Sharon Nursery in the foreground.

The home belonged to the Johnson family I believe. On the opposite side of the road is the Sharon Nursery, just south of the intersection of Columbia Road and Western Row Road, was a pipe driven into the ground which hit the aquifer leading to the Little Miami River. Back in the 1960s there was no city water running to these warren county properties and homes would collect and use the rainwater in their cisterns. If you ran out you could call and buy potable water that was delivered in a truck or in a pinch you could go to one of these "aquifer pipes" in the ground and get enough water in your own containers until the "water man" delivered to your house. Specifically growing up in 20 Mile Stand, I recall 3 of these aquifer pipes. One was here on Columbia Road (the same triangle of land where it was still exists and sits in front of the Sunoco gas station just south of Kings Island. Another local aquifer pipe was at what was, at the time, an official state of Ohio truck stop on Montgomery Road/US 22/3 just north of the Little Miami River once you crossed the viaduct. The truck stop area was very small and not intended for overnight stops, it was only large enough for one or perhaps two trucks to use as a brief respite. This area still exists but it blocked off from any parking and the aquifer pipe has long since been removed. The 3rd pipe was in the same neighborhood just around the corner off "Old 3 C Highway/US 22/3" at the lower end of Foster Maineville Road. It was on the right side of Foster Maineville just before you got to Butterworth Road if you were heading from Foster to Maineville.