House Histories [ Chestnut Avenue ]
Chestnut Avenue
103 Chestnut Avenue |
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| See 103 Brown Street |
111 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 3 & p4, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1958 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Virginia L. Darby (liber 2427 folio 151) Mrs. Virginia L. Foster, by 1988 |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directories; Assessment records; County tax records. |
112 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 13-16, Block 1 |
| Name | |
| Built | |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Robert McP. & Henry G. Milans, 1937 (Deed 668:457) |
| Remarks | Double cottage moved from near the circle, dismantled in the 1940s. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; Edwards, 205 |
112 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 11,11A, 12-14, p15 , Block 1 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1930 |
| Built by | Frank Rynex & William Crawford |
| Style | Dutch Colonial |
| Owner(s) | Gertrude M. Rynex & son, Frank Allen Rynex (liber 864 folio 196) Thomas W. & S. R. Appleby, 6-20-1986 (liber 7168 folio 50) Frank Rynex continued to reside here until his death c1997. |
| Remarks | House replaced earlier cottage owned by the Milans (see previous listing). Another cottage on current lot also demolished when present house built. See 128 Chestnut Avenue for more on Crawford. Frank Rynex (1904-1997) began constructing the house while he and his mother lived at 202 Chestnut. Bessie Coleman married Frank in 1946 and died 1986. Gertrude Rynex died in 1958. Frank hybridized a dahlia in early 1960s named Yellow Lass which was registered with the American Dahlia Society. He was an electrician and lighting technician in Hollywood CA in 1920-30s. He worked on films including Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney. |
| Sources | Frank Rynex oral history, 1987; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; Town records; County tax records. Charles Horan interview with Frank Rynex, 1991. Frank Rynex biographical sketch, 1994. |
113 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 5 & p4, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1958 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Frank M. Jr & M. B. Crown Jr. (Deed 2534: 208; 3441:208) Frank M. Crown Jr. (3441:208) Richard E. Alderman, 1-13-1972 (4172:807) Mearl W. & S. A. Grabill, 8-20-1976 (4830: 611) Robert I. & V. A. Greenberg, 2-16-1989 (8703:279) John Sindelar, by 1997 |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directories; Assessment records; County tax records. Town Directory, 1997. |
115 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 6, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | Assessment records indicate c. 1895 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Carpenter Gothic |
| Owner(s) | Robert S. Bains (trustee), by 1946 John D. & M. S. Watkins, by 1968 (Deed 2692:262) J. T. Watkins Carolyn Luxford, 12-31-1975 (4734:421) |
| Remarks | One of oldest houses on avenue. Assessment records indicate shed on property razed June 1968. |
| Sources | Town Directories; see Deeds, Book 1017, pp. 24 & 25; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; County tax records. |
118 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots p15, 16, Block 1 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1964 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Leslie E. & Velda E. Schmidl, after 1946 (liber 1025 folio 179) Keith L. Seegmiller, 16 January 1964 (liber 3177 folio 640) Raymond M. & Helen J. Houseley, 7 August 1964 (liber 3251 folio 342) J. Noah & M. L. Hubbard, 27 July 1967 (liber 3644 folio 487) John F. & M. E. Heilman, 28 April 1972 (liber 4208 folio 465) Reggie Norton, 1994 |
| Remarks | Wood deck added 1978. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Assessment records; 1946 tax list. Washington Post, 12-1994. |
120 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 18, Block 1 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1911 |
| Built by | Major Samuel H. Walker |
| Style | Four Square |
| Owner(s) | Mary & John Maxwell, 1911 Leslie E. & Velda E. Schmidl, by 1946 (lots 17-20) Boyd G. & F. S. Kenvin, by 1988 (liber 2834 folio 503) |
| Remarks | Appears in assessment records as lot 17 block 1. Appears in County tax records as p. lot 18. First owners were maternal grandparents of Frank Allen Rynex. |
| Sources | Edwards, 210; Frank Rynex oral history, 1987; Town Directories; Assessment records; County tax records. Rynex bio booklet, 1994 (See 112 Chestnut Ave file). |
121 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 8, 9, p7, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1933 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Dutch Colonial |
| Owner(s) | Gertrude Weiber, by 1940 Gordon T. Wells, by 1946 Dr. Norman Lynn, to 1958 Warren S. & N. J. Richardson, 1958 (liber 2497 folio 364) |
| Remarks | Appears in assessment records as Lot 8 & 9 Block 4. Gordon Wells lived in Gaithersburg. Dr. Lynn was a pharmacist in Gaithersburg. |
| Sources | Town Directories; 1946 tax list; County tax records; Frank Rynex oral history, 1987; Assessment records; Richardson notes 23 February 1992. |
122 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | pt Lots 18 & 19, Block 1 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1959 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Cape Cod |
