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This beautiful, historic home, a 9.4-acre estate in Frederick, Maryland, offers uniquely sweeping vistas of the Frederick Valley. A charming mix of amenities include high ceilings, six fireplaces, a wrap-around porch with a polygonal tower gazebo, and beautifully landscaped gardens with a patio and heated pool. With 7 bedrooms and 3.5 baths, the home is ideal as either a full-time residence or a weekend retreat, less than an hour from downtown Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, Maryland. Built in the 1890s, the home typifies the delightfully romantic American Queen Anne style of architecture. Once the home of the prominent Frederick families, the property is listed in the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. The home has undergone extensive renovations since 1997, including renovated country kitchen and baths, updated plumbing, wiring, roof, and heating and cooling systems. A long driveway, accented by blossoming cherry trees, winds to the front of the home. The lush, broad lawns, with stately trees and mature plantings flow into fields of tall grasses and panoramic valley views. The heated pool, patio and wrap-around porch are perfect for entertaining or family gatherings. A back driveway leads to the estate’s outbuildings, including a 4-bay garage, a workshop shed, a storage shed and a pump house, as well as the side and rear entries. Inside, enjoy exquisite heart-of-pine flooring found throughout the home, a family room, banquet dining room, several parlors, a spacious, glassed-in porch, a grand staircase leads to the upper levels, and a back stairway off the kitchen, an updated kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite and butcher-block countertops, period details artfully juxtaposed with modern, stainless steel appliances, a butler’s pantry, an informal dining room, laundry/mud room, a Master suite with fireplace and en-suite Master bath with double vanity, large shower, walk-in closet and a glassed-in porch with spa hot tub, a paneled lower level with room for wine storage, arts & crafts, an abundance of storage or work space.