Estate of newspaper owner asking $1.48M for Hampton 6BD

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The estate of Dorothy Rouse Bottom has listed for sale a six-bed, 6.5-bath home at 1500 Chesapeake Ave. in Merrimac Shores/Raleigh Terrace for $1.48 million.

The 8,000-square-foot house was built in 1996 in Virginia. Bo Parrish of Virginia Land & Homes Inc. is the listing agent for the property.

Dorothy Rouse-Bottom was the former owner at morning newspaper The Daily Press. She previously served as an editor and assistant editor at the newspaper company. In addition, she also worked as a social worker in New York.

She received a bachelor's degree from Sweet Briar College (1949) and a master's degree in 16th century English history from Columbia University.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 32 home sales in Merrimac Shores/ Raleigh Terrace during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $137,800.

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