Retro Toledo Metro – Page 2 – Indie Local History

Emmanuel Congregation of the Evangelical Church, 3690 Centennial Rd.

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Block Card Collection

Built c1938. Demolished c1969. Other names associated with this property: Flynn, Sherman, Toledo Concrete.

Miller Family Home, 7831 Sylvania Ave.

The story of the Miller family home, along with the story Alta Miller, her family history, and her murder in 1935, is well researched and told in great detail by Sylvania author and historian Gayleen Gindy in her 2024 publication, A Sylvania Family’s Tragedy: The Murder of Alta Miller.

Texaco, 3115 Centennial Rd.

This service station was located on the northwest corner of Central Avenue and Centennial Road.

Fry Home, 3127 Plainview Dr.

Built c1941. Records suggest this home was demolished in 1997. Other names associated with this address: Lemaitre, Schultz, Nightingale Realty.

Central Avenue School, 6305 W. Central Avenue (aka Rt. 2. Box 198)

Built in 1915 by the Pioch Company. This school sat on the southwest corner of Central Avenue and Moffat Road. It was the much smaller predeccessor to Central Elementary School which was built on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and King Road (opened in 1929). According to From Footpaths to Expressways (Vol. 8) by local author Gayleen Gindy, the schools first teacher was Irion Jacobs.