Before I moved to the Eastern Shore, I worked at Urban Design Associates in Pittsburgh.  They were the first firm in the US to focus on urban design and the revitalization of downtown neighborhoods.  Key to revitalization are 24/7 streets, with commercial space on the ground floors and residential spaces above. This building on a block between the full residential and full commercial uses of S. Harrison St. is a great candidate. Its charming exterior of deep slate blue shake siding, white trim and  white windows with black shutters and black entrance door is quite appealing. The door has a fanlight transom and arched roof covering supported by brackets at each side of the door that are attached to white pilasters. The brick stoop with a slim black iron handrail leads down to the brick city sidewalks.

The front door opens to the hall and staircase with stained wood treads, newel post and cap with white risers.  Wood floors lead to the living room at the side and the dining room at the rear. Although it is not original to the house, the front bay window, combined with the side windows flanking the fireplace and another window at the rear overlooking the side yard, keep the space sunny throughout the day.

The dining room has windows on each side of the room for light and cross ventilation.  One window overlooks the side yard that has great potential as a garden and the other side window overlooks the driveway so the house is not crowded against its neighbors. The kitchen at the rear has laminate wood flooring that closely matches the original hardwood flooring in the rest of the house. A half French door leads to a small porch that could be enclosed for a home office.  

At the top of the stairs is a room in the middle of the house with built-ins that would make a great TV room. The front bedroom has a fireplace and its bath has a clawfoot tub with shower fittings.  The rear bedroom’s full bath has a shower and clear views and sunlight from the rear windows since the rear yard and parking area separates this house from the houses along Washington St.

If this house were my live/work-space, I would be tempted to first add a white picket fence with a gate covered by a curved arbor that matches the front door’s fanlight curvature and add a side garden that would wrap around to the rear of the house.  Then I would convert the porch to an office by adding windows around the side/rear porch off the kitchen for views of the garden as I worked on my computer. Third, I would remove the rear stair to add more space to both the kitchen and rear bedroom above.  Voila – a charming downtown urban live/work- space with short walks to Easton’s restaurants and shops, the Avalon, the Academy Art Museum. 

For more information about this property, contact John Jelich with John Jelich Talbot County Properties at 410-829-3568 or [email protected]. For more photographs and pricing visit  www.marylandhistoricproperties.com,  “Equal Housing Opportunity”.  

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

The “piano nobile” was the principal floor of a palazzo belonging to Italian nobility that contained the entrance hall and reception areas one floor above the street level. When I entered this house’s upper floor, it was clear that the owners had a love of all things Italian.  It was also clear that the beautiful interiors were designed and constructed with the highest level of craftsmanship and enhanced by the Owners’ furnishings, art and accessories. Their piano nobile floor contains an open plan sitting room, dining room, kitchen, breakfast area and screened porch as well as the master suite.  

Guest rooms are located on the third floor, with its own kitchenette and stack washer/dryer.  The ground level contains the family room leading to the loggia that extends across the rear of the house, Gunite pool, full bath, wine room, storage/utility room and elevator. My favorite room on this level was the wine room and I recognized many of my favorite Italian wines. The space planning on all three floors maximizes views from the rear of the house to the landscaped buffer along the Tred Avon River.

The interior architecture defines the functions of the open plan area on the main floor. The front door opens into the entrance hall with  “U” shaped stairs to the second floor and the ground floor. The balustrade to the second floor is detailed in iron with a wood cap and the shelf below the landing’s window displays part of the Owners’ Italian ceramic collection. Tuscan columns with elliptical arched headers mark the doorway to the dining room and a smaller arched opening connects the dining room with the adjacent kitchen that creates a diagonal view to the great room. I especially loved the lunette shaped artwork between the front windows of the dining room and the Italian street scene opposite it. 

The great room’s exquisite coffered ceiling and the diagonal pattern of beams stretches the space.  One group of furnishings is arranged around the fireplace with a painting of an interior perspective of room with a coffered ceiling and arched openings that was the perfect touch for this room. The other sitting area at the rear of the room is grouped around built-in millwork with other Italian ceramics and the TV.  A wall of windows wraps around this space with views to the screened porch and deck.  

