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      As of September 30, 2008, two single-family homes were for sale in Foxhall, and only one was under contract. In the third quarter of 2008, three homes sold.

     In the first half of 2008, 4 single-family homes sold in Foxhall. In 2007, there were 13 sales, while 18 homes sold in 2006. The average sale price in the first half of 2008 was $779,750. This compares to $856,465 and $735,210 in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The average list price was $778,250 in the first half of 2008, $872,685 in 2007, and $744,772 in 2006. Listed below are the sales by price range.

     Two- and three-story tall Tudor-style townhouses with their manicured front lawns dominate Foxhall Village. On the exteriors are leaded-styled windows, curved chimney pots, stone globes on the pediments and stone crests affixed to facades. A few Federal-style townhouses are also located in the Village. Prices in Foxhall Village for a four-bedroom house have risen from $320,000-$390,000 in 1997-1999 to $685,000 by the end of 2005.  In the 1990s, a row of townhouses was built on the southeast corner of Reservoir Road and Foxhall.

HIGHLIGHTS

     Foxhall Village is like a small European village. With few through streets, the neighborhood feels secluded even though it is bordered by Reservoir and Foxhall Roads. A small shopping center on Foxhall Road serves the community, but its location provides an easy walk to Georgetown. Georgetown University and its hospital are directly to the East.

HISTORY

      The name Foxhall comes from one of the area's early residents, Henry Foxall, an English gentleman and friend of Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Foxall lived in a large home called Spring Hill Farm which was located at what is now 44th and P Street. In 1799 he built the Columbia Foundry, producing cannons and munitions from 1803 until 1854 in today's Glover-Archbold Park. During the War of 1812 the foundry was the intended target of British troops, but as they marched from the burning White House toward the foundry, a thunderstorm drove them back. Henry Foxall built the Foundry United Methodist Church in thanks.

    Construction on Foxhall Village began in the 1920s when Harry Boss returned from a trip to Bath, England. He was determined to replicate the stuccoed Tudor-style houses he had seen. His construction company, Boss & Phelps, built their first homes on Greenwich Park and Reservoir Road. By 1927 almost 150 homes were completed. Waverly Taylor, former vice president and general manager of Shannon and Luchs' construction division, formed his own company and completed Foxhall Village after Boss & Phelps developed the first section.

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