The original owners built this house in the English Cottage style in 1931 with a loan for $3,500. It remained in the same family until my brother bought the house in 1981. I bought the house in 1984 with the idea of staying here a few years and then moving on to a new house. My brother made some updates including removing layers of wallpaper, removing outdated carpet, and updating the kitchen. My major projects have included installing central heat and air and landscaping the backyard. The floor plan reflects a different style of the time, with the biggest rooms being the living and dining rooms which is nice for family gatherings. These rooms still have the original brass light fixtures. Originally the house was heated with a coal furnace. In the 1940’s it was removed and that space converted to a half bath. The rest of the floor plan is exactly the way it was built.
MIKE VICKERY

The Lazenby family would like to say thank you to the Capitol Heights Association for choosing our yard to be yard of the month. It is a real honor to be chosen and recognized out of the many well kept yards in our neighborhood. We didn’t do the work ourselves. We have a young man from our church whom trims and cuts the yard. A very special thanks goes to Andrew and his father, Billy. Our family has been a part of this great neighborhood for 24 years. We have very good old neighbors that have lived on this block for a long time. We’ve recently had a new neighbor to move in and we hope they will enjoy living here as much as we have. It is good to see young families becoming a part of this great community. Again, thank you and God bless you all. THE LAZENBY’S