201 E. Schantz Avenue Oakwood, Ohio Prepared by the Oakwood Historical Society in January 2010 for DPVA 201 E. Schantz Avenue Oakwood, Ohio Prepared by the Oakwood Historical Society in January 2010 for DPVA
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Overview
The Schantz Family and Origins of Schantz Plat
The man who first understood the potential for the land now known was Schantz Park National Register Historic District (NR listed 1992) was Adam Schantz Sr. Adam Schantz Sr. first leased lands from Jonathon Winters and then paying cash and a double house on Salem Avenue purchased the land around 1883.1 The original land included 108 acres in both Dayton and Oakwood. The current National Register Historic District is roughly bounded by Irving Avenue on the north, Mahrt Avenue on the east, Schenck Avenue on the south, and Far Hills Avenue on the west. It is also the only National Register Historic District in Oakwood, Ohio.
Adam Schantz Sr. (1839-1903) was a self-made man. At the age of 15, Adam and his five brothers left Germany and immigrated to America. He arrives in Dayton around 1862 and began working as a butcher. In about 20 years, Adam Schantz Sr. works from butcher to conducting a beef and pork packing business, to opening the Riverside Brewery Company. The 1870 Census shows Adam Schantz Sr. (30) and wife Saloama (also spelled as Salome Latin) (25) and sons John (4, first owner of 201 E. Schantz Avenue), Adam (3), and George 1. In 1870, the family is residing in Dayton’s 10th Ward and Adam is working as a butcher with two butcher hands and a one-year old baby girl living in the household.
By 1880, Adam Sr. is the owner of the Riverside Brewing Company. All of his sons and many other family members (both male and female) worked in the family business. The extended family lived along River Street near one of the brewery plants until they develop Schantz Park beginning in 1883 when Adam Sr. builds 430 E. Schantz Avenue. Adam Schantz Sr. vision of Oakwood is best described in his own words from around 1885. "Today I have become owner of a tract of land. While I will not live to see it developed I charge you with the responsibility of seeing to it that my property will one day become one of the best and most substantial residence sections of the city; and this may take fifty years..."
1) Jonathon Winters purchased the land from Isaac Haas. Haas was one of the four original partners in the platting of the town of Oakwood (1872). Haas had purchased the land from Henry Stoddard, who bought it from Col. Robert Patterson. Col. Robert Patterson owned much of the land south of downtown Dayton. It was his military payment for his service in the Revolutionary War.
Adam Schantz Sr. thought like a Progressive Reformer before the movement was nationally known. As early as 1877 when he served as the chairman of the financial committee to the city council of Dayton, Schantz advocated the acquirement by the city of acreages for public parks and playgrounds. This idea was unheard of and fell on deaf ears. His 1919 biography describes him as a man of civic loyalty, “he had in regard to his wealth the sense of stewardship rather than owner.” His generosity to public benefits was attested in 1893 when cities throughout the nation were in a state of depression. The poor funds available to the city of Dayton were exhausted and much suffering resulted. Therefore to elevate the problem, Adam Sr. placed at the city’s disposal his personal credit for $10,000. This money quickly went to use and provided 2300 men jobs within 24 hours. Adam Sr. laid the groundwork and instilled his sense of civic duty in his children. However he died in 1903 before his greatest dream fully developed. That dream was the creation of Schantz Park.
During Adam Schantz Sr. life, Schantz Addition consisted of only a few houses and his large stables with an exercise track. Adam Schantz Sr. was living in Oakwood by 1886 with is address listed as “south of Oakwood Street Car Stables”, this address was later changed to “south side Irving Avenue, east of Brown Street”. At the time of his purchase, this land in Oakwood was nothing but open space with a few quarry mines. The houses were few with St Mary’s Institute now University of Dayton in the distance. Schantz’s plat was nothing but the Schantzes for years. In fact, the Schantzes built most the houses that were built in the plat. It was the entire Schantz family that lived on Schantz Avenue. Old Adam Schantz senior’s house still stands on Schantz Avenue, on the right side of Schantz off of Oakwood Avenue up there about three blocks. Big pillars. It was the old Schantz home with the racetrack right across the street. They had the barn where they used to have their horses, it still stands. They had a big bay horse and hack and I’ll never forger the driver. His name was Charlie and he wore a plug hat and he’d take Mrs. Schantz down to the Holy Angels Church. You’d see him going down with his big bay horse and Mrs. Schantz sitting in that hack. (Earl Creager) Adam Schantz Sr. saw the potential of this then country estate with its racetrack and horse stables. He knew that just north of this land was developing Dayton and to the south was the town of Oakwood which was established in 1872 and was connected to Dayton by a horsecar. Adam Schantz Sr. knew his land was a prime location for a development--and what better way to express his ideas than by developing a new type of “addition”.
