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Petworth that never was: curious case of the missing plat
Matthew B. Gilmore, April 2016
Property subdivision related to development rarely generates much controversy. The case of Petworth is an exception–an interesting curiosity in the development of the District of Columbia. In the District of Columbia’s Office of the Surveyor various subdivision plats for land outside the original City of Washington from the 1850s to 1910s are bound up in several tremendous volumes—the “County” books. Plats come in all shapes and sizes but are contorted to fit in the books. Yet one of these pages remains blank, and has been for over 100 years. County book 7, plate 11 “Petworth.” Instead, there is an entire separate volume for Petworth—10 pages of detailed plats covering the entire subdivision. What happened?
Click here for complete article: Petworth Which Never Was – DCALS article
Map of Petworth which was never recorded with the D.C. Office of the Surveyor (as required):
Thank you to DCALS – Chas Langelan, Matt Kirks, and Mark Lagana
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- Alexander R. Shepherd: Washington’s Coriolanus – The Washington Center – October 6, 2015
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- Washington Monument Dedication February 21, 1885
- What Once Was
- What Once Was–Making Washington’s “Swampoodle”: Irish Neighborhood in the Tiber Valley – References and Resources
- What Once Was: 1845—Washington’s First Thanksgiving – Resources
- What Once Was: Food on the Streets: Street vending in the District of Columbia
- What Once Was: Food on the Streets: Street vending in the District of Columbia — Resources
- What Once Was: Franklin Square: Park or Parking? Evolution of a Public Space
- What Once Was: Franklin Square: Park or Parking? Evolution of a Public Space — Resources
- What Once Was: Liberty Loan and Washington’s World War I Tempos-References and Resources
- What Once Was: Merry Christmas, Washington
- What Once Was: Naming Washington Neighborhoods
- What Once Was: News for the Capital and the Nation: Politics and Washington’s Daily Newspapers
- What Once Was: News for the community: Origins of Washington’s neighborhood newspaper tradition
- What Once Was: One Final Flutter at Benning — the End of Horse Race Gambling in the District of Columbia – References and Resources
- What Once Was: Pensions, portfolios, and printing: J. Worth Carnahan in Washington, D.C. – Footnotes
- What Once Was: Pneumatic tubes: technological innovation and politics in Shepherd-era Washington DC
- What Once Was: Pneumatic tubes: technological innovation and politics in Shepherd-era Washington DC — Resources
- What Once Was: Teddy Roosevelt and Washington DC’s “Smoke Nuisance”
- What Once Was: Teddy Roosevelt and Washington DC’s “Smoke Nuisance” — Resources
- What Once Was: Washington Welcome the Automobile, part 1 – Resources
- What Once Was: Washington Welcome the Automobile, part 2 – Resources
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- What Once Was: Washington Welcomes the Automobile, part 2
- What Once Was: Washington’s first bicycle craze— ‘Cycling in the 1880s and 1890s – References and Resources
- What Once Was: Washington’s Lost Month: the 1918-19 Spanish Influenza Epidemic in Washington DC
- What Once Was: Where did Washington DC’s 1950 Population of 800,000 Live?
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