Washington Life - October 2015 02 | Page 106

HOME LIFE | REALESTATENEWS PROPERTYLINES 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 2220 Wyoming Avenue NW 106 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 “hidd