Westerville, OH

Annehurst Westerville Ohio Homes

There were 12 homes sold in Annehurst Village Westerville Ohio within the last 6 months ( August 8, 2009 to February 6, 2010 ) according to the Columbus Oh MLS. The average selling price per square foot for Annehurst Westerville Ohio homes sold during that time was $93. The highest selling home during that time sold for $204,000 on Arundel Ave.

A year ago during that same time, 6 homes had sold with an average selling price per sq ft of $95. Those homes sold within 78 days on average. Annehurst Subdivision is located in Westerville Ohio 43081 off of W. Main St. by Sharon Woods and the Westerville Sports Complex.

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The Columbus Santa connection is in Westerville, a northeast suburb.

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Hope Santa stopped by your Columbus Ohio home… if you believe.

Westerville, a suburb north of Columbus has a Santa connection. Did you know that Benjamin Hanby, favorite son of Westerville Ohio (Hanby is featured on the signs when you enter Westerville, that were put up in 2003 for Ohio’s bicentennial for another of his songs) had a Santa connection? Hanby wrote “Up On The Housetop” or maybe it is it “Up On the House Top”? Looks like the Hanby House in Westerville believes it is “House Top.” That's what the sign on the front lawn of Hanby House says.

That’s OK I think I grew up singing “Up on a Roof Top.”

Hanby lived in the house at 160 W. Main Street in Westerville while he attended Otterbein. Hanby’s father, a minster was involved in the Underground Railroad so the house would be historical, even if son Benjamin was not a song writer. He wrote the song “My Darling Nellie Gray” while living in Westerville. That is the song commemorated on the signs at the entrances to the City of Westerville.

I believe Benjamin Hanby (or Ben Hanby as the cut out on the front lawn refers to Hanby ) was living elsewhere by the time he wrote ” Up On The House Top.”

Here are the lyrics on a previous post:

Up On The Housetop

Hanby House has three chimneys, plenty of Santa access! There is one on the back of the house which you can not see in this photo.

Hope Santa stopped by your house last night.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Westerville homes for sale brought to you by Maureen McCabe

The homes represented by this graph are all single family. They are in the Westerville City School District. Not all are in the City of Westerville. Many are in the City of Columbus or unincorporated areas, Blendon or Genoa Township. The Village of Minerva Park is in Westerville schools.

Westerville homes for sale - a market report

Homes for sale 362
Homes sold in November 2009 98
Months of inventory based on current sales 3.7

-29.4% homes for sale than a year ago (inventory is down by 29.4% in comparison to the end of November 2008)
-73.4% months of inventory (based on closed Sales) in comparison to November 2008 ( 73.4% less months of inventory than one year ago)

Average active price $255,000
Average sale price $182,000


Westerville homes for sale - neighborhoods

The homes in the Westerville School District may be in the City of Westerville, the City of Columbus or the Village of Minerva Park or an unincorporated area (a township.) The homes on the market in Westerville include these neighborhoods and more:

City of Westerville neighborhoods include: Annehurst, Heritage Estates, Hills & Dales, Mariners cove, Spring Grove, Springborough and Twelve Trees

The Village of Minerva Park

Blendon Township neighborhoods including: Glengary Heights, Glengary Woods, Hamstead, Huber Ridge and Sunbury Ridge

Genoa Township neighborhoods including Genoa Farms, Highland Lakes (part of Highland Lakes is in the Olentangy Local School District), Shellbark Ridge and Sherbrook

City of Columbus neighborhoods including Blendon Estates, Brandywine Meadows, Strawberry Farms, Wellington Glen and Westerville Woods

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Westerville home sales - November 2009

Home sales in November 2009 over November 2008 + 164.9%
Average sale price $182,000
Median price $163,000

More about the Westerville area:

Westerville is the BEST Place to Live in Ohio

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Columbus or Gahumbusville

Westerville's history

Minerva Park - Old but not outdated ... the 2007 blog post, neither is the Village of Minerva Park. It is classic.

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Westerville - 'Up On The Housetop'

Is it too early for Christmas songs?

Sunny 95 and some other radio stations don't think so.

As the signs as you enter Westerville say Benjamin R. Handy wrote 'Darling Nelly Gray.' Most people today are probably more familiar with another song written by Hanby, 'Up On The Housetop' a Christmas song. The Ohio Historical Society site for Hanby House in Westerville says the song was originally called 'Santa Claus.'

Hanby House - 160 W. Main Street Westerville Ohio is owned by the Ohio Historical Society and operated by the Westerville Historical Society.

