MARYLAND
Although priced at more than $3 million,
Unit 1102 at the Parc Somerset on Wisconsin
Avenue in Chevy Chase was snapped up after
just one week on the market. The buyer was the
Leslie Westreich Trust. Leslie Westreich has had a
signifi cant impact on the Washington social scene
for years; in the 1980s, author Maximillien de
Lafayette named her one of America’s most elegant
women, along with the likes of Deeda Blair, Judy
Esfandiary and Bunny Mellon. Long & Foster’s
Nancy Itteilag represented Ms. Westreich in her
Parc Somerset purchase and is also the listing agent
for Ms. Westreich’s Watergate penthouse, where
Senator John Warner once lived.
Ms. Westreich purchased her new home from
Kathryn Hogan Didden, the widow of George A.
Didden, III, who died last year. A fourth-generation
Washingtonian, Mr. Didden was chairman and
CEO of the National Capital Bank that was
founded in 1889 by a group of businessmen that
included his great-grandfather. He and his wife
also shared a second home in McDaniel on the
Eastern Shore.
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VIRGINIA
At last the gorgeous twenty-five acre
“Bellapais,” estate at 8303 E. Boulevard drive
in Alexandria is again being occupied. Stephen
and Maureen O’Keefe who purchased the
Federal-style home on the Potomac for $9.75
million late last year are now ensconced in
the historic mansion following months of
renovation. Stephen O’Keefe is the founder
and principal of O’Keefe & Company, a
technology marketing/PR fi rm based in Old
Town Alexandria.
WL readers may recall that “Bellapais” had
belonged to Leander McCormick-Goodhart
and his sister Henrietta McCormick-Goodhart
Burke who were originally asking $12 million
for the Fairfax County property which once
belonged to George Washington. Washington
Fine Properties’ William Moody and Robert
Hryniewicki helped facilitate the sale.
In McLean, 1347 Kirby Rd has sold
for the list price of $2,795,000. This newly
constructed, three-story brick residence
measures over 10,000 square-feet and is
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situated on a private wooded lot with a creek.
The extraordinary home has fi ve bedrooms,
seven full baths, three powder rooms, formal
dining room, library, great room, theater,
recreation room, gourmet kitchen, reception
room, wine cellar, two laundry rooms, staff
quarters, three garages, safe room, gym with its
own infra-red sauna, and three patio areas for
outdoor entertaining.
Additional amenities include four fi replaces,
a wet bar, two wine coolers, an elevator, a
walk-in pantry, Brazilian Cherry hardwood
fl oors and twelve-foot ceilings. Tutt, Taylor
& Rankin Sotheby’s International Realty
agents Kimberly Casey and Daryl Judy helped
facilitate the sale. The purchaser is Dan Williams,
an entrepreneur who leases accommodations
to short-term visitors to our area. He and his
wife Tatiana and their baby girl will live there
full time.
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