Another arched opening decorated with colorful Italian plates defines the boundary between the kitchen and the sitting area and the curvature of the countertop above a row of base cabinets creates space for bar stools. The kitchen is also open to the breakfast area with views of the water through the wrap-around panels of the screened porch.  Beautiful porcelain tile flooring, cream colored raised panel cabinets and granite countertops create a dream kitchen that is the envy of this cook.

The master suite on the opposite side of the house has an office/bedroom at the front and the master bedroom at the rear.  The master bedroom’s coffered ceiling, built-in millwork and a full width rear wall of bay shaped windows for water views is a serene retreat.  The luxurious master bath has a corner soaking tub with a dropped soffit above supported by two columns. Opposite the tub is a mirrored wall below the arched soffit and above the dual lavatories separated by a storage columns.  

From the piano nobile to the upper and lower floors , the interior architecture that maximizes views of the Tred Avon River, the highest level of finishes and craftsmanship, art, accessories and of course the beautiful Italian ceramics reflect the Owners’ Italian heritage and their happy memories of travel to Italy.  Viva Italia-per sempre! 

 For more information about this property, contact Joan Wetmore with Meredith Fine Properties at 410-822-6702 (o), 410-924-2432 (c) or [email protected]. For more photographs and pricing visit www.meredithfineproperties.com ,  “Equal Housing Opportunity”.  Photography by Liz Baker of Home Visit, 703-953-3866. Construction by Ron Mooney  Italian ceramics are available locally at Simpatico, Italy’s Finest, 106 Railroad Ave., St. Michaels, 410-745-0345

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

This Tidewater colonial, circa 1730, was originally a story and a half house with two rooms on each floor.  Fireplaces that once were the primary heat source now provide charm and ambiance to the former living room that is now an entrance room and the adjacent dining room.  One of the original dormer bedrooms above also had a fireplace and I loved the detail of using a contrasting paint color as the fireplace surround instead or brick or tile. The one room deep floor plan with front and rear aligned windows captured the breeze off the water. Walking through these four rooms was like walking through a house museum due to the lovingly maintained original details that have been preserved for over two centuries.

Additions added from the 1950’s to the 1980’s telescoped  down from the original wing including a spacious master suite on one side and library, sunroom, kitchen, mudroom and greenhouse on the other side. The family room’s story and a half addition at the rear created a gathering space filled with sunlight on three sides from sliding doors, a bow window with a triple unit transom above and a five-unit window on the other side wall.  The two story pitched ceiling is finished in wood and the hardwood floors, corner fireplace and water views make this space with its comfortable furnishings the hub of the house.  

Being a bibliophile, I loved the smaller scaled library with floor to ceiling bookshelves, pine flooring and wainscot and the oval colorful rug.  Since the rear wall of this room was once an exterior wall, the windows were left intact when the sunroom was added behind it to bring the indirect light within. The four-bay sunroom with wrap-around windows and spaces for sitting and dining, beautiful flagstone floors and panoramic water views make this the perfect spot for reading a favorite book until it is time to savor the sunsets over the water.  The awning windows make this space a screened porch in warm months and the chamfered ceiling adds height to the space to balance its length.

The library also connects the dining room to the kitchen so there is a continuous vista from the doorway of the entrance hall to the kitchen. The kitchen’s rear door and window open now to the sunroom for ease of serving informal meals and access to the side terrace off the sunroom for al-fresco meals. The mudroom connects the kitchen to the green house and on the day I visited, numerous geraniums were in bloom to inspire any gardener.

The main floor master suite addition has a spacious bedroom with built-ins and recessed storage.  The waterside rear wall has a center half French door flanked by windows for views from the bed or the seating area by the fireplace and the pale blue interior design creates a restful retreat.  When the family room addition was planned, it was connected to the master suite for easy flow.

