17 The Circle

Lot and Block » Lots 2 & 4, Block 17 Old Lots 2-5 & 45-46, Block 5
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Built » c. 1875-85 Assessment records indicate 1875
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Owner(s) » Thomas Somerville, 1894 (original owner lot 1 #436) Christina Somerville, 1900 (lot 1 #547) Laura Hiller, 1902 (lot 1 #592) E. D. Owen, 1892 (original owner lot 2 #299) Mrs. S. A. Mayse, 1892 (lot 2 #306) Laura B. Hiller, 1904 (lot 2 #639) Dr Flodoardo Howard, c. 1885 (lot 3 #63) John C. Athey, 1886 (lot 3 #123) Laura Hiller, 1908 (lot 3 #718)
Lot and Block » Lots 1, 2, 3 Mabel O. Miller & M. E. Harper, 1915 to post-1937 (lots 1-3 #954) Mabel D. Miller, by 1946 (lots 1-4) Dr. Roger Sears, DDS to 1963 Philip K. & A. Edwards, 1963 (liber 3088 folio 186); 28 April 1967 (liber 3606 folio 581); 16 June 1970 (liber 3969 folio 190) B. William Uhlendorf, 13 September 1973 (liber 4438 folio 165)
Remarks » Appears in assessment records as Lots 1,2,3&4; Block 17. Composed of two cottages, the front half formerly had a loft. Front half was Thomas Somerville’s cottage (he died 1898). Sources » Edwards, 86, 159, 204 and oral history; Summary of Washington Grove Assn deeds, 1935-37, Land Records, Town Archives; Town Directories; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; Town records.