There's an historian in my city that does historical reports on homes. A friend had one done for me, and I recently did the same for my son and DIL, who recently moved into an interesting house on the street behind mine. Both their home and mine were built before 1920.
I would say the report for their house was more interesting; it came with a barn-like garage with a 1-BR apartment above. Turns out it used to house the business of a German immigrant who established a business as a chimney sweep. The longtime resident parked his trucks in the garage and used the upper floor as his business office. The business still exists today (https://www.karlmattesco.com/).
I don't know if you've ever seen the Big Chicken in Marietta, GA but it was a roadside fried chicken restaurant that KFC purchased and I like that they kept the odd two story chicken in place from the previous owners
I did a little digging and found that before it was the KFC, it was the San Marco, a popular hangout for broadcasters from WCAU-TV. Before that, it was the home of Harry Schwalbe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_O._Schwalbe), an Atlantic City Film Pioneer whose son William ran afoul of some mobsters and was murdered. The place was rumored to be haunted: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-haunts-san-m/30518671/.
There's an historian in my city that does historical reports on homes. A friend had one done for me, and I recently did the same for my son and DIL, who recently moved into an interesting house on the street behind mine. Both their home and mine were built before 1920.
I would say the report for their house was more interesting; it came with a barn-like garage with a 1-BR apartment above. Turns out it used to house the business of a German immigrant who established a business as a chimney sweep. The longtime resident parked his trucks in the garage and used the upper floor as his business office. The business still exists today (https://www.karlmattesco.com/).
You live in an even older part of the country than I do, so it wouldn't surprise me if some enterprising local historians have created a similar business model. http://www.diggingcincinnati.com/p/history-reports.html
I don't know if you've ever seen the Big Chicken in Marietta, GA but it was a roadside fried chicken restaurant that KFC purchased and I like that they kept the odd two story chicken in place from the previous owners
https://goo.gl/maps/w51pLzB95uP2uz4R7