Category: History

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 206 Bates Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.photo of property

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there were the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 206 Bates St NW:

  • January 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold the whole of 206 Bates Street NW to Sylvester Butler and Bettie H. Garner.
  • January 1951 Butler and Garner borrowed $5,050 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • August 1952 Butler and Garner transferred the property to Edith E. Matthews, who transferred half of the property to Bettie Garner and the other half to Sylvester Butler.
  • August 1953 Miss Garner borrowed $2,320.72 from Levin and Weightman.
  • August 1953 Mr. Butler borrowed $2,320.72 from Levin and Weightman.
  • February 1953 Butler and Garner were released from their 1951 mortgage.
  • August 1953, Butler lost his half of the house to foreclosure. Through an auction the property returned to Evans, Levin and Taube.
  • June 1959, new partner Harry A. Badt, Nathan Levin’s survivors, Evans, Taube and their spouses sold the foreclosed half to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • February 1963, Bettie H. Garner was released from her mortgage.
  • March 1972 the Basilikos sell the property to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency.

I’m stopping here because the documents onward are confusing. I cannot find out what happened to Ms. Garner and her half, it just gets lost. But as part of the usual story, we have a foreclosure, a sale to the Basilikos and the DC Redevelopment Agency.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 40 O Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.photo of property

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there were the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 40 O St NW:

  • February 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 40 O St NW to Nellie and John R. Burton.
  • February 1951 the Burtons borrowed $3,125 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • February 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 40 O St NW to Helen O. and Robert M. Pyndell.
  • February 1951 the Pyndells borrowed $3,125 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • March 1958 the Pyndells lost their half of the property to foreclosure and through an auction the property returned to Evans and Taube and new partner Harry A. Badt.
  • March 1958, as part of a larger property package, the Badts (Harry A. and wife Jennie) transfer/sold their interest in 40 O St NW to Nathan Levin’s survivors.
  • August 1958 the Burtons lost their half of the property to foreclosure and the property returned to Badt, Evans and Taube via an auction.
  • August 1958, as part of a larger property package, Harry and Jennie Badt transferred/sold their interest in 40 O St NW to Nathan Levin’s survivors.
  • March 1959, Badt, Evans, Taube, the Levin survivors, and their spouses, as part of a large property package, sold the whole of 40 O St to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • July 1971, as part of a large property package, George & Sophia Basiliko sold 40 O St NW to the Housing System Development and Construction Corp.

Once again it appears that the scheme set up just set Africans American buyers for failure. And as a bit of irony housing expressly built to improve renters lives wound up in the hands of a slumlord who did not improve the lives of his tenants.

Robert Martell Pyndell, before buying 40 O St NW, was a Black truck driver living with his in-laws at 521 2nd St SE in 1950. In 1947 he married Helen Odessa Shepard. After this loss in Truxton Circle the family managed to buy a home in 1961 at 306 Channing Street NE. Funnily, looking at the Channing St deed, there is covenant language on document 1961001489 stating that the property should not be sold, leased or conveyed to any person of negro or part negro blood. Mr. Pyndell appears to be unmistakably black. This was in 1961, after racial covenants were found to be unconstitutional in 1948. The Pyndells eventually wound up in Alabama, with Robert selling a plot of land (parking spot? Sq 3554 lot 0106) in 1985.

Unfortunately, there were two John R. Burtons and two Nellie Burtons (married to different people) buying and owning property in DC at the time. I found a John Burton, an Afro-American barber married to a Nellie (nee Lane?) living at 505 O Street NW in the 1920 census. But I’m not 100% sure these are the same people.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 219 P Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.photo of property

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there was the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 219 P St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 219 P NW to Ethel M. and Jacob S. Miller.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) the Millers borrowed $3,250 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • February 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 219 P St NW to Arthur and Blumne Lipscomb.
  • Feb 1951 Mitchell borrowed $3,400 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • January 1952 the Lipscombs transferred their half to Margaret Johnson who transferred it back to Arthur Lipscomb and Blumer Whitehead, who I will assume is the same person as Blumne Lipscomb.
  • October 1961 the Millers are released from their mortgage, owning their half free and clear.
  • April 1962 the Lipscomb mortgage is released.
  • August 1970, Shellie F, Bowers administrator for the estate of Henry A. Lipscomb sold his interest to Elizabeth Edwards.
  • August 1988, Elizabeth Edwards was noted to have a 1/4 interest in 219 P St, sold her interest, as well as the heir-at-law of Blumer Whitehead (died 6/30/1985) to Freda D. and Junella M. Gaines.

