405 Brown Street—House History and Description
- Former and/or alternative addresses, if any: n/a
- Lot and Block: Lots 3 & p. 2&4, Block 26
- Name, if any: Balla Thur
- Built: 1914
- Built by: Samuel Walker
- Style: Colonial Revival
- Past and Current Owner(s) (list may not be complete):
- Henry L & Barbara A Strang, 1891 – original owners (Lots 2 & 3: #227,228)
- Samuel H Walker, 1910 – (Lots 2 & 3, #748)
- Robert J Dutton, 1911 (#780)
- Samuel H Walker, 1912 (Lot 3, #815)
- James Paul Lynch, 1920 (Lots 1-4, #1039) sold 1941
- By 1957, John H. & Ethel V. Grimes, Jr. (sold 1963)
- Charles T. & J. M. Mahaffey (liber 3099 folio 294),
- by 1966 Charles J. & A. T. Mahaffey, non-sale transfer 11 June 1970 (liber 3968 folio 775); also correction on 14 July 1970 (liber 3979 folio 792)
- Remarks:
- From the 2019 Robinson & Associates architectural survey (PDF): n/a
- Homeowner Comments: n/a
- Other: Assessment records indicate a house on lot in 1895. Appears in assessment records as Lot 3 & part of lots 2 & 4. Named by Alice Mahaffey after a family farm c. 1985.
- Sources: Grimes to Mayor Pughe, 14 June 1963, Town Archives; Town Directories; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records; MCathran correspopndence 1941; 1946 tax list; Town Records; Rosalie Shantz; Alice Mahaffey.