It is very likely that Adam Schantz Sr. and his sons discussed the development of the land with each other. It is very likely they shared the same dream. However, it was left up to Adam Schantz Jr. to fulfill the vision. And what a vision it was.
John M. and Theresa Schantz
John M. Schantz was the oldest son of Adam Sr. born on March 10, 1866. At the age of six, John M. fell through the braces of the Dayton View Bridge into the waters below and sustained internal injuries from which he never fully recovered (11/9/1915). According to his obituary, John M. “fought valiantly against physical infirmities that would have daunted a less sturdy man, but in spire of which Mr. Schantz succeeded in filling positions of trust and responsibility in a manner that redounded to his credit in the community” (DDN 11/9/1915).
John M. worked with his father in the beef and pork packing business, until the plant was remodeled into the Riverside Brewing Company. In 1887, John M. became the superintendent of the plant and then in 1904 he merged the other local breweries into the Dayton Breweries Company and assumed control of seven plants.
John M. assisted in the administration of the Schantz Estate but Adam Jr. was the lead in that adventure. He was married to Theresa Palmer Schantz. Theresa emigrated from Germany in 1887 at the age of nineteen. Together, they had two daughters and a son. Their daughter Helen died at the age of three, and their son Edward, drowned when he was ten years old while boating on the Miami River. Their oldest daughter Maria J. marries Herbert Whalen.
Like several other Schantz family members, John and Theresa raise their family along River Street near the brewery before moving to Oakwood in 1911. In 1911-1912 they appear in what is now 201 Schantz Avenue. John M. lived only four years in the house before he died on November 7, 1915. John M. died in his home with his family around him. He died from what is described as a serious illness that began six months prior and was related to the injuries he received as a child. As noted in his obituary, John M. converted to the Catholic Church just prior to his death. He was baptized and received as a full member of Holy Angels. He given all the sacraments of the church and was buried at Calvary Cemetery (DDN 11/8/1915). After his death, Theresa remains in the house along with her daughter Maria and he husband Herbert Whalen.
Maria Schantz Whalen and Herbert E. Whalen
Soon after John M. Schantz dies in November 1915, his son-in-law Herbert E. Whalen (1891-1977) and daughter Maria (Marie) (1891-1985) move into the 201 E. Schantz home. Herbert Whalen starts as a teller at the City National Bank and become Vice President of the bank in 1924. He served treasurer for the Oakwood Council from 1916-1943. The couple has four children: Herbert E., Janet M., Lone T. and John E. The 1920 Census shows H.E. Whalen as the head of the household with his wife Marie and their two children. Theresa Schantz now 52 continues to live with them. According to Herbert E. Whalen Jr., Gustav Wiedeke approached his dad in 1923 to sell the house. The Whalens and Mrs. Schantz were not interested in selling and told him so. Mr. Wiedeke persisted and finally they put a price on it that was so high that they thought it would chase him away -$60,000. He wrote them a check on the spot, and told them they had a year to get out. By 1924-1925, the couple built a new home at 269 E. Schantz where they move with the mother, Theresa Schantz. The 1930 Census shows the Whalen family residing at their new home 269 E. Schantz.
2)Gustav and Catherine Wiedeke
Gustav Wiedeke Jr. and his wife Catherine (Kate, Katie) have two daughters Louise and Alberta (later Hollencamp) when they move into 201 E. Schantz in 1925. Gustav Wiedeke Jr. was the son of Gustav Wiedeke, co-founder of the Wiedeke Company, a manufacturer of boilermakers’ tools and railway supplies. Gustav Sr. is memorialized at Woodland Cemetery in the form of a life-sized statue. The Wiedeke Company was located on Richard Street near the former house of Gustav Jr. and his wife. The 1930 Census shows Gustav (55), Katie (46), daughters Louise (25) and Alberta (21), and grandmother Louise Westhoff (70) living at 201 E. Schantz. Much like John M. Schantz, Gustav Jr. lives in the house only a short while before he dies in 1937. His obituary indicates that Gustav was ill for a short time before he died at age 62 in his home. The funeral was conducted in the house and afterwards he was buried at Calvary cemetery.
