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WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 48 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 48 Bates St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 48 Bates Street NW to Amanda J. Hart.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Ms. Hart borrowed $2,525 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • February 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 48 Bates St NW to Virginia and William Ford Jr.
  • Feb 1951 the Fords borrowed $2,525 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • November 1952 the Fords lost their half to foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube repossessed the property via an auction.
  • December 1952 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the foreclosed unit to Louise V. and John S. Duvall.
  • Dec 1952 the Duvalls borrowed $3,124.87 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • December 1956 the Duvalls lost their half to foreclosure and new Colonial Investment partner Harry A. Badt, along with Evans and Taube repossessed the property via an auction.
  • December 1956 Harry and wife Jennie Badt sold/transferred interest in the property to the survivors of Nathan Levin.
  • June 1959 Badt, Evans and Taube, Levin’s survivors and their spouses sold half of the property to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • February 1962 Ms. Hart was released from her mortgage.
  • November 1968 Amanda J. Edwards (formerly Amanda J. Hart) sold her half to George Basiliko.
  • Sometime in the 1970s (no document found) George Basiliko sold the property to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency.
  • June 1980 (doc #8000020294) the DC RLA sold/ transferred 48 Bates in a large property package to the BSA (Bates Street Associates) Limited Partnership.

Two foreclosures, a sale to George Basiliko by the Colonial Investment Co partners and a home owner and his eventual sale to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency. And then DC RLA sold

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 50 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 50 Bates Street in 2004
50 Bates Street NW, WDC 20001 blocked by a tree

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 50 Bates St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 50 Bates St NW (lot 200?) to Geneva M. Harrison, a widow.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Mrs. Harrison borrowed $1,900 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 50 Bates St NW to James and Mildred Perry.
  • December 1950 the Perrys borrowed $1,900 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • July 1953 the Perrys lost their half to foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube regained ownership through and auction.
  • July 1953 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the foreclosed half to Marie E. and Willie Foster.
  • July 1953 the Fosters borrowed $2,468.86 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • September 1967 the Fosters were released from their mortgage.
  • April 1969 Mrs. Harrison was released from her mortgage.
  • November 1971 the Fosters and Mrs. Harrison sold the property to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA).
  • Possibly 1978 (no document) the DC RLA sold/transferred the property to Bates Street Associates Incorporated.

Ahh. Things were going so well, only one foreclosure, the people who bought the foreclosure were able to pay off the mortgage and then they sold to DC RLA. I guess the house was in poor shape.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off-54 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 54 Bates St NW:

  • January 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 54 Bates St NW to Bessie and William Walton.
  • Jan 1951 the Waltons borrowed $1,900 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • January 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 54 Bates St NW to Helen and James H. Hodge.
  • Jan 1951 the Hodges borrowed $1,900 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • September 1951 the Hodges sold their half to Audrey and John M. Bonner.
  • April 1953 the Waltons lost their half to foreclosure, and via an auction the property returned to the ownership of Evans, Levin & Taube.
  • April 1953 Evans, Levin & Taube resold the foreclosed half to Emma and Willie M. Smith.
  • April 1953 Mr. & Mrs. Smith borrowed $2,687.93 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • July 1954 the Smiths lost their half to foreclosure and via an auction Evans, Levin and Taube repossessed the property.
  • August 1956 the Hodges lost their half to foreclosure. New Colonial Investment Co. partner Harry A. Badt, Evans, and Taube repossessed the property via an auction. The property was owned completely by Colonial Investment Co.
  • August 1956 Harry and Jennie Badt transferred interest of the property to Nathan Levin’s survivors, Lawrence L., Myron S., Rose Levin and Ruth Wagman.
  • March 1959, in a large property package, Badt, Evans and Taube, the survivors of Nathan Levin, and their spouses sold 54 Bates to Sophia and noted slum landlord George Basiliko.

There is a hole in the documentation. At some point Basiliko no longer owned 54 Bates and the Bates Street Associates (BSA) Limited Partnership did. Usually around 1970 the Basilikos sold property to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency and the Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA) sold/transferred it to the BSA. But I can’t find that.

What I have found was that there were several foreclosures and the house was sold to the Basilikos. I am guessing that it did follow the usual pattern.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 56 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 56 Bates St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 56 Bates NW to Adrienne and Emmons K. Devaughn.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) the Devaughns borrowed $1,900 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 56 Bates St NW to Frank and Martha Hunt.
  • December 1950 the Hunts borrowed $1,900 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • January 1954 the Devaughns lost their half to foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube regained possession via an auction.
  • May 1954 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the foreclosed half to Ida M. and Reginald F. Thomas.
  • May 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas borrowed $2,811.32 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • February 1955 the Thomas family lost their half to foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube repossessed it via an auction.
  • November 1961 in a large property package (doc# 1962000416), new partner Harry A. Badt, Evans, Taube, Nathan Levin’s survivors and their spouses sold half of the house to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • April 1973 Martha Hunt, survivor of Frank who died 4/20/1970, sold her half to Patsy M. Lattimore and George F. Thacker.
  • December 1978 George Basiliko Inc sold the other half to Mildred L. Edwards.