I have no idea what happened to the Millers. It’s safe to assume they died. They just disappeared. Junella A. Gaines was the heir of the Millers as there is a water sewer lien sent to them in 1986, two years before the other half of the house was sold her. There is a 2002 Quit Claim Deed stating that the Gaines were heirs of the Millers.

As we can see from the 2004 photo above, the house was abandoned and vacant in total. The city condemned the property in October of 2004 when it was owned by FDG Funding Services.

Comparative White DC Home Owner- Capitol Hill- Charles E. Speiden- 232 South Carolina Ave SE

To get an idea to see if what I am seeing with the Black Homeowners of Truxton Circle is normal, or not, I am comparing them with white home owners.  I am looking at blocks that were over 90% white in 1950 but also in the same “red lined” zone, which was F1.

photo of property

The first document to show up for this Capitol Hill property is a release, which means a debt has been paid, from 1921 for a 1915 debt. It was in Charles E. and Emma F. Speiden’s name who appear in the 1930 census for 232 South Carolina Ave SE in Washington, DC. On March 30, 1948 the home was sold by Charles and Emma’s survivors to Constance Wilson who sold it to Erika B. Ezzell a few days later.

Charles Edwin Speiden Sr.
Charles Edwin Speiden (1863/1864-1946)

So who were Charles and Emma Speiden?

Well Charles Edwin Speiden was born January 16, 1863 in Washington, DC to William R. and Sarah Ann Perkins Speiden, one of nine children. In 1880, the family lived at 228 K St SE. His father was a blacksmith, his older brother was a blacksmith and in the 1900 census he was a blacksmith.

In 1885 Charles married Emma Florence Scott. In 1890 the blacksmith and his bride lived at 1206 I St SE. In 1900 they were living with his in-laws, Jasper Scott the iron molder, at 503 12th St SE. That year the Speidens had five children between the ages of 13 and four.

Emma was born in 1863 to Jasper A. and Mary Jane Murray Scott in the District of Columbia. She was about one of five children and she in turn had five children, Addie Florence Speiden Adams (1886–1953), William Jasper Speiden (1887–1971), Emma Viola Speiden Huff (1891– 1956), Mary Jane Speiden McClay (1894–1961) and Charles Edwin Speiden Jr. (1895–1901).

By 1930 Charles Speiden was a business owner, iron worker, running East Washington Ornamental Iron Works at 618-620 C Street SE. His adult daughters Emma Huff, and Addie Adams lived with him and Emma, with and her daughter Florence. Their adult daughters were listed as widows, however the 1940 census revealed that Addie was divorced.

Charles died January 31, 1936 at home. A couple years later, Emma Scott Speiden died January 2, 1948.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 1537 3rd Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.photo of property

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there were the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 1537 3rd St NW:

  • January 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold all of 1537 3rd St NW to Mattie and Walter Quarles.
  • January 1951 the Quarles borrowed $7,050 from Colonial Capitol Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • October 1953 the Quarles lost their home to foreclosure. The property returned to Evans, Levin, and Taube via an auction.
  • November 1953, Evans, Levin and Taube sold half of 1537 3rd St NW to divorcee Nettie Glover.
  • November 1953, Glover borrowed $4,054.64 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • November 1953, Evans, Levins and Taube sold the other half to Marchel and Vera R. Davis.
  • November 1953, Mr. and Mrs. Davis borrowed $4,054.65 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • November 1955, the Davis family lost their half to foreclosure and the property returned to Evans, Levin, and Taube via an auction.
  • February 1958, Nettie Glover lost her half to foreclosure and the property returned to Evans, Taube, and new partner Harry A. Badt via an auction.
  • February 1958, as part of a larger package,  the Badts (Harry & wife Jennie), transferred their interest in 1537 3rd St NW to Levin’s survivors.
  • November 1961, as part of a large property package, Evans, Taube, the Levin survivors, and the Badts, as part of a larger property package, sold 1537 3rd St NW to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • July 1970, as part of a very large property package, (document 1970011877) the Basilikos sold 1537 3rd St NW to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA).
  • August 1979, as part of a large property package, DC RLA sold the property to the Bates Street Associates.

