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Cannonball House on the market
05-20-2010
By Michele Lerner SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES


While plenty of people love their homes so much they feel like they own a "trophy house," only a handful of families have the privilege of owning a true landmark. Now, just such a landmark home is on the market: the "Cannonball House" in St. Michaels on Maryland's Eastern Shore.


This historic home, built in 1803, sits on the corner of Mulberry Street and St. Mary's Square at 200 Mulberry St. Built in the classic Federal style for shipbuilder William Merchant, the residence rests in a prime location within steps of the harbor, restaurants and shops that draw visitors to this charming town.


The Cannonball House received its name for a shocking event that happened in the War of 1812 during the British assault on St. Michaels. According to local legend, the residents of St. Michaels hung lanterns in the treetops and kept their homes dark during the British siege, hoping to confuse the gunners.


The ruse usually worked quite well and the British missed most of the homes, but one cannonball grazed the chimney on Merchant's home, ricocheted off the chimney stack and ripped through a dormer window into the residence. The cannonball then bounced down the steps, surprising Merchant's wife. Burn marks are still visible on the stairs.


On the market for $1,495,000, this home rests between the St. Michaels Harbour Inn and Marina and the St. Michaels Museum. Its historic presence relies not only on the legend of the cannonball, but also on the architectural significance of the residence. The imposing brick detached home features Flemish bond bricks with delicate mortar joints and finely laid arches above each window. Ionic columns surround the front door.


Inside, the most distinctive features include original woodwork with herringbone-patterned chair-rail moldings, elaborate mantels, six-panel solid wood doors, and archways in the first- and second-floor halls. A brick kitchen wing, built at the same time as the original residence, is attached to the east side of the home, while the south side features an enclosed porch.


This home has three finished levels with six fireplaces set on a lot of approximately 6,000 square feet. The property's original brick walls enclose a landscaped private garden with plenty of space for entertaining outdoors, dining under the stars or even adding a swimming pool if desired. A newly renovated guest house offers a private space for the countless visitors this home is sure to attract.


The traditional double-parlor floor plan provides plenty of indoor space for entertaining. The living room includes hardwood flooring and a wood-burning fireplace, while the dining room has hardwood flooring and a decorative fireplace.


The kitchen, renovated in 2006, has ceramic tile flooring. Nearby is a sunroom with walls of picture windows and a side door to the yard.


Upstairs, the master suite has hardwood flooring and a wood-burning fireplace. An additional bedroom and full bath are on the second level, with two more bedrooms and two more baths on the upper level.


For more information or an appointment to view the Cannonball House, call associate broker Cornelia Heckenbach with Lacaze Meredith Real Estate at 410/310-1229 or visit www.stmichaelsmdwaterfront.com
Cornelia recognized as top agent
04-26-2010
Rob Lacaze, president of Lacaze Meredith Real Estate, a Long & Foster Company, recently recognized his company’s top producers for 2009. Pictured, from the left, are: Cornelia Heckenbach, top producer by volume and units and top selling agent for the St.Michaels office, and top producer for Lacaze Meredith; Elizabeth Foulds, top listing agent for the St.Michaels office; Pam Geib, top producer by volume and units and top listing agent of the Denton office; Alma Colburn, top producer by volume and top selling agent of the Cambridge Office; Lacaze; and, in back, Mark Holloway, Eastern Shore regional manager. Not pictured: Chris Young, top producer by volume and top listing and selling agent for the Easton office; Meg Moran, top producer by units for the Easton office; Sheila Wright, top producer by units and the top listing agent of the Cambridge Office; and, Barbara Blosser, top selling agent for the Denton office. Lacaze Meredith is a full service real estate brokerage with offices in Cambridge, 410-2282050; Denton, 410-479-1200; Easton, 410-820-7707; and, St. Michaels, 410-745-0283.
Cannonball House (Saint Michaels,)
03-06-2010
The Cannonball House in Saint Michaels, Maryland, United States, is a historic house built in the early 19th century. The Federal style house is a side-hall double-parlor design on a corner lot, built for shipbuilder William Merchant.[2] It is historically notable for an 1813 event in a War of 1812 in which the British fleet bombarded Saint Michaels, leaving a cannonball embedded in the house.

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Cornelia ranked among Top 150 agents!
11-27-2009
Experience + Enthusiasm = Excellent Service

Despite the difficult economy and real estate market conditions Cornelia C. Heckenbach has held a very strong position in the 2009 marketplace by selling multiple properties listed by other companies and her own listings. She has been repeatedly rated as one of the leading agents of all St. Michaels offices.

