A homeowner recently asked me how his house could be a House of the Week and I told him he had a great chance if his house was one of my favorite styles of architecture, bungalows or cottages. Today’s feature is a compact cottage on Philosophers Terrace, a short street off Washington Ave. Close to the heart of Chestertown’s Historic District and its amenities as well as Washington College, this side of Washington Ave. offers larger lots.

The story and a half cottage was built in 1934 at the peak of the cottage style and is enhanced by the front elevation’s bay window to one side, balanced by the entry door and a single window at the opposite side.  A reddish brick sidewalk leads from the driveway to the brick stoop with iron handrails to the front door.  The neutral color palette of pale brown with a slightly darker trim color, the red  accents of the front door, window shutters and the brick chimney creates charming curb appeal.  

The front door opens beside the “L” shaped stairs to the upper level with a balustrade along the side facing the living room.  This inviting room has sunlight throughout the day from both the front window and the two side windows flanking the wood-burning fireplace. The furniture is grouped around the fireplace inset into the vertical shiplap accent wall and the simple mantel built up of molding is the perfect finishing touch. The hardwood floors continue throughout the house.

The stairs separate the living room from the dining room. The dining room has two focal points, the bay wall projection at the front of the house and the built-in corner cabinet for storage of china and glassware. The glass tabletop keeps the space spacious and the bay floor projection can accommodate a table with leaves for family celebrations. The chair rail around the room creates a wainscot that can be finished with wallpaper, paint, beadboard, or a combination to suit one’s taste. 

The cased opening from the dining room to the kitchen is on axis with the dining room’s windows in the bay walls to filter sunlight into the kitchen.  I liked how the kitchen has the original cabinets and black strap hardware of the period and the white color of the cabinets and the tile backsplash with tile inserts of blue designs is fresh and inviting.  I once had tile countertops and found them too difficult to clean but it would be easy to change these tile countertops to another more monolithic material.  Off the kitchen is a small entry that could be expanded to relocate the laundry from the large unfinished basement.  A short hall past the kitchen leads to the full bath and a bedroom.  The bedroom has windows on each exterior wall and built-in shelving for family photos or memorabilia. 

The other two bedrooms are located on the second floor with one bedroom being slightly larger due to the symmetrical location of the single dormer windows at the front of the house and the location of the stairs. Each bedroom also has both side and rear windows that create sunlit spaces and access to storage under the eaves.  The interior architecture of the sloped ceilings with knee walls at the gable end walls and the deep front dormer walls creates wonderful spaces for rest and relaxation.

If the main floor bedroom were expanded into the rear yard, the upper floor could become a “Jack and Jill” bathroom for the two second floor bedrooms with the two rear single dormers becoming one long shed dormer. 

Prime location, great cottage architectural appeal, floor plan that flows well among rooms, main floor bedroom and bath, deep rear yard with mature trees for shade, large unfinished basement for storage, close to all the best amenities Chestertown has to offer; move-in ready as realtors say!

 

For more information about this property, contact Stacy Kendall with Cross Street Realtors at 410-778-3779 (o), 443-480-3453 (c) or [email protected]. For more pictures and pricing, visit www.csrealtors.com, Equal Housing Opportunity.

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

Over the past five years that I have been writing my weekly articles, I always enjoy returning to Queen Street, the second street from the Chester River. I especially like this block just off S. Maple Ave. that is a one-way street, all the better to admire its pedestrian scaled streetscapes that encourage walking which is the best way to savor the range of architectural styles. This property was christened the “Geddes-Adams” house by the current owners to acknowledge its historic past and their efforts of tastefully undertaking a major renovation of this charming property.  The deep lot has a rear fenced yard with two small sheds, one a heated, insulated artist’s studio and the other for storage of lawn and garden maintenance equipment. The sheds are connected by a hardscaped walkway to the brick terrace at the rear of the house’s sunroom and pantry/mudroom. 

