Moment in Time Revisited

The first Home Tour sponsored by the newly organized Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society was held on May 8, 1977. The five homes that were featured were located throughout the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff area and were all built between the years 1892 and 1911. Bruce and Jan Tovell opened their home at 1101 Broadview Avenue for touring along with Bob and Ruth Fridenstein, 1085 Westwood Avenue, Mark and Ellen Tomlinson, 1183 Wyandotte Road, Ray and Gretchen Stegmier, 1342 Lincoln Road, and Tom and Leslie Palmer, 1492 Roxbury Road. A three panel fold out program contained a brief description of the homes and stories of past and present owners, and also served as an admission ticket (shown here) that sold for $1.50. The Westwood Avenue house remains as one of the oldest homes in Grandview Heights. The Fridenstein’s bought the home in 1960 from the Paddock family, who had lived there since 1909. They maintained some of the wild flowers and gardens that OSU Professor Wendell Paddock had started (Prof. Paddock, also known as the "daffodil man" was featured in a June 2004 Moment in Time). Details of preservation and remodeling along with histories of past and present owners were outlined in the program. The then new publication by the Historical Society, Sheltering A Heritage, was also available at each home.

NOTE: Originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication May 8, 2013.

* The 2025 Tour of Homes will be October 5, 2025. You can find more information here. To buy your tickets in advance, click here.