Adolf and Freida Frelitz were the first owners of this 1927 Dutch colonial. The couple came to this area from Germany when they were both about 30 years old. Adolf was a butcher by trade, and Frieida a home maker. Three children, Henry, Fred and Catherine, came along before they bought the house on Cathedral Avenue in 1928. By then Fred was 17 and Catherine was 15. (Sadly their eldest son, Henry, died when he was only fifteen in 1922.) Perhaps the river attracted the Frelitz family as the only article I could find about them mentioned fishing for catfish in a 1926 Evening Star:
The 1930 census indicated that Adolf was still working in the meatpacking industry; Fred had become a draftsman for the government, and Caroline was a stenographer. A year later Caroline married and moved to Baltimore with her new husband George.
Fred too, was married by 1936. He and his wife Hedwig had a son in 1937 and named him Henry after Fred's late older brother. By 1939, Fred and family had moved to New Jersey. Adolf and Freida moved in with Caroline and George in Baltimore. The house was rented to the Fuchs' family from 1939 until about 1942 which formed a lifelong connection for Peter Fuchs. He was born at this residence, and also lived near the Palisades library while growing up. He left the area in 1956, but returned in 1968 with his wife Marilyn when they bought around the corner on Carolina Place.
Adoph sold the home to the Glasser family in 1945. The house turned over 4 more times in the next 35 years. Here is an ad from 1948
Here's another from 1967. We can see someone whacked down the foliage and put up a chain link fence in the meantime.
This house has turned over more than an other on the block, and has also seen a lot of renters. Additions were added in the back, and the garage was turned into a man cave, but the core of the house remains the same, and the front porch has always been welcoming.
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