| Owner(s) | Charles Cuffley, by 1954 C. Edwin & June B. Becraft (liber 2696 folio 393) Edwin P. Broomall Jr., 8 June 1973 (liber 4388 folio 127) William S. & Y. C. Isaacs, 9 August 1977 (liber 4994 folio 717) Susan K. Reed, 18 May 1978 (liber 5133 folio 647) Butler, to 1988 Steven W. Sparks, by 1988 Nicholas P. & JoAnn A, Suzich, 2-27-1990 (9212:292) |
| Remarks | 1954 delinquent tax list; County tax records; c.1955 survey signed F. Carroll Walker shows house footprint |
| Sources | Town Directories; lot survey, Land Records, Town Archives; Real estate listings 1977 (w/photo) & 1988; Assessment records. |
123 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 10, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1910-1935 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Craftsman cottage |
| Owner(s) | C. E. Hunt, c. 1906 (#674, lot 11) Mary C. Williamson, 6 March 1914 (#885-887, lots 11-13) Andrew W. & Myra Heil, 15 September 1914 to post-1947 (#939-941, lots 11-13) L. Reynolds & Belva A. Younkins (liber 1041 folio 403) |
| Remarks | Property (lots 11-12) assessed @ $500 in 1924 (lot at 118 Grove which had house built was assessed @ $4,000 same year). Lot owned originally by William H. Pritchett, (Deed 480:616), then conveyed to Mrs. Claude P. Caldwell, c. 1905 (#656). |
| Sources | House Number Plat, 1935; Town Directories; Clark correspondence 15 May 1924; Walker file; Asociation records; Register of Certificates; 1947 tax list; Town records; County tax records. |
124 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 20 & p19, Block 1 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1956 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Cape Cod |
| Owner(s) | Julie L. & Margaret L. Faust, by 1971 (liber 2017 folio 17) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | House Number Plats, 1935 & 1957; Town Directory; Assessment records; County tax records |
125 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 11 & p12, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1963 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Minimal Traditional |
| Owner(s) | Robert H. & M. H. Costello Jr. (liber 3113 folio 225) Peter A. & M. J. Pastilong, 26 June 1970 (liber 3974 folio 16) Robert R. & K. K. Schultz, 30 July 1976 (liber 4819 folio 298) Margaret M. Cavenagh and Mark Dubnick, 16 July 1990 (liber 9400 folio 87) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directories; Assessment records; County tax records. |
127 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 13, Block 4 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1920-35 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Bungalow |
| Owner(s) | Andrew W. & Myra Heil, by 1946 (lots 11-13) Marjorie H. Samperton & Elizabeth B. McDermott (liber 2910 folio 74) Elizabeth B. Dermott, non-sale transfer 20 November 1964 Elizabeth B. McDermott, non-sale transfer 22 September 1966 Marjorie P. Suttora, non-sale transfer 18 August 1971 (liber 4170 folio 364) |
| Remarks | Appears on assessment records as lot 13 & part 12 Block 4. Assessment records indicate house was rented as of 18 October 1971; a Mrs. Saxby (tenant) as of 15 April 1974. Ms. Suttora was living in Bethesda in 1992. Julio S. Teichberg (tenant), by 1988; Diane Teichberg (tenant), by 1991. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; Town records; County tax records. |
128 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 21 & 22, Block 1 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1920-35 |
| Built by | William Crawford |
| Style | Cape Cod |
| Owner(s) | William R. Fitch, 1937 Otto F. & Kathryn D. Moore, by 1946 Harold F. Sylvester, by 1954 Charles K. & L. V. Davies Jr. (liber 2349 folio 351) Lucy V. & E. W. Peake, non-sale transfer 4 March 1970 (liber 3944 folio 264) Michael E. & S. C. Laragy, 10 January 1975 (liber 4605 folio 737) McKenna, Michael T., 30 September 1977 (liber 5025 folio 754) Michael T. & E. McKenna, 9 January 1980 (liber 5465 folio 41) Paris C. & Diane B. Pacchione, 24 June 1980 (liber 5535 folio 216) |
| Remarks | Crawford was a Montgomery County policeman and captain of the White House pistol team, which won many trophies during the Eisenhower administrations. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Real estate listings, 1977 & c1980 (w/photos); Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; Frank Rynex oral history, 1987; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; 1954 delinquent tax list; Town records; Shantz p. 68. |
201 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Former: 201 Oak Street | |
| Lot and Block | Lots 1-2 & p3, Block 5 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1952 - 1954 |
| Built by | Phillip Winter |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Phillip Winter Marc P. & M. W. Hansen, 12-30-1986 (liber 4090 folio 383) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | House Number Plats; Town Directories; County tax records. "Washington Grove News," by June Healy, Sentinel, 1952. |
202 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 9-10, Block 2 Originally all Block 3 & pt. Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1903 |
| Built by | Will Kinder for Frank & Gertrude R. Rynex, 1903 |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Gerald L. & M. B. Healey, by 1946 Harold F. & Catherine G. Sylvester (liber 2463 folio 552; liber 3679 folio 346) Catherine G. Sylvester & Carl M. & James Allen Winter, by 1988 |
