7230 N. Ridge Boulevard

From HistoryWiki

The Henry Schubert House was built in 1884, at 3938 Ridge. The changes in street numbering made the address 7230 N. Ridge Avenue (later 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard).

Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson were married here on May 3, 1950.

This house was in the 2005 Annual Fall House Tour.

Circa: The 2005 Annual Fall House Tour booklet says the house was built in 1893. There is a 9-year discrepancy about the dates.

Original Owner: Charles H. Schubert

Second Owner: James Sampson

Third Owner: Henry Behrendt and Dorothy Behrendt nee Sampson

Present Owner: Mark and Sandra York

Built in ???? for Charles H. Schubert, this home is owned by Mark and Sandra York. James Sampson purchased the house in 1923, where they lived with their five children. One daughter, Dorothy, and her husband Henry Behrendt, returned to live in the house after the birth of their first child Mary Jo. Mary Jo grew up here with her brother James "Chip" Behrendt, sister Dorothy Ann Behrendt, parents, and grandparents.

The frame Victorian house has a wraparound porch with bay windows on the first and second floors.

As you enter, you are in the front hall with a curved staircase on the left leading upstairs, and entrance on the right into the living room and further back, the dining room. The ceilings are nine feet high, the floors are oak, and the woodwork is oak with bulls eye molding.

The living room has a working fireplace and an entrance to the back parlor. In the dining room, with its own bay window, pocket doors lead to the back parlor.

Off the back hall is the pantry, kitchen, a stairway to the basement, a back stairway to the upstairs, and, around the corner, where what had previously been a small bedroom and a bathroom has been converted by the York family into one large bath.

The Behrendts completely remodeled the kitchen in the early 1950s, adding three casement windows over the sink, which was moved from an inner wall. The door to the pantry was closed off and white metal cabinets were installed creating lots of counter space. Similar cabinets were installed on all outside walls.

The original small back porch was remodeled and expanded into a sunroom with windows on all the outside walls.

Ascending the front surface, you are in the second floor hallway with entrances to a large front bedroom, the two middle bedrooms and a closet. The rear stairway leads to the same two middle rooms and the large master bedroom with its own bath, which goes across the entire back of the house.

Photos

RPWRHS photo S085-0201 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0202 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0203 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0206 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0207 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0208 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0209 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0210 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0211 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0212 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0213 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0214 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0215 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0216 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0217 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0218 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.

RPWRHS photo S085-0219 shows Bob Sampson and Jean Wilson at their Wedding Reception on May 3, 1950 at 7230 N. Ridge Boulevard.