After his death, his son-in-law Francis Hollencamp becomes the president of the Wiedeke Company. The company is purchased in 1969 by Elliott Tool Company and is now known as Elliott Tool Technologies.3 After 25 years at 201 E. Schantz, Katie Wiedeke sells the house in 1950 to Clifford P. Kumler.
Clifford P. Kumler
Little is known of Clifford P. Kumler, the owner of 201 E. Schantz from 1950-1956. He was born in 1897 in Minnesota. He marries Bertha S. and the couple resides in Rocky River (Cleveland area) in 1930. His social security card indicates that he worked in Pennsylvania prior to 1951. The 1930 Census information shows Clifford P. in Rocky River and lists him working in a conveyor company. The Dayton city directory has Clifford working for the Matthews Conveyor Company. In 1956, Clifford P. Kumler leaves Oakwood and sells the home to John Balmer and Justina Lorenz Showers. 2) 1930 Census information for Whalens--Herbert Whalen (38) and V.P. of bank living with his wife and four children. Also in the house are Mary Theresa Schantz (mother-in-law and now 63) and a live-in servant Dixie Dameron. 3) More information on the company history at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Tool_Technologies
Rev. J. Balmer and Justina L. Showers
Dr. J. Balmer Showers was a bishop emeritus of the Evangelical United Brethren church and former head of the Otterbein Press. He married Justina Lorenz and the two traveled and worked for the church their entire lives. The first record of the Showers in Dayton is from the 1920 Census. John B. Showers (40) and Justina L. (34) are living on 1st Street and he is a professor at Theological School (then known as Bonebrake and now the United Theological Seminary). J. Balmer was born in Paris, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in PA, IL, and OH. A 1921 Passport Application provides an early photograph of Showers and indicates that he and Justina were leaving the states for five years to travel and do educational work in a variety of countries including: Palestine, Egypt, Syrian, Greece, Italy, France, and Belgium. Dr. Showers was elected as a bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in 1945 and retired in 1954 after nine years service and more than 40 years in the ministry. He worked for 28 years with the Otterbein Press and served as a pastor to the Belmont United Brethren church. The couple purchased 201 E. Schantz with the intention of using the large home to welcome returning missionaries and host church visitors. According to his obituary, Dr. Showers died in 1962 at Miami Valley hospital with a funeral service conducted at his home 201 E. Schantz Avenue.
Justina Lorenz Showers remains in the home until the mid 1980s moving at the age of 97 to the Otterbein Nursing Home in Lebanon, Ohio. At that time, Mrs. Showers donated the house to the United Brethren Church as the E.U.B. Mission Manor. She passed away on Dec 27, 1984 in Warren Co. at the Otterbein Nursing Home.
E.U.B. Mission Manor 201 E. Schantz Avenue was officially known as E.U.B. Mission Manor from 1965 to 2008. The former single-family home was donated for missionaries on home assignment. In addition, local United Methodist churches housed refugee families in the home. The home was divided into four-apartments with a caretaker, Edward Hass working for the General Board of Global Ministries. The General Board of Global Ministries is the global mission agency of the United Methodist Church. Their main office currently located in New York City.
Kevin and Kathleen Weaver
The Weaver family purchased 201 E. Schantz Ave. in January 2008 at auction from the General Board of Global Ministries. At that time, a visitor book was removed along with other remnants of the house’s history as E.U.B. Mission Manor. The Weavers converted the four-unit apartment building back into a single family home. In June 2010, the home will be the Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association Show House.
Early Everyday Life near 201 E Schantz Ave.
Adam Schantz Jr. was controlling the family estate from the age of 21 and like his father filled his life with tremendous activity and service to the community. He is described in a 1932 biography as being “recognized as having done more to change the skyline of Dayton than any other man.” He worked to rebuilt Ludlow Street, which began as a good dirt street to the railroad station. Schantz Jr. however, viewed it as a vital component to the success of mercantile business. And here in Oakwood, he managed and supervised the development of the Schantz Park subdivision.
