Pathway House

Current Contact Information
Address	245 Beall Ave
City, State, Zip	Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone	Phone: (330) 262-6903
Last updated	2016-03-23

Pathway House

Type	Other Social Advocacy Organizations
Industry	Other Services
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	245 Beall Ave, Wooster, Ohio

City Directories

• 1855: Anthony Wright marries Elizabeth Walters 3 May 1855

(Wayne County, OH Marriage Records vol. 4.5 p. 265)

1860/1861 Anthony Wright purchased part of the SW1/4 of Range 13, Township 15 (Wooster Twp) on 1 March 1860 and 28 December 1861. This was known as part of the Mrs. Nancy C. Spinks East Addition to the town of Wooster. The property was surveyed by John Brinkerhoff on 12 Sep 1860. (Wayne County, OH Town Plats No. 1 p. 48)

1861 Wayne County, OH Auditor’s page gives 1861 as the year built

1870 Directory lists Anthony Wright residing on Beall Ave, Wooster

1870 US Census Anthony Wright, money broker, no street address given, residing in 2nd Ward of Wooster 13 September1870

1870 Renumbered lot recorded in volume 1 of the Record of Town Plats, page 232 (Actual document is found in 1870 Renumbering City of Wooster, p. 23); Lot was listed as In-lot 688.

1873 Atlas Anthony Wright, owns lot 688

1876 William A. Fike marries Mary A. Hoover 5 September 1876 (Wayne County, OH Marriage Records vol. 8 p. 549)

1880 US Census lists Anthony Wright, broker, residing on East North St. 16 Jun 1880, 6 dwellings from Linn St.

1881 Sarah Elizabeth Wright marries James Moffett Quinby 18 April 1881 (Wayne County, OH Marriage Records vol. 9 p. 470)

1881 Elizabeth (Walter) Wright dies 12 July 1881

Brief Narrative

245 Beall Ave (27 Beall Ave), In-lot Number 688

The Wayne County, OH Auditor’s webpage indicates this home was built in 1861. I am not sure who built the structure. It is believed that Anthony Wright and his family were the first residents of this home. On 1 March 1860, Wright purchases the property from Nancy C. Spink (Wayne County, OH Land Deeds, vol. 49 p. 725). There is another entry dated 28 December 1861 recorded on the land deeds vol. 54 pp. 45-46. Nancy Spink had inherited the property from her father, General Reasin Beall.

Upon the death of Anthony Wright in 1895, the home was inherited by his only surviving daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Wright, married to James Moffett Quinby. James Quinby dies in 1904. In 1908, Elizabeth (Wright) Quinby sells lot number 688 to William A. and Mary A. Fike. William and Mary Fike have a daughter Cree A. Fike who marries Oscar Jacob Lorson. Eventually, Oscar and Cree purchase the property, year is unknown. They have one daughter, Elisabeth M. Lorson, who inherits the property following the death of her parents (1987) (Cree A. Lorson dies 20 Feb 1983 and Oscar Jacob Lorson dies 7 Jan 1987.) In 2007, Elisabeth Lorson sells the property to the Donald & Alice Noble Foundation, Inc. About 5 months later, the Foundation gives the property to the Liberty Center Connections, Inc./Community Crossroads, Inc. In 2009, Elisabeth “Betty” M. Lorson succumbs to death. From 2010 until present, the house has served as a Pathway House, providing housing for individuals receiving treatment and recovering from alcoholism.

Comprehensive History

• According to the Wayne County, Ohio auditor's page, the house located at 245 Beall Ave (old number 27 Beall Ave) was built in 1861. I was lot number 688 in Wooster, Ohio. This is recorded in volume 1 of Town Plats on page 232.
• Anthony Wright was the first property owner. When he died, the property went to his only heir, Mrs. Elizabeth Quinby, wife of James Quinby.
• On 30 December 1904, the eastern 83-1/2 feet of lot 688 was sold to Amanda Mowrey.
• On 6 April 1908, the remaining part of lot 688 was sold to William A. and Mary A. Fike.
• Cree A. Fike, daughter of William A. and Mary A. Fike, married Oscar Jacob Lorson. William A. Fike, his two dressmaker daughters, Alpha B. Fike and Ada M. Fike, continued to reside in the home when Oscar Jacob and Cree A. (Fike) Lorson moved in as early as 1923.
• Oscar Jacob and Cree A. Lorson had one daughter, Elizabeth M. Lorson.
• In December 2007, Elizabeth Lorson sold the house to the Donald & Alice Noble Foundation, Inc.
• In May 2008, the Foundation sold the building to Liberty Center Connections, Inc. who in turn sold it to Community Crossroads, Inc.
• In February 2021, the property is owned by Community Crossroads, Inc.

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