Cornelia is the only LACAZE Meredith Real Estate agent repeatedly featured among the Top 150 agents within the Long & Foster Divisions in MD, PA, DE, NJ and DC. She has earned the most prestigious award Master Club Member.

This position is based on settled properties and does not include any pending properties.
ST. MICHAELS $549,000 HARRIS CREEK $2,980,000 SANDY PINES $1,275,000

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Cornelia Heckenbach uses IDX Broker
07-30-2009
Cornelia Heckenbach uses IDX Broker to Pave the Way for a Smooth Online Real Estate Transaction

EUGENE, ORE. – IDX, Inc. is happy to include St Michaels, Maryland based Cornelia Heckenbach with Lacaze Meredith Real Estate, in joining the elite rank of real estate agents and brokers choosing to integrate the highly customizable IDX Broker software into their websites. This Internet Data Exchange (IDX) process will open up thousands of real estate listings and details from Heckenbach's local Multiple Listing Service (MLS), the Metropolitan Regional information System (MRIS), by extracting raw data from the MRIS, and formatting into her exact website specifications, providing home seekers with the most resourceful, user-friendly and time efficient real estate search on the web.

Heckenbach believes in offering potential home buyers a smooth and simple online real estate transaction, whether selling or buying. The addition of custom IDX Broker search tools will help to ensure that this is the type of experience that home seekers will have, when browsing Heckenbach's website. A wide variety of customizable options are offered, appealing to a diverse population of clients. Heckenbach's website offers unique features, such as: mortgage calculators, personalized logins, financing information, virtual tours and five resourceful search categories, including: basic, advanced, map, address and MLS listing ID, covering all aspects and characteristics of the home buying spectrum. Consumers can then save their specified search criteria and can opt to receive email alerts, the moment a property matching their specifications arrives on the MRIS.

Heckenbach can further customize her website, by logging into the IDX Broker provided administrative page. From there she can edit the look, layout, format and search options available, add interactive elements such as slide shows and different Google Map functionalities, view detailed traffic statistics pages and even create dynamic title tags and custom XML codes for each of his listings, increasing their visibility throughout the web, as well as their chances of syndication with major real estate search engines.

About Cornelia Heckenbach

“Cornelia Heckenbach, the associate broker of the Lacaze Meredith Real Estate St. Michaels office, was born and raised in Germany. She relocated to Talbot County in 1990. Cornelia is a dedicated full-time agent with notable expertise of the Talbot County, Maryland , Oxford, Easton and St. Michaels real estate market, One of St. Michaels leading realtors with over 20 years of international and local real estate experience, Cornelia is available to provide premier service to the local, national or international client. She specializes in representing Buyers and Sellers to achieve their real estate goals, and is experienced in new construction and development properties.”


About IDX, Inc.

Based in Eugene, Oregon, IDX Inc. is nationally known as a leading provider of real estate search applications. IDX, Inc. manages over $1 trillion worth of active listings data from over 300 Multiple Listings Services (MLS). IDX Broker is IDX, Inc.’s principle real estate software utility. The easy to manage and customizable software helps real estate professionals display home listing data from their multiple listing service (MLS) on their individual and/or office websites. For more information on the services provided by IDX, Inc. please visit www.idxbroker.com.
Resort home: Garden, river view on Easte
02-20-2009
Source: Washington Times| By Michele Lerner | Friday, February 20, 2009

Set within park-like grounds on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Seaglass on the Miles is an estate that includes a charming landscaped garden with boxwood hedges and perennial plantings. Brick paths link the garden with the main house, a three-car garage and a four-room carriage house for guests.

Steps lead from the grounds to a dock on the Miles River and a sandy beach, a rarity in this section of Talbot County.

The owners and their guests love to search for sea glass on this beach. The grounds also include a heated swimming pool with a river view. The dock has space for two boats, and the entire property has 118 feet of water frontage.

The extensive grounds and expansive views of the Miles River make the home feel as though it is on a private island, yet Seaglass is just minutes away from the historic town center of Easton.

Now on the market for $1,795,000, this property, at 25828 St. Michaels Road, is fenced for privacy and features a unique blend of Old World craftsmanship and 21st-century amenities.

Built in 2000 by a couple who owned an antique shop and built museum-reproduction furniture, this home has been completely custom-designed with meticulous attention to details. For example, the owners installed wood doors, antique wide-plank wood floors, pickled wood flooring upstairs and a checkerboard-design wood floor in one room.

