House Histories [ Fifth Avenue ]
402 Fifth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 3, Block 14 |
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| Built | Structure on site by 1900 |
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| Owner(s) | Mrs. Susanna M. Dove, Original owner 3-12-1894 Clara V. Mace, 6-30-1910 (lot 3) to at least 1932 Lillie M & Clarence C Archibald, D.C., by 1946 Albert H. Terwilliger, by 1957 Ivan & B. J. Spencer, by 1965 (Deed 3119:592) Don H. & Cynthia H. Doughty, 6-17-1968 (Deed 3766:543) Frederick S. & J. H. Leber, 8-4-1973 (Deed 4423:374) Raymond E. & Jackie A. Chalkley, 8-4-1975 (Deed 4072:200) Stephen Cahnmason Martin L. & Genevieve Long, 5-25-1984 (Deed 6408:651) |
| Remarks | For more information on Archibald see 402 Grove Avenue. Assessment records indicate 1875 construction date (not reliable). Appears in assessment records as Lots 1 2 & 3 Block 14. Building permit 070037 issued 11 September 1975. Narrow ell added to south side of house (roughly paralled to Fourth Avenue) c1975-81 |
| Sources | Town Directories; Kitty Wilkerson files; 1946 tax list; Phil Edwards notes; Assessment records; Register of Stock Certificates; Association minutes 8-25-1900 p. 206; County tax records. |
404 Fifth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 4, Block 14 |
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| Built | Assessment records indicate 1875 (not reliable) |
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| Owner(s) | Carrie L, E.J., Sara H., W. K. & Allen E. Hill, and Mrs. McGrady, c. 1892 E. J. Hill, c. 1893 William K. Hill, 2-4-1895 Louis D. Wine, c1898 Rachel T. Huntley, 3-12-1900 E D Huntley, 1904 (#635, 652, 655) Amelia H Huntley, 1909 (#723) Della M Browning, 1910 (#744, 766) J Bordley & Rose O Sappington, 1922 to post-1937 (#1059) Clyde B. Aitchison, by 1940 to post-1946 Margaret E. & Anna W. MacElwee, by 1946 Rita Bott, by 1957 Marvin B. & M. F. Kidd (liber 2602 folio 284; also liber 3263 folio 287) Tonita J. Crawford, 4 September 1964 (liber 3263 folio 295) Roland D. & H. R. Blood, 16 March 1970 (liber 3946 folio 811) Beth Harter, 12 August 1974 (liber 4558 folio 161) Peter J. & I. A. Carrato, 20 July 1977 (liber 4983 folio 130) |
| Remarks | During Sappington ownership water was obtained from a water tank. Aitchison worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission, D.C. For more information on him see 418 Fifth Avenue. Original owner of Lot 4A (Alley) was William F Dove, 1894 (#394). E D Huntley first owner in chain of stocks to have stock connected with Lot 4, Block 14. In 1946 MacElwees lived at 1518 Buchannan Street in Washington. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Kitty Wilkerson files; 1946 tax list; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records. |
405 Fifth Avenue |
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| Owner(s) | Dorothy Muir (c1940s) |
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| Sources | "Notes About Christie Family," Karen Allnutt, 1987 (Heritage Committee files) |
406 Fifth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 5, Block 14 |
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| Built | c. 1895? Assessment records indicate 1880 |
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| Owner(s) | J S Moffitt & R W Dunn, Trustees, 1895 - original owners (#461) Robert E. Cook, 1903 to post-1937 (#606) Wilson & Naomi Whetzel, by 1946 V. Roger Wood, by 1957 H. Clark & Harriet C. Helms (liber 3079 folio 593) by 1966-1976 Jerome J. & J. L. Robertson, 21 July 1977 (liber 4984 folio 30) Malcolm S. McCure, 4 September 1979 (liber 5389 folio 666) Christopher J. Tschida, by 1988 Jill Bloom & Dennis J. Opferman, 27 July 1989 (liber 8924 folio 238) |
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| Sources | Town Directories, Kitty Wilkerson files; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records; 1946 tax list, Town records; County tax records |
407 Fifth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 5 - 7, Block 17 Old Lots 38-39, Block 5 |
| Name | |
| Built | by September 1893 |
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| Owner(s) | George H Pollock, 1886 - original owner (#99) Miss Nila [or Uila] A Pollock, 1894 (443), 1897 (TD2:99) H Bentley Smith, 1903 (#612) Grace R Smithers, 1920 (#1026) Frank H Smith, 1922 to post-1937 (#1063) Douglas C. & Elsie M. Colson, by 1946 (lots 6,7) Bernard O. & Eugene W. Bent, by 1957 (liber 1659 folio 494) |