An enormous blooming tree at the corner of the driveway now bends its branches of pink blossoms over the edge the front yard as an accent to the house’s exterior color palette of pristine white siding, blue metal roof, blue shutters and red door. The full front porch also has a blue roof and I especially liked the simple criss-cross pattern of the “fretwork” at each column. The porch is an inviting outdoor room with light wood flooring, light blue beadboard ceiling and a red porch swing with blue and white cushions at the driveway side of the porch.  Since the front door is located at the left corner of the porch, there is ample room for a settee next to the swing that creates a delightful space for relaxing with family and neighbors.  In contrast with the historic front elevation with its four equally spaced individual windows and shutters, the rear elevation is a composition in white with windows and door openings surrounded by white siding and trim.   

The front door opens into a spacious foyer with a stairway of stained wood treads and white risers with the bottom oversize treads becoming easily negotiable winders as they turn upward to the second floor landing.  At the other end of the foyer wall is a multi-paned salvaged French door to the library/office. The corner coat tree, a lovely wood chest below an oval mirror framed in gold gilt and Oriental rug completes the interior design. In the foyer and throughout the main level, the flooring of wide pine boards is believed to date from the 1800’s and is beautifully accentuated by the light colored walls. 

The living room is a perfect 1:2 proportioned room with the fireplace tucked into the wall offset of the foyer/office wall that creates two seating areas. On either side of the fireplace, floor to ceiling built-in millwork with shelves above closed cabinets display a colorful collection of ceramic pieces.  

Another multi-paned salvaged French door next to a striking totem sculpture opens into the library/office for an easy flow among rooms. This room has a side window flanked by floor to ceiling millwork and I admired the clever stencil around the perimeter of the ceiling of overlapping slender rectangular shapes that seemed to echo the criss-cross design of the fretwork at the front porch columns.

At the end of the living room, a wide cased opening marks the seamless transition from the original historic part to the 2007 addition that doubled the floor area on both floors.  The Owners carefully removed the original pine flooring on the second floor for its new life as the flooring on the addition’s first floor. The vista from the living room through the dining room’s pair of sliding doors to the sunroom’s wrap-around windows overlooking the terrace and the rear yard creates a great open plan along with the kitchen that is opposite the dining room. The wide cased opening from the living room to the dining room frames the dining room’s wood table and chairs.  

The dining room’s size can accommodate a small family dinner or larger family celebration. The room was planned around the furnishings for a perfect fit with a hutch between the side windows opposite the wood trestle table and Windsor chairs anchored by a large rug. The kitchen’s “U” shape includes a center island with bar stools opposite the dining room. The white color palette from the cabinets with period hardware, oversize farmhouse sink with period fittings, subway tile and solid surface countertops is balanced by some upper cabinets with glass fronts, stainless steel appliances, the island’s wood countertops and black bar stools.  I could easily imagine adding my pieces of colorful Italian ceramics on the countertops as accent pieces.

The sunroom with its two walls of windows and a French door to the terrace offers a casual sitting room with views of the rear landscape. Completing the main floor is a butler’s pantry and mud room with an exterior door to the rear yard. The butler’s pantry was well designed with a cement countertop, sink, cabinetry and undercounter refrigerator. The combination of the cement countertop and the tile floor would be a handy gardening area too. I liked the high beadboard easy care wood wainscot with artwork above and the half bath is convenient for guests or clean up after an afternoon of gardening.   

All of the bedrooms and full baths are located on the second floor. Newly milled wide plank solid wood flooring was used to replicate the original flooring. The original part of the house has two bedrooms across the hall from the stairs and a shared corner bathroom.  I admired the interior design of the bath with its freestanding porcelain sink on legs and the painted period corner protection boards. One bedroom has three of the four windows of the front elevation and the offset in the adjacent bath and closet arrangement creates an alcove for a work or study area. The smaller bedroom would be the perfect space for a nursery or a young child. Since the addition is not as wide as the original house, this bedroom has both a rear and side window for sunlight throughout the day.

