"Wilberding House"

The following is a clipping (Page 152) from "Norwood, Ohio - a Centennial Remembrance", Margaret Guentert, Editor 1976. Students from Norwood High School researched and composed these articles:

OLD ARCHITECTURE The Wilberding House"Somewhere in the 1700 block of Mills Avenue, thought to be 1745 or 1747, was a very unusual home. It was the home of "Holy Joe" Wilberding, an eccentric sculptor. It was filled with molded statues and figures made of clay. The home, taking fifteen to twenty years to build, was well worth the time, for it was filled with many small rooms and numerous stairways. It was said that because the house was so designed and had so many pieces of sculptured art in it, the neighborhood boys called it "Michaelangelo's Angel House". Unfortunately, the house burned down and now an apartment building has taken its place. The only way one can gaze at this house now is through the miracle of photography."