House Histories [ Oak Street ]
201 Oak Avenue |
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| See 201 Chestnut Avenue |
410 Oak Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 29-30, Block 26 |
| Name | |
| Built | c. 1940 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Cape Cod |
| Owner(s) | David R & Frances N Grogan, by 1946 Carlisle W. & M. R. Franck Jr, by 1954 (liber 1571 folio 265) |
| Remarks | Appears on assessment records as part lot 30 block 26. |
| Sources | House Number Plat, 1935; Town Directories; Assessment records. Tax records, 1946, 1954. |
411 Oak Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 9, Block 27 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1959 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Contemporary |
| Owner(s) | Samuel W. & Beverly M. Jensch, 1958 (liber 2418 folio 506) Thomas J. Bresnahan, 1978 (liber 5148 folio 492) Thomas J. & Sandy M. Bresnahan, non-sale transfer, 1980 (liber 5508 folio 736) |
| Remarks | Samuel Jensch, a nuclear physicist, served as Chief Hearing Examiner for the Atomic Enery Commission. Wraparound porch and family room with 2nd fireplace & full bath added 1993. |
| Sources | House Number Plat; Town Directories; Assessment records. Shantz, p76. Bresnahan research notes. |
418 Oak Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lots 13-14, Block 31 |
| Name | |
| Built | c1911-1914 |
| Built by | |
| Style | Bungalow |
| Owner(s) | Maude E Graham, 1911 Henry K Simpson, 1914 Sallie L Walker, 1917 George F Reber, Sr, 1920 Ralph R Wayland, 1922 Frank R & Mary A Gale, by 1944 Kirby F. & Audrey S. Smith, by 1946 (Deed 938:181) Preston K. & S. R. Schultz, 26 October 1970 (liber 4011 folio 644) Randall W. & Sue A. Adams, 4 June 1975 (liber 4646 folio 865) David M. & S. A. Light, 1980 (Deeds 5567: 792; 5577:649) Donald C. Franz & Anne Phillips, 1981 (5642:221) Daniel J. Tutas, by 1991 |
| Remarks | Moved from Lot 17, Block 9 on the Circle. Maude E Graham had the house built c1911. Though Walkers did not formerly acquire the property until 1917, they owned it by 1915. Samuel Walker protested the closing of Oak St by the Assn, in 1915, fearing it would result in losing his tenant at the "Graham cottage". (Maude Graham died by 1916 of "tuberculosis and inadequate nourishment" at a northern sanitarium, acc to Robert Walker.) |
| Sources | Kitty Wilkerson card file; 1988 real estate printout; 1944 newspaper clipping; Town Directories. Register of Stock Certificates. Robert Walker paper on leases for stockholders, 1916. S H Walker corres, 1915. 1946 tax list. |
419 Oak Street |
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| Lot and Block | Lot 1, Block 32 |
| Name | |
| Built | 1909 |
| Built by | Major Samuel H. Walker |
| Style | |
| Owner(s) | Major Samuel H. Walker, 1912 George F Jr & Edna Reber, 1920 (liber 488 folio 26) Peggy O'Dick, 1991 |
| Remarks | Appears in assessment records as Lots 1,2,3,4 Block 32. George Reber was a builder and remodeled many of the Grove cottages, inc. installing "colonnades" or interior room dividers. Assessment records indicate shed razed 1967. Major changes 1991: vinyl siding, windows replaced, west side addition, south porch screened in, east stoop constructed. |
| Sources | Edwards, 210, 258, 293-4; Assessment records. Register of Stock Certificates. 1946 tax list. |
