Truxell House, 1325 National Road

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remick Truxell and his wife Katherine first owned the house at 1325 National Road. Truxell was employed at the department store owned by his brother-in-law George M. Snook, who lived next door. William H. and Ena K. Brunhaus next lived in the house until the 1940s. Brunhaus (1879-1966) was an agent with the Municipal Mutual Insurance Company.

 

The clapboard house was designed in the Neoclassical Revival style, with a side entrance. Records indicate that a pathway once existed between this house and the one at 1315 National Road, providing a walkway for those living behind the houses to access the streetcar line in front.

 

The house was demolished to provide parking and greenspace for the Bertha Welty Apartments.

 

Adapted from Walking Pleasant Valley by Jeanne Finstein and Judi Hendrickson