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Charming Cleveland Park A historic 1890s cottage sells on 34th Street NW and Facebook’s lead counsel buys a stunning 2003 Arts and Crafts house in a classic Washington neighborhood. BY STAC E Y G R A Z I E R P FA R R
David Dupree, founder and senior partner of The Halifax Group, purchased LOUGHBORO ROAD NW in Spring Valley for $4,995,000 from former Georgia Rep. Bill Stuckey and his wife Ethelynn. The Stuckeys, of the nut and candy empire, lived in the regal house for almost 50 years after buying the property from John T. Connor, who served as secretary of commerce under President Lyndon B. Johnson. The magnificent six-bedroom manor house was built in the late 1920s and completed in 1930 for the orginal owner, Walter Myer, a prominent publisher. The property is reminiscent of an English country house, surrounded by mature gardens and private terraces on nearly one acre of grounds. The spacious sunlit public rooms have high ceilings and expansive windows overlooking the gardens. Margot Wilson of Washington Fine Properties was the listing agent. Washington Fine Properties’ Anne Weir and Heidi Hatfield represented the buyer.
The R. Hackney Wiegmann Trust purchased ORDWAY STREET NW for $4.7 million. The house is the former residence of New York Times columnist David Brooks and his wife Sarah. The five-bedroom property was built in 1911 and renovated in 2001. The house is at once grand and comfortable, featuring large, light-filled rooms and abundant windows plus exquisite decorative and architectural detailing. Nancy Taylor Bubes of Washington Fine Properties was the listing agent. Margot Wilson of Washington Fine Properties represented the buyer.
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THE DISTRICT Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch and his wife, attorney Alyse Graham, purchased ORDWAY STREET NW for $5,050,000 from Elizabeth Ulmer and Jon Graham. Graham is general counsel to Amgen, a global biotechnology company, while Ulmer is a consultant for a non-profit group. The fivebedroom Arts and Crafts residence was built in 2003 in Cleveland Park and features an open floor plan and a dramatic vaulted two-story great room at the center of the surrounding living spaces. French doors open to a serene garden and lovely pool complete with a two-story pool house plus a shared tennis court. Washington Fine Properties’ Heidi Hatfield listed the property while Anne Weir of Washington Fine Properties represented the buyer. Federal Judge Ellen Huvelle and her husband Jeffrey, a lawyer, sold TH STREET NW for $1,895,000 to Brodie Ruland and Lisa Kolb.
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