Kensington, MD

Price just reduced on this lender owned foreclosure in Kensington. Built in 2004 with many upgrades. The owner is asking for submission of best offers. If this home meets your needs, it is a good time to make an offer. Buyers will need to have a pre-qualification letter in hand.

$815,000 3205 RED ORCHID WAY, KENSINGTON, MD 20895 5 BR/4.5 BA

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The Early Years
From Half a Century of Club Life: 1899-1949 by Anna H. Farrell

Woman's Club of Kensington

(A special thank you to the Woman's Club of Kensington for sharing this glimpse into Kensington's early years.)

In 1899 the town of Kensington had no paved roads, no electric lights, no telephones, no street signs or house numbers -many wells, pumps, and windmills-for there was no Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission with its underground system of water and sewers; no buses nor private automobiles, but the B&O railroad served it well. And it had the Kensington trolley-car, a distinctive asset in transportation at that time....

The households of all the residents were conducted in a similar manner; the men went to Washington to office or school or store; came home and made gardens and kept chickens; and there was even a cow or two in town-and horses and buggies.

The women were the house keepers and home makers and there they stayed-for at that time a woman's place was in the home. They lived quiet, uneventful lives, had time to visit with their neighbors, and, when occasion required it, dressed themselves in their best, put on white gloves, and made some formal calls-generally to welcome a newcomer to town....

Kensington was just a peaceful sleepy town of nice contented people who enjoyed the quiet life thoroughly-that is-they were-until Mrs. Eliza Bennett Hartshorn came to town to live and began to tell the women how their sisters in the West were forming clubs and in some places even voting!

...and so it follows that on the 20th of October in 1899 we see a group of lovely young women, slim waisted and modestly gowned, with high shoes (probably buttoned) which of course could not be seen, for skirts touched the ground and covered also two or more beruffled petticoats....

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This article was published in the Summer of 2001.

Address Close Price Close Date
10329 SUMMIT AVE $397,500 Apr 23, 2008
10901 ORLEANS WAY $515,000 Mar 20, 2008
3007 OAK DR $322,000 Apr 8, 2008
3004 JENNINGS RD $650,000 Mar 12, 2008
3017 EDGEWOOD RD $665,000 Mar 18, 2008
10911 DRUMM AVE $430,000 Mar 28, 2008
5211 FLANDERS AVE $455,000 Apr 14, 2008
2606 MCCOMAS AVE $427,500 Apr 22, 2008
3906 LAWRENCE AVE $315,000 Mar 28, 2008
3519 NIMITZ RD $310,000 Apr 15, 2008
4109 DECATUR AVE $328,000 Apr 9, 2008
12 CAMPBELL CT $635,000 Mar 3, 2008
4104 BYRD CT $480,000 Apr 21, 2008
3804 DENFELD AVE $499,900 Apr 21, 2008
3110 EDGEWOOD RD $305,000 Apr 18, 2008
10913 DRUMM AVE $399,900 Apr 16, 2008
3105 DRUMM CT $554,900 Apr 16, 2008

Information Pulled from the Regional Information System.

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