A sleuthing problem [clue added]

From an old cadastral map:



The house has gone, but some sort of sign (not a plaque ) reminds of its erstwhile existence. Street View image please. Good luck!

Here is a clue:

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The house owner’s full name was Whipple Van Buren Phillips.

Yep, got it

thanks for the clue!



thanks to a previous cadastral puzzle of yours + i found a mrs. w.v. phillips in that town (and other ones in other towns),
i was at the right place but not for the good reasons!

the cadastral website you then used is not available any more
but one can find many other websites with such (fascinating) information!

i luv the theme of the present puzzle, yep!

Thanks for the clue, I know where there were lots of Phillips... 

I was so close, I found the man named W.V. Phillips so I should not have needed the clue ...

Dec 1, 2019 19:28:32 GMT krenek said:

the cadastral website you then used is not available any more

The 1886 street atlas of P. can still be viewed and downloaded here. It’s a bit of a dog’s dinner, every map its own orientation. I have drawn rectangles in GE that correspond to the maps as a kind of index to the atlas.

It’s as if it says ‘Mrs.’ on the map, but W.V.P. died in 1904. Mrs. W.V.P., i.e. Robie Place, predeceased him in 1896. Both deaths had a devastating effect on you-know-who.

Same for me, close but not close enough