This house only fits part of the pattern as it does not fall into the hands of the city of DC nor the Bates Street Associates. However, there are foreclosures and it sold to slum landlord George Basiliko.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 58 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 58 Bates St NW:

  • January 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 58 Bates St NW to Ida M. and William H. Chinn, Annabell, Curtis and Essie Mance.
  • Jan 1951 the Chinns and the Mances borrowed $2,525 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 58 Bates St NW to Jessie McCowan, Eugene and Helen B. Tillman.
  • Dec 1950 McCowan and the Tillmans borrowed $2,525 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • May 1953 McCowan and the Tillmans lost their half to foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube repossessed the half via an auction.
  • June 1953 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the foreclosed half to Catherine and James Matthews.
  • June 1953 the Matthews borrowed $3,274.21 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • February 1955 the Chinns and the Mances sold their half back to Evans, Levin and Taube. They were released from their mortgage in 1962.
  • November 1961, in a large property package (doc 1962000416), new Colonial partner Harry A. Badt, Evans, Taube, Nathan Levin’s survivors and their spouses sold their half of 58 Bates to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • October 1971 the Basilikos and the Matthews sold 58 Bates to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA).
  • 1978-1979, as there is no documentation, DC RLA transferred/sold the property to the Bates Street Assoc. (BSA), Inc.

After BSA it is a documentary mess. So there was one foreclosure, Basiliko ownership, the DC RLA and then BSA.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 33 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 33 Bates St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 26, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 33 Bates Street NW to Doris W. Hogan.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 26, 1951) VVVV borrowed $2,525 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • December 1950 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 33 Bates St NW to Courtney T. and Winston Williams.
  • Dec 1950 the Williams borrowed $2,525 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • September 1952 Doris Hogan lost her half to foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube repossessed the property via an auction.
  • October 1952 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the foreclosed half to Lydia and Willis Stevenson.
  • October 1952 the Stevensons borrowed $3,164.38 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • December 1956 the Stevensons lost their half to foreclosure. Through an auction the property returned to the possession of the Colonial Investment Co. partners Evans, Taube and new partner Harry A. Badt.
  • December 1956 Harry and his wife Jennie Badt transferred interest in 33 Bates to Nathan Levin’s survivors.
  • November 1961, in a large property package (doc 1962000416), Badt, Evans, Taube, Nathan Levin’s survivors and their spouses sold 33 Bates to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • August 1964 the Williams sold their half to Frances F. and Raymond L. Rogers.
  • September 1964 the Williams were released from their mortgage.
  • May 1968 the Rogers sold their half to George Basiliko, making him the sole owner of 33 Bates.
  • Around 1970, as there is no documentation for this property, Basiliko sold the property to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA).
  • July 1978 (doc # 7800024140) there is a contract between DC RLA and the Bates Street Associates Inc (BSA) regarding 33 Bates. These contracts for other TC properties are paired with a deed, which I cannot locate.

This property fits the pattern with foreclosures, Basiliko ownership, followed by what appears to be DC RLA and BSA ownership.

I noticed the names Frances F. and Raymond L. Rogers were familiar. They were purchasers of 221 Bates Street NW and 218 Bates St NW. So looking up a Raymond L. Rogers married to a Frances, I find Raymond Lionel Rogers (1912-2009) who was a White real estate broker. So this tells me that the Colonial Investment partners gave up on selling to African American buyers at some point and began selling to White real estate investors.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 35 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 35 Bates St NW:

  • January 1951 Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 35 Bates NW to Johnny Bobo.
  • Jan 1951 Bobo borrowed $2,525 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • January 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 35 Bates St NW to James S. and Margaret L. McNeal.
  • Jan 1951 the McNeals borrowed $2,525 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • August 1953 the McNeals lost their half to foreclosure and via an auction ownership returned to Evans, Levin and Taube.
  • March 1953 Johnny and Patsy Dean Bobo sold their half to Lilian Robinson.
  • August 1953 Evans, Levin and Taube sold the foreclosed half to Bennie Sr. and Cleo Cousar.
  • August 1953 the Cousars borrowed $3,122.27 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • December 1954 Johnny Bobo and by extension Ms. Robinson lost their half to foreclosure and via an auction the property returned to Evans, Levin and Taube.
  • June 1959 (doc #1959024641), as part of a large property package, Evans, Taube, new partner Harry A. Badt, Nathan Levin’s survivors, and their spouses sold 35 Bates to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • October 1971 the Cousars and the Basilikos sold the house, as a whole, to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA) for the sum of $11,750.
  • July 1978 (doc # 7800024140) there is a contract between DC RLA and the Bates Street Associates Inc (BSA) regarding 35 Bates St NW. These contracts for other TC properties are usually paired with a deed.

