Cleveland Park 3419 36th street, nw washington, dc 20016 offered at $3,250,000
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leveland Park is an enduringly popular neighborhood, valued for its substantial homes, its vibrant community spirit and its convenient, close-in location. Home to many well known literary and media personalities, the area is within walking distance of the red line metro, close to the shops, restaurants and bus lines along Wisconsin and Connecticut Avenues and easily reached from downtown, Georgetown and suburban Maryland.
The iconic home at 3419 36th Street is a unique and architecturally significant property. Designed in 1940 by noted Washington architect Waldron Faulkner, whose family occupied the original Rosedale property, it was enlarged in 1992 by Waldron’s son Winthrop Faulkner, also an accomplished architect. The older section of the home is elegant and charming, with three en suite bedrooms, a sitting room, a kitchen and a sweeping living/dining room with two sets of tall French doors opening to a covered loggia and sheltered rear terrace and garden. The addition is a stunning, vaulted great room, with a loft, an open kitchen, and a comfortable study.
Uniting the two sections is a sun-filled glass passageway, with lovely outdoor views on either side. The old and newer sections of the house complement each other beautifully, together creating an L shaped dwelling that offers possibilities for multiple family configurations as well as handicapped access in the newer wing. Large windows and numerous points of access to the exterior allow for a profound integration of natural and interior spaces. Entering the home from 36th Street, a visitor steps into a gracious entryway with two generous coat closets and stairs leading to the upper floor. Straight ahead is a large living/dining room (currently set up as a first floor master bedroom) with a wall of built-in bookshelves and cabinets, a fireplace and a charming window seat set into a small bay. Two sets of tall French doors lead out to a covered loggia with a larger open terrace and lush lawn beyond. The original kitchen is to the right of the foyer; currently unused, it could easily be converted to a first floor master bath should new owners choose to do so. The original section of the home also has a sunny first floor bedroom (now used as an office) and a charming sitting room which share a full bath; upstairs are two delightful and private bedrooms with angled ceilings, each with two closets and its own en suite bath.
FEATURES AND AMENITIES • From 36th Street, gracious foyer with two closets, stairs to upper level, view through house to rear terrace, stairs to basement
• Handcrafted stairs, modeled after a Japanese step chest, to loft area with built-in cabinetry and deep deep attic storage area
• Generous living/dining room (currently set up as bedroom) with wood burning fireplace, wall of built-in shelves and cabinetry, side bay with window seat, two sets of tall French doors to covered terrace and rear garden
• Seating area under loft with fireplace, two closets
• Stairs to two upper level bedrooms, each with closets and full, en suite bath • To right of foyer, original kitchen (currently unused) with front window, geometric tile backsplash, double sinks, two wall ovens, dishwasher, exterior door to fenced side area for trash/recycling, storage shed and exterior stairs to lower level • To left of entry, front-facing office or bedroom with two spacious closets • En suite bath with tub/shower combination, also accessible from sitting room • Sunny sitting room or den, bath access • Generous hall closet with colorful hand painted doors by local decorative artist Lenore Winters • Glass-walled passageway connecting original house with 1992 addition; view on one side of pergola-covered terrace and rear garden; on the other, of walled courtyard with mature Japanese maple; glass display shelves. • Sliding interior barn door opening to dramatic addition oriented towards garden, with 23’ vaulted, beamed ceiling, numerous large windows and lovely arched window, sliding glass doors to terrace, ample room for dining; access to full bath • Open kitchen with Corian counters, backsplash with colorful Portuguese tile insets, stainless steel appliances including a Viking professional stove, built-in wine storage
• Off great room, library or study with front bay windows, two walls of built-in shelves, tray ceiling with skylight, closet, direct access to handicapped accessible full bath LOWER LEVEL • Full, unfinished basement with several spacious rooms, abundant storage, sauna • Laundry • Exterior access EXTERIOR • Lovely corner location, lush front lawn with blooming shrubs and trees; serene enclosed rear garden with graceful arched loggia accessible from first floor living/dining room and second covered terrace off great room addition; larger open terrace; professionally landscaped MISCELLANEOUS • Lot: 5; square: 1954 • Taxes: $16,543.88 (2016, estimated) • Roof: Slate • Year built: 1940; significant addition: 1992 • Central air conditioning • Seller reserves right to accept or reject any offer • Photos, floor plans, additional information available at www.wfp.com
A glass passage connects the original house with the 1992 addition, a stunning great room oriented towards the garden with huge windows and a soaring 23’ ceiling. On the rear wall is a high arched window surrounded by smaller round openings, an arrangement inspired by a 16th – century Venetian villa. Large sliding glass doors open to the terrace and garden. There is an open kitchen, ample space for dining, and a cozy seating area under an enchanting loft space – the perfect spot for napping or reading and a ideal children’s hideaway. A skylit library or study, with two walls of built-in shelving, is off the kitchen; it has glass doors to the small walled front courtyard, and direct access to full handicapped accessible bath.
HEIDI HATFIELD Office 202-243-1634 Cell 202-258-1919
[email protected] ANNE HATFIELD WEIR Office 202-243-1635 Cell 202-255-2490
[email protected] ANDREA HATFIELD Office 202-243-1632 Cell 202-487-4294
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[email protected] OFFERED AT $3,250,000 The home has a full basement with several rooms, a sauna, laundry, utilities and storage. The pleasures of this home are many and layered. Its light-filled, beautifully proportioned rooms, its intimate relationship to the natural setting, its sophisticated architecture and artistic detailing and its malleable floor plan make it a wonderful and versatile retreat in one of the city’s most prestigious residential neighborhoods.
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