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Historic mansion Tulip Hill on auction block

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 03/10/10

One of the county's most prominent Colonial mansions, Tulip Hill overlooking the West River near Galesville, is going on the auction block next month after sitting on the market for about two years.

Courtesy of Concierge Auctions Tulip Hill, the 18th-century Georgian mansion built on a knoll above the West River in the 1750s, will go on the auction block next month. The home, which comes with 52 waterfront acres, has seven bedrooms and nine working fireplaces.
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The property, the home of the county's well-heeled over the centuries, could be sold to the highest bidder April 10. Starting bid: $1.65 million.

"Tulip Hill is one of the finest 18th-century, five-part Georgian houses in the United States," Donna Ware wrote in "Anne Arundel's Legacy: The Historic Properties of Anne Arundel County," the go-to tome on the subject.

And now it is being sold by...

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Yet listed for 2.3 million - 2010-03-10 14:15:59

Sounds like somebody is taking a hard hit on this property.

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Below assessment - 2010-03-10 14:13:54

Here's the county assessment
http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/details.aspx?AccountNumber=01 000 00182000 &County=02&SearchType=STREET

They are starting the auction $200,000 below assessment

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Sign of the times - 2010-03-10 14:03:59

Bought for $4 million in 2004 and put on the market for $7 million. It would really be proof that the real estate market is finally coming back to reality if this were to sell for the reserve price. What is the assesed value?

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