This house fit the pattern. There were a couple of foreclosures, and ownership went to slum landlord George Basiliko, DC RLA and BSA.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 37 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 37 Bates St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 26, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 37 Bates St NW to Lenora Willis.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 26, 1951) Mrs. Willis borrowed $2,525 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • January 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 37 Bates St NW to Ana Aiken.
  • Jan 1951 Ana Aiken borrowed $2,525 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • October 1952 Lenora Willis lost her home to foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube regained ownership via an auction.
  • October 1952 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the foreclosure to Fred and Johnola M. Thorpe.
  • October 1952 the Thorpes borrowed $3,148.94 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • February 1959 Ana Aiken lost her home to foreclosure. Through an auction it returned to Colonial Investment Co. partners Evans, Taube and Nathan Levin’s replacement Harry A. Badt.
  • June 1959 (document # 1959024641) Badt, Evans, Taube, Nathan Levin’s survivors, and their spouses sold 37 Bates, as part of a large property package, to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • June 1974 the Thorpes were released from their mortgage.
  • September 1974 widow Johnola Thorpe sold her half to George Basiliko.
  • August 1978 the Basilikos sold the property to the Bates Street Ventures Partnership.
  • November 1981 the Bates Street Ventures Partnership sell/transfer the property back to George Basiliko.

Since Johnola Thorpe’s name was unusual I decided to look it up. Well I could not find much on her. I did discover that Fred Thorpe died February 1, 1962 and they still lived at 37 Bates St NW. Fred Douglas Thorpe was born October 10, 1910 in North Carolina.

The goal of this was to see if 37 Bates fit the pattern. Sort of. There are two foreclosures and the property got sold to George Basiliko. However, it did not get passed on to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency nor the Bates Street Associates.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 39 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 39 Bates St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 26, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 39 Bates St NW to Carl W. and Elizabeth M. Butler.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 1951) the Butlers borrowed $2,525 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • January 1951 Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 39 Bates St NW to Marcella V. Harrison, Lonnie and Viola V. Young.
  • Jan 1951 Harrison and the Youngs borrowed $2,525 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • July 1952 the Youngs and Harrison lost their half to foreclosure. Evans, Levin and Taube repossessed the property via an auction.
  • October 1952 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the foreclosed half to Mary Elizabeth and William Albert Allen.
  • October 1952 the Allens borrowed $3,148.95 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • April 1953 the Allens lost their home and the unit was once again foreclosed and was regained by Evans, Levin and Taube through an auction.
  • April 1953 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the unit to Kenneth and Patricia Smith.
  • April 1953 the Smiths borrowed $3,242.50 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • May 1953 the Butlers lost their half through foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube regained it via an auction.
  • July 1953 Evans, Levin and Taube resold the foreclosed unit to Benjamin F. and Mary E. Valentine.
  • July 1953 the Valentines borrowed $3,206.19 from trustees Levin and Weightman.
  • September 1954 the Smiths lost their half through foreclosure and Evans, Levin and Taube regained it via an auction.
  • June 1959 (document # 1959024641) Evans, Taube, new partner Harry A. Badt, Nathan Levin’s survivors, and their spouses sold 39 Bates, as part of a large property package, to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • September 1967 the Valentines were released from their mortgage.
  • December 1975 George Basiliko Inc. sold the other half of 39 Bates to the Valentines.

This house had a lot of foreclosures and early on too. It also had part of the home owned by slum landlord George Basiliko. However, it ended well with Basiliko selling to Mr. and Mrs. Valentine who then owned it until the 2000s. So it only fit part of the pattern.

WSIC-1950 Sell Off- 52 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.

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.photo of property

Let’s see what happens with 52 Bates St NW:

  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin and Taube sold one-half of 52 Bates NW to Edward and Mabel Porter.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) the Porters borrowed $1,900 from Colonial Investment Co. favorite trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • December 1950 (recorded Jan 18, 1951) Evans, Levin, and Taube sold the other half of 52 Bates St NW to Alonza and Rosalee Taylor.
  • Dec 1950 the Taylors borrowed $1,900 from trustees Abraham H. Levin and Robert G. Weightman.
  • May 1956 the Porters and the Taylors lost their home to foreclosure and new Colonial Investment Co partner Harry A. Badt, Evans, and Taube repossessed the property via an auction.
  • May 1956 Harry and Jennie Badt transferred/sold some or all of their interest in the property to the survivors of Nathan Levin.
  • March 1959 Badt, Evans, Taube, the Levin survivors, and their spouses sold 52 Bates to Sophia and George Basiliko.
  • Prob. 1970, as there is no documentation, Basiliko sold 52 Bates to the DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA).
  • June 1980 (doc #8000020294) the DC Redevelopment Agency sold/ transferred 52 Bates in a large property package to the BSA (Bates Street Associates) Limited Partnership.

So this was a quick one where both halves were foreclosed in the same month. And it went to Basiliko who sold it to DC RLA which then passed it on the Bates Street Associates. It fits the unfortunate pattern.