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This beautiful house is located at 25 Rockaway Avenue on the east side of the street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. The above photo was taken just after completion of the house probably in the 1930s. Note the windows over the front door. That feature looks very much like the windows over the front entrance of the Doubleday building. The house was built for a man named Chauncy T. Horton.

If you have never noticed this house before, don’t feel bad - neither did I! The property today looks nothing like the above photo as the landscaping is hiding the house, which is a shame as it is a real architectural gem.