Now, Snyder's five-bedroom estate and its 15.2 acres of land can be yours — for just under $35 million.
The four-story mansion is made out of French limestone. Guests can enter the house through a custom wrought-iron door, if they make it up the half-mile driveway.
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Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
Along with the main residence, the buyer will also have access to a separate guesthouse and staff house.
(Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe)
Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
The house offers a lounge spa, gym and commercial-grade chef’s kitchen, among other amenities.
(Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe)
Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
In all, the property boasts 10 bathrooms — each of the five bedrooms has its own en-suite.
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Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
The house also has its own elevator.
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Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
On the lower level, you’ll find a mahogany-paneled club room and a wine cellar.
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Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
Snyder had a cinema installed in 2017.
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Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
Need somewhere to park your 12 cars? Fortunately, there are spaces scattered across a covered garage, the main residence and the guesthouse.
(Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe)
Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
The primary bedroom takes up the whole second floor, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows plus a sitting room, dressing room and two full spa-inspired bathrooms.
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Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
You can also access a private terrace with Potomac River views from the second floor bedroom.
(Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe)
Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe
The grounds are landscaped in the 18th-century jardin l’anglaise, or English garden, style.
(Courtesy Sean Shanahan/TTR Sothe)
Snyder put his 30,000-square-foot Potomac, Maryland, mansion up for sale in February, asking a cool $49 million for the property. But this week, the price dropped $14 million.
This is not the first time Snyder has tried to shake this residence.
He also asked $49 million for it in 2018, but that didn’t seem to work out. Since then, he’s purchased another riverfront mansion — this one for $48 million, located near George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia and a downsize for Snyder with 16,000 square feet of space.
Snyder reportedly bought the Potomac mansion for a little over $8.6 million in 2000, from the estate of Jordan’s King Hussein and Queen Noor.
Kate Corliss is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. She is a senior studying journalism at American University and serves as the Campus Life Editor for the student newspaper, The Eagle.
