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Speechless Sunday-Is It Tacky or Eclectic?

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Real Estate Agent with Integrity Real Estate Group

Mansion on "O" in DC

The Mansion on "O" Street in Washington DC is not your usual DC Hotel.  In fact it is a quirky place full of secret passageways, rooms filled to the brim with memorablia (and junk) that is the perfect place to hide from the public.  If you can find your room after opening a full length mirror or bookcase you might be lucky and remember how to get back to the lobby area.

If you are looking for something a bit different to do in DC then you might want to see if you can find one of the 32 hidden passageways that lead to the 100 rooms.  I don't think I found half of them while I was there and trust me I tried!

 

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Comments(18)

Ken's Home Team LLC. | 360.609.0226 | Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA Real Estate Team
Ken's Home Team LLC. - Vancouver, WA
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wow, what a room.  where do you start with comments

May 23, 2010 04:15 AM
Donna Harris
Donna Homes, powered by JPAR - TexasRealEstateMediationServices.com - Austin, TX
Realtor,Mediator,Ombudsman,Property Tax Arbitrator

Memorabalia, junk, tomAto, tomato... How can they track if things go missing? What a mess!

May 23, 2010 04:20 AM
Michael J. O'Connor
Diamond Ridge Realty - Corona, CA
Eastvale - 951-847-4883

I don't believe that words actually describe what you've found.  Tacky AND eclectic might be appropriate.....

May 23, 2010 04:20 AM
Carra Riley & Declan Kenyon
Brokers Guild Cherry Creek Ltd - Westminster, CO
Helping people Transition at all ages!

Cindy...I can't even describe what I feel from your picture.  Junk?  Eclectic, maybe.  Wow, might be had to remember what you were there for.

cosmic cow

May 23, 2010 04:33 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

Bizzaro to say the least.  I would be afraid of getting trapped in that room and having to endure the over stimulation of needless junk for any longer than I had to.  :)

May 23, 2010 04:33 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Cindy:  Thank God it's a tourist attraction.  I look at a room like that and think immediately how to declutter it and get it ready for market.  In my opinion, there's way too much stuff in that room.

May 23, 2010 04:56 AM
John Thomas
E3 Green HOMES - Boulder, CO
EcoBroker, MSEE, MBA

Very interesting indeed... based on the photo I would dare to say it is both tacky and eclectic--all in a good way, of course.

May 23, 2010 07:54 AM
Kate Elim
Dockside Realty - Spotsylvania, VA
Realtor 540-226-1964, Selling Homes & Land a

Hi Cindy...My first thought was, who runs this place and what is their story.  Second thought, who dusts all these things.

Tacky in a quirky way.

Kate

P.S.  What were you doing there?  Were you a guest?  How was the experience...other than maybe geting lost a few times?

 

May 23, 2010 03:29 PM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
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May 23, 2010 10:39 PM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

Ken-oh trust me we had plenty of comments when as we wandered through the rooms :-)

Donna-oh and EVERYTHING is for sale!  I don't know how they would track some of the small things lying around but I guess it is an honor system.

Michael-and this is only ONE room out of 100!

 

May 23, 2010 11:51 PM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

Carra-you should have seen the John Lennon room!  Ther was actually a holigram of John Lennon's face on the floor.

 

Paula-just think how crazy it is to realize that everyroom in the Mansion is similiarly filled with treasurers.

 

Chris Ann-it is actually a members club.  Private parties and a lot of famous folks stay there since no one can find them :-)

May 23, 2010 11:55 PM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

John- I think it depends on how much you have to drink before you start searching for all of the rooms.

 

Kathleen-it is a combination of 5 DC townhouses. You connect to them through all of the secret passageways.  I was there for a party for a friend who is a member.  But I stayed a few blocks away at a "regular" hotel as I couldn't afford a room at the Mansion!

 

Michael-how true!

 

 

May 23, 2010 11:58 PM
Martha Brown
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., Annapolis MD 21403 - Annapolis, MD
Your Homes Around Annapolis Agent

how interesting and quirky all at the same time. I need to read up on this more. Sounds like an interesting place to visit.

May 24, 2010 04:27 PM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

Martha-they allow you to do self guided tours during the week for a $5 donation.  Something different to do in DC.

May 24, 2010 11:45 PM
Jim Frimmer
HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

I'll go with eclectically tacky.

I'm glad to read that it's a hotel and not someone's home that you're trying to help them sell.

May 25, 2010 03:05 PM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

JIm-okay I'll accept your definition.  If it was a home for sale we would be having an entirely different post.

May 25, 2010 11:45 PM
Kate Elim
Dockside Realty - Spotsylvania, VA
Realtor 540-226-1964, Selling Homes & Land a

Hi Cindy...Thanks for mentioning telling us a little bit more this place.  I'm going to send this to my daughter-in-law.  She likes funky things and if she has some extra time while in D.C. she might take a look.

Kate

May 27, 2010 12:15 PM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

Kate-it is just off of Dupont Circle so it is easy to find.  Just look for the two big lion statues at the door.

May 27, 2010 11:36 PM