Georgetown’s historic Henry Foxhall House sold for $9.1M

August 19, 2019

The historic Henry Foxhall House in Georgetown has just sold for $9.1 million, making it one of the most expensive sales in the region this year.

David Deckelbaum, attorney and president of D.C.-based Settlement Corp., sold the 6,000-square-foot mansion at 3123 Dumbarton St. NW on Aug. 8, according to a filing in the D.C. recorder of deeds.

Foxhall, former mayor of Georgetown, built the six-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath home around 1800 as a wedding gift to his daughter, Mary Ann, and son-in-law, Samuel McKenny, according to the Historic American Buildings Survey administered by the National Park Service.

The gardens were designed by Georgetown resident Rose Greely, a landscape architect who was the first woman to be licensed in that career the District, according to Historic Americans Buildings Survey.

The property was last sold for $7 million in 2012.

The three-story house has been home to a handful of high-profile residents including Gerald Rafshoon, a veteran television producer…

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