It’s been quite a a week for real estate in the DC area—if you happen to have several million dollars lying around. Just in the last few days, the residences of former Commanders owner Dan Snyder and late diplomat Esther Coopersmith appeared on the market, joining a handful of other big-ticket properties that went up for sale in June. Here’s a rundown:
2230 S St., NW
$18.5 million
Neighborhood: Kalorama
Previous owner: Diplomat and philanthropist Esther Coopersmith, who died in March.
Claim to fame: Coopersmith was known for hosting DC power players at her massive dinner table. According to her obituary, she once introduced then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin.
Style of the house: Georgian
Stats: Over 12,000 square feet on a nearly half acre lot, with six bedrooms and ten bathrooms.
Built in: 1925
Lavish perks: Historic dining room, nine fireplaces, swimming pool, sprawling back patio, elevator, cedar closets, and Palladian windows.
Last sold price: $3.35 million
Monthly payment with 20 percent down: $112,989
1288 Ballantrae Farm Dr., McLean
$39.995,000
Neighborhood: McLean
Previous owner: Construction executive Mike Adams.
Claim to fame: Amelia Earhart landed a plane here in the 1930s.
Style of the house: Georgian Revival
Stats: 14,000 square feet of living space—with a main residence, plus two guest houses—on a 6.3 acre lot. There are 12 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms.
Built in: 1925
Lavish perks: Panoramic views, vegetable gardens and an orchard, a pool and pool house, tennis court, soccer field, koi pond fountain, and cherry trees.
Last sold price: $9.3 million in 2013
Monthly payment with 20 percent down: $254,732
7979 East Boulevard Dr., Alexandria
$60 million
Neighborhood: Alexandria, on land that was originally part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate.
Previous owners: Former Commanders owner Dan Snyder and wife Tanya Snyder.
Claim to fame: When the Snyders bought the estate known as River View in 2021, it became the most expensive sale ever in Washington.
Style of the house: Federal
Stats: The 16,000 square foot main house has eight bedrooms and 15 bathrooms, and sits on 16.5 acres along the Potomac.
Built in: 2018
Lavish perks: Sparkling Potomac River views (plus 400 feet of waterfront frontage), private dock, indoor pool and sauna, carriage house, and movie theater.
Last sold price: $48 million in 2021
Monthly payment with 20 percent down: $381,646
6727 Lucy Lane, McLean
$9.75 million
Neighborhood: Langley Forest
Previous owner: Former Nationals pitcher—and World Series MVP—Stephen Strasburg.
Claim to fame: It’s got serious sports fan cred.
Style of the house: Contemporary Tudor
Stats: The 11,700 square foot house has six bedrooms and ten bathrooms and sits on just over an acre of land.
Built in: 2020
Lavish perks: Pool with waterfall, travertine patio, and pool house, plus several gardens, a four-car garage, an outdoor kitchen, and a generator.
Last sold price: $5,473,222 in 2020
Monthly payment with 20 percent down: $61,693
1260 Crest Ln., McLean
$18.5 million
Neighborhood: McLean’s Gold Coast
Previous owners: A Smith Bowman, a distillery founder, and his wife Mary Lee Bowman, an entertaining and golf enthusiast who died in late 2022 at age 101.
Claim to fame: It’s a short walk away from Merrywood, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s childhood home.
Style of the house: French Provincial
Stats: The 9,100 square foot property known as Stratford House has eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, and sits on four acres
Built in: 1973
Lavish perks: Hand-painted wallpaper, marble fireplace, Potomac River views, terraced backyard, separate sunrise and sunset sunrooms.
Last sold price: $300,000 in 1977.
Monthly payment with 20 percent down: $117,674