All first-tier suburbs like Oakwood evolved by the forms of transportation that spawned them. Suburbs are so commonplace, it seems odd to think of them as a new concept but before the omnibus, a horse-drawn trolley, all citizens lived within walking distances of their work. Both the Schantz family and Wiedeke family lived within walking distance to their companies before moving into Oakwood. These downtown locations were the most desirable. But as cities industrialized, wealthy citizens sought out locations apart from the negative qualities of the city but close enough for daily contact.
This scenario helps to explain the location of the town of Oakwood that was platted in 1872 with 94 lots designed for the urban elite as retreats from their daily lives. Located with easy access to the omnibus it was viewed as a utopia. There are no historical records indicating that the partnership that platted Oakwood was trying to build an ideal suburban residential neighborhood. But for several of Dayton’s elite that was just what occurred.
Prior to the platting of the town, Oakwood was home to farmers and quarries. Once the town was platted and an omnibus route was established from downtown up Oakwood Avenue, across Far Hills, and ending at Park Avenue, a handful of Dayton’s urban elite recognized the benefits of living on the hill with its picturesque setting and relatively easy commute downtown to their offices. This commute was made possible by the omnibus that extended the distance one could travel in a half hour from two to three miles.
The earliest subdivisions were platted by upper-class citizens and it was an unspoken truth that only their peers could afford to live nearby. However, the Schantz Park subdivision helped more white-collar professionals have the dream of a single-family home removed from the city center. Its streets were platted with different price levels and the introduction of electrical trolley, which offered an inexpensive and reliable transportation made it possible for people to work within the city and live outside its limits.
Schantz Park was the first subdivision in Oakwood. It was located across from St. Mary’s now University of Dayton and the neighborhood now known as “the ghetto” was almost fully built by 1918 when the first Sanborn Map depicts Oakwood and Schantz Park as platted with around 50 homes. Brown Street was lined with businesses including a drug store, groceries, churches, and others. And a streetcar was available long Oakwood Avenue to Five Points making the city of Dayton accessible.
Schantz Park was a modern, twentieth-century neighborhood. The Schantz family was determined to develop the land to provide an ideal community. This community had graded and paved streets, city sewer, lights, and water. It had homes for various income levels ranging in both house size and lot size. Several of the homes were designed by one of Dayton’s greatest architects Louis Lott while the landscaping was done by the Olmstead Brothers.
Schantz Park was built to impress. It was the Schantz’s desire to create a special suburb of artistic, family-oriented homes situated in a healthful, scenic setting. The Olmstead Brothers Firm (son and stepson of Frederick Law Olmstead, designer of New York City’s Central Park among other nature-inspired developments) did the landscaping of Schantz Park. The concern for the preservation of trees and a great love of nature is evident in the planting of American Elms, Silver Maples and other hardy species throughout the district. One of the landmark features of the development was land set aside for a park with a lookout tower and carefully planned and designed gardens.
Then of course, the Schantz’s tower is set up on Look Out Drive and that was quite a tower. We’d play around that, we spent lots of time playing around that tower. (Earl Creager) We all went up the steps. That was a Sunday walk. Everyone had to take a walk there and go up through the tower and look out over the city. Simple things but we had fun. (Mabel Barnes)
By the 1920s, Oakwood was bustling. Developers would entice prospective buyers with advertisements stating that the Oakwood streetcar offered 12-minute service to the center of Dayton with an under 5-minute schedule while still being “up where the birds sing—up where you can enjoy the hot summer days in the shade of stately forest trees—up where you can live a simple life and yet have every city convenience at your fingertips.” The 1920s were an amazing time period for Oakwood. The now city was expanding southward and while the streetcar was still active and very important—a new mode of transportation, the automobile, was becoming more widespread allowing for expansion to move farther away from the block closest to the streetcar. As early as 1925, there is a conscious effort to associate Oakwood with more than just its setting. The advertisements mention the value of Oakwood, the quality of education, and its city services. One advertising brochure from this period states “away from the smoke and dirt of the city—up where values are now increasing, not just by years, but by months” another states “a man or woman’s success can be measured by their ability to save and invest their money wisely. Few of us are born rich. We have to work, work hard, for the money we earn.”
