This attractively renovated all brick Rambler that sits in the sought after community of Spy Hill Boulevard Manor is ready for you! This stunning home offers three bedrooms, three renovated baths and a gourmet kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite counters. This home has a cozy living room with a fireplace, a peaceful sun room off the dining room, a huge family room with a gas fireplace on the lower level as well as an in-law suite, laundry room and large storage room that completes the picture. This amazing home sits within minutes to EFC and Ballston Metros, Bluemont Park and miles of W&OD trails right down the street. Neighborhood Description Look Out for Spy Hill The area known as Spy Hill may not be the largest neighborhood in Arlington, but it certainly can claim to have had a unique history. Spy Hill was originally comprised of two land grants, the Thomas Pearson grant of 1707 (660 acres), and the John Ball grant in 1742 (166 acres). The Pearson property was leased in 1740 for clearing and cultivation while the Ball property, which included the log cabin erected by John Ball known as the Ball-Sellers house, was sold as small lots around 1835. Together, these two areas became known as Boulevard Manor. In 1851, New York farmer Timothy Bishop Munson and his family moved to Fairfax County. Munson started a nursery and raised sheep on the land known as Munson's Hill, now part of present day Arlington, which included the greater portion of Boulevard Manor. During the Civil War, Confederate forces established an outpost on Upton's Hill where the regional park is now located, from which they could observe troop movements across the Potomac. When the Confederate army withdrew from this area, the Federal army established Fort Upton on Upton's Hill as part of the defense of Washington owing to the ability to see the Washington Monument and the Capitol from this vantage point. The areas of Boulevard Manor and Fort Upton received the name Spy Hill as a result of these activities. The image above is a Harper's Weekly sketch of Union troops on Spy Hill. In the 1860s, William A. Torreyson purchased land from the Carlin and Munson estates, including a sizeable portion of Munson's Hill, and established a dairy farm. Torreyson's daughter Lucy married George Reeves in 1894 and they took over the dairy farm in 1902, the last to operate in Arlington, until closing in 1955 under the ownership of George Reeves' son, Nelson. After its sale in the late 1970s, Spy Hill was a popular gathering place for teenagers until its eventual development in 1990. Arlington County website, library September 13, 2007
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