Walter Thomas Westcott was born in Exeter, England in 1866, the son of George Westcott and Susannah English Lake. He settled in Falls Church, Virginia, married Ida Grace Galpin and in 1909 started the Westcott Nursery. A street in Falls Church is named "Westcott".

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Westcott/Peck House 1909
Cherry Street, N. 218

The Westcott Nursery began at the rear of this house after its construction in 1909. Walter Thomas Westcott gave everyone on Cherry Street a cherry tree, as well as Norway spruce and hemlock evergreens to other residents of the area. Today, some of these trees are fifty feet tall.

The house is large and imposing, covered with clapboard, and boasts railed porches across both stories on the front. Mr. Theodore A. Peck was the owner for many years. The owners, since May 1979, are Mark and Barbara Leddy.

In 1966 the land to the east of the house was subdivided into lots on Midvale Street. As shown on the 1930 Plat maps most of the land along the west side of Noland Street, to Broad Street, was owned and cultivated by W. T. and M. R. Westcott. Midvale Street was carved ot of the Westcott property.

Powell, Marion W., Oral History, April 1975.
Hartman, Dr. Clarence R., Oral History, July 8 & 20, 1980.
Plat maps, 1930, Sheet 8.

Also see the Envelope and Bill from the Westcott Nursery Company