Lined by catalpa timber heavy every spring with showy bell-shaped flowers, the lengthy driveway of an 800-acre estate in Buchanan, Virginia, reaches a restored Greek Revival mansion and into the presidential previous.
President Calvin Coolidge was supplied the usage of Greyledge in 1928 because the Summer season White Home by then-owner Bertha P. Jamison, in keeping with the archives of the Virginia Chronicle. The announcement, eagerly supported by the native chamber of commerce, made Web page 2 information.
The article described the house as โcommodious and furnished in uncommon items of furnishingsโ and touted the propertyโs โgood trout fishing.โ
The unfold set amid the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountain ranges made the shortlist, however the Coolidges opted that yr for far more modest lodging and chosen Cedar Island Lodge in Wisconsin. Nonetheless, the 1842 residenceโs path to landmark standing was laid. On account of its significance in structure, trade and social historical past, the property was listed in 2002 within the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations.
Though the fresh-looking brick faรงade now seems totally different than within the grainy picture that accompanied the archived article, the restored construction appears a lot the identical.
Broad steps lead as much as the entrance porch and transom-topped entrance door, which opens to gleaming wooden flooring. Painted and stained wooden flooring carry all through many of the home.
Fireplaces grace many areas together with the formal front room, library, media/household room and a number of bedrooms. Home windows convey gentle into three sides of the sunroom.
The 2-story most important home and the gatehouse whole 11 bedrooms, eight full loos and two powder rooms inside practically 12,500 sq. ft. Two workplace buildings, a barn and a four-door storage are additionally on the positioning, which features a stream stuffed with mountain trout, pastures, meadows and mountain climbing, ATV and equestrian trails. A 6-acre lake is stocked with koi, bass and catfish.
The property is singular within the native housing scene. โThe marketplace for these kind of estates within the Buchanan space of Virginia is sort of nonexistent. That is actually a uncommon, historic property for the realm and one in every of a sort,โ say the workplaces of Mitchell Prime Properties. โThere are not any different estates within the space with comparable gross sales that will even match this one.โ
The asking value for 1066 Greyledge Highway is $6.25 million. John-Mark M. Mitchell, the CEO and founding father of Mitchell Prime Properties, has the itemizing.
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