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Evermay: Hospitality of historic proportions The 211-year-old Georgetown estate becomes luxurious lodgings.
When guests make their way up the drive to Evermay -- located on 28th St. NW, at the edge of Georgetown -- they're greeted by a black marble fountain in a granite cobblestone courtyard.
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Scientists Ryuji Ueno, left, and Sachiko Kuno, who bought Evermay last July, delight in the home’s details, including the drawing room’s 18th-century paneling. The estate will serve as a guesthouse for the couple’s S& R Foundation, which honors musicians and scientists.
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Evermay’s dining room can accommodate 42 seated guests. The antique Japanese screens were part of the scientists’ art collection.
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Detail of a mantel above one of Evermay's 12 fireplaces. Each mantel is different.
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Each bedroom is named after a tree or plant on the property. The “Oak” bedroom has 80 linear feet of “earth tone” books ordered from www.booksbythefoot.com.
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Canadian concert pianist Ryo Yanagitani, a recent guest at Evermay, practices on the Steinway grand piano in the mansion’s ballroom. The Lynne Mapp Drexler painting is from Hemphill Fine Arts.
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Yanagitani signs the guest book at the house.
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Yanagitani enjoyed a weekend as the only guest at the Evermay estate. “The place enshrouded me in an illusion — as if I had walked into another country, another time, another world,” he says.
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Designer Jodi Macklin searched out many local sources for the Evermay project, including Suann Song, owner of a letterpress business in Alexandria called Simplesong Design. Song created special “Kindly Do Not Disturb” signs that hang from antique brass chains on Evermay’s restored bedroom doorknobs.
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The bathroom next to the “Boxwood” bedroom at Evermay has a timeless look.
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Evermay’s elegant “Cherry” bedroom is one of 12 on the property. The room has a Chaumont canopy bed by David Iatesta and a Verrocchio chandelier by Niermann Weeks, both companies based in Maryland.
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Bethesda architect Jim Rill worked to preserve the treasures of Evermay, including the graceful staircase.
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The “Camellia” bedroom has an Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman purple velvet headboard and aubergine Christopher Spitzmiller lamps.
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Chevy Chase interior designer Jodi Macklin in the upstairs study of the estate.
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The copper-dome temple is one of the dramatic features of the garden.
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The garden includes many beautiful flowers, including roses and azaleas.
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Even though Evermay is in the bustling neighborhood of Georgetown, the 3.5-acre garden provides guests with many places for quiet contemplation.
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The south facade of the house used to be the main entrance of Evermay. It now opens on to the lush gardens.
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An undated photograph of the estate.
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The ivory “mortgage button” at the bottom of the staircase railing is one of the historic decorative details at Evermay.
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With the purchase, Ueno and Kuno inherited five boxes of extensive, carefully preserved archives from the Belin family, the former owners of the home. The papers and photographs document purchases of mahogany doors, marble fountains, boxwood plants and pine paneling.
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