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. It is a late 19th-century

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style frame structure consisting of two stories plus a

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in height. It was constructed about 1886 and occupied by David Bachrach (1845-1921), a commercial photographer who figures prominently in the annals of American photographic history. Also on the property is a one-story brick building on a high foundation that was built for

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(1850-1937) as a sculpture studio about 1890 and a one-story brick stable. Ephraim Keyser and Fannie (Keyser) Bachrach were brother and sister.

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh), and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and ...

(1874-1946) was a niece of Mrs. David Bachrach annie (Keyser) Bachrachand lived in this house for a short time in 1892. The David Bachrach House was listed on the

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in 1985.

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*, including photo dated 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust
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