The Colonial Revival mansion, once home to the late philanthropist Joe Robert, sold for $9.3 million, reported The Washington Post.
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Robert was widely known as the founder of D.C.'s "Fight Night" boxing fundraiser that raised money for charity for children. He also founded JER Partner real estate firm in 1981.
After losing his battle with glioblastoma, a brain cancer, at the age of 59 in his McLean mansion, it subsequently was listed on the market for nine months. The original asking price was $11.5 million, which dropped significantly. The only other expensive home listed in McLean was Bobby and Ethel Kennedy's Hickory Hill and that sold for $8 million in 2010.
Robert's gated stone mansion was built in 1925 and sits on a 6-acre estate that's known as the Ballantrae Farm. In the 1980s, the farmland was divided into McMansion plots, where today Robert's mansion remains to be in the heart, reported The Post. The estate is unique to the core in a setting as convoluted as D.C.
Finding all that land so close to D.C. is "highly unusual," listing agent Mark McFadden told The Post. While his investments, businesses and philanthropic efforts were epic, Robert retained a sense of privacy in this home.
The 8,000-square-foot estate was finally bought by Mike Adams. It includes 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, and a dinner room fit for The Tudors. The estate also boasts the original farmhouse that's restored from the 19 a separate 4-bedroom guest. Amenities such as stone patios, a swimming pool, a stone tennis court, koi pond and a side lawn that can size a soccer game also add to the allure of a historical property.