The other bedrooms are tucked under the roofline with dormers for light that create delightful interior architecture.  Two bedrooms could also be used as a suite as they are connected and one room has the fireplace with the painted surround.  The other bedroom with its sitting area is located above the kitchen area and is finished in pine paneling and a window at the gable end and dormers on the front and rear walls bring sunlight throughout the day.

The seventeen acres of this site offer myriad opportunities to enjoy the outdoors with about 350 feet of south facing rip-rapped shoreline, a 110 foot long dock for fishing and boating, waterside in ground pool, pond, wetlands and woods for exploring and observing wildlife.  This property also has a detached two-car garage close to the mudroom and kitchen with space for a workshop and storage, one bedroom guest cottage, shed and boat house. Two generations of a family have lovingly maintained the Colonial architectural style of the main house that combines historic preservation and additions for today’s lifestyle. 

For more information about this property, contact Carol Harrison with Coldwell Banker Real Estate at 410-822-9000 (o), 410-310-7047 (c) or [email protected] . For more photographs and pricing visit wwwcarolharrisonhomes.com ,  “Equal Housing Opportunity”. 

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

The architect William Draper Brinckloe, who lived in Easton from 1911 until his death in 1933, designed several residences and commercial buildings including Easton’s original Fire House.  This house, christened “Landfall”, was Brinckloe’s first residence in Easton for his farm on Peachblossom Creek.  He wrote an article in “Farm Journal” about its design and said, “So here’s my own house; it suits me, and perhaps it may suit you” and I think it certainly does.  The existing small house on the property was greatly expanded and renovated by the Brinckloes and subsequent owners have made alterations that have enhanced Brinckloe’s design.

The wrap-around open porch is now partially screened at the side elevation and the door to the front terrace is now the entry door which I think works quite well.  The original second story balcony with an awning for a sleeping porch at the front of the house is now a full shed dormer.  The result is a charming three-bay main wing at the first floor with the screened porch, entry front door flanked by large windows and a triple window unit at the side providing almost total transparency.  The second floor’s shed dormer with six windows and the higher small dormers with double windows at side completes this beautiful composition. The side wing telescopes slightly down with large windows and a French door at the front for access to the terrace from the dining room.

The front door opens into the spacious living room with a fireplace and arched top built-ins at each side and the dropped beam in the ceiling defines the entry and  the sitting area. An elliptical arched opening leads to the equally spacious dining room with another fireplace and an original built-in for storage. The staircase hall is behind these rooms and connects the study, family room and kitchen to the screened porch. I could easily imagine writing this article in the study with its triple window for views to the water and proofreading by the warmth from the fire on chilly evenings. The family room addition is filled with daylight from windows on three sides and the long galley kitchen and deck at the rear updates the house for today’s lifestyle. The mud room adjacent to the kitchen with a separate entry porch near the detached garage is a plus.

The second floor master suite at the corner of the house contains a bedroom with a four-unit window overlooking the water and a luxurious bath with an octagonal window over the tub and rear windows for water views. Three other bedrooms and baths complete the second floor. 

Designed by one of Easton’s best early 20^th century architects, with an addition in 2013 and a complete renovation in 2015 that carefully preserved original details, rooms filled with abundance daylight, water views high above Peachblossom Creek-you don’t have to be an architecture buff to appreciate this exquisite 1.8 +/- acre property!

For more information about this property, contact Chuck Mangold with Benson and Mangold Real Estate at 410-822-6665 (o), 410-924-8832 (c) or [email protected], “Equal Housing Opportunity”. For more photographs and pricing, visit www.chuckmangold.com,  “Equal Housing Opportunity.”. Photography by Jennifer Madino.

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

Hugh Panero and Mary Beth Durkin raised their children in a Tudor style Chevy Chase house that was full of memories for twenty years. Weekends were spent on the Eastern Shore in a traditional rambler on Maxmore Creek. When Hugh and Mary Beth became empty nesters, the weekend home became their permanent residence. The challenge was how to make an unremarkable rambler with small windows and little interaction with the landscape and the water as special as their former family home.

