Woodley Park Home of Prominent Family Goes on the Market

Feb. 5, 2013 - PRLog -- Woodley Park Home of Prominent Family Goes on the Market

Listed at $1,690,000

Washington, DC – January 28, 2013 – From the outside, it looks like a characteristic Woodley Park home, but the inside is filled with the stories and treasures of a remarkable Washington family.  It is the former home of Patricia “Tish” Alsop whose family has been making its mark on Washington, DC for over 8 decades.

Born in Gibraltar, Tish met Stewart Alsop during World War II when he was serving in the British Army.  She later worked as a decoding agent for the British Intelligence Service.  They were married in London on June 20, 1944, when she was 18.

Back in the United States, from 1945 to 1958, Stewart Alsop covered domestic and world politics for the New York Herald Tribune with his brother, Joseph Alsop.  After the Alsop brothers ended their partnership, Stewart went on to write articles and a regular column for the Saturday Evening Post until 1968, then a weekly column for Newsweek from 1968 until his death in 1974.  He published several books, including a "sort of memoir" of his battle with an unusual form of leukemia, Stay of Execution.

After Mr. Alsop’s death, Mrs. Alsop returned to school to study medical technology and the disease that took her husband’s life.  She worked in a biomedical research laboratory and studied issues related to bone-marrow transplantation, which has become increasingly important in the treatment of leukemia. She retired in 1992.

“I am honored to have been chosen to present this truly elegant home to the public,” said Sheila Mooney, Listing Agent.

The Alsop home is one of the largest homes in Woodley Park, offering spacious light-filled rooms, warm wood floors, superb indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces and a beautiful private terrace and garden.  Garfield Terrace is a quiet, low traffic cul-du-sac, only a few blocks to the Metro and close to many fine schools including Oyster/Adams Bilingual School.  

Tour the property at http://www.homevisit.com/mlsTour/?ver=1&id=63604  

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