THE DISTRICT
For $8.375 million, John Rogers, managing
director of Goldman Sachs and former deputy
Treasury secretary under Ronald Reagan,
has purchased 3108 Woodland Drive, NW.
Surrounded by trees and situated on a quiet
cul-de-sac at the edge of the Embassy Row
area of Massachusetts Avenue Heights, the estate
had been home to Mary Marvin Breckinridge
Patterson for decades. The latter was the
granddaughter of tire magnate B. F. Goodrich
and the great-granddaughter of vice president
John Cabell Breckinridge, who ran against
Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Following Mrs.
Patterson’s death, the circa-1930 Georgian-style
residence was purchased in 2004 by Dr. Richard Pollock for $3.65 million. Now magnifi cently
reconditioned, this elegant mansion combines
classical architecture and craftsmanship with
modern amenities. Highlights of the four-story
residence include perfectly proportioned public
rooms with twelve-foot ceilings and elaborate
moldings. A grand receiving gallery with French
doors opens to meticulously landscaped |
grounds,
terraces, a secluded garden pool and views of
Rock Creek Park and the Washington National
Cathedral. Seven bedrooms, six full baths, two
half baths and a master bedroom suite with large
dressing room round out the property. The stateof-
the-art gourmet kitchen has an adjoining
butler’s pantry and a separate servants’ staircase.
John Roger was represented in his purchase by
Weichert realtor Fran Spaeth. Washington Fine
Properties co-founder William F. X. Moody and
Robert Hryniewicki represented Dr. Pollock.
Moody and Hryniewicki also represented
Pollock in his purchase of 2414 Tracy Place,NW. Pollock paid $4.1 million to the estate of
thirteen-term New York Democratic congressman James Scheuer and his widow Emily, a leading
interior designer whose syndicated column on
decorating ran in The Washington Post for more
than a decade. The five-bedroom Kalorama
manse has an embassy-size living room, banquetsize
dining room, eat-in kitchen and woodpaneled
library with a sliding ladder. Two sets
of French doors lead to a fl agstone terrace and
garden with mature trees and a lovely lap pool. |
