I looked up the house in the city directories to locate the earliest listing. As usual, it wasn't easy, because of the renumbering of many of Lorain's street addresses in the early 1900s. It appears that the house started out with an address of 1004 E. Erie.
The 1903 directory had the house as the home of John and Catherine Snitzler and their family. John Snitzler was a contractor and carpenter. The family also included daughters Kathlyn, Louise ("Lou") and son Jay, who was also a carpenter.
Members of the Snitzler family (spelled 'Schnitzler' in later listings) – specifically "Lou" Snitzler as well as Jay and his wife Ida – would continue to call the house home until the late 1920s.
Interestingly, in at least one listing (the 1921-22 edition), Jay Schnitzler was listed as being a writer.
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I remember going past that house so many times, and wondering what it would be like to live there....how tragic!
Agree wiith Alan, I think this was broke up into apt at one point??? Also remember The Foote mansion barely we heard it was haunted.
rae
Vickie was a nice person, I met her and Mark in the mid 1990's after they bought the house. I assisted them in tracing the history of the house, and it was broken up into apts at one time. They were converting it back to a single family home. 1004 East Erie is the corner lot next to the house, we believe there may have been a house there before their's was built.
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