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Keedysville Area Residential Home

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89 S Main Street Keedysville, MD 21756

3 Bed
1 Baths
1970 sqft
Presenting the Wyand Brick House & Farm, per the Maryland Historical Trust, also known as Seven Gates Farm. The value of this unusual, beautiful property is in the history, the many outbuildings, & extensive gardens. If you're looking for the Secret Garden of your lifetime, this it!At the edge of Keedysville, large trees shade the grounds & gardens of extensive hedges, plantings, & boxwoods, w/garden paths, quiet spaces, small formal areas, & accessory buildings. 2 original outbuildings, a wash house & a log smokehouse are behind. There is a cistern w/a pulley hanging from its roof. The 4-bay house is brick-encased log. Chimneys (likely non-functional) rise inside the gable ends, & a bay window allows natural light. A covered porch stretches across the front façade & a transom window sits above the front door, likely dating from the 1840's. A two-story wing w/double porches is on the west side of the house. Inside, it is simple, without pretension. The gardens are a different story. Everywhere you go outside on this property there are different species of plants: Flowering, evergreen, deciduous, heirloom, you name it. Every season is beautiful on this little homestead! Once part of an 80 acre farm, it belonged to Jacob Hess, builder/owner of the town's mill, which dominated the community into the 20th century. Early deeds show it was part of original land grants called Resurvey of Fellfoot Enlarged & Hills & Dales & The Vineyard. In 1833, Hess heirs sold the farm to George Geeting, Sr. Twenty years later, Geeting’s heirs sold to Simon Wyand. Generations of Wyands divided & sold off land, leaving the current farmstead of .67acre of land. In 1984, it was sold to Dean Johnson & James Cramer, & out of the Wyand family’s control for the first time in 131 years. Dean & Cramer were editors of Country Garden & of Country Home, and contributed many articles. They brought their creativity to restoring the neglected house & its grounds. Their efforts resulted in 2 books, Seasons at Seven Gates Farm & Window Boxes Indoors & Out. The house originally had two rooms, side by side, on the first floor. The front door opens into one original room & the bay on the left expands the room. A simple mantel decorates a fireplace, now closed w/a wooden cover & beyond are stairs to the 2nd floor. Woodwork is simply molded w/plain corner blocks. Interior doors have four panels. First floor ceilings were stripped of plaster to reveal joists above & the laths that held plaster were hand split. Floors have been stripped & left bare of finish and true to the period. The other original 1st floor room was split into two. In one room a shallow fireplace has a simple mantel & a brick hearth. In the other room is a full bathroom. Behind the front rooms & 2steps down, is the kitchen wing w/a large cooking fireplace that burns with gas logs. Log walls have been exposed here & there are narrow back stairs. There is also a door to the lower porch & another doorway opens to a pantry. Upstairs, 3 bedrooms are in the main block of the house, w/a large workroom above the kitchen. The workroom is frame construction above the log kitchen below & rudimentary, w/only 2of 5 openings having the same moldings; all others are different. As stated before, the gardens are the property's glory. Large, flat stepping-stones had been buried for decades & were dug up & reset. The wash house was restored & furnished w/a table & chairs set before a large fireplace. Specimen plants & heirloom varieties fill garden beds. An English cold frame shelters fall crops. The log smokehouse w/a steep hip roof had been restored & topped w/an old finial. New structures were added as well: A small barn with vertical siding, a small hexagonal dovecote housed domesticated pigeons, and a glass greenhouse. All in disrepair.The above was edited & pared down from an article- Herald-Mail Sunday, November 12, 2000- as the 133rd in the series.This property is being sold as-is, where is.
Listing Courtesy of BRIGHT IDX / Coldwell Banker Premier / Susan Reichel
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Martinsburg Area Residential Home

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107 Orpington Drive Martinsburg, WV 25403

3 Bed
2 Baths
1620 sqft
THE HOME IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH COMPLETION ANTICIPATED IN EARLY TO MID APRIL. [PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE PHOTOS ARE OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION]. LOCATED ON A PREMIUM LOT BACKING TO FARM AND ORCHARD PROPERTY!!!! THIS SPACIOUS RANCH DESIGN OFFERS 1620 sq. ft. OF FINISHED LIVING AREA AND FEATURES A SPLIT BEDROOM DESIGN WITH A GREAT ROOM FEATURING CATHEDRAL CEILING SEPARATING THE MASTER SUITE FROM BEDROOMS #2 & 3. THE EAT IN KITCHEN HAS UPGRADED CABINETRY WITH SOFT CLOSE DOORS AND DRAWERS, GRANITE COUNTERS AND BACKSPLASH, A LARGE THREE SIDED PENISULA WITH OVERHANG THAT WILL COMFORTABLY SEAT 6-8 PEOPLE, STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES AND GARBAGE DISPOSAL. THE SPACIOUS MASTER SUITE FEATURES HIS AND HERS WALK IN CLOSETS, CEILING FAN AS WELL AS A MASTER BATH WITH AN OVERSIZED SHOWER, DOUBLE SINK VANITY AND LINEN CLOSET. ALL ON A FULL (1,620 sq.ft.) WALK OUT BASEMENT WITH ROUGH PLUMBING FOR FUTURE BATH. THE FINISHED TWO CAR GARAGE HAS AN INSULATED GARAGE DOOR AND AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR OPENER. ALL OF THIS LOCATED IN AN UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT WITH SIDEWALKS, CURB & GUTTER, CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS AND INDIVIDUAL SIDEWALKS. ENJOY THE MOUNTAIN VIEWS AND WALK OUT BASEMENT. CALL TODAY TO ARRANGE TO VIEW THIS HOME. THE FLOOR PLANS SHOWN ARE INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOME MAY HAVE VARIATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
Listing Courtesy of BRIGHT IDX / Coldwell Banker Premier / David Hoffman