The rambler was 200 feet long so a horizontal expansion made no sense. The foundation was close to the water so extending the addition toward the water wasn’t permitted due to current Critical Area restrictions; furthermore, any addition would block views of the water from the other rooms. Hugh’s father had been an architect so Hugh appreciated the role an architect plays in design and construction. Hugh and Mary Beth retained Mark McInturff, FAIA, to transform the rambler with his signature Modernist approach.

The building program was simple. Both Hugh, the retired founder and CEO of XM Satellite Radio and his wife, Mary Beth Durkin, an award winning documentary filmmaker, producer and food journalist, required separate but equal offices with adjacent full baths. They also wished to update the function and finishes of the existing rooms and to open up the house to the water.

Mark quickly realized the only way to solve the building program was up-his ingenious solution was to remove the center of the roof containing the entry and living room and to add a new tower element with an open stairwell that soars to Hugh’s second floor office and to Mary Beth’s third floor office. The exploration upward continues through a door off the third floor stair landing that leads to an exterior “stairway to Heaven”- a rooftop deck with 360 degree bird’s eye views of Maxmore Creek. The interior stair is full of light from strategically placed windows including a clerestory at the top of the gambrel shaped roof. Moooi pendant lights float above at different mounting heights in suspended animation. The solid drywall railings criss-cross up the space to become a kinetic piece of sculpture, accentuated against the periwinkle blue side wall. Opposite the stair at the entry is a stack of closets that could later become an elevator shaft.

The existing living room was transformed by raising its ceiling to add perfectly proportioned transoms above each new floor to ceiling window. Now the landscape and water is a backdrop for this cozy gathering space with a wood burning fireplace flanked by built-ins. The floor to ceiling window treatment extends around the bay shaped dining area that is now a delightful space to linger over a meal. The kitchen was completely renovated with sleek contemporary cabinets, new countertops and glass tiled backsplash. At the corner of this wing is another sitting room for TV watching and its floor to ceiling windows expand the space to the outdoors. As we walked through the rooms I commented on how well their colorful art collection fit its new surroundings against the white walls. Hugh and Mary Beth explained they had sent Mark digital pictures and dimensions of their collection so they could work with him to carefully place each major piece.

On the other side of the tower is a guest suite and the master suite that had been reconfigured to create a walk-in closet and an enlarged master bath with porcelain tiled wood grain look walls, the shower’s non-skid pebble floor with its combination of white tile and colored glass tiled accent wall and the window with a floor mounted shade for seated or standing privacy.
The two identical offices are simply stunning and full of light. The entire width of the rear walls facing the water has a large picture window with doors on either side to access a balcony. Thin cable railings fade into the landscape beyond and are connected to structural supports that frame the cantilevered balconies like giant camera lenses.

After solving the floor plan, unifying existing and new with white oak flooring, white walls, new cedar shakes that will age gracefully over time were added on all the exterior walls were added that will age gracefully over time. My favorite detail was found on a wall in Hugh’s study. To demonstrate, he entered the bath and closed the door, which triggered the “On Air” light from the Sirius XM studio to be illuminated.

The landscape of “outdoor rooms” includes the pool area, designed by Jan Kirsh, the existing detached screened porch that is a delightful “summer house” with exposed wood framing and the Azek deck that is a base connecting these spaces to the house.

At twilight the house glows from within from the multiple windows and doors. It is no surprise that this house won a Citation of Merit Award from the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Bravo to the owners for their vision and to the design team!

