I’m excited to finally have an opportunity to write about one of Charles Goodman’s earliest and most recognized customs home, the Sevareid House located here in Alexandria on more than 1.5 acres. The house, designed for legendary CBS newsman Eric Sevareid and his wife and twin sons, was just listed for $1.75 million. The house was [...]

I wanted to make sure everyone saw the Washington Post’s feature on Charles Goodman’s River Park in Southwest, which opened in 1962 and is celebrating its Golden (Aluminum?) Anniversary. Reporter Monica Hesse delves into the architecture along with the social impact of the community, interviewing long-time owners and newer residents attracted to Goodman’s unique designs. As [...]

My partner Sean Satkus and I just listed this 1965 Charles Goodman-designed Unit House No. 57 in Hollin Hills. List price is $659K and it will be open Sunday, May 20, from 1 to 4 p.m.  The model, first developed in 1955, is a 37′ x 37′ square, flat-roof home. The original carport has been [...]

Most of the homes designed by architect Charles Goodman typically sell pretty quickly. However, his own abode in Alexandria–a unique mix of a Victorian farm house and modernist glass box addition–has been on the market since October 2010 when it was listed for $1.249 million. It finally closed April 23 for $1.15 million. It will [...]

I recently posted about the Alcoa Care-free Home by Charles Goodman that is is for sale in Miami. The listing has no real images of the house, making clear that the property is being marketed for the land. Modern Capital readers who used to live in Hollin Hills and now live in Miami stopped by [...]

Only about two dozen of  Charles Goodman’s Alcoa Care-free Homes were built around the country. In the D.C. area there, at least two were built and still standing: one in Hollin Hills and one near Richmond (pictured above.) I just read that nother one may have been built in Alexandria. Does anyone know about it? [...]

This 1951 mid-century modern by Charles Goodman is located in Wheatoncrest, which includes 27 homes designed by Goodman for developers Paul Berman and Paul Hammond. Berman and Hammond originally planned to build 250 homes but the land they purchased–unlike the land used for Hollin Hills–was already cleared of trees and the homes did not sell well. They eventually sold [...]

If you are looking to rent a mid-century modern by Charles Goodman, this listing is available in Rock Creek Woods in Silver Spring for $2,100 per month. The two-level, 4 bedroom/3 bath home is located in the National Register of Historic Places-designated neighborhood. The 76-home community was was designed by Goodman and built by Herschel [...]

This 2 bed/1 bath mid-century modern by Charles Goodman in Hammond Wood is down to $307K from its original listing price of $332K. Hammond Wood in Wheaton is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The model, Goodman’s smallest, is known as the Unit 2BR and was built with vertical cypress wood siding and reclaimed brick, which is [...]