| Remarks | Gertrude M & Frank R Rynex had house built Fall 1903. Son Frank Allen born here 2-28-1904. Frank R was elected Sec of Wash. Grove Assn Bd of Trustees, 1914 until 1918. After a polio outbreak in Wash Grove in 1916, Rynexs moved to 1427 Chapin St NW. Gertrude died in 1958, Frank R in 1962. Assessment records indicate house had wet basement and was being treatment for termites 1974. |
| Sources | Town Directories; 1946 tax list; Town records. Frank A Rynex biog booklet (112 Chestnut file). |
206 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 11 & 12, Block 2 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1940 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Francis R. & M. C. Wright [Elizabeth?], by 1946 (liber 2127 folio 337) Herbert E. Kahler, 12 March 1968 (liber 3719 folio 157) Lawrence J. & S. I. Mauceri, 13 July 1970 (liber 3979 folio 382) Ken White & Carolyn Crane, c1993 Jean Moyer, 1998 |
| Remarks | Wrights lived in Gaithersburg in 1986. Mauceris live in Mount Airy in 1992. Konrad Ritter (tenant), by 1991 |
| Sources | House Number Plat; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; County tax list. |
208 Chestnut |
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| See 208 Hickory Road |
302 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 23, Block 3 Old Lots 9-10?, Block 3 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1960-63 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Richard H. & Mary Jane Dean (original) Lloyd W. & Rita McClure, c. 1989-91 John & Amy Porter, 30 July 1991 (liber 9865 folio 568) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directory; Plats; Kitty Wilkerson card file; 1959 Notice of Sale of Town Property with plat; Town land records; County tax records. |
304 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 24, Block 3 old Lot 12, Block 3 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1983 |
| Built by | North American Homes of Florida |
| Style | Ranch (prefabricated) |
| Owner(s) | Harold D. T. & Mable V. Dean, 8 November 1983 (liber 6232 folio 740) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directories; Notice of Sale of Town Property; Town land records; County tax records; Mable Dean |
306 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 25, Block 3 old Lot 14, Block 3 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1962 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Minimal Traditional |
| Owner(s) | Garrison W. & E. W. Bell, by 1962 (liber 2929 folio 627) |
| Remarks | Nearly identical design illustrated in McAlester, p.478 |
| Sources | Town Directory; Plats; Assessment records; 1959 Notice of Sale of Town Property with plat; Town land records. |
400 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 26, Block 3 old Lot 15, Block 3 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1963-66 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Mrs. Davies (original owner) E. Warren & Jane L. Thomas, 9 March 1966 (liber 3476 folio 591) Jane L. Thomas, by 1991 |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directory; Plats; 1959 Notice of Sale of Town Property with plat; Town land records; County tax records. |
402 Chestnut Avenue |
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| See 411 Washington Grove Lane |
404 Chestnut Avenue |
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| See 413 Washington Grove Lane |
405 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 32, Block 6 Old Lots 9-11, Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1960-63 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | John James Brennan, original owner, c. 1957-66 Linda Buell, 1982 |
| Remarks | Property lines surveyed for R. A. Waddill in 1947. |
| Sources | Town directories; Wilkerson file; March 1947 property line survey for R. A. Waddill by H. M. White Surveys; 1959 Notice of Sale of Town Property with plat; Town land records. |
407 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 33, Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1962 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | William E. & D. E. Selby, by 1964 (liber 2954 folio 11) Diane E. Selby, non-sale transfer 27 October 1971 (liber 4141 folio 340) William E. Selby, by 1988 |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directory, Plats; Assessment records; 1959 Notice of Sale of Town Property with plat; Town land records. |
411 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 35, Block 6 old Lot 15, Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1961 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Louis D. & J. D. Sweadner (liber 2879 folio 433) original owner Wendell L. German, 11- 18-1964 (liber 3294 folio 378) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Kitty Wilkerson; Town Directory Plats; Assessment records; 1959 Notice of Sale of Town Property with plat; Town land records. |
415 Chestnut Avenue |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 36, Block 6 old Lot 16, Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1962 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | William M. & Mary M. Swyter, c1962 (liber 2921 folio 55; liber 2921 folio 58) |
| Remarks | |
| Sources | Town Directory; Plats; Assessment records; 1959 Notice of Sale of Town Property with plat; Town land records. |
