From the beginning, Hollin Hills has been distinguished as much by its sense of community as its forward-looking architecture and remarkable landscape. As professional preservationist and longtime resident Jere Gibber notes, “First and foremost, Hollin Hills is an amazing community.” BECOME A MEMBER TODAY
By Cheryl Kenny - The Ft. Hunt Patch
“I am a remodeling nut,” admits Rick Ward, a retired Alexandria businessman. And, as the owner of 2215 Martha’s Road in Hollin Hills, Rick indulged that passion with an 18-month renovation that brought his 1957 home into the 21st century while retaining its original personality.
Rick and his wife, Ann, bought their first Hollin Hills home (on which Rick also did renovations) in 1990. The Hollin Hills community, designed by architect Charles Goodman, features mid-century modern homes with window walls that bring the outside in, a design that a
appeals to the couple. After they purchased the Martha’s Road house in 2006, they began a three-phase renovation adding modern amenities while keeping the original footprint and design sensibilities of the tri-level, 3,800 square-foot custom home.
Phase One was basic: Rewire the entire house. Phase Two required creative juices, as the couple, with Hollin Hills neighbor and architect Roger Miller, created a family room, guest bedroom, full bath, and laundry room from the unfinished, walkout lower level. On the second floor, the Wards reconfigured their bedrooms and baths, but kept parquet wood floors and some of the bath tiling intact.
The story of David and Barbara Beers’s effort to renovate their mid-century modern home can be boiled down, ultimately, to THE windows.
A squat, airy, contemporary confection built in 1964 in Montgomery County, the house needed serious updating. But the Beerses were determined to maintain its clean, modern lines — and that meant keeping its 80-some windows free of details and embellishment, even as the glass and frames were replaced.
In a region where the center-hall Colonial reigns king, though, convincing contractors to stick with a modern aesthetic was no easy task. First, there was the general contractor who shored up the house’s glass atrium by building a not-quite-square frame using the wrong wood. Then there were the window company representatives who dutifully listened to David’s instructions for replacement windows — and ignored them
LINCOLN, Mass. — In a region that prizes center-chimney Colonials, shingled Capes, saltboxes and other homes that have helped shapeNew England’s unmistakable sense of place, Polly Flansburgh’s boxy, low-slung house does not leap out as historic.
Built in 1963 in the modern style, Ms. Flansburgh’s home seems a better fit for Los Angeles or Palm Springs than for this town, not far from where Henry David Thoreau built his cabin in the woods.
But one of the nation’s oldest preservation groups recently helped Ms. Flansburgh protect the house with an easement — a legal agreement ensuring that it cannot be torn down or significantly altered, even if it gets new owners.
The group, Historic New England, is now seeking to protect certain modern houses along with the more traditional New England homes it has helped preserve for generations. It started doing so in 2008, after some notable modern homes in the region were torn down to make way for the McMansions of the real estate boom.
“There was just no appreciation for the value of them,” said Jess Phelps, the team leader for historic preservation at the group, which has 81 easements on properties around the region, mostly houses in the Federal and Georgian styles. Modern homes, most of which date from the 1940s through the ’60s, were often built on large lots and with less sturdy materials than older housing stock, Mr. Phelps said, making them all the more tempting targets for demolition.
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