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Design. Built 1890.
[Sidenote: *23] _Mankin Pharmacy._ Demolished and replaced by
tool-rental and restaurant businesses. Was on N. Washington St. to the
right of the present State Theatre at 220 N. Washington. It was a small,
real drug store, handling mostly drugs and pharmaceuticals, but may have
had a "soda fountain."
[Sidenote: 24] _Mr. Charles Crossman._ House saved from demolition in
May 1983 and moved from 421 N. Washington St., near the Columbia Baptist
Church, to 345 Little Falls St. Moved by Col. Lawrence Pence and his
wife Carol of Arlington, who are also renovating _Shadow Lawn_,
(formerly Whitehall) at 335 Little Falls St. Built 1871. Crossman House
was once affectionately known as _Aunt Pansy's_. Owners: Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Morde.
[Sidenote: *25] _Dr. J. B. Hodgkin._ Was on E. Fairfax St. on the site
of the present Southgate Shopping Center facing The Falls Church
(Episcopal).
[Sidenote: *26] _Mr. D.O. Munson._ Dr. Munson's house was probably part
of the Munson Nurseries near Munson Hill, just off Leesburg Pike (Route
7) toward Baileys Crossroads. He was also a Colonel, and planted the
silver maples that lined and overarched Broad St. House was demolished
to make way for the Lafayette Condominiums, at 6141 Leesburg Pike.
[Sidenote: 27] _Mr. Henry Crocker._ 319 N. Maple, near Thurber Ct. Built
1890. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vogel. Thurber Court is named after
James Thurber, who once lived nearby.
[Sidenote: *27] _Mr. E.F. Crocker._ Was at 321 N. Maple. Demolished when
Thurber Court was built.
[Sidenote: *28] _Mr. G.W. Mankin._ Was third building west of the
original Brown's Hardware at 100 West Broad Street. Was the home of Mr.
George W. Mankin after he moved out of the Clover House (not pictured in
this book; referenced in Falls Church: Places and People, pp. 76, 77).
Was approximately on the site of the present D&F Office Furniture at 134
West Broad.
[Sidenote: *29] _Mr. C.H. Buxton._ Was home of Charles Buxton, which was
at E. Broad St. and Buxton Rd., but now replaced by a newer home next
door to the Dulin United Methodist Church at 513 E. Broad St.
[Sidenote: *30] _Mr. Summerfield Taylor._ Lived over the Falls Church
Market, a grocery formerly at the south-east corner of E. Broad and S.
Washington Sts. Later replaced by the Falls Church Garage and Kent
Cleaners. The "Historic Triangle complex," created by the City, is being
replaced by the Independence Square Complex
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