This Georgian-Style Maryland Home Has Lots of Amenities, Including an Elevator – Mansion Global

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Location: Potomac, Maryland

Price: $5.995 million

Built in 2002 for former NBA All-Star Buck Williams and his wife, Mimi, this six-bedroom, nine-bathroom house in Potomac, Maryland, takes its inspiration from Mount Pleasant, a landmarked circa-1761 Georgian mansion near Philadelphia.

After many visits to Pennsylvania, the couple commissioned architect David Jones of Washington, D.C.s Jones Versace to conceive a modern family home with Georgian flavor. They also worked closely with Mr. Jones on materials, finishes and layouts.

You can see the Georgian style in the homes symmetry and the choices of moldings that represent a certain period, said Marc Fleisher of The Fleisher Group, the listing agent. The result is understated and quite spectacular. This home would cost upward of $15 million if it were in the District of Columbia rather than Montgomery County.

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Double front doors open to a bright double foyer whose sightlinesframed by classical porticosstretch to the back of the house. For its gleaming hardwood floors, the owners personally selected individual pine boards reclaimed from Pennsylvania barns. The same flooring runs throughout the house.

Behind a door off the foyer, a formal library boasts custom-milled, whitewashed paneled walls, built-in cabinetry, and a masonry fireplace with a gas starterone of six in the home. Intricate mouldings around the fireplace echo classical motifs the owners and architect researched; likewise, wallcoverings throughout the home evoke the period. A second door on the same side of the foyer leads nowhereits a dummy door, for symmetry, Mr. Fleisher said.

Opposite the library, off the foyer, the airy formal dining room boasts an elaborate chandelier and red damask window coverings. Any sale will include all of the lighting fixtures, window treatments, and wallcoverings, Mr. Fleisher said. The dining room features its own fireplace, with a marble facade.

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Deeper into the house, the foyer connects to a formal living room with two seating areas and glass-paned doors that access the homes back gardens. Built-in shelving maintains the whitewashed look that defines the main level. The shelves flank another fireplace.

The Williams family used a second living room as a family room and den. With a more casual feel, it features contemporary built-in bookshelves and its own fireplace. The two living rooms are linked.

An adjacent room, which the family called the Conservatory, boasts beamed white ceilings and a wall of glass-paned doors that open to the homes expansive backgrounds. Sunlit most of the day, the conservatory features its own wet bar and kitchenette.

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In the homes main kitchen, cherry-wood cabinetry offsets stainless-steel appliances and granite countertops. A ceiling-height cherry-wood hutch separates the kitchen from an eat-in area. The entire space gets plenty of light from a wall of glass-paned doors that open to the back grounds.

Clever design tucks two guest wings at opposite ends of the house. A short flight of stairs from the kitchen leads to a guest bedroom and bathroom. The guest room connects to its own library, paneled in mahogany. For symmetry, a small staircase also ascends from the conservatoryon the other side of the hometo a separate wing containing two guest bedrooms and two full bathrooms.

The main bedrooms occupy the homes second floor. A sweeping staircase, illuminated by a skylight atrium, leads upstairs from the rear foyer. The owners suite enjoys its own windowed sitting room, large enough for a sofa and chairs. The owners bedroom, windowed on three sides, features its own fireplace.

Along with heated marble floors, its spa-like en-suite bathroom boasts his-and-hers sinks, steam shower, and a standalone tub. A separate sitting area adjoins the other two bedrooms, which both boast their own en-suite bathrooms.

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Set on a three-acre lot, the home enjoys completely level grounds with sweeping south and west exposures, Mr. Fleisher said. Its one of the most beautiful lots in the area. A cabana next to the 50-foot swimming pool includes a kitchenette, bathroom, and changing rooms. One of the homes back terraces is paved in a herringbone brick motif. Mr. Fleisher noted that the homes foundation is all granite.

A pair of three-car garages bookend the housefor symmetry, again, Mr. Fleisher said.

Stats

With a total of 12,636 square feet of living space, the house has six bedrooms, two living rooms, two libraries, seven bathrooms, and two half-baths. The property sits on three acres.

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Amenities

Under 10-foot ceilings, the homes lower level includes a billiard and game room, plush home theater, fully equipped gym, and a full bathroom. Clerestory windows illuminate the rooms during the day. The lower level includes the homes main laundry room; the owners installed a second, smaller laundry room on the second floor.

An elevator services all three levels of the home. Like much of the house, its discreet and paneled in white.

Neighborhood Notes

Located in an affluent Potomac pocket known as the Golden Triangle, the house sits on an expansive horseshoe-shaped plot of land that includes about 20 large estate homes on multi-acre lots, Mr. Fleisher said. Its an advantageous location less than five minutes to Potomac Village, 10 minutes to downtown Bethesda, 20 minutes to Georgetown, and half an hour to both of DCs international airports.

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Agent: Marc Fleisher, The Fleisher Group

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