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Status : Active. Beds : 7. Baths : 5 Baths 3 F, 2 H. Type : Single Family. Property Feedback. Remarks This exquisite year around estate nestled behind a stone wall is just down the hill from the famous Buena Vista Hotel that once stood proudly on the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Blue Ridge Summit area.
This area is dotted with estates from the turn of the century that rarely hit the market and this is one of a few in immaculate condition. Tastefully balanced is the new with the old and the custom work blends with the original period design flawlessly. This cedar shake shingle home welcomes you with a beautiful living room, grand columns, and classic hardwood floors stretching throughout the main level. Vast entryways are perfect for entertaining or for relaxing in the natural light pouring in through the diamond wood pained windows.
The dining room and the den both feature gas fire places. Custom built book cases and cabinets add to the wow factor of the den and a massive 5 foot pocket door can separate your dining area to enhance your atmosphere. From the dining room and den, glass French doors lead out to the beautiful 40 foot screened porch with mountain views.
Meals throughout the summer are enjoyed on the porch as well as relaxing on the swing or reading quietly surrounded by nature. Adjacent to the dining room, the original kitchen cabinets are matched perfectly with custom cabinets for more space. People were attracted not only by the area's climate, but also by the fine, natural springs, both pure and mineral, around which such nearby spas as Bubbling Spring c. Monterey boasted such springs at the junction of the present Charmian Road and Monterey Lane, where an inn or way station has stood since The most famous of them was the Monterey Inn, which was built in and burned to the ground in In fact, the area's prominence as a resort really parallels the fortunes of the Monterey Inn.
He played host to both Union and Confederate soldiers, often on the same evening, and the turnpike through the gap and past the Inn was the scene of Robert E. Lee's retreat from Gettysburg. The Monterey Inn was later central to the Monterey Land Company's plans for a summer colony in the area because it already had a loyal and prominent clientele. To the east of Monterey Inn, David Miller built the Clermont House, and by its vistas and rural advantages readily attracted guests eager to avoid the city.
Some of the Clermont's loyal guests liked the area so much that they bought land from Miller near the Inn and built summer homes of their own. The resulting cluster of houses along Charmian Lane reflects the contrasts so often present in Victorian architecture, from a stately Italianate villa, to formal Georgian Revival, to a rustic log cabin.
Only an outbuilding of the Clermont remains, now the Pittman Home. The present Greystone Inn, adjacent to the Clermont property, was a stone house built by the Miller family and later expanded into an Inn.
The second phase of resort growth resulted directly from the arrival of the Western Maryland Railroad in , when it extended its excursion business to its new Pen Mar Amusement Park and its room Blue Mountain House in The success of the railroad's efforts to lure excursionists to such areas as the "Coney Island of the Blue Ridge" can be measured by these statistics; in there were 72, excursionists on the Western Maryland Railroad; in , there were , By the turn of the century, the larger Blue Ridge area boasted 9 inns and about boarding houses.
The railroad must also have realized the potential, and the desirability of a residential summer colony for in , John Miflin Hood, president of the Western Maryland Railroad, told his stockholders:. The following year, , the Monterey Land Company, a group of prominent Baltimoreans, bought the Monterey Springs farm and created out of it a planned summer community. King, a Quaker from Baltimore. The influence of the Monterey Land Company on the life and character of the area cannot be minimized.
It planned not only a secluded residential area, but also activities appropriate to a summer colony of that period. Intellectual pursuits were provided for by the Monterey and Blue Ridge Improvement Association's Library, whose building is still standing. At the turn of the century, summer residents presented Gibson Girl tableaux on its stage. The small Monterey Club provided athletic facilities for golf and tennis.
Its golf course has functioned continuously since the early 's and even attracted President Eisenhower in later years. Although the Monterey Land Company plot of indicates lots where the present golf course is, obviously the managers of the Land Company thought better of dividing up this recreational attraction.
The Monterey Land Company also wanted to be sure that its community would retain a character consistent with the original vision. Covenants specifically prohibited the sale of alcohol everywhere but on the Inn, Inn Annex, and Carriage House properties. To further preserve aesthetics, covenants restricted buildings to within certain limits of the boundaries of each property.
The Company's originators evidently felt walls were necessary, both to create boundaries and to prevent erosion on what had been farmland, for the Land Company's state charter specifies that one of its purposes is "maintaining or erecting walls or banks for the protection of low lying areas. Central to the plan for Monterey was an area suitable for gracious summer residences; this was achieved with Monterey Park.
The properties radiate from the winding circle road, with its natural landscaping and low stone walls, and are designed to take full advantage of the expansive vistas of mountains and valleys, as well as of the prevailing breezes. Houses were built between and , in various styles, including Queen Anne, Georgian Revival, Shingle style, and Italianate. Some defy immediate classification because their owners felt a certain informal freedom from "style" in designing a summer home.
Hotels were full; parks were attractive; the scenery impressive; the climate healthy. Even as late as , about a dozen foreign embassies maintained summer legations in Blue Ridge, many at Monterey, occasioning it to be called often "the summer capitol of the United States. Pen Mar Park was razed, and neighboring hotels burned, either by accident or, it is said, by "convenience.
The Clermont was razed. The Greystone, although functioning, is very small, and the Dunbrack Inn has not operated for many years. That Monterey has remained visually intact, and retained most of its original character, is due in part to the re-routing of Pennsylvania Route 16 from the old turnpike road to a new site, completely by-passing Monterey. Stoner, Jacob H. Craft Press, Inc. Williams, Harold A. Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Western Maryland, Vol. Regional Publishing Company.
Baltimore, Maryland, Blue Ridge Summit.
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