House Histories [ Center Street ]
10 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 18, Block 2 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1959 |
| Built by | Helen & Raymond Housley |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Helen & Raymond Housley (built) Alan D. & R. V. Dexter (liber 3086 folio 110) Dale R. & S. H. Benedick, 8 September 1968 (liber 3899 folio 352) Clyde E. & N. A. Moss Jr., 8 May 1974 (liber 4521 folio 594) Daniel F. & M. A. Donahue, 15 March 1976 (liber 4758 folio 539) |
| Remarks | Donahue added 12x16 wood deck off kitchen/dining room. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Eisinger file, Land Records, Town Archives, Charlotte Hoyle; Assessment records; County tax records; Daniel F. Donahue |
11 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 21, Block 3 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1958 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Billy & Elizabeth Patton, by 1975 (liber 2617 folio 373) C. E. Williams, to 1988 Donald P. & Calvina K. Reznek, 5 April 1988 (liber 8213 folio 42) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Wilkerson files; town directories; Real estate listing, 1988; Assessment records; County tax records; Mr & Mrs Reznek |
12 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | pt Lots 15-16, Block 2 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1955 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Helen & Raymond Housley, 1956 (built) Charlotte R. Hoyle, 1958 (liber 2513 folio 333) |
| Remarks | Shown as lot 17 on plat 5408 |
| Sources | House Number Plats; Charlotte R. Hoyle; Assessment records; County tax records |
13 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 22, Block 3 old Lot 6, Block 3 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1958 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Blanton C. & A. G. Duncan (liber 2576 folio 139) by 1988 Bruce London, 31 March 1989 (liber 8757 folio 82) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directories; Assessment records; County tax records |
101 Center Street |
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| Former: 103 Center Street | |
| Lot and Block | Lots 1-3, Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1965 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Colonial Revival |
| Owner(s) | Washington Grove Methodist Church (liber 2951 folio 665), by 1988 |
| Remarks | Site of Superintendent's cottage, owned by August H. Sorgenfrei, 1911; and Edward N. & Edna L. Aiken, 1939. The cottage, no longer standing, was possibly first Grove structure for year-round use, and was first residence with a telephone for private purposes.. Rynex's had a live-in servant, Zach Lewis. Present house is church parsonage: Rev. Harold B. Wright II, by 1988-c1990; Rev Carolyn Swift, c1990-present. |
| Sources | Tax List, 1946; Town Directories; Assessment records; 1939 deed, land records, Town archives, Edwards p. 207, 236, 252 (also see 217-218); Frank Rynex oral history 1987. |
102 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 8, Block 5 |
| Name | |
| Built | Before 1900 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Sallie L. Walker, 30 May 1912 (#820) Lucretia Walker Hardy 23 January 1929 (liber 502 folio 228) Charles J. & Nancy W. Forquer, 23 September 1965 (liber 3412 folio 573) Nancy W. Forquer, non-sale transfer 15 July 1971 (liber 4095 folio 187) Nancy Forquer & Charles Kirkwood Davies III & Will M. Whetzel, by 1988 |
| Remarks | Moved from backyard of 1 the Circle by William B. and Lucretia Walker Hardy. Alterations by Major Walker, c. 1905-17. Lucretia was daughter of Major Samuel H & Sallie Walker. William B. Hardy was a Home Life Insurance Co agent, with an office on Louisiana Ave NW in same building as Lucretia's brother Robert Walker (see 401 Brown). |
| Sources | Edwards, 203, 208; Town Directories; Assessment records; 1946 tax list, Town records; Register of Certificates. Chautauqua brochure, 1911. |
105 Center Street |
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| Name | |
| Built | |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | |
| Remarks | Removed c.1969-76, after construction of adjacent 101 Center Street |
| Sources | Town Directories |
301 Center |
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| See 301 Maple Avenue |
400 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 8, Block 27 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1953 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Ranch/Contemporary |
| Owner(s) | Robert H. & Mary Marjorie Field, 15 April 1947 (original owner) Roland A. & A. K. Lincoln, 1 August 1968 (liber 3773 folio 80) Dr. Gary D. & Doris N. Gordon, 28 March 1969 (liber 3845 folio 540) |
