The “Grand Lady of Kalorama” is under contract. Viscountess AlbertdePonton d’Amecourt (Gertrude) is expected to say adieu to her elegant oldtown home at 2146 Wyoming Avenue, N.W. by next month. The prospectivebuyers are lobbyist Jeffrey Weiss and Juleanna Glover-Weiss, former spokespersonfor Vice President Dick Cheney who left the White House in December to takea job with the public policy consulting firm Clark & Weinstock. The original askingprice for the stately six-bedroom Kolorama manse built in 1911, with its banquet-sizeddining hall and high molded ceilings, was $1.75 million but the house is in needof a bit of a makeover and will likely fetch about $250,000 less. The Weisses are sellingtheir current home at 1826 Corcoran Street, N.W. If all goes as planned, theViscountess will be moving to an apartment on Cathedral Avenue in N.W.

1744 R St., NW

For $5.8 million, the beautiful and historic limestone building at 1744 R Street,N.W. has also gone under contract. Built as a residence in 1915, it later became theold German embassy. The property currently belongs to Randall Robinson,founder and former president of the Trans Africa Forum, who used the building as hisheadquarters and is believed to have written his book, The Debt: What AmericaOwes to Blacks beneath its ornately hand-plastered coffer ceilings. Now that Mr.Robinson has retired, the property that has eleven bedrooms but only one full bath willlikely house a foundation.

There was another Dupont Circle area property at 1752 17th Street, N.W. that isall but locked up. Jeffrey Cook and Damon Wilson have been offered $1.2million for their four-bedroom red brick house situated on the corner of 17th andS Streets, N.W. Built in 1895, just three years after Dupont Circle was named forAdmiral Francis S. du Pont, this Victorian era home now includes such modernamenities as recessed halogen lighting and an integrated speaker system. The buyersare physicians Jefferson Moulds, a radiation oncologist, and Brent Anderson, apsychiatrist. The selling agent is Toby Thompson of Long & Foster.

Jose Solis Betancourt and Paul Sherrill, the interior designerswhose work in renovating The Normanston Residence helpedsecure that French Provincial a spot on the 2001 St. Alban’sChristmas House Tour, have purchased 1738 R Street, N.W. fromJames D. Ebner. The Federalstyle home in the heart of DupontCircle was built in 1920 and boasts seven bedrooms and fourfull baths. It was listed last June for $990,000 but ultimately soldfor $1,050,000. The selling agent was Hans Bjorkland of Tutt, Taylor, & Rankin.

Lisa Hertzer, who worked as an associate counsel at the White House during the ClintonAdministration and last year prosecuted the sexual abuse case against the then-mayor ofFriendship Heights, has sold the four-bedroom home she owned at 2314 20th Street,N.W. She and her husband David Schertler, a former Federal prosecutor turnedcriminal defense attorney with Covington & Burling, received $960,000 from newowner Anthony J. Digilio, a National Tax Services attorney.

1738 R St., NW

Vice Admiral James Doyle, the son of the late Rear Admiral James H.Doyle, for whom the Navy Frigate USS Doyle is named, has sold the homehe shared with his wife Patricia at 3308 Rowland Place in Northwest. Doylewho now serves as vice-chairman of the Council on Ocean Law, was paid$998,000 by new owners Michael P. Gordon and Stephen B. Jones.

Judith Terra purchased 4845 Colorado Avenue, N.W. from Hortensia T.Allen for $1.925 million. Her current house at 3263 N Street. N.W.in Georgetown is on the market. Judith F. Terra is co-founder of the Terra Museumof American Art in Chicago and the Musée d’Art Americain de Giverney inFrance. She is rumored to be considering moving the Terra Foundation (whichoperates both museums) and its art holding to D.C. Terra is the widow of the lateDaniel J. Terra, President Reagan’s U.S. Ambassador for Cultural Affairs who wasalso a chemical industry magnate.

Maryland

In Montgomery County Maryland, Nelse L. “Cooby” Greenway has parted with herChevy Chase house at 204 Primrose Street. The buyers are Catherine F. andRobert R. Gordon who paid $1.19 million, a mere $5,000 less than the askingprice. Nelse is the daughter of the late Gilbert Greenway, the Cold War CIAoperative who is often credited with having said of The Company’s bankroll, “Wecouldn’t spend it all. There were no limits, and nobody had to account for it. Itwas amazing.”