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

Architecture by McInturff Architects, 301-229-3705, www.mcinturffarchitects.com. Design Team: Mark McInturff FAIA, Christopher Boyd and Jeff McInturff.  Pool Design by Jan Kirsh Landscape, 410-745-5252 (o),410-310-1198 (c) [email protected], or www.jankirshstudio.com Construction by thinkmakebuild, (202) 798-5000, www.thinkmakebuild.com Photography by Mark McInturff and Julia Heine

I had toured this property when it was for sale several years ago and it was such a pleasure to reacquaint myself with the French Country house whose architecture and interiors are trés magnifique! Like many houses on the water, there was a previous house close to the shoreline that enabled this house to start its new foundation much closer than is allowed today to take full advantage of vistas to Broad Creek. There are not enough superlatives in either French or English to describe the blend of the exceptional architectural design of architect Jon Braithwaite, Principal of Atelier 11 Architects and his Associate, Tom Batchelor, that inspired the exquisite French Country interior design.

The house has a remarkably compact footprint considering its over 4,000 sf size. All of the elevations are equally appealing due to the architect’s masterful studies in massing, scale, proportion and texture, executed in stone and brick detailing that will last for centuries as the great French country houses have. The front elevation has a center three-story gable stone wall in gray tones and full height brick quoins in reddish brown tones.  I loved how the brick quoins turn and follow the outline of the roof as a frame for the stone. Tucked under the roof ridge are two double windows accentuated by brick headers and sills. At the second floor is a box bay supported by brackets back to the exterior wall with a pair of arched top windows a la Francaise surrounded by irregular shake shingles in gray. 

At the main level is the stained mahogany entry door edged in brick and covered by a triangular roof supported by brackets. The left side of the front gable roof continues down to the first floor and a tapered brick chimney is flanked by tall and narrow arched top windows with another small rectangular accent window at the top right wall.  On the other side, a curved room with a metal roof is set on top of another larger curved room below that creates a  balcony for the second floor bedroom suite above. Two small dormers on each side of the main roof complete the composition.

The waterside elevation is defined by the 9 x 47 foot screened porch with its sloped metal roof.  Rising behind it is another chimney that bisects the gable roof of the second floor with stacked windows on each side topped with quarter arched windows, a shed dormer on one side of the main roof and the curved rooms that connect the porch to the main house wall. 

The symmetrical interior vistas of the main floor resulted from careful studies by the architects.   The front entry door is opposite another door that leads to a bedroom suite with a pocket door to close off the suite for privacy.  The foyer hall leads to the dramatic suspended stair between the living and dining rooms whose ceilings rise to the second floor.  The large hand-hewn roof structural supports were rescued from a Singer Sewing factory and the exposed wood decking above is finished  in stained wood punctuated by small dormers for light. The exterior fireplaces in the dining and living rooms are opposite each other and rise to the underside of the second floor ceilings. The living room is between the “his” and “her” library/study rooms. The doors to these rooms are opposite each other for beautiful vistas to the fireplace in one study with a window seat and to a curved bay with a window seat below flanked by bookcases in the other study.  I loved the kitchen with the exquisite curved continuous windows meeting French doors to the screened porch and the water views beyond. One does not often see  window frames and glass that are curved!

The two master suites on the second floor are located at the waterside corners  of the house on either side of the bridge overlooking the two-story living and dining rooms.  One suite has a “Juliet” balcony accessed by French doors and an inglenook under the shed dormer with its curved interior ceiling for a cozy sitting area. The other suite has a longer balcony whose curved shape was formed by the kitchen perimeter below. The sleeping area has a barrel vaulted ceiling and two small windows artfully placed just under the spring line of the barrel vault to filter light onto the ceiling. The flat ceiling over the curved wall of windows defines its cozy sitting area with water views.

Both the guest house and carriage house were built by the current owners and the architectural style and interior detailing matches the style, level of detail and craftsmanship of the main house. The current owners also added a pool surrounded by hardscape that connected the main house to the guest house.

7.7 acres of a private, partially wooded site with serene vistas to the water, exquisitely detailed exterior and interior design, the play of light from multiple sources of windows, dormers and doors and the very liveable floor plan make this house one of the most unique houses I have ever seen on the Eastern Shore-bravo to the Architects and to the Contractor!

