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The Present Past — Continued from page 42

below—a basin between the foot of home’s back section, closed off at
the home’s hilltop perch at the south Donohue’s time of purchase. On the
and risen rail-bed of the W.M.R.R grounds are several porches, patios,
to the north—was filled by the swell and manicured lawns and gardens—
of the Double Pipe tributary. Flow one bearing a replica of “Little
obstructed by the muddy-Monocacy, Wendy,” the Trosdal family statue
water levels rose over the porch made famous by the 1994 true-crime
roofs of Detour’s modest dwellings. novel Midnight in the Garden of
Purchased last in 2003, 11309 Good and Evil.
Rocky Ridge Road, “Prosperity Overlooking the entirety of
Farm,” is presently listed for sale at Carroll County’s Detour, this listing
an admirable $1.2 million. is an opportunity to purchase not
Extensive is not suitable enough a only one of Frederick County’s first-
word for the restoration completed wave Manors, but also to become
at the home, which has fallen in part of its deeply steeped history.
and out of disrepair over the past
one hundred years. Owner Deborah
Donohue, working with contractor Now offering
Sam Wivell, has exquisitely Truck Accessories!!
implemented modern amenities,
bringing the home up to both the Main Street
formal and casual living standards
of a 21st century estate-home. UPHOLSTERY
More thoroughly, all electrical and Specializing In Custom Interiors
plumbing utilities have been updated,
replacement windows fashioned Convertible Tops • Leather Seats
where necessary, and the rotted front Carpets • Headliners
Carpets • Headliners
Carpets • Headliners
porch replaced with a federal-style,
elliptical-colonnade. Finishes include 301.271.2298
traditional marble, repointed brick mainstreetuph.com
and stone by Emmitsburg masonry
HOURS
HOURS
artisan Nevin Eiker, and 150-year- HOURS
old oak barn-planks replacing the Monday - Friday 8-5
severely deteriorated flooring of the Saturday by appointment
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