563 Valley Forge Lane, Burlington, WV 26710

Nestled in the heart of West Virginia’s rolling highlands, yet only two hours from Dulles Airport and 30 minutes south of Cumerland MD, Walnut Hill is a rare and remarkable legacy estate offering 118.36 acres of pristine landscape with miles of trails and 4,200 square feet of recently updated living space across three buildings. The estate began in the early 1990s as a dream of Tom Allen and Jane Folger Allen (whose family owned Folgers coffee, and cousin founded DC’s Folger Shakespeare Library and Theater). They started by enlisting Shorieh Talaat, a Mayland architect, to convert the horse barn into a house where they could begin to build their dream home, and next came building a work house and garage to stage their materials. When the estate was finally complete, it comprised the former horse barn, now a lovely guest house, a work house that the current owners converted into a retreat center with additional guest quarters and a sauna, and a large open main house perfect for … read more …