For more information about this property, contact Tom Crouch with Benson and Mangold Real Estate at 410-745-0720 (o), 410-310-8916 (c) or [email protected]. For more photographs and pricing, visit https://bensonandmangold.com/agents/tom-crouch/, “Equal Housing Opportunity” Architecture of main house:  Atelier 11, Jon Braithwaite, Principal and Tom Batchelor. Contractor of Main House:  Frank Deak Guest House and Carriage House:  Knappworks LLC

Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.

I always enjoy featuring a house on West Chestnut since it is one of my favorite streets in St. Michaels’ Historic District. At one end is the park at San Domingo Creek and the Rails to Trails.  At the other end is the Blue Heron coffee Shop and the Village Shoppe, purveyor of fine foods. I could easily imagine hitting the trail for an early morning walk and then treating myself to a coffee at the Blue Heron before walking home to this charming Victorian house, circa 1850, to begin my workday.  In her book, “Historic St. Michaels, An Architectural History”, author Elizabeth Hughes mentions this house’s “delicate spindle work of the entrance porch and the faux ashlar masonry of the first floor”. The light colored faux ashlar blocks are outlined in slate blue “mortar” that accentuate this unique detail.

The lovely entrance hall has a full height arrangement of a center half-French door with half glass/half paneled sidelights and a full transom. Additional daylight filters in from a tall window on the side wall above a white Deacons bench and the artwork, Oriental rug over wood floors create a welcoming look . Opening off the entry hall is a living room with two windows on the front wall and a fireplace on the side wall flanked by built-in millwork and another window.  The living room leads to the elegant dining room with another fireplace, both a built-in hutch and an antique hutch with the antique table and chairs centered in the room. French doors lead to the spacious living room with a window seat on the rear wall next to a built-in bookcase and a wing chair for a cozy reading space by the fire. When one is tired of reading, there is an alcove with a fully stocked dry bar. 

The addition to the side of the house is set back so the original part of the house is the prominent façade on the streetscape. The space planning throughout the house works very well with a side entrance opening to the large “mud room” whose lovely interior design belies its function.  The mud room is between a full bath and the laundry room. The galley kitchen with a center island is connected to both the family room and the large sitting/breakfast room at the rear of the house. Since the full bath has a door to this space, you could easily carve out a master bedroom and a walk-in closet in the space containing the fireplace and have plenty of room left for a breakfast room. The breakfast room would then retain the side double windows and the French doors to the rear yard. Since the house is deep, the second stair that leads to the second floor is a plus.

As tempting as a ground floor master would be, I would prefer the luxurious second floor master suite at the rear of the house with its high knee walls, sloped ceilings and the large sitting room offset from the sleeping space. A three-bay millwork unit contains the TV, books, magazines and space to display family photographs and collectibles.  The remaining bedrooms are located at the front of the second floor. I especially liked one bathroom with an antique sideboard that now cleverly contains bath linens with an antique mirror above it and the white wainscot walls. One bedroom is tucked under the sloping roof with built-in storage in the eaves. The dollhouse and child-sized furnishings are the perfect retreat for a child or grandchild.

The geometry of the house and the addition create appealing outdoor spaces, especially the side yard with a trellis topped with a pergola overhang and hardscaped terraces for relaxing outdoors. 

A historic house that blends Victorian style with modern amenities, additions that greatly increased the livable area for today’s lifestyle, multiple fireplaces, on one of my favorite streets-so many features to love!

For more information about this property, contact Kate Koeppen with Chesapeake Bay Real Estate Plus, LLC,  at 410-745-6702 (o), 410-829-0705 (c) or [email protected].  For more photographs and pricing visit www.lovestmichaels.com,  “Equal Housing Opportunity”. 

  Spy House of the Week is an ongoing series that selects a different home each week. The Spy’s Habitat editor Jennifer Martella makes these selections based exclusively on her experience as a architect.

Jennifer Martella has pursued her dual careers in architecture and real estate since she moved to the Eastern Shore in 2004. Her award winning work has ranged from revitalization projects to a collaboration with the Maya Lin Studio for the Children’s Defense Fund’s corporate retreat in her home state of Tennessee.