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Historical Photo: Then and Now

The contest rolls over, We received no correct guesses for where this house was located? Here are the clues.

The contest rolls over. We received no correct guesses on where this house was located? Here are the clues.

The house no longer stands.

But when it did, it was located not on a street, lane nor road but an avenue.

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It has eight letters. ******** Avenue.

The address's number extends to three figures, as in *** ******** Avenue.

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The house went by different names at different times.

Be the first to guess where this Swampscott house was located by clicking the Add a Comment link to the right and entering your guess, and win $5. 

If the clicking doesn't work, you can email me your guess at terry.date@patch.com

Check back Monday April 11, to see the answer and the winner — if there is one — and a photograph of the site as it appears today.

We'll also keep the  feature going by posting  another photograph or location on the following Saturday.

The Then photograph was courtesy of the .


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