202 Chestnut Avenue

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
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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).