Property Description

 "Scarlett's Burden," the Federal Style/ Art Nouveau treasure at the best location, with the best yard and seconds from the front door of "The Omni Homestead 1766" resort. Exquisite and impossible to replicate, this is the most photographed and iconic home in all of Bath County. • ~Pastel variegated bricks are unique because they were created in a coal-fired kiln on-premises. • ~House constructed all-bricks deep, a “real” brick house which has no wood frame. • ~Pink quartzite cobblestone driveway and patios which had been smoothed by wagon wheel traffic, then reclaimed (from underneath layers of asphalt) because it was the first street of Minneapolis (c.1867). • ~Marble corbels and Juliette Balcony were reclaimed off of the US Capitol. • ~c.1890 marble pediment and portico was reclaimed from the Carnegie Library, Wash. DC. • ~Fireplace mantel in living room carved by the Adam Brothers (c.1780) in Glasgow. • ~c. 1850 mantel in MBR was reclaimed from The Queen's University in Belfast. • ~Custom made brass fireplace doors by Bosse Fireplace of Asbestos, Quebec • ~c. 1810 detached "Summer Kitchen" greatly pre-dates the house and is the oldest structure in Hot Springs; presumably served a prior home at this site. • ~Legendary Virginia Buckingham Slate roofs ("150 year unfading," used by Smithsonian and federal buildings, "the finest in the world"). Stacks of spare slate tile inventory (because Buckingham quarry permanently closed in October, 2024). • ~Lead lined copper roofs and valleys, copper gas lanterns, copper gutters and downspouts. • ~Salt-glazed chimney pots, 1,500-pound travertine marble range hood from Italy. • ~Monumental 19th century entry doors with wrought iron embellishments attributed to Fruhling Bros. Iron Works • ~8" wide-plank fancy-grade American (black) walnut floors, baseboards & stair treads. • ~Closed-cell spray foam rigid insulation (water and insect impervious) with 100+ R value. • ~Wine cellar, pickleball/ basketball court, game room, four (4) fireplaces. • ~Large mosaic cooking range tile backsplash (olive tree branches) commissioned from master artisan in Turkey • ~Sub-Zero, Viking appliances, GE Monogram 110,000 BTU gas range with integrated stove-top grill. The baking and proofing ovens are electric. • ~Fiber 1GB+ internet, 96% efficient furnace; ductless HVACs; electric and all infrastructure exceeds highest code standards. • ~Available unfurnished, partially or fully furnished including deaccessioned Colonial Williamsburg Foundation antiques, art and oriental carpets. • ~Homestead Golf Membership eligible. • ~No HOA fee.