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- McKownville - contractors/builders in Country Club Highlands - Harold J Blessing


Harold J Blessing bought the lots for, and built these seventeen houses in the Country Club Highlands subdivision:
he sold 15 of them soon after each was built; one he built for himself (1439 Western Ave); the last (14 Glenwood St) was rented until 1954.

9 Waverly  -  1922                                                  5 Waverly  -  1922                                                8 Waverly  -  1923 
9 Waverly Place5 Waverly Place8 Waverly Place












6 Norwood  -  1923                                                8 Norwood  -  1923                                               12 Norwood  -  1923
6 Norwood St8 Norwood St12 Norwood St












14 Norwood  -  1923                                              10 Norwood  -  1924                                             19 Norwood  -  1924
14 Norwood St10 Norwood St19 Norwood St












2 Glenwood  - 1926                                                12 Glenwood  -  1926                                            1447 Western  -  1927
2 Glenwood St12 Glenwood St1447 Western Ave












17 Glenwood   - 1928                                             1439 Western   - 1929 [his own house]                 1 Parkwood (or 1453 Western)  -  1929
17 Glenwood St1439 Western Ave1 Parkwood St












1459 Western  -  1929                                            14 Glenwood  -  1930                                             [a probable Sears kit house - the "Glen Falls"]
1459 Western Ave 14 Glenwood St













Harold J. Blessing was probably related (as a second cousin, perhaps) to descendants of Martin J. Blessing, who married Elizabeth, a daughter of John McKown, and owned the Three Hills Farm on what is now Russell Road, but in the 19th century known as Blessing road, and located in McKownville until the annexation by the City of Albany in 1916.

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