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| No: 742 | Street: Wooster | Name: Herrmann House |
| Family: Williams | OwnerInfo: Y |
| Built: 1890 | Sec: 29 | Sub: Columbia | Lot: IRR R2-T5-S29 S 1/2 |
| Architect: | Cont/Build: Mr. Ducket |
| #Owners: 6F | Orig Use: Residential (2 family) | Current Use: Residential |
| STYLE | Ranch: | Split: | Colonial: | Victorian: Y | Trans: | Trad: | Other: |
| CapeC: | Bung: | Eng: | Dutch: | Cont: | Misc: American Farmhouse | ||
| CATALOGUE | Sears: | Gunn: | Pease: | BH&G: | Pattern: | OtherC: |
| MATERIAL | Siding: Y | Brick: | Stone: | Stucco: | Br&Sid: | OtherM: |
| ROOF: gable & hip | Stories: | |||||
| CHANGES | AsBuilt: Y | AddTo: | SubFrom: | Replace: |
| 1999 - beautifully renovated by Joanne & Paul Kennedy. 2004 alterations - gutters & chimney (Paul St. Claire, roofing). | ||||
| CurrOwner: Lawrence S. & Clare M. Williams | Date Frc: 2000 | DateToc: |
| OrigOwner: Herrmann | Date Frm: 1905c | DateTo: |
| Cora T. Herrmann & William F. Herrmann | 1925 | Date To: 1951 |
| Harold W. Herrmann | Date Fr: 1951 | Date To: 1952 |
| Owner1: Tom & Mary Barrere | Date Fr 1: 1952 | DateTo 1: 1963 |
| Owner2: James E. & Ann R. Gilchrist | Date Fr 2: 1963 | DateTo 2: 1987 |
| Owner3: Shirley F. Mittendorf (& Richard) | Date Fr 3: 1987 | DateTo 3: 1998 |
| Owner4: Paul L. & Joanne M. Kennedy (to rehab - mainly by Joanne) | Date Fr 4: 1998 | DateTo 4: 1999 |
| Owner 5: James C. & Cathy A. Freeman | Date Fr 5: 1999 | DateTo 5: 2000 |
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| 1975 Owner: | James E. & Ann R. Gilchrist |
| Description: | A country farm house with gingerbread decoration (frame now covered with siding). Built as a 2 family home but the Herrmanns changed that. Porch around front and side with 2 front doors. Patterned after a Victorian house on an acre of land. The old barn was torn down and 2 similar buildings were erected c1925: one as a garage and the other as a chicken house. |
| Story 1: | The builder ran into difficulties and Harold Herrmann's father bought it as he was going to get married. Harold Herrmann (615 Myrtle) was born there in 1909 (later a Terrace Park Council member). He graduated from Terrace Park School in 1927. |
| Story 2: | 1917/18 was the worst winter in memory: 1st snow, then warm and rain, then it froze and formed a crust on top and sledding was excellent. Influenza made many sick and those with homeopathic care survived - others didn't. (According to a November 16, 1999 Cincinnati Enquirer article "an estimated 30 million people - 550,000 in the United States - perished throughout the world as new strains of influenza were exposed to a population that had no immunity.") |
| Story 3: | This home was on the turnpike and chicken dinners were served on Sundays. What is now Marian Lane was its cow pasture. |
| 1939 Map: | Hermann |
| 1942 Map: | Herrmann |
| 1951/3 Map: | Herrmann (William F. Herrmann died April 15, 1951. His son, Harold W. Herrmann, was at 615 Myrtle Avenue until he died in 1996 - then owned by his son) |
| 1959 Directory: | Thomas & Mary K. Barrere (Thomas was a relative of Hume Corwin - see 733 Indian Hill Road) |
| 1960 Directory: | " |
| 1962-63 Direct: | " (Mary died June 26, 1976 & Thomas died June 27, 1976) |
| 1963-64 Direct: | Jim & Ann Gilchrist |
| 1965-66 Direct: | '' |
| 1967-68 Direct: | '' |
| 1969-70 Direct: | '' |
| 1971-72 Direct: | '' |
| 1973-74 Direct: | '' |
| 1975-76 Direct: | '' |
| 1978 Directory: | '' |
| 1980 Directory: | " |
| 1982 Directory: | " |
| 1984 Directory: | '' |
| 1986 Directory: | '' (moved to 119 Robinwood) (Sold 1987) |
| 1988 Directory: | Richard & Shirley Mittendorf |
| 1990-91 Direct: | '' |
| 1992-93 Direct: | '' |
| 1994-95 Direct: | '' |
| 1996-97 Direct: | '' |
| 1998-99 Direct: | " (Sold 1999) |
| 2000-01 Direct: | Jim & Cathy Freeman (Sold 2000) (Freeman traded with Williams & moved to 221 Cambridge) |
| 2003-04 Direct: |
Larry & Clare Williams |
| 2004-05 Direct: | " |
| 2006-07 Direct: | " |
| 2008-09 Direct: | " |
| 2010-11 Direct: |