This chapter brings the house to life. Through family photos and stories, we start to see what life looked like here during the Behm years.

We set out to confirm the next owners of the house and ended up uncovering a bigger story. From Walter and Alta Behm’s time here to unexpected details from old fire maps, this chapter starts to piece together how the house really came to be.

In the late 1800s, Kirk and Laura Vanderlip made their mark on 25 Park Street in Madison, Ohio. From farming and public service to renting a room and hosting neighbors on their porch, their years here shaped both the house and the community around it.