About

Ralph E. Hamann, owner/ architect/ contractor.

History:
Listed at $979,000 in September, 2002. Photos. Listed at $949,000 in April, 2003. Sold for $885,000 in 2003. (Source: real estate brochure)

1930 census:
2511 N. Commonwealth Avenue: (Value: $25,000): 1) Ralph E. Homann (Hamann ?), owner and head of household; 45 year old white married male; married at age 24; born in Colorado; father born in Germany, mother in Ireland; a professor of construction. 2) Claudia M. Homann, wife; 47 year old white married female; married at age 26; born in Texas; father born in Tennessee, mother in Mississippi; not working. 3) Ralph E. Homann, Jr., son; 15 year old single white male; in school; born in California. 4) Mitchell Homann, son; 12 year old single white male; in school; born in California. May R. Faulkner, servant; 19 year old single white female; born in Washington; father born in England, mother in Minnesota; a servant in a private family.

1940 Census:
2511 Commonwealth Avenue (Value $15,000): 1) Ralph E. Homann, head of household; white married male 56 years of age; born in Colorado; owner of a building construction firm. 2) Claudia M. Homann, wife; white married female 48 years of age; born in Texas; not working. 3) Mitchell Homann, son; white single male 22 years of age; born in California; aircraft engineer; earns $1,250. 2) Ralph E. Homann, Jr., son; white single male 25 years of age; born in California; hospital intern; earns $60.