House – Retro Toledo Metro

House, 3339 Warner Avenue

1998. The house used to have a small two garage, which is partially visible in this image. In the ’80s the left side was a drum/band room where the sounds of Rush’s Tom Sawyer often emanated from.

Built c1942. Some of the family names associated with this home were Van Meer, Jett, Merril, and Gingrich.

House, 3122 Millicent Ave.

Was located between Ohio Tool & Manufacturing and 3132 Millicent. Demolished c1961.

Initially a single family home (c1905), later converted to a duplex (1922), later remodeled as a single family residence again (1928), later converted to duplex, again. Some of the names associated with this house were Wallace, Lee, Fritz, Wyatt, Garries and Connor.

Miller Family Home, 7831 Sylvania Ave.

Newspaper image of the Miller home, far right.

The story of the Miller family home, along with the story Alta Miller, her family history, and her murder in 1935, is well researched and told in great detail by Sylvania author and historian Gayleen Gindy in her 2024 publication, A Sylvania Family’s Tragedy: The Murder of Alta Miller. Also see the Gindy book for images of the Miller home and family.