Photo 15-NSO-34

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This is uncannily similar to our current Westover, MD, property... the roof-line matches, so does the location of various windows, as well as the front porch. One minor difference is two upper level mall windows that are separated. We have two slightky larger windows that are CLOSE together.
I am not aware if a barn ever was in the back although there is another building in the back of our property...slightly displaced to the left.
Another difference is that the front porch is closed in currently it is open and we are planning on closing it.
It is my understanding that the present property was remodeled in 1994 just prior to the sale. So, it is quite likely that this is the same property. I was a regular visitor to the area from 1973-1988, but had not visited Kingston after 1989, so don't recall ever seeing this house.

I would like to add that the roof-line matches, however, the foot print has been expanded. So imagine the front porch stretched out to the front... perhaps 8 ft, and then roof-line stretched to match this one.
I wish there was a way to attach the current photo for the other viewers as well as the Librarian(s) to appreciate the similarity and comment.

Incidentally, the Chimney on the left matches where the Ukranian Farmer, a father-son pair, that owned our property for many years until the late 1980's, had a wood burning stove where they did all their cooking.
The chimney to the right aligns with the fireplace, that still exists, but is not in use.

I just noticed a part of small structures in upper right hand corner. That will be about how far aq storage shed and the hose stalls are in the back of our property.

Could this be a photo of my home?

I am noticing another feature... Several Pecan Trees on the property. We still have some left; however, in 2009, following a tornado (The Weather Service called it a major storm), we lost 18 trees.

This is the same property as in NSO/16/3

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I HAVE TAKEN A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS AND THE ONE IN
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and have no doubt that the two photographs are of the same property, and are of our home.

The roof-lines match the front everything is stretched out a bit. The porch is open right now and we are getting ready to enclose it.
The camera position shows the same barn-type shed in the back (N-side) but from this angle, it also shows one more [open] shed/tractor/car port behind (N-W-side of the barn) and also a storage shed (W-side), which no longer exists. The addition/extension on the left is the Kitchen and the Laundry Room.

The two land road on the right (E-side) provided access to the trucks leading to the huge chicken houses in the back - on stretched the entire current second driveway on the E-W side, up to the Westover-Marion Road.

I just noticed something interesting:

On the middle-far-left-edge of this photo (W-side of the house) you can see a couple of men working -- light-colored short and dark trousers.

Also, in the trees on the right (E-side of the house), you can see some white -- that is part of the fence that encloses a vegetable garden. An adjacent kennel that now sits just North of this enclosed area, was erected in 1994.

I have looked at 15-NSO-3 and also 118-NSO-7. A A-line storaged shed that was right next to the lication of the Amish shed with Dutch Roof shown here, was moved to left ... right near the,Pecan trees. It is now a 2-Bedroom Guest Cottage. The open area with corrugated tin roof serves as a nake-shift storage shed.... for firewood etc.

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