Walter Johnson Political Button Collection

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Posted By: Hank Thomas

A couple of years ago, when the house was for sale, I was driving down Old Georgetown Road with my mother, who grew up in that house. It was open for inspection, so we walked through it. Mom said that the downstairs rooms had been reconfigured, but the upstairs was pretty much the way she remembered it. One of the changes to the downstairs was that Walter's trophy room had been eliminated. The biggest change was that it was a large estate when she lived there, almost nine acres, which of course my grandfather made into a little farm, with cows, horses, chickens, etc. Now it's maybe a half-acre and sits right on the road. There was a circular driveway when she lived there. The house does have an historic designation from the county, which means it can't be torn down, but it would be cool if there was some kind of marker to tell people he lived there.