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The National Trust put the building up for sale in mid-2009. The organization said it had outgrown the 60,000 square feet (5,600 m 2) building and needed about 80,000 square feet (7,400 m 2) of space. Real estate experts believed the structure would sell for $1,000 a square foot, or $60 million.
In spring 1874 the Kirkwood was put up for sale to real-estate investors. [17] The footprint of the building was said to be 7,362 sq ft (684.0 m 2) and there were about 120 rooms. [18] Demolition of the Kirkwood took place in November 1874. [19] By January 1875 workers were excavating the site for a new building foundation. [20]
A house raised and held on box cribs during foundation work. House raising (also called house lifting, house jacking, barn jacking, building jacking) is the process of separating a building from its foundation and temporarily raising it with hydraulic screw jacks.
Note that the White House, the Capitol, and the United States Supreme Court Building are recorded in the National Register's NRIS database as National Historic Landmarks, but by the provisions of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Section 107 (16 U.S.C. 470g), these three buildings and associated buildings and grounds are legally exempted ...
In 2007 it was resold for $7.2 million, and in 2016 the house was listed for sale again. [ needs update ] The house measures 8,250 square feet (766 m 2 ), with 11 fireplaces, and has nearly 12-foot (3.7 m) ceilings, interior columns, stenciled floors, and wallpaper designed in Paris in the early 1800s.
Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials celebrated the start of an $800 million downtown arena ...
The James G. Blaine Mansion, commonly known as the Blaine Mansion, is a historic house located at 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The imposing house was completed in 1882 for James G. Blaine, a Republican politician from Maine who served as Speaker of the House, and later as a US Senator and ...
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