The second floor of the addition contains the sumptuous primary suite with the bedroom’s two double-unit windows overlooking the rear landscaping and another side window for additional sunlight.  The primary bath has heated marble floors, dual lavatories separated by a corner tower unit for shared storage, large tiled shower, free-standing claw foot soaking tub, his and her closets and one walk-in closet.  

The attic is accessed by a separate staircase and has a large bedroom and bath suite spanning across the original front of the house and at the rear is a long room  for seasonal storage. There is also additional storage in the partial basement at the front of the original part of the house. I was surprised to learn that this beautiful home was once a duplex-bravo to the Owners for their tasteful and meticulous renovation/addition!

 

For more information about this property, contact Beth Ostrander with Doug Ashley Realtors at 410-810-0010 (o), 410-778-4241 (c) or [email protected]. For more pictures and pricing, visit www.bethohomes.com,  “Equal Housing Opportunity”.

Photography by Janelle Stroop, 410-310-6838, [email protected]

Custom built bath vanities and kitchen cabinetry by local craftsman Matt Clark.

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

To me, the Folk Victorian style has great appeal for its simplicity of form, less elaborate detailing and compact floor plans in contrast to its elder sister’s High Victorian excesses. The front elevation of this two-story house caught my eye for its two bay wide form, articulated with one side projecting slightly forward on both floors from the front wall of the house with a gable roof extending from the main roof. At the second floor, a wide angled bay window projects further from the wall under the gable roof with eave returns and eave brackets for decoration. At the attic level, the gable wall is accented with a square window with vertical muntins. The other bay at the second floor has a double unit window with a single window dormer in the roof. At the main level, the full front porch wraps around the side of the house facing the driveway. The porch is detailed with simple columns and railings, wood floors and wood slat ceilings and the depth easily accommodates seating and dining areas for a delightful outdoor room.

Craftsmanship excelled in the early part of the 20th century which is evident when you step inside this house’s spacious foyer. Beautiful hardwood floors, a majestic wide staircase with stained newel posts, treads and cap rail with white pickets and risers gracefully rises and turns at a landing with a picture window flanked by two operable units below an arched ceiling. The stained glass panel hanging over the picture window filters the sunlight down the stairs.

The lower run of the stairs is on axis with the wide cased opening to the living room. The opening is detailed with low paneled walls at each side with fluted columns-one of my favorite Craftsman details. The center opening frames the triple unit window at the side wall of the living room with its shallow box bay that projects from the exterior wall with an arched top that echoes the detail over the stair landing. Two stained glass panels hang in front of the side windows and another stained glass panel hangs from the center of the wide cased opening.

A pair of stained French doors lead from the foyer to the large dining room. The side wall’s triple unit window and arched shallow bay echoes the living room’s side wall and here a beautiful stained glass panel hangs over the center picture pane. The drop leaf table is the perfect solution for dinner for two or ten when both leaves are fully extended. I was intrigued by the use of mirrors in both the living and dining rooms above the sofa, French doors and the rear wall of the dining room as interior “windows’. Opposite the dining room is another parlor with a corner fireplace that is currently being used as a TV room but it could easily become a bedroom since there is a full bath on the main floor.

Beyond the dining room is the kitchen renovated with white cabinets, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and a free-standing island with a wood top and bar stools for informal meals. A wall of closets provides ample storage. A half French door leads to a delightful space that is furnished as a breakfast nook with wood floors and wood slat ceilings. An iron Singer sewing machine base and a glass top keeps the space open and airy and the bright color of the exterior door is a perfect splash of color. Looking at the side elevation, this space was once another porch but I think this cozy breakfast room is a better idea. The mud room and laundry complete the main floor layout.

The second floor has more bedrooms, one bath and an office with the front wall’s bay window. I loved how the original detail of the transom above the interior doors has been lovingly maintained and kept fully operational. I also liked the dark stain of the doors which contrasts with the light colored walls. The bedrooms are furnished with antique pieces and the charming child’s room has a pie safe with tin inserts for storage. In the bath, another Singer sewing machine base with a wood has a new life as the base for a porcelain vessel lavatory.

