 Directory: Mrs. Lowell (Helen) Barnett
1986 2007 Directories: ''
2008-09 Direct: "      (moved to Deupree House)      (Sold 2009)
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