Okay, let’s check the WSIC checklist of sadness and doom.  Sold half of a house, eventually, check. Foreclosure, check, check and check. Sold to Basilikos who then sold to DC RLA, check and check.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 208 Q Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.photo of property

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there were the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 208 Q St NW:

  • January 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 208 Q NW to divorcee Elizabeth Carter.
  • January 1951 Mrs. Carter borrowed $3,275 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • January 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 208 Q St NW to William T. and Lylibelle Banks.
  • Jan 1951 the Banks borrowed $3,275 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • January 1953 the Banks lost their home to foreclosure and the property returned to Evans, Levin and Taube via an auction.
  • February 1953 Evans, Levin, and Taube resold the foreclosed property to John and Marie E. Dunston.
  • February 1953 the Dunstons borrowed $3,776.75 from Levin and Weightman.
  • July 1958 Mrs. Carter lost her half to foreclosure and Evans, Taube and new partner Harry A. Badt regained ownership of the property via an auction.
  • July 1958, as part of a larger property package, the Badts (Harry A. and wife Jennie) transfer/sold their interest in 208 Q St NW to Nathan Levin’s survivors.
  • November 1961 as part of a larger property package, Badt, Evans, Taube, their wives and Levin’s survivors sold their half the property to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • November 1966 the Dunstons were free of their mortgage with Levin and Weightman and owned their home free and clear.
  • May 1974 the Dunstons sold their half of the property to Edith C. and Ralph E. Deane.
  • August 1974 George Basiliko Inc sold his half to Edith C. and Ralph E. Deane, bringing the property under a single household.

Alls well that ends well. The Deanes owned 208 Q St NW from 1974-2003. So despite foreclosures and a period of Basiliko ownership, it turned out fine.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 217 P Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.photo of property

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there was the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 217 P St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded February 5, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 217 P St NW to Archie S. and Blanche M. Young.
  • December 1950 (recorded Feb 5, 1951) the Youngs borrowed $3,000 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • December 1950 (recorded February 14, 1951) Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 217 P St NW to Richard R. and Susie Saunders.
  • December 1950 (recorded February 14, 1951) the Saunders borrowed $3,000 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • April 1958 the Youngs lost their half of the property to foreclosure and via an auction, the property was returned to Evans, Taube and new Colonial Inv. Co partner Harry A. Badt.
  • April 1958, as part of a larger property package, the Badts (Harry A. and wife Jennie) transferred/sold their interest in this and several properties to Nathan Levin’s survivors.
  • June 1959, as part of a large property package the foreclosed half of 217 P St NW was sold to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • September 1959 the Saunders lost their half to foreclosure and through an auction the property returned to Badt, Evans, and Taube.
  • September 1959, as part of a larger property package, Harry and Jennie Badt transferred/sold their interest in 217 P St NW and several properties to Nathan Levin’s survivors.
  • February 1961, along with 2 other properties, Badt, Evans, Taube, the Levin survivors and their spouses sold the remaining half to George Basiliko.
  • Sometime between 1971/1973 and 1980 Basiliko sold 217 P St NW to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA).
  • June 1980, as part of a bigger property package, the DC RLA sold the house to the BSA Limited Partnership.

So this fits the pattern, where 2 halves are sold and they both wind up in foreclosure to end up in the hands of George Basiliko and later the DC RLA.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 20 O Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.

photo of 20-22 O St NW Washington, DC
Both 20 and 22 O St NW. 20 is the green one.

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there was the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 20 O St NW (Square 0617, lot 180 & 235):

  • February 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 20 O St NW to James E. and Shirley C. Johnson.
  • February 1951 the Johnsons borrowed $3,125 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • February 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 20 O St NW to widow Vera Rodgers.
  • February 1951 Rodgers borrowed $3,125 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • August 1952 the Johnsons lost their half to foreclosure. The property returned to Evans, Levin and Taube via an auction.
  • September 1952 Evans, Levin and Taube sold that half to Hester (unmarried) and Milton (married) Jackson.
  • September 1952 the Jacksons borrowed $4,101.83 from Levin and Weightman.
  • May 1954, Mrs. Rodgers transferred her half to Lillian M. McGowan who immediately transferred it back to Mrs. Rodgers now Patterson and her new spouse Elmer E. Patterson.
  • November 1957, the Jacksons lost their half to foreclosure. The property returned to Evans, Taube, and new partner Harry Badt via an auction.
  • November 1957 as part of a larger property package, the Badts (Harry A. and wife Jennie) transfer/sell their interest in 20 O St NW to Nathan Levin’s survivors.
  • November 1961, as part of a larger property package, Badt, Evans, Taube, their wives and Levin’s survivors sold 20 O St NW to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • July 1971, as part of a larger property package (document 1971013980) Basiliko sold the property to the Housing System Development and Construction Corp.
  • November 1972, as part of a large property package, the Housing System Development and Construction Corp. sold 20 O St NW to Lyda E. and Robert L. Busby and Thomas H. Ryon Management Company.
  • May 1978, Mrs. Patterson, a widow again (Elmer died 8/15/1964), sold her half to Jerry W. Wood.
  • October 1984, after other owners, Jerry W. Wood bought the other half of 20 O St NW, bringing it under one owner.

