A Chevy Chase Castle Hits The Market

• April 26th 2024

by UrbanTurf Staff

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A portion of a castle has been listed for sale in Maryland. 

Rossdhu Gate in Chevy Chase is the remaining piece of a 30-room castle built by socialite Daisy Calhoun and her husband in the mid-1920s. The original castle was built on 100 acres and the design was supposed to mimic that of a 15th-century castle built by Calhoun’s family in Scotland.

Soon after completion, a rocky timeline started for the castle, however:

• 1929 — When the Great Depression hit, Calhoun needed money and started using the castle as a nightclub, but that failed because of its distance from downtown.
• 1939 — The castle, gatehouse and some acreage were auctioned and the castle was turned into apartments.
• 1947 — The castle was vacated after the land was rezoned.
• 1957 — The main castle was demolished leaving just the gatehouse.

The gatehouse, now on the market for about $1.8 million, has four bedrooms and 3.5 baths and an interior that harkens back to another era. It was owned by the same couple from 1939 until the 1970s and then changed hands several times over the past few decades. 

More details below.

• Full Listing: 3207 Woodbine Street (map)
• Price: $1.795 million
• Bedrooms: Four
• Bathrooms: Four
• Year Built: 1927
• Listing Agent: Alyssa Crilley, Washington Fine Properties

Photos courtesy of Peter Papoulakos.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a_chevy_chase_castle_hits_the_market/22238.