248 -5th street – Duncan House

248 -5^th street – Duncan House written by Fletch Manning in 2002

This is the Duncan house which is across from the municipal office to the south. This was built and owned by Mr. George Fraser Sr.  who with his family resided there. Later it was leased by a Mr. Dave Johnson who was an uncle to Lloyd Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a baker who worked in the bake shop in Reston. This bake  shop was just south of the G.S. Monroe store (now Reston Fine Foods).

During the war years, from 1942 until 1945 Hank and Metta Klusendorf lived there. In 1945 Mr. Fraser sold the building to J.R. Duncan and they moved into town for a few years. Newlyweds Bev and Norma Lockhart rented this house from 1949 until 1951. In 1952 Orie and Lil Duncan and their family moved from the Linklater district to make Reston their home. Lil still resides there.

February 2020 update by Sharon
Lil Duncan passed away in 2008.  For many years she walked miles around town every day in a dress no matter how cold the weather.  

This home was owned by Randy and Candace Morris for a time and they completed many renovations including changing the red insul-brick siding to a deep red as can be seen in Google Maps here from 2014. 
In June of 2019, the Duncan house was destroyed by fire.