Townsend, 230 Hrubetz Road SE, (D)

This farmhouse, across the road from the Kuebler house, is believed to have been the original Kuebler property, the home of Frederick and Janette Kuebler, parents of John and Lowell. The present owner recalls the name Townsend as being associated with the property. More research is needed.
(Faye Wright)

John Kuebler, 235 Hrubetz Drive SE, (D)

Two brothers, E. Lowell and John H., both lived near their father on Rural Route 3 south of Salem in 1928. By 1958 that area was included in the city with John and his wife Ester identified as being at 235 Hrubetz Road in the home built in 1941. John may have died in 1984 as his name drops from the Directory temporarily. The property remained in the family until 1997, a period of 70 years. Kuebler Road was named for John’s father.
(Faye Wright)

Hrubetz, 354 Hrubetz Road SE, (D)

This was probably one of the first houses along this country road. In the 1926 City Directory, Caroline M Hrubetz, a teacher at the High School is reported as living in this location, then Rural Route 3. Frank M Hrubetz, possibly her father, was located at box 138, same route. In 1948, Mary J. Hrubetz is still living in a rural area of Salem on Route 9. The only information about this house, now very much altered and almost hidden by other developments, are these City Directory reports.
(Faye Wright)

Chesley, 225 Boone Road SE, (D)

The 1901 Dent farmhouse property once stretched south from the present Hrubetz Road east to Commercial Street. In addition to the responsibilities of his property, Mr. Dent worked at the State Hospital. After his retirement, he moved to another nearby residence, selling the farm to his niece and her husband, Marie and Richard Chesley. The farm home property became the Boone Road Nursery, later known as Chesley Flowers. The general profile of the house retain the original character of the more than 100 year-old home.
(Faye Wright)