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OLDEST HOUSE IN DC: Nina and Ken Brody have their extraordinary historic at KALORAMAROADNW on the market for $10.5 million.
Originally built in 1754 as a Danvers, Mass. summer residence for Robert Hooper, a wealthy merchant and English loyalist, it was dismantled
nail by nail and then moved and entirely rebuilt in Washington from 1935-1937 by prominent Washington lawyer George Maurice Morris and
his wife Miriam Hubbard Morris. The six-bedroom, four-level mansion known as “The Lindens” occupies a majestic half-acre lot and features
embassy-sized rooms, two kitchens and a lower level tavern and spa. Washington Fine Properties’ William F. X. Moody, Robert Hryniewicki,
Adam T. Rackliffe and Christopher R. Leary are the listing agents.
FAMILY GEM: For the first time in over 20 years,
WYOMINGAVENUENW is on the market
in Kalorama. George and Patricia Lesser, who
bought it from Mr. Lesser’s parents, are asking
$3,295,000. The 1922 Federal townhouse has a
certain quiet character for which the architect,
George N. Ray, also designer of the elegant Riggs
National Bank across from the U.S. Treasury,
was known. Large, airy rooms with oversized
windows and 10.5-foot ceilings lend brightness to
the interiors, which also feature plaster moldings,
wrought iron railings on the cantilevered staircase
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and a gracious main level foyer doubling as a
library. The seven-bedroom property, listed by
Bobbie Brewster of Washington Fine Properties,
also includes a renovated chef’s kitchen and
glass-enclosed dining room with French doors
leading to a private deck.
IF WALLS COULD TALK: The Alex Venditti
Group of Compass Real Estate has listed
TH STREET NW at $2,349,000 for sellers
Andy Cordonnier and Robert Winter. Once a
brothel, this posh, architecturally stunning fivebedroom Logan Circle townhouse epitomizes
Washington chic. Located on the coveted 15th
Street NW Corridor, it offers stately grandeur
with downtown convenience. A beautiful
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