Parkesburg Yesterday - Continued

This picture from Kerry Glenn provides additional background on the 1968 fire where seven children perished:

"This house was built in 1917 by Horace A. Beale, Jr. at 430 Maple Street and was then known as the "Parkesburg Community House." It was used by the Red Cross and other support agencies during World War I. Following the demise of the Parkesburg Iron Co. in 1926, the house - along with multiple other facilities owned by P.I.C.O. - was sold and was converted into a dwelling. In the subzero predawn hours of January 5, 1968, a kerosene-fired space heater which was connected to the chimney shown here overheated and set the house ablaze. A westerly breeze quickly spread the fire eastward and destroyed four other dwellings as well. Seven of the eight Hoover children tragically perished in the catastrophe; the eldest (Mary) escaped out one of the second-floor windows on to the roof in the rear and jumped to the ground and survived."