Address: 2423 Pickwick Road, Dickeyville 21207
List price: $1,000,000
Year built: 1872
Real estate agent: Tom Atwood, Keller Williams Legacy
Last sold price/date: $250,000 on April 14, 1988
Property size: The 4,900-square-foot building sits on .31 acres.
Unique features: Historic Dickeyville is known for its quirky homes. A one-time chapel is now a residence; likewise, a tavern, general store and jail. The old mill town (c. 1762) is peppered with such dwellings, including the one at 2423 Pickwick Road. Once a woolen warehouse, the 19th-century stone building has been, for nearly a century, a home/studio for local artisans.
The two-level property has four bedrooms, four baths, a loft and a spacious workshop with a 30-foot ceiling and skylights that seem to scrape the stars. Here, the Gwynns Falls is within earshot, and Leakin Park beckons just beyond.
Built in 1872, the home has hardwood floors, two kitchens and a couple of wood-burning fireplaces. A garage takes the edge off of parking, with on-street space at a premium. Five outdoor entrances and partitioned living quarters can accommodate tenants or in-laws. It’s a sturdy, if practical structure set in a historic locale. Three doors down is a home where, in 1899, presidential hopeful Theodore Roosevelt rode in on horseback to speak to the mill workers of the village.
In 1932, the stone warehouse became the studio residence of R. McGill Mackall, a renowned muralist whose celebrated works have hung in the Baltimore War Memorial and Fort McHenry National Park. During more than half a century, Mackall created 53 public murals at the Dickeyville workshop where his artistry thrived.
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