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124 E. Blithedale A two-story brown shingle house with white-framed windows on the upper level is shown through front yard trees and shrubs. There are no windows on lower level. Stairs lead up to entry door with multi-paned horizontal windows, having an Asian-style look. Enclosed description from the 1983 Walk into History reads, "In 1903, Philip Krausegill, who operated a furniture store in San Francisco, bought this lot and as many early settlers in Mill Valley did, lived in a tent on the site while he was building a small sumer house. In 1906, he enlarged the ouse and as many other refugees from the earthquake and fire, became a permanent resident. His son Walter Krausegill became a band leader at the Larkspur Rose Bowl and the Balconades Ballrooom in San Francisco. A young and unknown musician named Phil Harris was one of the members of his band. One of the daughters married Fred Glahn who built the house at 198 East Blithedale. Glahn worked for a large dairy company and was transferred to the east bay in 1924. Glahn died in 1927 and his widow and her three daughters moved back to 124 East Blithedale and shared the house with Mrs. Krausegill and the other daughter. In 1942 they sold the house to Dr. Cudworth who still lives there. He was a member of an early Mill V alley family with a residence on Lovell. A granddaughter of Mr. Krausegill, Virginia, lives in Mill Valley and is married to John George, a retired Tamalpais High School teacher and administrator since 1932."
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