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Building Number: HEN-156-5

County: Henry

Location of Negatives: L-NWOHPO-1HA

Present Name: M. E. Bartz house

Other Name(s): Rexroth, Mann, Herr

Location: 109 East Maumee Avenue

Street: E. Maumee Avenue

City: Napoleon

U.T.M. Reference: 16 740740 4585400

Structure Type: Building

On National Register?: N

Is it eligible?:

Part of Estab. Hist. Dist.?: N

District Potential?:

Name of District:

Thematic Category: C

Date(s) or Period: Circa 1885

Style or Design:

Architect or Engineer:

Contractor or Builder:

Original Use: Residence

Present Use: looked vacant

Ownership: Private

Owner: Mary Edna Bartz

Open to Public?: N

Local Contact: Henry County Historical Society

Other Surveys:

No. Stories: 1

Basement?: Y

Foundation: Brick

Walls: Frame

Roof Type: Gable/shingle

Front Bays: 3

Side Bays: 3

Wall Treatment: siding

Plan Shape:

Changes: Addition

Interior Condition:

Exterior Condition: Fair

Preservation Underway":

Endangered?:

By What?:

Visible from Road?: Y

Distance to Road: 10' x 66'

Frontage on Road:
Further Description:
Unusual wooden door upper back right; addition in rear of possibly two houses joined together
History and Significance:
House probably built by John Herr. Bought by Minnie Rexroth in 1916.
Description of Environment and Outbuildings:
First house east of Shell station on East Maumee
Sources of Information:
Observation, Henry County Court House, Mrs. G.E. Murray
Preparers:
R. Reace
Organization:
L-NWOHPO-1HA
Date:
1977

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