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The Cisler Terrace home in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. Cisler Terrace is a brick home at the corner of Seventh and Ephriam Cutler streets. The home overlooks the Cisler Terrace Park, which was once the home's front yard. The home is privately owned. Its previous homeowner, Lillian Cisler, approached the Civitan Club before her death in 1993 about landscaping the yard, which is now a public park owned by the city of Marietta. The home was built in 1886 by Thomas Cisler, son of German immigrants and founder of the Thomas Cisler & Son brickyard. The image was taken by Michael D. Williams in the summer of 1999.
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For information about the brick industry in Ohio, see: Paving Brick Industry in Ohio by Steven D. Blankenbeker (Ohio Division of Geological Survey, Report on Ohio Mineral Industries, 1998). or: The Paving Brick Industry in Ohio by Steven D. Blankenbeker (Ohio Division of Geological Survey, Ohio Geology Newsletter, 1999, No.3).
Information about Cisler Terrace from: Cisler Terrace a Gem in Downtown Marietta by Amanda Nicholson (The Marietta Times, 10 April 2015). When Laurie and Jesse Ada moved into the 5,000-square-foot, 13-room brick home at the end of 1996, they knew a lot of work needed to be done. The home had been sitting empty for several years after then-owner Lillian Cisler moved into the Arbors. We restored it the whole year of 1997 said Laurie. Everything had been abandoned for six years. The home was built in 1886 by Thomas Cisler, the son of German immigrants and founder of the Thomas Cisler & Son brickyard. Thomas' son, also Thomas, and Lillian, his daughter, were also owners of the home, leading to three generations of Cislers living there, according to local historian Kurt Ludwig. Ludwig said the brickyard was an asset to the area and the younger Thomas took over operations before it closed. It ceased operating during the World War I years, said Ludwig. Then in the 1920s the community came together to build a new high school. Thomas reopened the brickyard and made the bricks for the new high school. When they finished, he closed the brickyard for good. It was around 1950 that he died. They were the first in 1886 to have plumbing; they have the first bathroom, Ada said. They were a very prominent family and at least one president was here
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Looking up at two-story brick house with white front porch and blue window shutters. Cisler Terrace Home in Marietta, Ohio.