| Remarks | Appears in assessment records as lot 7 block 27. Assessment records indicate was rented on 2 August 1968. Second story added 1969. |
| Sources | Wilkerson file; House Number Plats; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; Gordon notes 23 February 1992. |
401 Center |
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| See 301 Maple Avenue |
409 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 8-9, Block 28 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1953 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Cape Cod |
| Owner(s) | Frederick L. & K.S. Wilkerson (original owner) (liber 1700 folio 68) Paul Lembesis & Meghan O'Connell, by 1988 |
| Remarks | Appears in assessment records as Part lots 8 & 9 Block 28. Frederick "Buddy" Wilkerson had been a prisoner of war in World War II. He survived a death march and was held in two different German prisons during 1943-1944. The front door knocker was a gift to him from a fellow prisoner of war. |
| Sources | Wilkerson file; House Number Plats; Real estate listing, 1988; Town Directories; Assessment records; Shantz p. 72; Meghan O'Connell oral history 3 March 1992. |
410 Brown Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 6, Block 25 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1913 |
| Built by | Major Samuel H. Walker |
| Style | Arts and Crafts |
| Owner(s) | Samuel H. Walker, 6-8-1910 (#756) Arthur & Ruth K. Isherwood, 11-4-1926 (#1110); 1937 (liber 668 folio 443) Ruth K. Isherwood (liber 462 folio 402) Elizabeth A. Teepe, non-sale transfer 2-13-1981 (liber 5657 folio 373) James W. Debelius & Margaret M. Ebner, by 1988 |
| Remarks | Arthur Isherwood worked for the DC Government; his brother-in-law was William T. Teepe. [Elizabeth Teepe was Ruth Isherwood's sister?] Appears on assessment records as Lot 6 & part lots 5&7;, block 25. Assessment records indicate bay window added 1975. |
| Sources | Edwards, 208; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; Town Directories; Assessment records; Shantz, p. 74; Register of Stock Certificates. |
413 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | pt Lots 1-4, Block 33 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1954 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Cape Cod |
| Owner(s) | Douglas & Ann C. Saunders (original owner), c1954 (liber 1936 folio 172) Kenneth B. & Jaqueline M. Watson, 7-30- 1980 (liber 5551 folio 775) Jane C. Souzon, 1983 Anne Crichton & Steven Linscheid |
| Remarks | Rear addition built 1963. Interior remodeling, 1986: walls demolished, new kitchen installed. In 1991, 3rd bathroom installed (rear addition). |
| Sources | Kitty Wilkerson card file & real estate printout; Town Directories; Assessment records; Jane Souzon. |
414 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 8,9 & p. 7, Block 25 |
| Name | |
| Built | |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Dan Couries (original owner) Danny B. Convis, by 1983 |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Kitty Wilkerson card file; Town Directories; Jane Souzon. |
415 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | pt Lots 1 & 2, Block 33 |
| Name | |
| Built | Assessment records indicate 1954 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Cape Cod |
| Owner(s) | William H. & M. S. Callan (liber 1938 folio 600) Douglas H. & C. W. Callan, 7 May 1969 (liber 3857 folio 204) Dietmar Rabussay, by 1991 |
| Remarks | Appears in assessment records as Part Lots 1 2 & 3 Block 33. |
| Sources | House Number Plats; Town Directories; Assessment records. |
416 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | pt Lot 8, Block 32 |
| Name | |
| Built | Assessment records indicate 1977 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Katherine Seiterlien (original owner) Mark J. & Katherine E. Seiterlein, 24 January 1977 (liber 4898 folio 742) Mark J. Frederiksen and Katherine E. Seiferlein, by 1988 |
| Remarks | Appears in assessment records as Lot 11 Block 32. Assessment records indicate building permit 093003 issued 8-15-1978 to extend house (porch). |
| Sources | Wilkerson file; Town Directories; Assessment records. |
417 Center Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 8, Block 33 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1965 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Hugh B. & S. S. Hammett (liber 3099 folio 307) Roy C. & B. L. Daigle, 23 August 1968 (liber 3782 folio 69) Paul S. & A. K. Uher Jr., 11 March 1974 (liber 4502 folio 7) Colin A. & M. J. Heath, 10 December 1976 (liber 4880 folio 841) Robert F. Christin, by 1988 |
| Remarks | Shown on assessment records as Lot 8 & part of lot 9 block 33. Building permit for addition issued to Christin (1991) |
| Sources | Town Directories; Report to Town Meeting (1991); Assessment records |
