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A Beaux Arts beauty in Cleveland Park changes hands for the first time in nearly 100 years when the Alvord family sells to Google executive John Barabino for $6.3 million. BY STAC E Y G R A Z I E R P FA R R
LOWELL STREET NW sold for $6.3 million to The John P. Barabino Trust. On the market for the first time in almost 100 years, the property was the childhood home of the late Robert Alvord, a prominent attorney, and had been in his family for three generations. John Barabino is an entrepreneur and former executive of Google, DoubleClick and Firefly. The seven-bedroom, 6,000-square-foot Cleveland Park Beaux Arts-style residence was built in 1917 and boasts cathedral views, a 40-foot pool and large surrounding gardens. Washington Fine Properties’ Marylyn Paige was the listing agent; Margot Wilson of WFP represented the buyer.
THE DISTRICT MACOMB STREET NW fetched $2,990,00 when Charles Heck and Gwendolyn Sommer bought the property from Jane Lang.
TTR Sotheby’s Michael Rankin represented both sides of the transaction. The six-bedroom 1914 Arts & Crafts-style house is uniquely sited in Cleveland Park adjacent to the Tregaron Conservancy. The spectacular lower level has a resistance pool, hot tub and sauna.
WOODLAND DRIVE NW , the site of the infamous murder of businessman
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Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, son and family housekeeper, sold after only four days on the market to an undisclosed buyer for “more than $3 million� according to news reports.The fivebedroom Massachusetts Avenue Heights brick manor includes five bedrooms and seven baths and was built in 1928. William F. X. Moody, Robert Hryniewicki, Adam T. Rackliffe, and Christopher R. Leary of Washington Fine Properties were the listing agents. John and Kelly O’Neill Frekko bought SEDGWICK STREET NW from The
Rosalind M. Rockwell Revocable Trust
for $1,407,000. The 1949 Center Hall Colonial in Spring Valley is an extraordinary renovation opportunity. The classic sixbedroom house sits on a third of an acre and boasts gracious proportions, tall ceilings and original hardwood floors. Washington Fine Properties Kim Gibson was the listing agent. The buyers’ agents were William F. X. Moody, Robert Hryniewicki, Adam T. Rackliffe, and Christopher R. Leary also of Washington Fine Properties.
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