219 NW 17th

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History

This brick four-plex, constructed for $18,000 in 1922, is one of the most unusual apartments in the neighborhood. Like most quads, it has a central entryway, but instead of being covered by a sweeping front porch, it is recessed, topped by a simple Colonial Revival arch and framed by classical columns.


The first four occupants were the families of Edwin Dabney, assistant State Attorney General; Joseph D. Morse, an attorney and eventual founder of the Home State Insurance Company; Chalmers Griffith, a bank teller and the man who owned the apartments; and Fletcher Riley, a State Supreme Court Justice.

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