The owners added handmade light fixtures and antique-looking door handles and bathroom fixtures. Just as spectacular as the early American-style details in this home are the wide views of the Miles River from every room and from the multiple porches and decks, which rim the main house and the carriage house.

The recently completed carriage house features wood floors throughout and a great room with oversized wood doors, which can be opened to a scenic river view. The carriage house also has a fireplace, an office and a powder room on the first floor.

Upstairs are two bedrooms and a full bath, plus a deck with sweeping water views.

The main house features hardwood floors throughout and includes a spacious 27-by-15-foot living room on the main level. The unusual combined kitchen and dining area includes antique corner cupboards, a built-in hutch and French doors to the porch.

The main level also has a family room with a fireplace. The first-floor master suite has a private full bath and French doors that open to a porch.

Upstairs are two more bedrooms, each with dramatically sloping ceilings. These two bedrooms share a second full bath.

For more information, contact Cornelia Heckenbach of Lacaze Meredith Real Estate at 410/310-1229 or visit www.stmichaelsmdwaterfront.com.
Resort home: Easton estate and dock
12-12-2008
Source: Washington Times| By Michele Lerner | Friday, December 12, 2008

The Eastern Shore of Maryland holds an enduring appeal for Washington-area residents who long for the sense of peace that blankets the area in every season. Boating enthusiasts are particularly drawn to the rivers and tributaries that link the Eastern Shore communities with the Chesapeake Bay.

Among the myriad luxurious amenities that accompany the home at 8520 Aveley Farm Road in Easton, perhaps the most exciting for boaters is the dock, which has been embellished with features that cannot be duplicated today due to zoning rules. The dock includes a 27-foot-wide boat slip, which can accommodate a yacht of up to 85 feet and has all new wiring, new boat lifts, a commercial power station and lights. Two additional pilings could be added to accommodate a 100-foot boat.

In addition to the dock, the property offers a sandy beach, a heated swimming pool and spectacular river views.

Now on the market for $3,600,000, this Eastern Shore estate on the Miles River has over 7,500 square feet of living space with separate guest quarters. Built in 2002, this home has been continually upgraded and expanded by the current owner. The home was built by a local contractor with roots in the Amish community, and the custom kitchen cabinets are Amish-made.

The low-maintenance exterior has fiberglass columns, aluminum-clad windows and an irrigation system. The energy-efficient design of the home keeps the residence cool in summer and warm in winter. The grounds are fenced and include professional landscaping and a three-car garage reached from a gravel drive.

This estate accommodates an extended family and plenty of guests, with the guest apartment that includes a private entrance, a waterside deck, a bedroom with oversized closets and a luxury bath with granite counters, two sinks and a marble walk-in shower. The living room includes a kitchenette with custom-designed cabinets, granite counters and upgraded appliances.

Perhaps the most appealing feature of the main house is the oversized screened porch, which has sliding windows to close during the winter or during storms. The 600-square-foot porch features a mahogany ceiling with multiple fans.

The entire house has wide-plank Brazilian cherry wood floors, recessed lighting and custom-made crown moldings, with 12-foot ceilings on the main level and 9-foot ceilings upstairs. On the first floor, the living room and dining room each have a wood-burning fireplace. The library features built-in bookshelves.

Additional rooms on the first floor include a family room, a gourmet kitchen with a large walk-in pantry, granite counters and stainless steel appliances including two refrigerators, two dishwashers, two wine coolers, two microwaves, a wall oven and a stove. Nearby is a laundry room accessible from the pool deck with two washing machines and two dryers to accommodate large gatherings. A full bath is also accessible from the pool area. The main level includes an expansive master bedroom suite with extensive closet space and a luxury bath with a soaking tub and separate shower.

Upstairs, two more bedrooms each have a private full bath and a walk-in closet. The third and fourth bedrooms share a full bath, and each has access to the upper-level deck. The expansive playroom has window seats and built-in storage. Additional upper-level rooms include a sewing room and a gun room with a separate alarm and storage. A central landing upstairs provides additional access to the upper-level deck, and a nearby storage area includes custom-designed closets. A widow's walk is accessible from wood stairs and a built-in ladder in the attic.

The old-fashioned touch of the widow's walk is complemented by some high-tech features such as wiring for high-speed Internet access, cable wiring and an alarm system.

For more information contact associate broker Cornelia Heckenbach with Lacaze Meredith Real Estate at 410/310-1229 or visit www.stmichaelsmdwaterfront.com.

109 South Talbot Street    |    St. Michaels, MD 21663    |    office 410-745-0283x104