tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post757834698214041577..comments2023-09-15T08:48:49.716-04:00Comments on Cleveland Area History: The Vanishing Forties - No Longer Quite So VanishedChristopher Busta-Peckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-56320952917164726402011-12-08T12:36:26.557-05:002011-12-08T12:36:26.557-05:00To further confirm the identity of the house, one ...To further confirm the identity of the house, one can look at the 1912 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Cleveland, Volume 1, page 32 (from the database provided by LibraryConnectOhio.org, it is Cleveland image 1137 or Reel 16-6648-01149.jpg). The T. P. May house is labelled as 1460 East 12th Street. The shape of the house matches that of the HABS drawing. The Sanborn map shows the one story structure to the left the of May house, which in the print has a sign "WANTED USED CARS. . ." The map even depicts the fire escape on the back of the multi-story building as rendered in Rudolph Stanley-Brown's etching.<br />--Carl Thomas EngelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-68854032117362439042011-12-02T11:55:53.707-05:002011-12-02T11:55:53.707-05:00Thanks!
I hadn't seen that - but you're ...Thanks! <br /><br />I hadn't seen that - but you're absolutely right. And with only the slightest modification - the addition of a bathroom - it could work quite well today.Christopher Busta-Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-45765830636629718692011-12-01T20:07:54.475-05:002011-12-01T20:07:54.475-05:00Great piece of detective work--I loved each added ...Great piece of detective work--I loved each added piece of information and logical step you guided us through. <br /><br />What a gem the May house was. Although not exactly a miniature, it is not very large either, yet how much meticulous care and elegance, for both traffic pattern and architectural details, was packed into the design.<br />--Road to ParnassusParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com