The third floor HVAC layout was carefully planned to leave as much open space as possible for myriad uses with the original wood floors and wonderful interior architecture from the roof angles of gables and dormers. The property also contains a two-car garage, and the spring landscape of perennials has begun its show of color.

Wonderful home with details of wood decorative corner guards, transoms and moldings that give this house great character and charm. The house has been upgraded with all new plumbing and electric, first and second floor HVAC, refurbished windows, refinished hardwood floors, new kitchen and bath. Now, if you could only convince the Owners to leave those beautiful stained glass windows…!

For more information about this property, contact Joseph Ciganek at Coldwell Banker Chesapeake Real Estate Company, 410-778-0330 (o),410-708-3924 (c) or [email protected]. For more photographs and pricing, visit www.joeyciganekproperties.com, “Equal Housing Opportunity”

Photography by Patty Hill, 410-441-4719, www.pattyhillphotography.com. For online booking, visit https://pattyhillphotography.simplybook.me/v2/.

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

Chestertown has a range of lot sizes from the urban lots in the Historic District to the larger lots in the neighborhood bounded by Byford Crt., Philosopher’s Terrace and E. Campus Avenue.  The neighborhood was once the farm of the Byford family and today’s featured house is located near other streets that are named for the first names of the children. This lot is 0.82 acres and the 3,458 sf house that was built in 1972 has five bedrooms and four and a half baths, including one bedroom en suite with an accessible bath on the main floor. The house’s front yard slopes down to the street so there are partial views of the Chester River from the front rooms of the house and the yard. 

The Dutch Colonial architectural style is one of my favorites since its distinctive gambrel roof shape maximizes the second floor useable floor area.  The front elevation has a pleasing massing of the main three bay wing, an original one-story hyphen that was extended by a shed roof over a former porch and the two car garage with its gable end facing the street. The rear elevation has a shed dormer that overlaps the main wing slightly and another shed dormer covering the two-story addition to meet the extension of the garage wing’s gable to create a sunroom on the main floor and attic space above. The rear fenced yard  has a deck with ample area for both sitting and dining with large shrubbery enclosing the space. The retractable awning stands ready whenever the sun is too bright. 

The front door opens into the foyer with side stairs to the second floor and a wide cased opening to the corner living room. The living room is also a library with the side wall’s single window surrounded with built-in millwork for books. Along with the two front windows, this is a sunny spot for sinking into either of the leather recliners, one of which is a Stickley design and propping up your feet on one of the ottomans to read a book.  The striking live oak edged coffee table over the lovely floral rug in earth tones sets up the other seating area containing two sofas.

Another wide cased opening leads to the dining room with more exquisite Stickley furnishings of oak chairs with upholstered seats and an unusual polygonal table.  The room’s corner location has windows on the two walls connected by a wood wainscot. Next to the dining room is the “L” shaped kitchen with stained cabinetry opposite another wall of cabinets and two maple butcher block islands on casters. The spacious size can accommodate multiple cooks for large family gatherings.

As charming as the corner dining area was, my favorite room was the larger dining room on the other side of the kitchen at the rear of the house. This room is located in the shed roofed addition so it is filled with sunlight from the double unit side windows and the rear wall of French doors with full width sidelights. The long Stickley trestle table with the chairs from the small dining room could easily accommodate large family dinners after cocktails on the deck.  The parquet flooring laid in alternating vertical and horizontal squares is a welcome change from wood planks and I wondered if the striking wood sideboard was the work of the talented artisan woodworker Vicco Von Voss. 

The large dining room is connected to the both the sunroom with its windows that wrap around the corner of the room overlooking the rear yard and the bedroom/TV room suite with the ADA bath at the front of the house.  The sunroom is currently furnished as an office space but it is easy to imagine this space with rattan furnishings, colorful floral seat cushions and backs and pots of plants for a mini-conservatory on the beautiful random flagstone flooring that may have once been a terrace. 

