A four-acre estate with views of the Potomac River, said to be on the site of what had once been George Washington’s hunting lodge, is on the market for $9.95 million.
Listed by Washington Fine Properties, “Clarens Estate,” at 318 North Quaker Lane, has a history that includes serving as a Civil War hospital and a school. The listing says the home was once the residence of James Murray Mason, a U.S. Senator and grandson of founding father George Mason.
The 10,000-square-foot main home has seven bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths, original hardwood floors, nine fireplaces, hand-painted wallpaper in the dining room, and a primary suite with an 1806 Irish mantle.
Four preserved outbuildings include a carriage house, potting shed, icehouse and well house. There is also a heated pool and a pool house with a fireplace and full kitchen.
