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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 18, 2013
Caption: George M. Lightfoot House
Additional Description: This house was built in 1892 by Frederick Bex a carriage maker and inventor. George Morton Lightfoot bought the house in 1917 but he did not move in until 1931. In 1930, the house was moved from the east end of the lot (near where 13th street is today) to a spot immediately adjacent to the Military Road School to accommodate the widening and straightening of Concord Avenue (now Missouri Avenue). The house was moved again in 1933 when the Federal Government took over the land next to the school for the projected "Fort Drive" to connect the ring of Civil War forts. This time the house was moved eastward into its current location. The Lightfoot family still lives in the old house.

Note: The house is private property. Please be respectful.
Submitted: May 19, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p242485
File Size: 2.456 Megabytes

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