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811 Watts St.

1999 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) In the 1920s, contractor T.H. Lawrence built this shingled Foursquare for his own home. Two interior chimneys are balanced on the hip roof and attic dormer contains leaded glass. Shaped rafter ends appear in the wide eaves. A...
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809 Watts St.

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Built in the 1920s for Holland Holton, professor at Trinity College. The shingled Type A bungalow exhibits a large gabled dormer, an exterior end chimney which pierces the eaves, a shallow one-story wing on the south side, and a wraparound porch held...
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Lockhart House

11.08.2006 (DC tax office) Built in the 1920s, this Type A bungalow carries a shed-roofed dormer, paired and grouped nine-over-one windows, an interior chimney, paired and grouped box posts on brick piers, and a segmental-arched entry. Home to David K. Lockhart, a dentist, and his wife Ruby in 1929.
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801 Watts St.

01.12.12 (DC tax office) Identical to apartment building at 307 Watts St.
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Aiken-Stallings House

01.12.2012 (DC tax photos) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Said to have been built in 1910s by real estate agent Rufus Aiken, this frame Foursquare reportedly served as a convent for Roman Catholic nuns who were nurses. Two interior chimneys are symmetrically located on the hipped...
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707 Watts St.

(DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Boxy two-story frame house built circa 1910. Hipped roof pierced by interior chimneys. Original full-facade porch with Tuscan columns wraps to the south side; trabeated entry surround.
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Roberts-Lawrence House

03.15.2007 (DC tax office) This modest one-and-one-half-story L-shaped house has a cross-gabled roof and brick veneer. English cottage features include the chimney on the main facade; Tuscan columns support an entrance porch.
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Frank L. Fuller House

1999 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Built in the 1920s for lawyer Frank Fuller, Jr., this shingled Foursquare is distinguished by four-over-one paired or grouped windows, boxed cornices, a multi-paned front door, and a side hall plan. An attached porch is topped by...
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701 Watts St.

1999 (DC Tax Office) (Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Built in the 1920s for John M. Cheek, manager of Cheek-Holton Manufacturing Co., frame Foursquare with a pyramidal roof and hip-roofed dormer. Eaves contain exposed rafter ends. There is a slight one-story shed-roofed projection...
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3407 Hope Valley Road

This home, hidden away on Hope Valley, was home to the Gibbs family who ran a dairy on the property, as well as an apartment complex and grocery store in the 1950s and 1960s.
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