John Edwards Bids Georgetown Farewell

Former Sen. John Edwards' declaration that he will run for president in '08 coincided with another important event for the Edwards family: the sale of their Washington, D.C., mansion at 3327 P Street NW. The 6-bedroom, 4-level federal-style row house went on the market in April 2005 and was originally listed at $6.5 million. That price dropped to $5.2 million when the sales contract was signed on Dec. 19, 2006.

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Edwards bought his first D.C. mansion at 2215 30th Street when he arrived in 1998 as a newly elected senator. Four years later, he sold it to the Hungarian Embassy and bought the P Street house for $3.8 million. According to the D.C., Maryland and Virginia multiple-listing service, Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, the early 19th-century property was remodeled in 2003 and included a two-car garage and three wood-burning fireplaces. The senator and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in the roomy townhouse with their two smallest children.

In the listing for P Street property (see below), the real estate broker describes a "FEDERAL RESIDENCE WITH 11 FT. CEILINGS ... HEART PINE FLOORS, .... WALK-IN CLOSETS AND 2 BATHS FOR MASTER SUITE." The listing features a slide show (samples on pages two through10) with color pictures of the drawing room, the au pair suite, the boxwood garden, and the carriage- house guest quarters. Edwards, who did not run concurrently for Senate re-election during his 2004 bid for president and then vice-president, moved back to North Carolina after the Kerry/Edwards ticket lost the race. If the couple returns to D.C., they hope to take up residence on Pennsylvania Avenue. The senator did not attend the Dec. 27 real estate closing. He was in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward making this video from the yard of a home destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

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