Dupont Circle home designed by Smithsonian Natural History Museum architect sells for $4.1M

The biggest highlight has to be the “secret room” behind one of the bookcases

By Michelle Goldchain@goldchainam Feb 5, 2018, 9:54am EST

Hornblower Marshall, the architectural firm behind The Phillips Collection, the Duncan Phillips House, and the National Museum of Natural History, is also behind the construction of this circa 1897-built Dupont Circle residence. When it first landed on the market in November 2016, it listed for $4.95 million. After a price chop in September 2017 lowered the home to $4.5 million, the property still had to decrease a little more in cost in order to sell for $4.1 million.

Inside the five-level home, there are multiple fireplaces, built-ins, and two separate two-bedroom apartments with parking and a rooftop garden. There is also a “secret room” behind one of the bookcases. A private garden and two off-street parking spaces are included.

With 8,200 square feet of space, this residence offers seven bedrooms and seven and a half bathrooms