9310 Brookville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910

A rare piece of Montgomery County history: built in 1883 by the Wolfe family, this turreted Victorian was remarkably advanced for its era, with indoor plumbing fed by water tanks once housed in the turret, and electrical service added as early as 1887. Rescued from a shell and restored into a showpiece, the home layers original architecture with high-end, historically sympathetic updates at every turn. Enter beneath the original wraparound porch, with its hand-carved citrus medallions, through a front door replicating the historic original. Inside, a floating staircase with an original chestnut banister and hand-carved spindles by a New York craftsman rises above hand-laid mosaic floors with a Greek key motif and cast-bronze hardware. The front living room's coal-turned-gas fireplace wears an English surround beneath custom crown molding, alongside five windows retaining their original glass. In the main sitting room, a second English fireplace surround pairs sandblasted slate and...