style property was recently awarded both LEED Platinum and National Green Building Standard Emerald – the first house in America to receive both certifications. Barbara Hawthorn is currently personalizing the interiors. Eugene and Renee Waldron sold WOODLAWN AVENUE in the Kenwood neighborhood of Bethesda to Carol Grose and Jeffrey D’Souza for $3.5 million. Mr. Waldron is a director of Bay National Corporation and retired senior vice president of the Capital Guardian Trust Company. Mr. D’Souza is a partner at Oryx Investments. The six-bedroom French Country house was built in 1958 and boasts a chef’s kitchen, woodworking room, billiard room, solarium, and beautifully landscaped private gardens. Coldwell Banker’s Marin Hagen and Sylvia Bergstrom were the listing agents but declined comment on the
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VIRGINIA The former home of Mark and Donna Wegener, OLD DOMINION DRIVE in the Laurelmont neighborhood of McLean, was sold for $2,385,000. Mr. Wegener, who died in 2008, was vice chairman of the Howrey LLP law firm in the District. The majestic Cullinane custom fivebedroom Colonial was built in 1984.The 6,680square-foot property includes seven fireplaces, custom mill work, and stunning formal rooms perfect for entertaining. Clifford Okey Turner sold MOUNTVILLE ROAD in Middleburg for $2.4 million. Mr. Turner, an architect specializing in renovating historic properties, meticulously restored the 7,000-square-foot Colonial and
added a seamless addition.The property, known as “Gritton Mills,� was built in 1800 and is situated on a pond and includes a stable, studio and separate apartment.The listing agent was Armfield, Miller & Ripley Fine Properties’ Mary South Hutchison. John Dobbyn sold MOUNT VERNON LANDING in Alexandria for $953,000 to Vincent and Jerri Vlasho. Dobbyn is a retired stockbroker
and Mr. Vlasho is a senior executive within Accenture’s defense industry group. The 4,000square-foot house boasting five fireplaces and a pool overlooking the Potomac was built in 1981 as a reproduction of Colonial Williamsburg’s Wythe House (the historic home of George Wythe;Virginia’s first signer of the Declaration of Independence). Long & Foster’s Chris White was the listing agent..
PROPERTY LINES MUSICAL HOUSE: Donna Greenfield sold BENTCROSS DRIVE in Potomac last summer to Shailender and Renuka Gupta for $3.8 million. The Guptas adored the house but ended up selling it before living there. The couple fell in love with Vijay Taneja’s former home at BRONSON DRIVE and bought it for $5,029,500 at public auction. Subsequently, they sold the 18,000-square-foot property on Bentcross for $3,750,000 to a buyer from China. The brick Colonial with seven en suite bedrooms and 13 baths in the Falconhurst neighborhood sits on two acres and was built in 1990 and renovated in 1999. The house includes a gourmet kitchen, paneled library, a custombuilt 24-foot cherry bar, billiard room, 2,200-bottle wine cellar, free form heated pool, spa, and gym. Long & Foster’s Krystyna Litwin was the listing agent. MAY I BUY AN ‘N’? David Hudgens is selling two properties: 3003 and 3009 N STREET NW in Georgetown for $1,875,000 and $4.2 million respectively. Hudgens founded the Alexandria based Accu-Crete company which has poured concrete for more than 500 projects nationwide. Built in 1870,
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3009 N Street NW includes an original carriage house, library, and living room fashioned after Robert Adam’s 1775 reconstruction of 20 St. James’s Square in London. The quaint East Village five-bedroom row house at 3003 N Street NW was built in 1900 and features three fireplaces, a rear patio, and balcony. The listing agent for the property is TTR Sotheby’s Carroll Dey, Greg Gaddy and Jonathan Taylor. FIRE AWAY! Washington Fine Properties’ Jim Bell is offering historic “Cannonball House� in St. Michaels for $1.5 million. The Federal style dwelling at MULBERRY STREET was built in 1805 for shipwright William Merchant. In the War of 1812 during the battle of St. Michaels, a cannonball from a British ship pierced the roof, rolled across the attic floor, and bounced down the staircase just as Merchant’s thoroughly frightened wife was descending with her infant daughter. The cannonball became embedded in the structure – and the property obtained its nickname. SOUTHERN CHARM The historic estate at JOHN MOSBY HIGHWAY in Upperville is for sale for $6.5 million. Andy and Michele Stevens bought the property, known
“The Maples� as “The Maples� (due to the house’s long, yellow maple-lined driveway) ten years ago from Betty Carter Fletcher Burkholder, a great-great granddaughter of Joshua Fletcher, who built the house in 1853. Mr. Stevens is a former AOL executive who now works in real estate while Mrs. Stevens is the managing broker of Long & Foster’s Middleburg sales office. “The Maples� is a classic four square construction, with stucco over two foot thick stone walls. The Stevenses renovated the mansion with modern amenities without sacrificing original character. The house is one of nine buildings on the property, each a unique and functional part of the farm – the garage used to be a one-room schoolhouse. The buildings sit on 60 acres, surrounded by hundreds of acres in conservation easement. COOKE’S ROW BEAUTY SAIC executive Greg Muhlner and
his wife, Rollstream CEO Kristin Muhlner, are selling Q ST NW in Georgetown for $6.5 million. The six-bedroom Victorian was built in the 1860s by the first territorial governor of the District of Columbia and is a unique example of Second Empire architecture. Recognized for its historical significance and romantic beauty, the mansion and its sister homes on Cooke’s Row are often featured in city walking tours and guidebooks. The couple bought the house in May 2008 for $2.6 million and then restored and renovated it. CRUISING FOR CENTURION Palette knife artist Howard Behrens and his wife, Judi, are selling CENTURION WAY in Potomac for $3,995,000. Mr. Behrens’ work is sold in fine art galleries and at auction on cruise ships internationally. Behrens is one of the top-selling artists on Princess Cruises. The opulent six-bedroom villa was built in 2002 and features a gourmet kitchen, two-story great room with a 26-foot banyan tree sculpture, lagoon style pool, and koi pond.
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