100 McCauley Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 29, Block 6 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1955 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Harry E. & Louise A. Willsie (liber 2167 folio 320) Kathleen Higdon, 1991 |
| Remarks | Appears in assessment records as Lots 28 and 29. Construction date from assessment records. |
| Sources | House Number Plats; Town Directories; Assessment records. |
218 McCauley Street |
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| See 500 McCauley Street |
333 McCauley Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 1 & 2?, Block 13 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1958 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Robert G. & R. R. LeCompte, by 1988 (liber 2519 folio 181) |
| Remarks | Appears on assessment records as lot 2 & 3 block 13. Construction date from assessment records. |
| Sources | Town Directories; Assessment records |
403 McCauley Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 2-4, Block 15 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1956 |
| Built by | Barry Spear |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Almus R. & M. L. Speare (Deeds 1746:594 (lots 2 & 3); 1729:277 (lot 4)) Richard D. & B. B. Hargrove, 1973 (liber 4468 folio 339) Dr. James V. Kirby, 1988 |
| Remarks | Construction date from assessment records which also indicate 1963 addition. |
| Sources | "Notes About the Christie Family," Karen Allnutt, 1987 (Heritage Committee Archives); Town Directories; House Number Plat, 1935; Real estate listing, 1988; Assessment records. Town tax records, 1953; 1955 corres. |
500 McCauley Street |
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| Former: 218 McCauley Street (1935) | |
| Lot and Block | Lot 12-13, Block 17 |
| Name | |
| Built | Assessment records indicate 1895 |
| Built by | |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Robert J Hall, 1909 (#726) Lots 11-12 Susan E & Robert J Hall, 1910 (#761) Lot 13 S C Cissel & S C Cissel Jr, 1916 (958) Lots 12-13. S C Cissel sole ownership, 1921 Robert S & R N Billhimer, by 1946 Admiral Wm. L. & Mary Lou Morrison (Deed 2383:63) Harlan G. & P. A. Rummell, 21 May 1973 (4378:332) David & Maureen Neumann, 29 October 1975 (4707:27) |
| Remarks | William Morrison served as Chief Counsel of the US Coast Guard while residing here. Rear cottage moved to site c1916 by S C Cissel, from Lot 10 Block 17. Assessment records show structure on property (rear cottage?) razed c. 1976. Rear addition (south side), c.1975-81. |
| Sources | Shantz, 47; Town Directories; Assessment records. Register of Stock Certificates. Cissel corres 1916. 1946 tax list. Shantz, p76. |
503 McCauley Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 2-6, Block 18 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1939/1951 |
| Built by | Alfred & Marjorie Christie |
| Style | Ranch |
| Owner(s) | Alfred & Marjorie Christie, 1939 David K. Ginn & Alexis Panagakos, 1975 (liber 4655 folio 578) Charles W. & M. M. Challstrom, 1978 (liber 5172 folio 348) Lots 2-3: 1980 |
| Remarks | Original 1939 cottage is front section which was originally one large room and bathroom. In 1951, an addition was constructed with living room, dining room, kitchen, laundry and bedrooms. A carport and master bathroom were built in 1966. Alfred grew up in the Grove, living at 13 the Circle and 417 Fourth Avenue. He worked for the Foreign Economic Admin., 1941-3, and passed the D.C. Bar in 1946. House on Lot 4? |
| Sources | "Notes About the Christie Family," Karen Allnutt, 1987 (Heritage Committee Archives), WG Tax List, 1946; town directories; Assessment records. McCathran-Speare corres, 1955. Challstrom notes, 1991. |
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."
See Calendar of Permits issued for soccer on the Woodward Park Athletic Field
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.