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Photographer: Richard E. Miller
Taken: January 12, 2008
Caption: Ruins of "Lyles House" at Want Water - Broad Creek Historic District
Additional Description: Probably the oldest dwelling structure remaining in the National Capital Region. Construction started in the late 17th century and was completed around 1736 by entrepreneur Humphrey Batt[s]. Its wooden components collapsed in the 1930s, leaving only its brick grambel ends in place.
Submitted: January 15, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p13933
File Size: 1.488 Megabytes

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