Speaking of forgetting things... how old IS my house?

[dreamshark]

For years I've been telling people that Dream Park was built in 1916, because that's what I remember. But I just looked up my house on Zillow (an interesting exercise, btw) and according to them it was built in 1912. Hmmm. I google my address and find a few other listings for my house in real estate databases. They differ WILDLY in estimated square footage (1985 vs 2995!) but both agree on the build date of 1912. Does anybody know how to look that up in the definitive public record?  

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[mle292.livejournal.com]

According to the intertoobs, a person can find that information at the public library. If it were me, I would ask a librarian what the best way would be.

One suggestion says to look under the lid of your toilet tank (assuming it's original to the house) and check the manufacture date.