Architectural Description
201 E. Schantz is a lovely two-and-a-half story, side-gabled roof, Colonial Revival home. Its architect was Elmer Lewis Gerber. Gerber was born April 19, 1875, in Dayton, Ohio. He is the son of a grocer merchant and in the 1900 Census lives at 1630-1632 E. 5th Street in with his father, mother, and brother. The Census has him listed as an architect. His education is unknown. His passport application in 1922 indicates that he lived outside the states from 1905-1910. The 1910 Census shows Elmer (34) married to Anna Gross Gerber (31) from Cincinnati, Ohio. The couple is living at 6 McClure Street in a double with another architect, H.R. Moorman and his wife. Then in 1911, he forms a short-lived partnership with Louis Lott (the master architect for the Schantz Park subdivision). This is the same year that he designs the house at 201 E. Schantz for John M. Schantz.
The next historical record is the 1920 Census where Elmer (44) and Anna (41) are living at 207 Lexington Avenue and his occupation is listed as engineer and “gov’t experimental”. By 1922, Elmer and Anna have moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continues to work as an architect. The next listing for the Gerbers is the 1930 Census that shows them in San Mateo/San Bruno California. He continues his work as an architect in California until his death on April 26, 1949 in San Mateo, CA.
Gerber’s design of E. 201 E. Schantz in the Colonial Revival style is representative of architecture in the 1910s. The Philadelphia Centennial of 1876 has been credited with reawaking Americans interest in their colonial history. The great American architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White started surveying American colonial homes and recreating their designs with exaggerated proportions. By 1898 in popular architectural journals such as The American Architect and Building News, Colonial Revival photographs and measured drawings were published.
201 E. Schantz is an excellent example of the style. Its side-gabled roof is accented with three lovely gable-roofed dormers. The centrally placed entrance portico with a pediment, curved underside, and supported columns softens its full-width porch with massive, square brick supports. The portico is further enhanced with massive decorative dentils that run the entire width of the porch. The brick façade is furthermore enhanced with brick detailing around the windows. Additional texturing is added with the raised foundation of rough-cut stone and a tile roof. There have been alterations to the home including the addition of a large porte cochere on the east elevation. This porte cochere mimics the stonework, square brick columns, and entablature with exaggerated dentils. The east elevation has two Palladian style windows one with stained glass. There has also been the addition of a sunroom on the northeast elevation.
Current Building Details
Entablature with exaggerated dentils
Entrance portico Gable roofed dormer Porte-cochere Palladian window with stained glass and classical entablature Palladian window with decorative voussoirs
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
1918 Sanborn Map showing 201 E. Schantz Avenue as 205 E. Schantz. Notice the number of empty lots. In 1915 there were a total of 49 homes in the Schantz Park subdivision.
Sanborn Map from c. 1932. This shows the lots developing. The block of Volusia Avenue is completely built. However, along Schantz Avenue several vacant lots remain. This is due to the death of Adam Jr. in 1921 and the estate being tied up in litigation.
Sanborn Map from c. 1955. The estate has been settled and lots begin to sell again along Schantz. This accounts for the high number of Ranch style homes along this street.
Historical Year by Year Listing
The following is a year by year listing of the tenets at the property in question. This information comes from the Williams City Directories available at the Dayton Metro Library, Wright Memorial Library in Oakwood, and the Wright State University Special Collections and Archives. Special notes of interest are listed in the last column. Years where the information is the same as the previous year are marked with a ditto mark (“).
Year Tenet Other Notes 1898-1899 N/A Adam Schantz Sr. and Saloma listed at s.s. Irving Ave. east of Brown. Daughter Edith also listed. 1902-1903 N/A Schantz Ave. listed as address for: Sr. Saloma, Adam Jr. (Mary), Bertha L., Edith G. and William. 1906-1907 N/A Schantz Ave listed as address for Saloma, Adam Jr. (Mary), Bertha, Frances, and Louis C. 1909-1910 N/A John M. Schantz (Theresa) listed at 127 River St. Adam Jr. as Southeast corner of Oakwood Ave. and Irving. 1912-1913 Schantz, John M. (Theresa) – Superintendent of Plants for Dayton Brewing Co. with office at 8th Floor of Commercial Building House has no street number. It is referred to as the NEC of Oakwood Ave. and Schantz Ave. Dayton Brewing Companies: Office at 7th and 8th floors Commercial Bldg Schantz-Thomas Plant at 1st and Beckel Schantz & Schwind Plant at 807 S. Perry St. Ice Plant at 116 W. River St. 1914-1915 “ 1915-1916 Schantz, John M. (Theresa) – John dies in November 1915, but is still listed in the city directory.
