An uninhabitable mansion for $2.9M?

It’s very cool but to rehab would take so much money and patience.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a similar house nearby and went on the market last year: the Baltzley castle.

The cost over-runs were enormous for the developer and caused the couple to get divorced. But the resulting product was incredible.

That is so sad, they looked so happy together in the original article.

What a stupid reason to separate.

Anonymous wrote:There's a similar house nearby and went on the market last year: the Baltzley castle.

The cost over-runs were enormous for the developer and caused the couple to get divorced. But the resulting product was incredible.

That is so sad, they looked so happy together in the original article.

4.85 acres.
Public taxes show only $100K for house value.

There's a similar house nearby and went on the market last year: the Baltzley castle.

The cost over-runs were enormous for the developer and caused the couple to get divorced. But the resulting product was incredible.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/Web-2016/Bethesdas-Historic-Baltzley-Castle-Is-On-the-Market-For-44-Million/

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/March-April-2013/Baltzley-Castle/

So, a little digging around turned up this from the Mohican Hills Citizen Winter 2007 issue:

Phillips property fenced As you drive or walk up MacArthur Boulevard, you may have noticed a long, rather prominent new fence along a stretch of seemingly empty property adjoining the road—across from Glen Echo Park. What, if anything, does the new fence suggest? Well, first of all, if you look up the hill, you might glimpse an old stone house, now vacant. House and land are owned by Leland Phillips. He has assured the Tulip Hill Citizens Association (you can check their web site, www.thca.net ) that the fence was built to keep out trespassers who have vandalized the property (even used the house as a paintball target!). The Association has no reason to believe he plans to develop the property. (By the way, in our April 2003 Mohican Hills Citizen, p.8, we said that many folks mistake this house, known as the "Stonehaven House," for a Baltzley brothers "castle." But it was built much later, in 1937, than the "castles." Its builders and first occupants were Llewellyn and Carolyn Edwards.)

The Maryland Historic Society has a lot of interesting background on the house and the original owners at this link: https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Montgomery/M;%2035-44.pdf

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to see the inside!!

Something tells me the inside needs to be gutted.

With a stone exterior, I'm guessing re-doing the interior is possible. I wouldn't be surprised if this goes to someone who understands maximizing tax credits for things like historic preservation, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I want to see the inside!!

Something tells me the inside needs to be gutted.

Anonymous wrote:ok, now I totally want to know the story on this one.

Me too! Thought this was going to be one of those 'castles' on, IIRC, Mohican. This has to be about the biggest residential plot inside the beltway, at least in DC/MD in years. Got to be a good story here.

I want to see the inside!!

as kids we would go up there all the time scary as hell even during the day at least it isn't over grown anymore.

Best house for trick- or treating.

ok, now I totally want to know the story on this one.

Creepy AF

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/7255-Macarthur-Blvd-NW-20816/home/10636719