Carole Taylor, Middleburg Real Estate

12/20/2020

09/11/2020

Remembering and honoring all those lost on that day

08/21/2019

Fabulous tour by Kelly Gaitten of this most iconic historic estate. So fabulous!!

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08/13/2019

Please consider donating to support Sam Coleman, Middleburg's favorite FedEx courier. Sam has been diagnosed with lymphoma and has recently begun treatments. He and his family could use any support you can provide....

07/31/2019

Interesting take!

It’s been six months since Amazon announced it would create 25,000 jobs at a new $2.5 billion headquarters in Arlington. The announced brought a lot of attention to the planned transformation of the Crystal City neighborhood, but state and regional economic development officials are working behind...

06/19/2019

Mount Pleasant Farm sold! Spectacular property on 107 acres. Historic manor house built by Revolutionary War soldier Isaac Bowman; Mount Pleasant is one of the Northern Shenandoah Valley's most important properties.

06/17/2019

The 30-year fixed-rate average held steady at 3.82 percent.

05/29/2019

Great time to buy!

The decrease is particularly enticing to higher-end buyers who are rushing to lock in the low rates.

05/24/2019

Interesting article!

Amazon’s plans for its HQ2 in Virginia are driving up real estate prices in Arlington County, Virginia. The median price of what’s selling in Arlington County is 17.7% higher than it was a year ago.

04/27/2019

The spring housing market is off to the races! The inventory of homes for sale is increasing, buyers are out in force, and interest rates have remained low, peaking the interest of buyers and sellers previously on the fence about making a move.

04/05/2019

On August 24, 1814, British troops set fire to the White House and a number of other federal buildings in Washington, D.C. By the time they vacated the city, only the exterior walls were left standing. Sometime in the next several months, before repairs began in March of 1815, George Munger painted this watercolor of the burned-out shell of the White House.

Munger’s painting, entitled The President’s House, shows the soot-stained windows, deteriorating stone, and emptiness of the White House. After the burning, President Madison and his family moved into Octagon House, the nearby home of Colonel John Tayloe, which served as a temporary Executive Mansion until the White House was rebuilt.

Octagon House stands just southwest of the White House, and likely would have been visible from the view Munger depicts here. He may have chosen to leave it out to emphasize the desolation of the burned-out White House in the relatively undeveloped capital city. The Ailanthus trees in the foreground, which have sprouted on the untended grounds, heighten this impression.

One of the most unusual elements of the painting is the S-shaped squiggle poking out above the building’s roof. While it almost looks like a mistake, art historian William Kloss speculates that it is part of a lightning protection system that once encircled the White House roof. It has been torn from its moorings in the destruction wrought by the invading army.

The Munger family passed down this painting, along with a companion painting of the Capitol Building, for nearly 200 years. It was purchased for the White House Collection in 2001 by the White House Historical Association, while the Capitol painting was acquired by the Library of Congress.

Credit: White House Collection / White House Historical Association

03/31/2019

Always handy to know when you're out looking for a new home!

Every house has a style. Sometimes it has two or more; because of renovations and new, eclectic mixes, fitting a home into one specific category can be daunting or even impossible. Thankfully, there’s no need to memorize complicated architectural terminology. REALTOR® Magazine has compiled a conv...