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High Knoll Majesty
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2016/06 - June
Imagine looking out your front door every day at this breath-taking view.
What a rush to live in a virtual Kodak moment every minute of your life. That’s why the Ammons family chose to build their home in Whiteside Cove in 1948. They wanted to bask in the grandeur of this heavenly location.
For them, this site epitomized the beauty of the region. Eventually they sold the property to Dr. James G. Arnold, a Johns Hopkins University physician and part-time Highlands resident.
The third resident at this panoramic vision was Val Howard. She and her husband John Teyral married and came to Highlands to honeymoon. Here they fell in love all over again, this time with the High Knoll property, 43 rambling acres in the shadow of Whiteside.
It couldn’t have been a better setting for the couple who were art school graduates. The Whiteside view provided them with endless studies, paintings, and renderings. Maybe it was Val’s good genes, or maybe the fresh air, magnificent scenery, and closeness to nature that blessed her with finishing her 96 years at her Victorian residence. Sadly, her husband passed a dozen or so years earlier.
Val’s daughter, Susan Howard Slater, counts herself among the lucky who have called this landmark property home. To learn more about its availability, contact Sheila Owens: [email protected].
