In 1872 this property at 5765 Summit St. was purchased by Cordelia Comstock and 1875 is the recorded date of construction for this house. She had married Ambrose Comstock in 1860. He had served during the Civil War with the 130th Ohio Infantry, and every Memorial Day until he died he lead Sylvania’s parade. Continue reading Sylvania Then & Now … GAYLEEN GINDY
In 1893, John Hopkins sold two parcels to the south of his home on Summit Street to his son-in-law, Henry Burnham. Hopkins had just been ordered to re-pay a debt he owed because a man that he insured as Sylvania’s treasurer disappeared with the tax monies that belonged to the village and township of Sylvania. Continue reading SYLVANIA THEN & NOW
This house was built in 1919 on No. 16 of Parker’s Addition subdivision; a subdivision that included Franklin Street, Long Street, Handy Street and the 6000 block of Main Street. Continue reading SYLVANIA THEN & NOW
Main/Monroe streets NE corner GAYLEEN GINDY The earliest use of this property was from the 1830s through the early 1880s when there was a large stone tavern/hotel on the property owned by Erastus Morse, then Stephen Porter, then A.J. Covell and others. The hotel was one of Sylvania’s earliest structures and was located on the original “Plank Road,” which was one of Lucas County’s first … Continue reading SYLVANIA THEN & NOW
This house was built in 1897 while the property was owned by Margaret Shaffer. Ms. Shaffer purchased other lots on Summit Street that same year, and this was one of the first houses that she built. She owned it until 1914 and then sold it to Ethel Cooke. Ethel’s husband was Dr. Uriah Cooke, Sylvania’s local medical doctor. Continue reading SYLVANIA THEN & NOW
This house, built in 1887, was owned by Rebecca Chapple, the widow of Robert S. Chapple who had served in the Civil War. Military records show he was discharged on March 16, 1864, and death records show that he died that same day. Their children, Julia Chapple Heath and William Chapple, who also lived in Sylvania, inherited this house after their mother passed away. Continue reading SYLVANIA THEN & NOW
Howard Hine and Elsie Comstock were married in 1904 in Sylvania and in 1906 they purchased the home located at 5937 Summit St. That home was built in 1887 and will be discussed in the next article. It was in 1913 that the Hines split off a parcel to the north of their home and constructed our subject home. From 1913 until 1949 they rented this house to tenants. Continue reading SYLVANIA THEN & NOW
This house was originally built in 1895 at 5926 N. Main St. by Thomas Gibbs. He owned a hardware store in downtown Sylvania and his daughter, Julia Gibbs, married Alberti R. Chandler, who took over the hardware business after Gibbs retired. Continue reading SYLVANIA THEN & NOW
This Summit Street house was built in 1950, and while not 100 years old, it is important to our history because it is an example of a pre-fab residential home known as a Lustron House, which was invented to answer the postwar housing shortage. These were developed to meet the housing needs of GIs returning from World War II. Continue reading SYLVANIA THEN & NOW
he 6039 Summit St. property was purchased by Nancy Buck in 1883, who, as mentioned in the last article, was married to Enoch Buck and lived in the house across the street at 6000 Summit St. In 1897 this house was built for their daughter and son-in-law, Adriance and Ida (Buck) Mallett. Enoch Buck died that year and in 1899 Nancy Buck transferred this house and property to the Malletts. The property consisted of eight acres, extending all the way to where Long Street would later dead end. Continue reading 6039 Summit
