The Bethesda, Maryland, home of a veteran journalist who was one of CBS' legendary "Murrow Boys" and had a career spanning 40 years in radio and television is on the market for a cool $3.3 million. See photos.
Howard K. Smith’s 7,500-foot Bethesda house is on the market for $3.3 million.
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The living room.
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The living room.
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The study.
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The study.
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The study.
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The formal dining room.
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The formal dining room.
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The kitchen.
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The kitchen.
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The family room.
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The family room.
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The family room.
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The powder room.
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The master bedroom.
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The master bedroom.
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The master bathroom.
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The master bathroom.
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The master bathroom.
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The master walk-in closet.
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The third bedroom.
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The Jack and Jill bathroom.
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The fourth bedroom.
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En suite bathroom.
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The second floor recreation room.
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The second floor recreation room.
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The fifth bedroom.
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Full bathroom.
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Sitting area and fire pit in the backyard.
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One of the amazing Potomac River views.
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The Bethesda, Maryland, home of a veteran journalist who was one of CBS’ legendary “Murrow Boys” and had a career spanning 40 years in radio and television is on the market for $3.3 million.
Howard K. Smith’s 7,500-square-foot house — part of an 11-home community known as Brookes Ridge — boasts six bedrooms, five full baths and two half-baths.
The home was built around 1920 and sits on the bluffs overlooking the Potomac River.
Smith and his wife, Benedicte, bought the house at 613 Brookes Ridge Court in 1958 from widowed Bessie Arnold Stearnes Donnally, according to a deed supplied to WTOP by Wydler Brothers realtors. Smith died in 2002.
The land had originally been purchased by Stilson Hutchins — who founded The Washington Post — in 1896.
William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.
