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113 East Morenci Street, Lyons
A PSEI report on the Egnew–Lehr building in Lyons, with property details, ownership history, family records, and photographs.
- Research report date
- Not recorded in the surviving document
- Website edition
- 2026-10-29
113 East Morenci Street
Lyons, Ohio 43553
PSEI Research Team
Data Search:
Restaurant
Built: 1920
3,703 sq ft lot,
4,352 sq ft of living space.
Parcel Number: 2304444000000
Research on Egnew and Lehr:
Names listed on the top of the building of 113 East Morenci
Street.
Featured in this early Lyons photo are Vernon Hurd,
Edith Egnew, Gordon Stong, Mrs. Hurd, Sr., and Albert Egnew,
who is sitting behind the railing.
Albert Egn Dry Goods, etc . proprietors.ew and Ernest Copeland
Albert Egnew: Edith Egnew:
Born: March 2, 1893 Born: 1887
Died: April 17, 1958 Died: 1905
*Albert and Edith Egnew are a guarantee to be related to the Egnew-Lher Building. This photograph was found on RootsWeb while searching for Egnew. No information could be found on the lastname Lehr.
Grantor and Grantee Research:
Records only go back to 1990. This is when everything was logged into
the system.Unfortunately, this means that most of the older records were
accidently destroyed or lost over time.
Names on the Sales Data List:
- 01/01/1990: Kenneth Crowell
- 01/30/1998: Charles and Louise Hamilton
- 08/20/1999: Donna and Gerald Moyer
- 07/22/2014: Donna and Gerald Moyer
- 010/13/2016: Viking Pizzeria LLC.
Obituaries:
Born: February 14, 1937
Died: January 6, 2014
Kenneth Crowell, age 76, of Lyons,
Ohio died unexpectedly in his home of
a heart attack, Monday, January 6,
2014. He was born February 14, 1937,
in Metamora, Ohio to Elmer and Lelah
(Meyers) Crowell. Kenneth served in
the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment, 
also known as The Old Guard, and one
year in the U.S. Marine Corp. He married
Marcella (Fruchey) Tredway on July 2,
1970, and she preceded him in death in
January of 1998. Kenneth worked
construction as an operating engineer for
S.E. Johnson, retiring in 1997. He was a
member of East Chesterfield Christian
Church in Lyons, the Morenci Senior
Center and Lyons VFW Post #7574.
Kenneth loved the game of golf and
playing cards. He was a very active and
social person, and made it a priority to
visit people he knew in the nursing home.
He is survived by his stepchildren,
Matthew (Evelyn) Tredway of Adrian, MI and Molly (Jack) Graf of Archbold, OH; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; siblings Donald Crowell of Morenci, MI, Harold (Ruby) Crowell of Polk City, FL, Jimmie (Marg) Crowell of Fayette, OH, Lula (Louis) Simmons of Wauseon, OH, and Ronald Crowell of Berkey, OH; as well as stepdaughter-in-law, Elizabeth Tredway of Las Vegas, NV, and sister-in-law, Doris Crowell of Lyons, OH. Besides his wife, Marcella, Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents; stepson, Michael Tredway; sister, Alice Matheny, and brothers, Charles and Floyd Crowell. Visitation will be held Sunday, January 12, 2014, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Weigel Funeral Home in Metamora (419.644.3601), where funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. with Pastor Floyd Vincent officiating. Interment, with Military Rites, will follow at Winameg Cemetery.
Maps:
Pictured below is modern day Lyons. 113 East Morenci Street is denoted by the blue box.
Below is the same location in 1960
In 1911 you can see that the lot is vacant, though the buildings
bordering it on both sides were already built.
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PSEI Research Team:
Jonathan and Andrea Batteas
Archive source
PSEI Research Team. “113 East Morenci Street, Lyons.” PSEI research, n.d.. Original research file. GHS archival edition, 29 Oct. 2026.
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