WASHINGTON — A 112-acre Charlottesville estate modeled after Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and George Washington’s Mount Vernon hits the auction block on June 23.
The property and its collection of outbuildings were custom built at a cost of $20 million, but at auction, the property will be sold to the highest bidder above the reserve price of $5 million.
The estate is called “Emerald Hills,” and includes a private lake, ponds, streams and Blue Ridge Mountain views.
The 15,000-square-foot main house has five en-suite bedrooms, a foyer with duel staircases, a pub, billiards room, wine cellar, theater and sauna.
Outbuildings include a 2,000-square-foot carriage house, and a 2,700-square-foot garage with room for 10 vehicles.
The grounds include 1,000 dogwoods, redbuds and crape myrtle trees, formal gardens, fountains and a 100-foot reflecting pool and a vegetable garden modeled on that of Thomas Jefferson, with four, 100 foot by 8 foot raised beds connected by a Shenandoah brownstone walkway.
An orchard on the property has more than 100 peach, cherry, nectarine, plum and apple trees.
Not enough space for you? An adjoining 36 acres is for sale separately.
Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for WTOP as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the WTOP newsroom staff in January 2016.