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Andrew Ellicott map. Arrow upper left inicates location of Tenleytown. Great Falls Road is River Road. Frederick Road followed Brookeville (Belt) Road.
(Helm, p. 16) |
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Boschke's Topograhic map of DC 1861 from field inspection of 1857-58
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Part of Boschke's Topographic Map of DC, from 1857-8 field inspection.
(Helm, p. 24)
Shows property owners Giles Dyer whose land was "borrowed" for Fort Reno, Nathan Loughboro and his son, A. H. Loughboro, who owned Grasslands, Mrs. A. Lyles, who owned The Rest, and H. Blunt who owned Dunblane. |
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Plat of Reno City (Fort Reno subdivision). Land owned before Civil War by Giles Dyer - returned to him after war. Reno City was bounded by Belt (formerly Brookville) Road, Fessenden Street, Howard Street (which runs along the east side of Alice Deale Junior High School), and Chesapeake Street. (Helm, p. 66)
Subdivision homes were razed over a period of years in the first half of the 20th century to provide space for reservoir, water towers and schools. |
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1878 Hopkins map shows area north and east of the center of Tenleytown. Late 19th c. house on Chas. King property on Brookville (Belt) Road is still (2006) partially standing at 5013. Also shows Grant Road. (Helm, p. 23) |
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Hopkins map of Tenleytown. (Helm, p. 68) |
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Hopkins map showing Nourse property. The Nourses' 'Highlands' is now part of Sidwell Friends School. Also Shows Peirce's Mill Road coming up from Rock Creek to Rockville Pike at intersection of what is now Van Ness Street.
(Helm, p.158) |
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