Key date analysis:
The Vickers bought a lot that included the Thomas E. Collins house in 1971. They sold the house at 14 Main Street part of the lot in 1977 and retained the rear part of the lot.
Who built it:
The mobile home was probably moved here in the early 1970s.
Longest Residents:
Vickers have owned this property for 36 years.
More Research:
How did this happen in a historic district?
Historic Records:
170 PLC 21 - 29 June 1971 - Robert F. Reid & Margaret I. Reid, his wife, to Frank R. Vickers Jr. & Eva M. Vickers, his wife, for $5: lot on the west side of Main Street in East New Market which was granted unto Dorothy Elizabeth Delaha by Fred B. Willoughby & Katherine E. Willoughby, his wife, by deed dated 31 July 1959 in 116 PLC 132. Beginning at the northeast corner of a lot formerly belonging to M.L. Smith, where she formerly resided, at a distance of 20 feet from the center of Main Street; thence binding with said lot to the Jeffry Stanley lot; thence with the said Stanley lot to a bank; thence on and with said bank 206 feet 6 inches to the Andrew Dukes lot; thence running and binding with said lot in a southerly direction 54 feet, 9 inches to the southwest corner of said lot; thence in an easterly direction 121 feet to Main Street; thence with said street to the place of beginning. Being the same land which was conveyed unto Robert F. Reid & Margaret I. Reid, his wife, from William C. Delaha & Agnes W. Delaha, his wife, by deed dated 30 August 1967 in 152 PLC 650.
[See the 14 Main Street historic record report for a continuation of the history of this land.]