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A Glimpse Into The Past: This Home For Sale in Crestwood, Washington DC in 1922

This is an old ad from The Evening Star printed on Saturday, November 11th, 1922. It's a home for sale in Crestwood at 1616 Allison St. NW. Check out the Google Street View today and see the past come alive!
Chevy Chase ad in 1922
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This is an old ad from The Evening Star printed on Saturday, November 11th, 1922. It’s a home for sale in Crestwood at 1616 Allison St. NW. The home was just built prior to this advertisement running and according to Zillow, was last sold in 2001 for $375,000.

1616 Allison St. NW
1616 Allison St. NW

Source: Library of Congress

If anyone happens to know who lives in this home, please share this with them. I’m sure they’d love to see an old ad of their home when it was brand new.

Below is the Google Street View of the same home today.

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