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Baltzley Castle in Bethesda Is Waiting for a New Royal Resident

An 1890s castle that had fallen into ruin is completely renovated and back on the market for $3.9 million.

Located in Bethesda, MD, Baltzley Castle was built as a grand mansion in the Glen Echo area of the city. It was considered a modern marvel in the 19th century. The castle boasted hot and cold running water and electricity before the White House, says a profile of the property in Bethesda Magazine.

“It was as modern and as up to date as it could be in the 1890s,” says Richard Cook, who has studied the history of Glen Echo. It was built by the Baltzley brothers, one of whom parlayed his invention of the spatterless eggbeater into the purchase of 500 acres of land in the area.

Now sited on a half-acre of land, the castle fell on hard times and became a speak-easy during Prohibition and a bachelor pad during World War II. By 2011, it was decrepit. The red slate roof leaked, ceilings had caved in, floor joists had rotted, and raccoons and possums had taken up residence.

But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and a local builder bought the property for $1.16 million in 2011 and went to work lovingly restoring the 16-room stone house. It features five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms and hit the market in 2016 with a list price of $4.45 million.

The listing says the 9,000-square-foot house with four finished levels features “breathtaking scenic vistas of the Potomac River. Highest quality materials (and) expert workmanship.” Now it needs a royal resident.

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