Thursday, January 31, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 3637 Montgomery Rd

NEIGHBORHOOD: Evanston
YEAR BUILT: 1895
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: Ajal Properties LLC
ASSESSED VALUE: $40,000
ORDERS: November 2008, for exterior paint. Reissued to the lender following foreclosure in February 2009, ordered vacated and barricaded and adding roof damage.
CONDEMNED: September 2009, issued to a new owner for roof, ceilings collapsing from water damage, rotted cornice, and gutters and downspouts in disrepair. Reissued to new owner the following month, then to the current owner two months later. A civil fine was issued in July 2011.
HAZARD: October 2012, adding rear porch roof and weeds.
REASON RAZED: Razed to make way for an expanded United Dairy Farmers store, which will replace the current 31-year-old structure with a new 4,300-square-foot building and up to six gas pumps.
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