Amazon founder Jeffrey P. Bezos is the new owner of the former Textile Museum, which will be converted into Washington’s largest home. When he purchased The Post in 2013, Bezos said he didn’t plan to relocate to “the other Washington.” “I won’t be leading The Washington Post day-to-day,” he told Forbes. The property at 2320-2330 S St. NW spans two historic mansions, which housed the Textile Museum for nearly 90 years until it moved to George Washington University’s campus in 2013. The two mansions were sold together in May 2015 for $19 million, the largest residential sale in the District that year. Renovation plans drawn up by prominent local architecture firm Barnes Vanze are under review by the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2017 17:38 UTC