A HISTORIC TOUR of LOVERS LANE

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309 Lovers Lane

Click to Enlarge WOOD-TOWNSEND HOUSE
Built pre-1906 by Fred Bunker Was sold to James Franklin Wood in 1906 who remodeled the house and added the second story. Frank G. Townsend, who had operated a trading post at Largo, N.M., bought the house in 1918 and moved his family here.

401 Lovers Lane

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Free classic. 1906. Built by J. M. Randall. First occupied in 1907 by Mr. Randall’s son-in-law. Sherman Howe. One of five fine homes which made Lovers Lane an impressive approach to the city from the depot.

405 Lovers Lane

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In 1906 J. M. Randall bought two lots on Lovers Lane and commissioned Cearence Brown to build two houses, the first of which was sold to Sherman Howe and this one to C.A. Ransom in 1907.

406 Lovers Lane

No Photo KEEL-OWENS HOUSE
Queen Anne; 1906; concrete block. Built by James Keel. Later occupied by his sister Mrs. Oley (Lizzie Keel) Owens and family.

407 Lovers Lane

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Two-story brick; ca. 1910. Owned by Albert Pitts and later his daughter, Ethel Coon.

504 Lovers Lane

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ca. 1908. Considered a fine well-preserved Simplified Anne house of the L-shape variety.

508 Lovers Lane

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Bungalow; Built in 1919 by Roy M. Jackson, newspaper owner; later owned by F.M. Burt, owner of the gas system in Aztec.