403 Sixth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 9 & 10, Block 16 Old Lots 10-12?, Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | by 1913 Assessment records indicate 1875 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Carpenter Gothic |
| Owner(s) | Lot 10 Amanda J Cashell, 1895 (#452) - original owner Nettie B Logan, 1903 (#625) |
| Lot and Block | Lots 9-10 Mabel D Miller, 1924 (#1100) Mabel D. Miller & Anna MacElwee, 1935 Joseph & Annie M. Nuttall, by 1946 Maude S. Nuttall (liber 2164 folio 128) Maria F. Williams, 21 November 1968 (liber 3811 folio 352) Earnest Lee & Marlene S. Fisher, 3 September 1971 (liber 4117 folio 734) |
| Remarks | In 1911 house on lot 9 moved to lot 11 (405 Sixth Avenue) by Nettie B. Logan. House on Lot 10. A J Cashell, resident of Redland, Md, listed at this lot in 1893 Voting List. According to assessment records house was rented as of 6 February 1968. |
| Sources | Town Directories, Wilkerson file; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; 1893 Voting List; Register of Stock Certificates; Phil Edwards notes; Assessment records; Logan-Walker correspondence 25 August 1913; 1946 tax list; Town recorrds |
405 Sixth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 11-12+, Block 16 Old Lots 13-14, Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1894 - 1911. House moved to site 1911 |
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| Owner(s) | Lot 9: Eliza S Miller, 1894 (#404) - original owner James K McCathran, 1895 (#469) - original owner James T Harrison, 1895 (#474) James K McCathran, 1901 (#562) Nettie B Logan, 1911 (#800) Walter B. Isherwood, 1922 to 1943 (#1064) Charles T. Hiller, 1943 H. F. & D. E. Sylvester, by 1953 Virginia Richardson, by 1957 Elizabeth Morgan, by 1966 Ben H. & Vivienne Hall (liber 1991 folio 154 and liber 2401 folio 70) Laurence W. & Yvonne D. Miller, 12 August 1971 (liber 4107 folio 660) Gregory H. Fess & Carol S. Rosin, 31 January 1978 (liber 5085 folio 706) John C. Brasunas & Kathleen A. McCann, Dec 1988 |
| Remarks | In 1906 former house moved from lot 11 to 119 Maple Avenue by J. K. McCathran. In 1911 present house moved to lot 11 from Lot 9 by Nettie B. Logan. Stock attached to lot between 1901 and 1911. Assessment records indicate contract for remodeling in 1964 (job not completed by original contractor); also that house was rented as of 6 February 1968. |
| Sources | Edwards, 204; Town Directories; Wilkerson file; Real estate listing, 1988; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; 1944 newspaper clipping; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records; 1943 deed Isherwood-Miller; 1953 delinquent tax list; Logan-Walker correspondence 25 July 1912 and 25 August 1913. |
407 Sixth Avenue |
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| Remarks | Removed c.1957-60 |
| Sources | Town Directory, Maps |
409 Sixth Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 13-14, Block 16 Old Lots 18-19, Block 6 |
| Name | The Dorsey Cottage |
| Built | Assessment records indicate 1895 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Mrs. Virginia Darby, 1893 (#324) to Maud H Dorsey Mrs. Mary E Dorsey, 1893 (#323), Maud H Dorsey (#352), J T Warfield (#328) |
| Lot and Block | Lots 13-14 Samuel G. Parker, 1911 (#801) Dr. A.C. Merriam, 1916 ($300) for Major Walker Mary K. Dunne, by 1946 Elmer & Eliza Ivanyi, by 1957 (liber 2127 folio 36) |
| Remarks | Parker had first stock attached to this site. Stock transferred to Parker in 1893 from Dorseys and Warfield. Appears in assessment records as lot 13 block 16. |
| Sources | Directory; Parker letter, Land Records, Town Archives; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; Town records |
Roy McCathran, the Town's first mayor, referred poetically to Washington Grove as "a town within a forest, an oasis of tranquility and a rustic jewel in the diadem of the great free state of Maryland."
4th of July A plaque commemorating the history of Washington Grove will be unveiled at a ceremony in Morgan Park on July 4th between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Bulk trash collection...05.17.08 Please make note of a new requirement to separate your metal from the rest of your trash.
Service issues? Please contact Kathie Evans
The Washington Grove Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the recommended Master Plan for the Town of Washington Grove on Wednesday, September 3, 2008.