| Remarks | House probably built for Nila Pollock. First stock connected with this lot. Eugenia Bent, who lived in Washington Grove since 1947, died 2-10-1994. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Record of Leases, 1883-1906; Register of Stock Certificates; Association minutes 9-11-1893 and 9-5-1894; 1946 tax list; Town records; County tax records. Gbg Gazette 2-16-1994. |
409 Fifth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 8-9, Block 17 Old Lots 36-37, Block 5 |
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| Built | c. 1909 |
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| Owner(s) | Mary A Barnes, 1886 (#126) Sarah P Barnes, 1894 (#377) Caroline Ober, 1894 (#380) Mary J Coe, 1909 (#733) Charles O Reed, 1914 (#908) Charles M Keefer, 1923 to post-1937 (#1081) Wallace & Dorothy Troth Muir (1944 to at least 1953) Agnes M. Eathorne (liber 3126 folio 478) Mrs. Agnes M. Johnson, non-sale transfer 17 January 1967 (liber 3126 folio 478) |
| Remarks | First stock connected with lot was 1909 by Mary Coe. In 1917 Charles O. Reed stated cottage was used as a storeroom. Wrap-around porch removed post-1960. During Charles O. Reed ownership there was a windmill and water tank on top of the house. During World War II Dorothy Troth Muir operated a consignment shop in a room of the cottage for a project she called "Victory Exchange". She collected items to be sold on consignment for cash, paying the consigner in War stamps or bonds. Photo of Dorothy Muir as a girl found in Coleman, p. 97-98. Muir, a historian, has written a history of the County and on George Washington. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Register of Stock Certificates; Phil Edwards notes; Assessment records; Reed correspondence 25 August 1917; 1946 tax list; 1953 delinquent tax list; Town records; Shantz, p. 45, 81; 1944 news clipping; Town records; Margaret Marshall Coleman, Montgomery County: A Pictorial History (Donning Co, Norfolk, VA, 1984) pp. 97-98, 176-177. |
416 Fifth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 9, Block 14 Old Lots 20-22?, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1898 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Carpenter Gothic |
| Owner(s) | H C Ward, 1893 (#349) Elizabeth M, Emma L, & Mrs Eleanor B. Wilson, c. 1893 (#325-7) Eleanor B. Wilson, 18 May 1893 (#335) Elizabeth M Wilson, 1914 (#920) (lot 9) S C Cissel, 1919 (#1001) Mary E Gheen, 1919 to post-1937 (#1021) Crewe family (c1940s, pre-1957) (3 different owners, 1957-76) Edwin H. & A. W. Bowling (liber 2907 folio 216) E. Warren Thomas, 21 January 1964 (liber 3179 folio 142) Charles E. & B. S. Hawk, 18 January 1971 (liber 4035 folio 595) |
| Remarks | Stocks 349 & 920 both conveyed to S C Cissel in 1919. Assessment records indicate house rented 5 February 1968 |
| Sources | NR form, Town Directories; "Some Notes about the Christie family," Karen Allnutt, 1987 (Heritage Committee Archives); Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records |
418 Fifth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 10-11, Block 14 Old Lots 23-25?, Block 4 |
| Name | Great Oaks |
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| Style | Carpenter Gothic |
| Owner(s) | Edward Hawkins, 1893 (#350) Kate E B Hawkins, 1896 (#494) Susanna E Stuart, 1900 (#549; TD14:280) Clyde B. & Ada M. Aitchison, by 1946-post 1957 Margaret MacGregor, by 1966-post 1976 Nils E. & M. Erickson, 5-23-1980 (Deed 5523:23) Don Tippman & Eve Zibart, by 1988 |
| Remarks | House on Lot 10. Stocks 94, 95, 330 owned by Katie E B Hawkins, Edward Hawkins, and Susie E Stuart, respectively, conveyed to Edward Hawkins in 1893. Aitchison was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by President Wilson and served for 35 years. The B&O; grade crossing at Railroad Street was named for Aitchison. |
| Sources | Town Directories; 1962 survey of property, "Abandonment" file, Land Records, Town Archives; Tax List, 1946; Register of Stock Certificates; Record of Leases, 1883-1906; Assessment records; B&O; Correspondence 26 December 1958; Town records (Planning & Planning Commission folder); Shantz p. 75. |
