404 Fifth Avenue

Lot and Block » Lot 4, Block 14
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Built » Assessment records indicate 1875 (not reliable)
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Owner(s) » Carrie L, E.J., Sara H., W. K. & Allen E. Hill, and Mrs. McGrady, c. 1892 E. J. Hill, c. 1893 William K. Hill, 2-4-1895 Louis D. Wine, c1898 Rachel T. Huntley, 3-12-1900 E D Huntley, 1904 (#635, 652, 655) Amelia H Huntley, 1909 (#723) Della M Browning, 1910 (#744, 766) J Bordley & Rose O Sappington, 1922 to post-1937 (#1059) Clyde B. Aitchison, by 1940 to post-1946 Margaret E. & Anna W. MacElwee, by 1946 Rita Bott, by 1957 Marvin B. & M. F. Kidd (liber 2602 folio 284; also liber 3263 folio 287) Tonita J. Crawford, 4 September 1964 (liber 3263 folio 295) Roland D. & H. R. Blood, 16 March 1970 (liber 3946 folio 811) Beth Harter, 12 August 1974 (liber 4558 folio 161) Peter J. & I. A. Carrato, 20 July 1977 (liber 4983 folio 130)
Remarks » During Sappington ownership water was obtained from a water tank. Aitchison worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission, D.C. For more information on him see 418 Fifth Avenue . Original owner of Lot 4A (Alley) was William F Dove, 1894 (#394). E D Huntley first owner in chain of stocks to have stock connected with Lot 4, Block 14. In 1946 MacElwees lived at 1518 Buchannan Street in Washington.
Sources » Town Directories; Kitty Wilkerson files; 1946 tax list; Register of Stock Certificates; Assessment records.