Ms. Greenway grew up in Georgetown and spent much of her time at her parents’former home at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. Now she’s back in Georgetown,this time at 2804 O Street, N.W., a four-bedroom home for which she is believedto have paid $816,000.

In Bethesda, Maryland, the house belonging to Dr. Richard M. Chavis, anophthalmologist and member of the International Society for OrbitalDisorders, has been transferred to Julianne and Terrance Coakley. The Coakleys whoare leadership donors and staunch supporters of the University of Maryland,spent $1.25 million for the Montgomery County property located at 8817 Saunders Lane.

Also in Montgomery County, multi-millionaire, George M. Kappaz, presidentof Termovalle S.C.A. E.S.P. and a conscientious supporter of Best Buddies andFight for Children, has purchased 9000 Bronson Drive in Potomac for $3.05 million.The sellers were Ineke D. and Peter L. Kreeger, a member of the board of theWashington Performing Arts Society, whose family’s art collection gave rise tothe creation of the Kreeger Museum. The museum, which opened in 1994, islocated at 2401 Foxhall Road, N.W. in the house designed in the 1960’s by architectPhillip Johnson for GEICO insurance magnate David LloydKreeger and his wife, Carmen.

International financier andformer D.C. corporate lawyer, Roberto Danino and his wifePauline, have sold the home they owned at 11500 Skipwith Lane in Potomac to RobertMarakovits for $3.35 million. The Harvard- educated Danino has returned to his native Peruwhere he is now prime minister.

Also in Potomac, 10911 Glen Road, has been disposed of by trustee Judith Willis for $1.05million. The new owners are Alireza R. and Leyla K. Mohadjer, a statistician withWestat and the newly elected secretary of the American Statistical Association.

Psychiatrist Frank M. Moscarillo and his wife Janet have agreed to sell theirPotomac home at 10904 Cripplegate Road to Carol R. and Frank C. Marshall,Jr. for $1.63 million. Carol Marshall is a member of the American BoardAssociation and vice president of ethics and business conduct for LockheedMartin Corporation.

Scott E. Stouffer, the 1993 founder and former president & CEO of VisualNetworks has sold his home at 11604 Luvie Court. Stouffer is now chairman ofthe board of the company which last year became the target of a class action suitbrought by disgruntled stockholders alleging violations of Federal securities laws.The new owners of Stouffer’s Potomac home are Kimarie Ann Kirchgessner andAnthony P. Kirchgessner who paid $1.23 million, or $70,000 less than the list pricefor the property known as Merry Go Round Farm, formerly part of the estateof the late syndicated columnist Drew Pearson and his wife, Luvic.

Attorney Sanford Z. Berman, of Houlon & Berman L.L.C. has transferred10100 Garden Way in Potomac to Cynthia A. Welsh and Scott A. Greenbergfor $1.15 million. Greenberg is with Capital Financial Partners. His wifeCynthia is a radiation oncologist. The couple has three sons.

Islamic scholar and editor, Munir A. Shaikh bought 10643 MacArthurBoulevard in Potomac from Thomas M. Donnelly for $885,000.

Virginia

Former space shuttle astronaut, Gary E. Payton and his wife Sue, have purchased10140 Community Lane in Fairfax Station from Kathy D. and Weldon E.Huddleson for $857,000. Col. Payton (Ret.) is now vice president of engineeringand operations for ORBIMAGE, a global imaging corporation based in Dulles, Virginia.

Kenneth A. Medlin, a vice president and general manager with Boeing Spaceand Communications also purchased a home nearby. Medlin bought 6630Rutledge Drive in Fairfax Station for $979,000 from Jean F. and Thomas E.Burdette, the founder and managing shareholder of the Burdette Smith Group,P.C.

74 Windy Hollow Court

In Great Falls, Virginia, Maria and Wes Greenway, the owner of the AlexandriaVolkswagen dealership on West Glebe Road, have sold 74 Windy Hollow Courtto Martin J. Bollinger and Maura Cantrill Bollinger for $1,575,000. MartinBollinger who once worked with his wife at the FCC, is now a vice president withBooz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. in Sydney, Australia. The couple will return to theU.S. to take possession of their new home sometime next month. Long and Foster'sCarol Jackson represented the buyers. Sue Huckaby of Weichert Realty representedthe sellers.

Correction to December Real Estate News:
The property at 204 South St. Asaph Street in Alexandria, Va. wasincorrectly identified as being occupied by Jack Cergol of the National Spa andPool Institute. It was instead occupied by the former NSPI CEO from 1992 tolate 2001.