Dumblane: This Tenleytown estate is noteworthy as an early and authentic Craftsman-style home.

This 1911 residence is the only known local example of a Craftsman residence directly attributable to Gustav Stickley, one of the originators who popularized the American Arts and Crafts movement. Dumblane was erected for physician Mabel Cornish Bond and her husband, attorney Samuel Hazen Bond. They derived the design for the house from plans published in 1904 in Stickley’s magazine The Craftsman, then the leading voice of the movement. The house illustrates numerous Craftsman ideas, including a preference for natural (often rustic) local materials, an openness and flexibility of plan, and conveniences for comfort and efficiency.

The house is set on a large lot at the edge of Tenleytown, approached by a circular drive leading through rubble stone entrance piers and past the garage workshop. It is constructed of brick with a green tile roof and large openings with ganged windows. The interior is largely intact, featuring straightforward exposed wood beams, floors, paneling and a stairway, and a large hall fireplace. An illustrated article on the house appeared in The Craftsman in February 1913.

Dumblane is a reference to the similarly-named Dunblane, which was a 19th century Tenleytown estate subdivided to create Dumblane in 1911.  A large oak tree from the original estate, known as the Dunblane Oak, sat on the south side of the house until around 2000.

DC Inventory: April 28, 2005

National Register: September 21, 2005