Year Tenet Other Notes Whalen, Herbert Herbert Whalen is the son-in-law of John E. (Marie S.) – and Theresa. The Whalens moved from Teller at City 133 S. McDonough St. National Bank 1916-1917 Schantz, Theresa -Widow of John M. Schantz Whalen, Herbert E. (Marie S.) Herbert Whalen is promoted to Assistant Cashier at City National Bank. 1917-1918 “ Schantz Ave. neighbors: 201 – Schantz & Whalen 202 – Schantz, Adam Jr. (Mary) 225 – Oelman, Wm. Walter – Owner, Wm F. O. & W. Walter Oelman Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, Cloaks, Shoes, Rugs, and House Furnishings at Northwest Corner of 4th and Main. 270 – Sauer, J. Edward – President of Teutonia National Bank at the Northeast corner of Main & Market, and Sec-Treas. of the Mead Engine Co. at 501 Ludlow Bldg. (Mathlida E.) 314 – Schantz, Wm E (Elizabeth T) 316 – Cross, Chas. C. 430 – Schantz, Salome – widow of Adam Sr. 1918-1919 “ Oakwood Ave. neighbors: 215 – Beacham, Oliver C. (Ida E.) – foreman printer 217 – Leyes, Chas A. (Mildred M) – traveling salesman 223 – Parrott, Sarah 229 – Kreidler, Wm. A. (Flora M) – Treasurer and Asst. Sec. of Dayton Brewing Co. 233 – Iddings, Daniel W. (Frances R.) –
Year Tenet Other Notes Attorney in Reibold Bldg and Law Librarian at Dayton Courthouse 1921 “ Mary E. Schantz – widow at 202 (Adam Jr.) Tillie R. Schantz – widow at 717 W. Riverview Ave. (George) William E. Schantz and J. Edward Sauer now trustees of Adam Sr. estate. 1924 “ Herbert E. Whalen is now Vice President at City National Bank with his office at the Northeast corner of Third and Main Sts. 1925 Wiedeke, Gustav (Catherine “Katie”) – President of theGustav Wiedeke Co. at 1833 Richard St., Dayton. Wiedeke, Louise – widow of Otto The Gustav Wiedeke Company was manufactures of boilermakers’ tools and railway supplies. Louise Wiedeke is also listed at 810 Schantz, and there is a Mary Wiedeke, widow of Gustav at 42 Beverly Place. Herbert and Marie Whalen (with Theresa Schantz) move to 269 Schantz Ave. 1926 “ Otto H. Wiedeke is listed as a student at 810 Schantz Ave., but Louise is only listed at 201 Schantz. 1927 “ Two Schantz family homes are now vacant: 314 (Wm) and 430 (Salome). They will remain vacant until 1933. William and Elizabeth move to 633 E. Schantz. 1928 “ Wiedeke family has sold the 810 Schantz home. 1929 “
Year Tenet Other Notes 1930 “ J. Edward Sauer is now the sole executor of the Adam Schantz Sr. Estate. The Whalens and Theresa Schantz now employ a live-in servant, Dixie Dameron from Kentucky.
1940 Wiedeke, Katie – widow of Gustav Wiedeke, Louise – widow of Otto
1944 “ Otto H. Wiedeke is now the superintendent of the Gustav Wiedeke Co.
1950 Kumler, Clifford P. (Bert S.) salesman The Kumlers moved from 124 Wisteria where they lived with Emma P. Kumler, widow of Robert Kumler. Katie and Louise Wiedeke move to 100
Year Tenet Other Notes Oakwood Ave. 1951 “ Several homes in the 200 block of Schantz Ave. are under construction: 1956 Showers, J. Balmer, Rev. (Justina L.) Rev. J. Balmer Showers is listed as bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The Kumlers moved to 1116 Schrubb Dr. in Kettering. He was listed at that time as an engineer for the Matthews Conveyor Co.
1965 Showers, Justina – widow of Rev. J. Balmer Showers 1966 Showers, Justina In this year starts a variety of guests and
Year Tenet Other Notes E.U.B. Mission Manor renters associated with the church.
1969 Showers, Justina – United Methodist Mission Manor
1975-1985 Showers, Justina This is only name listed on the property. 1985-2007 United Methodist Church There was a series of renters and visitors until auction in late 2007. 2007 “ 2008 Weaver, Kevin and Kathleen
