Comments on: Arlington Neighborhoods – Kelwyn Manor

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By: Sheila Dutile

Sheila Dutile — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:45:31 +0000

Wow, does this take me back! I was looking for Priscilla Blaisdell on FaceBook and saw your posting. She was such a close friend when we lived diagonally across the street on Colonial Drive (I think my parents bought the house in 1942 after I was born). I think every child should be able to grow up in a development like Kelwyn Manor – we were like one big happy family. The last time I saw Priscilla was in the late 50’s I think. If you can put me in touch with her I would be forever grateful. I remember falling in Spy Pond while taking a forbidden short cut to the Hardy School. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:52:41 +0000

Cynthia–I can’t access your email address via your link here or I would email you some pictures of the home you once loved. Was it blue when your family owned it or green? I’ve seen photos of it as both and it’s currently a light green.

46 Colonial Drive is a wonderful place. We bought it from the man who likely bought it from your family (Joseph Fahey)–though I will have to ask the woman we bought it from what year Joe bought it as there may have been an owner in between. Joe was a patient of my husband’s (my husband is a physical therapist) who passed away in 2006. He and his wife never had children and left the home to their trust, which included their neighbor across the street (on the sort of kitty korner lot on Colonial and Cheswick). We purchased the home from her–multiply your parents’ purchase price by A LOT.

We’ve made a ton of updates and improvements to the home, including a new kitchen. We welcomed our son into our lives (and our home) in September 2007 and I look forward to the day when he starts at the Hardy School.

How lovely to make contact with you!
Emily Logan

By: Cynthia Cashore

Cynthia Cashore — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:24:29 +0000

Emily–so great to hear from you, who would believe that 57 years after leaving 46 I’d be corresponding with the owner on the internet. We moved there when I was 2 in 1945. I think that my parents paid about $6,000 for the house and then in 1952 they sold it for about $12,000. My dad took a job in NYC so we moved to NJ and I never quite got over 46 as I had such wonderful friends there and it just wasn’t the same. I guess for some kids 10 is a hard age especially if you are moving.

My husband and I have retired to Williamsburg, VA, and just love it. But I think often of life in Kelwyn Manor and going to Hardy School.

My best regards, Cynthia

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:47:48 +0000

Cynthia-My family presently LIVES at 46 Colonial Drive. We moved here in 2006! I found this post by googling our address to get a Google map. How long did you live at 46 Colonial Drive?

By: Elizabeth Bolton

Elizabeth Bolton — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:47:10 +0000

Hi Cynthia, I’m glad you found the post! Kelwyn Manor is such a sweet neighborhood. It’s always interesting to see how neighborhoods change over time, as kids grow up, houses turn over or don’t. etc. My parents’ first house was in a two-block development that was new when we moved in. I just recently went back for a visit and keep meaning to write a post about it. A number of our old neighbors are still there – and lots of new ones. Thanks so much for commenting.

Liz

By: Cynthia Cashore

Cynthia Cashore — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:03:32 +0000

My family moved to 46 Colonial Dr. in 1945, imagine my delight at finding your information on the internet. A good friend of mine was Priscilla Blaisdell and I discovered by reading minutes of the Arlington Historical Association that her dad designed many of the homes. I never knew that.