Hanby history - Westerville History on Ohio History Central

I think I always sang the song, "Up on the Rooftop"

'Up On The Housetop'

"Up on the housetop, reindeer pause
Out jumps good ol' Santa Claus
Down through the chimney with lots of toys
All for the little ones, Christmas joys
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Up on the housetop, click, click, click
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick

First comes the stocking of little Nell
Oh, dear Santa, fill it well
Give her a dolly that laughs and cries
One that will open and shut her eyes
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Up on the housetop, click, click, click
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick

Next comes the stocking of little Will
Oh, just see what a glorious fill
Here is a hammer and lots of tacks
Also a ball and a whip that cracks
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Up on the housetop, click, click, click
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick"

Westerville - 'Up On The Housetop' - Benjamin R. Hanby

I believe Hanby left Westerville and moved to Chicago where he died in his early 30's. I think Hanby was living in Chicago when he wrote 'Up On The Housetop" but I could be wrong. Hanby is obviously still Westerville's favorite son to have his name on the sign as you enter the city after all these years.

The underground railroad history is an important part of Westerville's history. The song 'Darling Nelly Gray' is about a runaway slave headed for freedom and his love, Nelly Gray, a slave who had been sold away the night before their wedding.

Westerville - 'Up On The Housetop' - today's Christmas decorations

If you hear the song on the radio, remember it was written by Benjamin R. Hanby.

If you see a sleigh on a Central Ohio roof or "housetop" or a Santa Claus strapped to the Chimney (have you read John Grisham's 'Skipping Christmas'...? I think they were strapping snowmen to their chimney... not Santa Claus) If you see Christmas decorations on Central Ohio 'housetops' think of Benjamin Hanby who was a Westerville resident once upon a time.

More about Westerville Ohio

Westerville's history the underground railroad

Westerville is the BEST place to live in Ohio

Westerville and Gahanna are on 100 Top US Cities List

Westerville homes for sale - November 2009 brought to you by Maureen McCabe

These are homes in Westerville schools so in addition to homes in the City of Westerville this includes homes in the City of Columbus, the Village of Minerva Park and unincorporated areas. The Westerville School District is in both Franklin and Delaware Counties.

These are single family homes only.

Westerville homes for sale - a market report for October 2009

373 homes for sale
94 homes sold in October 2009
4.0 months of inventory based on sales

-31.9% for sale than a year ago.
-56% months of inventory (based on closed Sales) in comparison to October 2008

Average Westerville home active price $266,000
Average Weseterville home sale price $194,000


Westerville homes for sale - neighborhoods

Blendon Township neighborhoods like Glengary Heights, Glengary woods, Hamstead, Huber Ridge (are Huber Ridge and Huber Village the same thing? I see both in MLS... then again I see Huber Heights as subdivision name for a home in Westerville schools and while it's catchy it's the name of a city near Dayton) Sunbury Woods and more in Westerville schools are on the market now.

There are homes for sale in City of Columbus neighborhoods like Blendon Estates, Brandywine Meadows, Tanager Woods, Westerford Village, Westerville Woods, Woods at Blendon, Woodstream and others in the Westerville School District.

Homes in the City of Westerville in neighborhoods such as Annehurst, Brookstone, County Line Acres, Heritage Estates, Hills & Dales, Landings at Hoover, Mariners Cove, Olde Mill, Spring Grove, Woodlake Colony and many more are available now.

Genoa Township neighborhoods like Augusta Woods, Blackhawk Forest, Eagle Trace, Highland Lakes, Medallion, Park Bend, Shellbark Ridge, Sherbrook and others are among the Westerville area homes for sale.

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Westerville home sales - October 2009

+56.7% home sales in October 2009 over October 2008
Average sale price $194,000
Median price $166,000

Westerville home sales - neighborhood sales in October 2009

Blendon Township neighborhoods including:

Glengary Heights
Glengary Woods
Huber Ridge
Sunbury Woods


City of Columbus neighborhoods inclluding:

Blendon Estates
Brandywine Meadows
Pinewood Colony
Strawberry Farms
The Wilds at Little Turtle
Woods at Blendon


Genoa Township neighborhoods including:

Harvest Wind
Highland Lakes
Parkmoor Estates
Sherbrook

The Village of Minerva Park really does not have subdivsions but 5 homes in the village sold in October including one that had been on the market since 2006 (taken off the market for a very short time so unfortunately, it shows it sold in 15 days not 900 days.

City of Westerville neigborhoods including:

Annehurst
Millstone Creek
"Olde" Westerville
Spring Grove
Village of Westbury
Windsor Bay

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Data published November 2009, based on data available from the Columbus Board of REALTORS® at the end of October 2009. TrendGraphix reports presented are based on data supplied by the Columbus Board of Realtors. According to Trendgraphix neither CBR nor their MLS (multiple listing service ) guarantee or are in anyway responsible for its accuracy. "Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed." Only Real Living HER agents are authorized to use Trendgraphix in Central Ohio. These are single family homes only, earlier months single family and condominium were combined. The 15 months shown in the graph here are single family only.