Although half of this home wound up in the hands of George Basiliko it did not become part of the DC Redevelopment Land Agency’s portfolio. There were two foreclosures. On the plus side someone managed to hold on to half of the property from 1951-1978.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 230 Bates Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.photo of property

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there was the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 230 Bates Street NW:

  • January 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold all of 230 Bates Street NW to Joseph and Frances L. Jackson.
  • January 1951 the Jacksons borrowed $7,050 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • March 1952 the Jacksons sold the house back to Evans, Levin and Taube. (Released from mortgage May 1962)
  • May 1952 Evans, Levin and Taube sold half of 230 Bates St NW to Leroy and Bernice L. Fennell.
  • May 1952 the Fennells borrowed $3,882.29 from Weightman and Levin.
  • June 1952 Evans, Levin and Taube sold the other half to Booker T. Baird, Booker T. Henderson, and Trueolla Q. Henderson.
  • June 1952 Baird and the Henderson borrowed $3,898.38 from Weightman and Levin.
  • August 1952 the Fennells sold their half back to Evans, Levin, and Taube. (Released from loan January 1953)
  • September 1952 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold that half to Martha Lee and Thornton James Leathers.
  • September 1952 the Leathers borrowed $4,097.06 from lenders Levin and Weightman.
  • July 1957 Booker T. Henderson removed his wife’s name from the deed.
  • November 1961 the Leathers lost their half of 230 Bates St NW to foreclosure. Evans, Taube and Levin’s survivors regained the property via an auction.
  • November 1961, as part of a larger property package, new partner Harry A. Badt, Evans, Taube, the Levin survivors and their spouses sold 230 Bates to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • December 1963 Evans, Taube, the Levin survivors and their spouses sold 230 Bates to George Basiliko. Was this the Henderson half? Not sure what happened to Booker T. Henderson.
  • Sometime between 1971 and 1980 Basiliko sold/transferred the property to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency.
  • June 1980, as part of a larger property package, the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA) sold the property to BSA Limited Partnership.

This was a confusing property, getting sold and resold several times. It was sold as a whole. It was sold in parts. The sole lender for most regular buyers was Weightman and Levin. It eventually wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and the RLA.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 1513 3rd Street NW

The Washington Sanitary Improvement Company (WSIC) was a late 19th century charitable capitalism experiment that ended in the 1950s. This blog started looking at the homes that were supposed to be sold to African American home buyers, after decades of mainly renting to white tenants.

photo of property

Looking at WSIC properties they tend to have a pattern where the properties were sold to a three business partners, Nathaniel J. Taube, Nathan Levin and James B. Evans as the Colonial Investment Co. for $3 million dollars. Those partners sold to African American buyers. There was usually a foreclosure. Then the property wound up in the hands of George Basiliko and or the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA). Then there was the odd lucky ones who managed to avoid that fate.

Let’s see what happens with 1513 3rd St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded March 20, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold 1513 3rd St NW to Lillian and George Shaw.
  • December 1950 (recorded March 20, 1951) the Shaws borrowed $7,000 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • June 1953 the Shaws sold half of 1513 3rd St NW to Mary Belle and Arthur Butler Jr.
  • June 1953 the Butlers borrowed $3,542 and $635.00 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • June 1953 the Shaws took out another loan from Levin and Weightman for $3,451.45.
  • September 1953 the Shaws sold their half to Minnie and Renaldo Jackson.
  • September 1953 the Jacksons borrowed $718.69 from Levin and Weightman at 6%.
  • August 1954, the Shaws failed to pay back their June 1953 and Levin and Weightman foreclosed on… which half of 1513 3rd St? It appears the Jacksons lost their home and it was returned to the Colonial Investors, Evans, Levin and Taube.
  • November 1961 new Colonial Investors partner Harry A. Badt, Evans, Taube, the Nathan Levin survivors and their spouses sold half of 1513 3rd St NW to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • December 1969 the Butlers signed a covenant that looks like a loan. The covenant was with the City Finance Company of Bethesda for $1,476.
  • December 1971 the Butlers were released from one of their June 1953 loans with Weightman and Levin.
  • March 1972 the Butlers were released from their other June 1953 loans with Weightman and Levin.
  • February 1977 the Basilikos sell their half of the property to the Butlers, bringing the home under one owner.

Happy ending here as I see the Butler family are still listed as the owners.  This is a rarity.