The beautiful mid-19th century home of The Elephant restaurant is on the market, but the owners of the restaurant say nothing will change with their dining service as a result.
“The thinking is to keep things going just the way it has been without our guests and the community and employees seeing any change,” said co-owner Steven Rivelis.
The brick building, constructed in the 1850s by Congressman Benjamin Chew Howard, according to a history posted on the eatery’s website, was listed yesterday with an asking price of $2.9 million. Located in the heart of Mount Vernon, the home later served as the site of a furniture store in the mid-20th century and, most famously to local diners, the home of the Brass Elephant restaurant from the early 1980s until 2009.
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