scholz in western hills

1894 Forest View Court

 

Property Description

1955 Midcentury Modern Donald Scholz designed and built ranch on slab. Vaulted beamed ceilings throughout. Like a little bit of Palm Springs in Green Township! Who needs a basement when you have a giant 3-6 car (tandem) garage/workshop & breezeway?! 3 BR + study; LR/DR + family room. Lovely private culdesac lot w/flat back yard. Updates include: garage addition & new concrete driveway 13; roof & insulation ’14; siding, lighting & flooring ’21.

Features
10
: Gas, Forced Air
: Central Air, Ceiling Fans
: None
: Insulated, Double Hung, Vinyl/Alum Clad
: Public Sewer
: 9Ft + Ceiling, Beam Ceiling, Cathedral Ceiling
2
: Patio, Cul de sac, Porch
: Ranch, Contemporary/Modern
Additional Information
: Wood Siding, Vinyl Siding
: Slab
6.0
: One
37'x191'
: Public
Appliances
: Dishwasher, Dryer, Refrigerator, Gas Cooktop, Oven/Range, Garbage Disposal
Location
USOHHamiltonGreen Twp45233CourtForest View
Forest View
Court
N39° 7' 48.9''
Neighborhood
Cincinnati City SD
Listing Information
Keller Williams Advisors
Susan
219570
293965
ADVS01
Keller Williams Advisors
ADVS01
Sold
2022-07-22T19:56:09Z
Cincy
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1894 Forest View Court, Green Twp, Ohio 45233

3 Bedrooms
2,116
List Price:
$325,000
Sold Price:
$315,000

Closed Date: 07/22/2022

MLS ID #1740851
Basic Details
Property Type : Residential
Listing Type : For Sale
MLS ID : 1740851
Bedrooms : 3
Total Bathrooms : 3
Half Bathrooms : 1
Square Footage : 2,116
Year Built : 1955
Lot Area : 0.60 Acre
Garage/Parking : Driveway, On Street
Full Bathrooms : 2
Property Sub Type : Single Family Residence
Roof : Shingle
Listing Status : Closed
ClosePrice : $315,000
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Info on Donald Scholz Homes from cincinnatimodern blog post 4/29/2019:

We’ve all heard of California builder Joseph Eichler and his California Ranches with walls of glass & courtyards –  mostly modest homes in sought after California neighborhoods that have surged in popularity in recent years and now sell in the millions.  But what about Toledoan Donald J. Scholz?  No, this is not more of my hometown pride showing.  But Scholz did have a lasting impact on me growing up in Toledo, and on many others in Cincinnati and other parts of the Midwest, yet most people probably don’t even know it.

For 19 years, cincinnatimodern has dealt with Midcentury Moderns of all shapes and sizes, and they fall into loose categories with crossover & combinations:  Organic ‘Wright inspired Modern;’ International Style; Bauhaus inspired; post & beam.  We often look at these homes and can instantly recognize a trademark detail from one of our signature local architects and know exactly who designed it and when.

But there have always been those mystery homes that have wonderful midcentury bones and features, like cathedral ceilings and walls of windows, often hidden behind more traditional facades from the front, and walls of glass to the back or side.  We always thought of them as ‘Eichler-esque’ and we weren’t too far off.

cincinnati enquirer ad august 1959

Many of these well designed homes, from Western Hills to Colerain to Groesbeck to Mt. Washington were the brainchild of Toledo builder Don Scholz.  Scholz, originally from near Cleveland, OH, had the idea in the early 1950’s to bring California style contemporaries to Toledo and adapt them to the Midwest climate with advances like insulated glass and central air conditioning.  Until then, most postwar developments had been tiny homes built on little postage stamp lots.  Scholz idea was to spread out, and build an open larger footprint ranch with prefabricated elements to keep construction costs down.  He started in Toledo, then started branching out and before long, through a network of sales reps and franchisees, Scholz homes were being built across the Midwest and even in the South.  He was named by Builder Magazine as one of 20th century’s 100 most influential figures in residential building.

But like many visionaries, his path to get there was not easy and not direct.  He started Scholz Homes Inc. in 1946.  He sold it to Inland Steel in 1970, and started another land development company that went bankrupt before eventually relocating to the Phoenix, AZ area as a developer of luxury homes.  He died in 1999 at age 80.

cincinnati enquirer 1954

A quick trip back in time via newspapers.com lead me to countless ads in the Cincinnati Enquirer for Cincinnati builders and contractors from 1954 into the 1970’s proudly building Scholz designed homes, many made in prefabricated sections and combined in different configurations. There was even an office in downtown Cincinnati where you could pick your Scholz home, features, finishes and builder.  A listing we sold at 7509 Miami Ave in Madeira is a Scholz Home, as is this house on Forest View Lane  in Western Hills.  We also unknowingly sold a couple of Scholz homes in the Wardwood neighborhood in Colerain off of Compton Rd.  Thinking back, I wonder how many others?

cincinnati enquirer ad 1960

cincinnati enquirer ad june 1958

This house from 1955 and the house in Madeira, built in 1954, shows very well how these homes have stood the test of time, and how a little reconfiguring and updating makes an incredibly efficient home for the way we live today. It’s fun to take a trip back in time to see this groundbreaking and forward thinking design from a man who built his career on selling the American dream.

the dining room with Scholz trademark wall of windows at 7509 Miami Ave in Madeira

 

7509 Miami Ave in Madeira – from the outside looking in.

 
 
 
 

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