The centerpiece of this home is the light-filled main kitchen, situated in a solarium that was handcrafted in England and rebuilt in Georgetown. Photograph by Ron Blunt.
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James and Jill Tonkel
$8.7 million, Georgetown
Statistician Herman Hollerith, who cofounded the company that would evolve into IBM, built this Georgian-style mansion in 1911. It’s now home to financial executive James Rock Tonkel Jr., president of Arlington Asset Investment Corporation, who bought it for $8.5 million in 2005. The renovated house has his-and-hers master baths, a drawing room with a hidden wet bar, and a caterer’s kitchen with a 300-bottle wine cooler. The centerpiece is the light-filled main kitchen, situated in a solarium that was handcrafted in England and rebuilt in Georgetown.
