Continuing the history of Monroe Street development, in 1919 Christian “Fred” Sieler and his wife Christine purchased Lot No. 5 of Hubbard’s Addition and sometime after the 1920 census was taken, which shows them living in Whiteford Township, Michigan, they built a house on this lot. They sold the home in 1924 to Willard and Addie Newcomb.

Willard and Addie were already living in Sylvania when they purchased the home. A 1925 Sylvania postal listing shows W.L. Newcomb living at this address, and in March 1927, he was issued a building permit from the village of Sylvania to construct a 10-foot by 16-foot garage on the lot.

The June 30, 1927, Sylvania Sentinel reported that son Earl Newcomb of Monroe Street, 27 years old and employed on the railroad, died in his Monroe Street home of tuberculosis. He was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Newcomb, one brother, Floyd, two sisters, Miss Rowena Newcomb and Mrs. Lucy Wotring of Adrian, Mich. Funeral services were held at the home.

By the 1930 census the Newcombs were renting this home for $40 a month to Russell N. Keater, 43 years old and working as a shovel operator for a construction company, his wife, Leona R. Keater, 30 years old, daughters Thelma, 9, Ruth, 6, both in school; Norma, 2, and son Wade, 4 months old.

In 1935, during the darkest days of the Depression, the Newcomb family lost the home to the Farmers & Merchants Bank. In February of 1936 the home and property were sold by Sheriff Auction to David H. and Zenobia C. Nhare who lived on Summit Street at this time. They rented the home to Clyde and Hazel Weber, and their children: Margaret; Robert; and Wade. During that time Margaret taught piano in this home and advertised her service every week in the local newspaper.

An article in the Jan. 21,1937, Sylvania Sentinel said: “The Music Study Club pupils of Miss Margaret Weber will present the second in a series of studio recitals at 6371 Monroe St. on Tuesday evening…” Another article in the Sylvania Sentinel said that Miss Margaret Weber, pianist, would be heard in a 15-minute broadcast over WSPD. She was presented as the fourth in the Young Artist series of the Student Musicals.

The 1940 census showed Clyde Weber, 45 years old, an auto mechanic at a garage; his wife, Hazel, 43, daughter Margaret, 23, music teacher offering lessons in this home, sons Robert, 21, gas and oil station attendent, and Wade, 18, bank messenger.

Throughout the 1940s many articles appeared in the Sylvania Sentinel about Margaret and her professional life as a piano teacher. She also played the organ, and was a poet. She often could be heard on the radio, and was featured at numerous events both locally and nationally.

In 1943 Clyde Weber was involved in a bad accident while working for the Hickok Oil Company, spilling 1,700 gallons of gasoline on Route 120.

The Weber’s son Robert was serving in World War II, and many of his letters to his parents were printed each week in the Sylvania Sentinel.

In 1956 the Sylvania Volunteer Fire Department honored Clyde Weber for 25 years of volunteer service, and for being a founding member of the fire department along with four others. The photo shown was featured in the Sylvania Sentinel honoring the five in March of 1956.

The Weber family continued to rent this home from the Nhare family until 1963. Clyde passed away in 1958, and his wife Hazel and daughter Margaret remained until 1963, when Margaret purchased a home at 1951 Jermain Rd. in Toledo where they lived the rest of their lives. The Nhares sold the home to Boyd O. Montgomery in 1965 and was rented until 1971, it then was listed vacant.

In 1969 the home sold to William C. Bayer, who in 1971 requested a building permit to demolish the home to give access to a parking lot behind his Chalet Village Restaurant.

In the next article we will talk more about that restaurant.

In 1986 John G. Day purchased all the lots that had been used by the restaurant to make room for a new complex and subdivision called River Crossing. Today the property where this house sat is the parking lot just west of Little Ceasars Pizza.