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THE DISTRICT Donald and Karine McCall sold P STREET NW in Georgetown for $3.5 million. Karine Clark McCall is the granddaughter of Montana “Copper King� William Andrews Clark, a noted senator and the donor of many of the works on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Mrs. McCall is a painter and writer while Mr. McCall is a cellist and former member of the Lenox String Quartet in the U.S. and the DaVinci String Quartet in Europe. The four-level 1820s East Village beauty is brimming with light and has been impeccably designed and restored. The house features a double parlor, six fireplaces and a garden-level gourmet kitchen opening to a private garden. The sellers were represented by Julia Diaz-Asper of TTR Sotheby’s; the purchasers were represented by Carroll Dey and Greg Gaddy of TTR Sotheby’s. The residence of the late Arthur H. Keyes at ST STREET NW sold for $2,290,000 with the help of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty’s John Mahshie. Keyes, a renowned architect, spent years under the tutelage of Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright, references to which are clearly evident in his work on the design of the Massachusetts Avenue Heights house he built for his family in 1949. Keyes founded the Washington architectural firm Keyes Condon Florance, which contributed to the renovation of the National Gallery of Art’s West Wing and the Torpedo Factory arts center in Alexandria. The mid-century Modernist property boasts 5,000 square feet, including four bedrooms, an open living/dining arrangement and luminous kitchen plus a studio, library and tiled solarium. The house has its own spa containing a swimming pool, sauna and changing room, all with spectacular views. Jeffrey and Jessica Kimbell bought FOXHALL ROAD NW from Stuart Kurlander
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A descendant of the original benefactor of the Corcoran Gallery of Art sold 2928 P Street NW in Georgetown for $3.5 million.
for $3,375,000. Kimbell is president of Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates, a medical lobbying firm. Kurlander is a Health Care and Life Sciences partner in Latham & Watkins’ Washington office. The 78-year-old renovated and expanded Berkley Colonial, once owned by a member of the du Pont family, is over 8,000 square feet and sits on close to an acre of meticulously manicured private grounds with a flagstone terrace, pool and parking for 10 cars. The living space includes a family room with stone floors and walls of windows, a gourmet kitchen, lower-level recreation room, gym and au pair suite. Washington Fine Properties’ Matt McCormick, Ellen Morrell and Nancy Taylor Bubes handled the transaction for both the buyer and seller. Dori Phaff and Dan Raviv bought N STREET NW for $1,065,000. Mr. Raviv is a national correspondent for CBS news and the author of several books, including the 1990
best seller “Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel’s Intelligence Community.� Ms. Phaff works as an extra in TV shows and commercials. The 1912 English Regencystyle townhouse in Dupont Circle features an elegant floor plan with 9.5’-foot ceilings on the main level, a living room with fireplace, three bedrooms and two baths, a rear patio, front garden, and one-car garage. Tyler Jeffrey of Beasley Real Estate was the buyer’s agent and William F.X. Moody of Washington Fine Properties was the listing agent.
MARYLAND Former BET President Scott Mills and his wife, Iva, sold CURRY MANOR COURT for $2,425,000 to Seashell Place LLC. Mr. Mills is currently an executive for Viacom Inc. The gated manor-style six-bedroom house was built in 2000 for large-scale modern living. A gourmet eat-in kitchen, six fireplaces, solarium,
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