7/27/2015 Now living in Piqua, Ohio

On May 9, 2015, Dennis and I began living at a fantastic historic house in Piqua, Ohio.  Located at 208 North Downing Street in Piqua, this house is right up the street from the house I lived in when I was born at 717 South Downing Street.  Dennis and I both were born and raised in Piqua, so our lives have come full circle now having returned to our hometown.  We will miss our views of the Ohio River and its fascinating barge traffic and the deer wandering through the forest of our Cincinnati home.  But it is good to return to our roots and small town living having left Piqua 50 some years ago in 1964 after I graduated from high school.

The original part of our house was built in 1840 by Richard Miller, a entrepreneur who came to Piqua to build a steam mill.  Fifteen years later, in 1855, the house was doubled in size.  Later in 1914, a remarkable front porch and two story solarium was built finishing the Greek Revival style home.  In 1920 a beautiful garage and carriage house was built.  That makes this house 175 years old.