House Histories [ Fourth Avenue ]
25 Fourth Avenue |
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| See 513 Washington Grove Lane |
402 Fourth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 3,4,5; Block 12 |
| Name | Hearthstone |
| Built | c. 1942 Assessment records indicate 1940 |
| Built by | |
| Style | English cottage |
| Owner(s) | Maude S Nuttall, by 1946 (orig owner) Maude S. Nutall, 4 May 1966 (liber 3499 folio 612) Dr. Maude S Nuttall & Jacqueline Botsford, by 1976 David B & Maureen R. Neumann, 9 June 1979 (liber 5334 folio 303) |
| Remarks | Lot 4 owned by C Perry Brown by 1893 (1898 deed TD4:204) House occupied by tenants for much of its history |
| Sources | Town Directories; Kitty Wilkerson files; 1946 tax list; 1893 Voting List; Record of Leases, 1883-1906; Assessment records (on which appears as 404 4th Avenue) |
404 Fourth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 7, 8, 9; Block 12 Old Lots 7-9, Block 3 |
| Name | The Little Acorns |
| Built | Before 1895 Assessment records indicate 1875 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Carpenter Gothic |
| Owner(s) | Charles R. Murphy (Lot 8), 1894 (#444; 1897 Deed TD 4:200) E R (or E L) Boyer, 1895 (Lot 7; #458) Clara M Bell, 1903 (Lot 7; #621) Kate Murphy Purdum & Mary E. Murphy, 1913-c 1941 (Lots 7-8; #843, 880, 951; Deeds 668:453, 668:492) Ruth W. Waddill & Maude S. Nuttall, 1943 (liber 911 folio 72) George A. & Jane H. Pughe (tenants, May 1948 to May 1954) Roland A. Waddill Jr., non-sale transfer 11 June 1970 (liber 3968 folio 622) Timothy M. & Hester Mowbray C. Campbell, 20 November 1970 (liber 4019 folio 757) H. Mowbray C. Campbell, 2 September 1976 (liber 4831 folio 508) Wendell C. & J. E. Swenson, 30 December 1977 (liber 5072 folio 869) Rodger W. Smith ($105,000) 1/1982 Robertson, selling in 1984 Judy Banachowski & Bruce Rothrock, 1984 to 1992 |
| Remarks | The Murphys were residents of Clarksburg, Md. Boyer was from Baltimore. Clara S. Steuart (Estate of, by 1938: Deed 668:492). By 1941 both cottages had been uninhabited for many years and considered "a menace to the health of the community"--McCathran recommends tearing them down; demolition permit granted 6 June 1941. "extensive improvements" made by Waddill & Nuttall 1943-45. Dr. Nuttall was a psychologist. Present house composed of two neighboring houses, connected by 1960. |
| Sources | Edwards, 204; Record of Leases (1883-1906); Town Directories; 1946 tax list; Kitty Wilkerson files; Town Records; 1937, 1941 & 1945 McCathran corres and 1943 agreement to sell, Land Records file, Town Archives; see Deed 952, p398; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; 1938 McCathran corres., Land Records; Edwards Historic House Worksheet; County Tax Records; 1893 Voting List; Assessment records, Jane Pughe, December 1991. |
408 Fourth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 10 & 11; Block 12 Old Lots 10 & 11, Block 3 |
| Name | |
| Built | c1873-1900 Assessment records indicate 1878 |
| Built by | |
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| Owner(s) | W F Cissel, 1891 - original owner (#248) S C Cissel, 1891 (#259) Stillman J McCathran, 1900 to post-1937 (Lot 10, #545) William E. Conrad, of D.C., by 1946 Margaret MacGregor, by 1957 (liber 2870 folio 640) Charles L. & E. B. DeVoto, by 1966 (liber 3141 folio 221) Ellen J Packard, 18 December 1972 (liber 4315 folio 542) |
| Remarks | House on Lot 10? Assessment records note second floor added 1974. |
| Sources | Record of Leases (1883-1906); Town Directories; Kitty Wilkerson files; 1946 tax list; County Tax Records; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records |
410 Fourth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 12 & 13, Block 12. House on Lot 13? |
| Name | Wood Grange |
| Built | |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | |
| Owners | Edwin & Mary Potbury, 1894-5 - original owner (#423,472) Lot 13. Built house? William Dixon, Sr, 1902 (#594) Lot 13 Jennie Dixon Gatchell, 1904 (#636) Lot 13 W F Gatchell, 1909 (#725) Lot 13 William A Hipkins, 1910 (#747) Lot 13 George H & Dora H Griffith, 1923 (#1079) John Pennington Halstead, 1926 (#1108) Jesse G. & E B Poffenbarger, 1930 (#1148), 1937 (Deed 668:463) Lots 12-13 John T Bell |
| Remarks | Lot 12 ownership: by Harriet V Deane, 1885 - original owner (#73). George E Gartrell, 1885 (Lot 12). Annie Gartrell, 1890 (Old Lot 11, Block 3, JA 44:93). Laura Eleanor Dyre, 1907 (#696). Sarah E Carpenter, 1907 (#697) Part of house intruded upon Johnson Alley (1963 survey). In 1946, Poffenbargers lived in Bethesda. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Myers corres 27 January 1964 and William N. Hurley, 1963 survey, "Abandonment" file, Land Records, Town Archives; Town Clerk corres, 19 August 1937, Land Records, Town Archives; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; 1886 plat; Register of Stock Certificates; County Tax Records; Record of Leases, 1883-1906; 1946 tax list; Town records; historic photo, Heritage Committee. |