I believe the bedroom/TV space would have worked better if the bathroom had been placed at the interior wall adjacent to the large dining room instead of at the front of the house with its exterior window. The high windows currently located between the bath and the bedroom/TV space would then filter light into the bath so the bedroom/TV space would have a window overlooking the front yard. I coveted the Stickley sofa with the signature wide flat side arms and the flared trim meeting the full side wood panel.

Having an alcove with a stack W/D, the long mudroom/laundry area with its own exterior door, coat closet, hall tree and hanging strip for jackets and totes is a plus for family living. The other four bedrooms and baths are located on the second floor and I loved the splashes of color in the bedrooms’ interior design.  One corner bedroom has built-in millwork surrounding the side window and two rear windows between a wall projection that is painted a deep salmon color with a multi-colored bedspread and a pillowcase in one accent color.

Great in-town neighborhood, Dutch Colonial architecture, large house for family gatherings and for entertaining friends, sunroom and deck, main floor bedroom suite and two floor upper floor primary suites-very appealing property!

 For more information about this property, contact Lisa Raffetto with Coldwell Banker Chesapeake Real Estate Company at 410-778-0330 (o), 410-708-0174 (c) or [email protected]. For more photographs and pricing, visit www.cbchesapeake.com, “Equal Housing Opportunity”. 

Photography by Patty Hill, 410-441-4719, https://www.pattyhillphotography.com/ For online booking, visit https://pattyhillphotography.simplybook.me/v2/.

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

I grew up on a street in my home state of Tennessee named Skyland Drive for its position along a high ridge overlooking an endless vista of hills on one side and our town way below on the other. Off one end of the street was a private drive that led to a large two-story log home hidden in the woods.  Members of our church owned the house and I was fascinated by the house’s logs painted black against the white chinking, so different from the 1950’s brick basement rancher that was my family’s home. Today’s feature is a charming custom log cabin that was built in 2000 and crafted of high-quality oak logs. My favorite detail of a log cabin is the overlapping ends of the logs at the corners, just like the log cabins I would construct as a young child from my set of Lincoln Logs (invented by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son John Lloyd) so beautifully shown on this log cabin. 

Nestled in two acres of woodland, the cabin is a peaceful haven only five miles from Chestertown. The large one-story cabin has a pitched roof that changes to a shed roof at the front elevation to cover the full front porch, complete with a swing at one end to catch the warm weather breezes. At the side of the house is another “outdoor room”,  a screened porch that is a seasonal living-dining room. The deck off the dining area has ample room for wood to stock the wood stove and a grille for al-fresco meals. A gravel path bordered by stones of varied sizes meanders around the house and beckons one for an after dinner stroll as the sun sets. 

The front door opens into the living-dining room area with a vista upward to the loft containing living space that is currently used as a home office. The exposed wood structural supports, wall planks, sloped ceiling and wood floors reinforce the cozy cabin feeling.  The living room seating is arranged around the wood stove and has filtered daylight from the front windows to the porch. Behind the seating area is the dining area with sliding doors to the deck for al-fresco dining. At the side wall of the dining area, the stairs that lead to the loft have solid treads but no risers so the treads float above the floor. The overlook from the loft office offers a great bird’s eye view and the vertical wood pickets in the railing around the opening maintain the feeling of openness. 

I love galley kitchens and this one has an exterior door next to the detached garage for ease of unloading groceries.  The window over the kitchen sink has a lovely pastoral view of the woods and the fields on the horizon. 

All of the bedrooms are located on the main floor and the primary bedroom at the corner has two double unit windows on each exterior wall.   One interior wall that is adjacent to the bathroom is finished in gypsum board as an accent and the other walls are finished in the warm wood boards used in the living-dining area. The ceiling treatment is also the same as the living-dining area with exposed joists and decking. The bathrooms have gypsum board walls to contrast with the ceiling’s exposed floor joists and decking. The craftsman style furnishings fit so well with the cabin theme and I liked how one guest bedroom had a shelf above the window for display of pictures.