412 Fourth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 14 & pt 13, Block 12 Old Lots 17-18, Block 3 |
| Name | |
| Built | c1873-1900 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | James M & Court F Wood, 1888 - original owners (#149, 157, 189B, 372); Ida E Wood, 1890 (Lot 17, Deed JA21:286) Catherine R. Welch, 1904 (#638) George F Reber, Sr, 1914 (#1068) Hester H. Moxley, by 1946 Reynolds Fletcher, by 1957 Robert Myers, c.1964 Jerry Ramey, by 1966 John T Bell |
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| Sources | Record of Leases (1883-1906); Town Directories; Kitty Wilkerson files; 1946 tax list; William N. Hurley, 1963 survey; "Abandonment" file; Land Records; Town Archives; County Tax Records; Register of Stock Certificates; Myers corres 1-27-1964; Town land records. |
414 Fourth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 15, Block 12 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1895? Assessment records indicate 1875 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Jacob S Slater, 1894 - original owner (#429) I G Warfield, 1895 - original owner (#462) Mary H Derby, 1888 - original owner (#153) Raymond W Doan, c1888 (#163) Above shares conveyed to: Wilson H. Houghton, 1895 (#468, 488, 504), 1898 (Deed TD 4:24) Clara M Houghton, 1902 (#587) Wilson H Houghton, 1921 (#1055) Jennie L. Houghton, 1942 Laverne Geiger, by 1957 R. Bryce & N. R. Worley (liber 3114 folio 664) John N. Fisher, 29 March 1971 (liber 4053 folio 789) Terry W & S R Cox, 18 January 1979 (liber 5272 folio 88) |
| Remarks | Jennie L. Houghton, landlord in 1942 |
| Sources | Record of Leases (1883-1906), Town Directories, Kitty Wilkerson files; County Tax Records; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records; Town correspondence 1942; Town records 1937 |
417 Fourth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 6, Block 14 plus |
| Lot and Block | Lots 16 & Part 17 Block 12 Old Lots 28-29, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | by c. 1900-20s Assessment records indicate 1898 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | James W Somerville,1890 - original owner (#207) John B. & Jennie P. Davis 1892 (#311); 1890 (Record of Leases: Lots 28-30, Block 4; ) Richard S Wolfe, 1911 (#796) L Cabell Williamson, 1912 (#827) Alfred J. (Jr.) & Helen Morrison Christie, 1922 to post-1957 (#1058) (Deed 1689:458; 1689:470) Alfred J. 3rd & Wm. M. Christie, non-sale transfer 21 March 1968 Don H. Doughty, by 1966 Frank M. & L. C. Mann, 17 October 1969 (Deed 3911:388) Robert F. Pierce, by 1976 Robert & S. Pierce, 22 August 1973 (Deed 4427:436) Sheldon L. Bierman & R. Carole Huberman, 21 June 1978 (5151:715) |
| Remarks | See also 13 Circle and 503 McCauley Street. Assessment records indicate rented as of 5 February 1968. For more on Somerville see 127 Grove Avenue. |
| Sources | "Notes on the Christie Family," Karen Allnutt, 1987 (Heritage Committee files); 1946 tax list; Record of Leases (1883-1906); Town Directories; Kitty Wilkerson files; Register of Stock Certificates, Deeds JA29:122, 125 & TD4:18,21,24 |
419 Fourth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 7-8, Block 14 Old Lots 26-27, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | Part of structure built by 1896. |
| Built by | |
| Style | Material: fieldstone |
| Owner(s) | Samuel P Heinline, 1885 - original owner (#74) D Darby Thompson, 1885 (#82) M Jessie Wood, 1886 (#120) Myrtle J & Court F Wood, 1890 (JA21:283/296) Martha J Graham, 1902 (#580) Daniel E Garges, 1909 (#720) to post-1937 David F & Ophelia Bradley, 1935 (Deed 598: 358) Miss Betty K. Bradley, 7-27-1966 (transfer w/o liber, folio) Charles A. Negin, 6-16-1976 (Deed 4795:796) Charles A. & A. L. Negin, non-sale transfer 3-19-1979 (Deed 5296:282) |
| Remarks | In October 1896 Court F. Wood was leasing the house out. Summer kitchen moved from yard to 411 Grove Avenue, where it was appended as a wing. Assessment records indicate interior in poor condition 1976; house rebuilt and renovated 1980. Daniel Garges was for many years Secetary to the Board of Commissioners for the District of Columbia. Assessment records date house to 1885, though these are not reliable. |
| Sources | 1946 tax list; Town Directories; Kitty Wilkerson files; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; Record of Leases, 1883-1906; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records; Wood correspondence 6 October 1896; complaints folders, subject file, Association records, Shantz p. 48. |
515 Fourth Avenue |
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| See 511 Washington Grove Lane |
525 Fourth Avenue |
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| See 513 Washington Grove Lane |