My favorite space in a house is usually the porch or sunroom but I especially liked the loft living space/office.  Each end gable wall is detailed with a single window and a cushioned seat below in between a grid of deep wood shelves with different heights as they reach the sloped ceilings for storage. I would be tempted to make one window a door to a small balcony for views of the landscape for a break from computer work. 

The property also contains a shed and a fenced dog area. Charming large log cabin in a lovely setting in the woods with a range of outdoor rooms from the deck off the dining area, full front porch and a side screened porch.  One level living with the loft bonus area for myriad uses.  Just think of the money you would save over time in not having to paint the interior walls!

  

For more information about this property, contact Richard Budden at Coldwell Banker Chesapeake Real Estate Company, 410-778-0330 (o), 443-480-1181 (c) or [email protected]. For more photographs and pricing, visit https://www.easternshoreofmarylandrealestate.com/, 

“Equal Housing Opportunity”

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

I can’t resist the quintessential Eastern Shore farmhouse style homes like this one with all the elements of this charming style.  The two-story, three bay house has white clapboard siding, 2/2 windows with blue shutters and a steep break in the center of the roof eave accented by an attic vent with touch of Gothic in its arched top. The full front porch is supported by simple columns with plinth blocks and molding and the porch’s hipped roof’s flat ridge rests just below the center second floor window below the attic window. All these features combine with the alignment of the center front door flanked with single windows on each side and the three second floor windows above to create harmonious symmetry with the  “bookends” of red brick chimneys at each side wall.  From the exterior, the “L” shaped farmhouse appears to date from the early 1900’s. The interior has undergone an extensive renovation two years ago that respected the Victorian original details including the windows and doors with ornate hinges and porcelain knobs and both bathrooms and the kitchen were also updated. 

The front door opens into the foyer hall by the stairs detailed with treads painted gray, risers painted white, carved and stained newel post and wood cap above white turned spindles. As the stairs rise, the lower run gracefully curves to meet  the upper run for a great “zoom” shot from the second floor down to the main floor. At the hall side of the foyer, tall cubbies are cleverly inset into the space under the treads. On either side of the foyer are the front parlor and another parlor that can be used as a main floor bedroom since there is a full bath on this level.  The chimneys at each side wall of the house serve original fireplaces on both floors that could be restored for wood or propane gas and the original mantels vary in their ornamentation.   

The main part of the rear “L” contains the dining room behind the front parlor and the kitchen. The galley kitchen is open to two rear rooms; one is the laundry with pantry shelving and the other is decorated as a coffee/tea/wine nook that could also be a cozy breakfast area with its picture window overlooking the rear landscaping.  At the other end of the kitchen with its Shaker style cabinets and quartz countertops is a long window to the landscape. A secondary stair wraps around a corner of the kitchen to access the second floor bedrooms and bath. The two front bedrooms have chimneys and the original mantels.  I have written before how one of my former houses had fireplaces on the upper floors that had been covered by drywall. One of my artist friends painted fireboxes in perspective which became the focal point of the rooms.  The fireplaces below were opened and restored which could be done here.

The property includes a large, detached outbuilding as well as an attached garden shed for lawn and garden equipment. Both the side and back yards have mature trees with views of the large Town park. Energy upgrades include a whole house fan for summer energy savings that keeps the home cool and comfortable. The entire house has been rewired, the roof is only 4 years old and the home’s interior has been freshly painted a warm light gray. All of the costly systems have been updated so you are free to enjoy creating interiors to suite your own style. This property is close to Chestertown and highway 301. With Wilmington only 48 miles away you could commute there and catch the Acela in Wilmington for a weekend getaway or enjoy this property as a weekend getaway from Wilmington or Philadelphia. 

 

For more information about this property contact Krystina Hyland with Coldwell Banker Real Estate Company at 410-778-0220 (o), 410-725-9225 (c) or [email protected]. For more pictures and pricing, visit khylandhomes.com , “Equal Housing Opportunity”.

Photography by Patty Hill, 410-441-4719, [email protected]

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.