EXCL: Chief Justice John Roberts Sells Chevy Chase Home for $3.4 Million

Chief Justice John Roberts has sold his longtime Maryland home for more than $200,000 over his asking price—having secured a buyer for the elegant property mere days after it went on the market.

Roberts, 71, who has served as the Chief Justice of the United States since 2005, when he was nominated to the Supreme Court by then-President George W. Bush, purchased the seven-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom property two years prior to that impressive career milestone.

Records show that Roberts and his wife, Jane Roberts, paid $1.23 million for the Chevy Chase, MD, home in November 2003 and it is understood to have served as their primary residence ever since.

However, on June 26 of this year, the couple brought the property to the market, with an asking price of $3.2 million—only for that listing to be updated days later to reflect that it was already under offer. Now, records show that the deal has officially closed with a final sale price of $3.44 million.

Details about the property were incredibly limited, even when it was actively listed, with interested parties urged to contact listing agent Lenora “Muffin” Lynham of Washington Fine Properties LLC for more information about the dwelling.

The few listing details shared indicated that the property features an open floor plan, complete with a sizable kitchen, a formal dining room, a family room, and a living area—with other amenities like a built-in sound system, a butler’s pantry, and crown moldings also laid out.

Roberts’ home was also described as having “attractive stone walls” and “perfectly proportioned formal rooms,” according to the Washington Business Journal, which first reported the news of the listing.

Originally built in 1923, the home offers just over 5,100 square feet of living space and sits on a lot measuring close to 10,000 square feet on a leafy street in the heart of Chevy Chase, not far from the exclusive Chevy Chase Club.

Roberts was actually hospitalized following an incident at that same club in 2020, when it was revealed that he had fallen at the venue and suffered an injury to his head.

The Chief Justice’s home was thrust into the headlines again two years later, when protesters gathered outside the property, as well as the home of several other Supreme Court justices, to criticize members’ stances on abortion rights.

At the time, images showed a group of heavily-armed police officers and security guards gathered outside of Roberts’ dwelling in order to safeguard the property during the protests, which took place around one month before the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Chevy Chase has long been considered one of the more affluent suburbs of Washington, DC, and has been home to an array of very high-profile political players over the years, including Roberts, his fellow Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

It is unclear where Roberts and his wife—who share two children, Jack and Josie, who they adopted in 2000—plan to base themselves moving forward, however they already have another home in their portfolio: a stunning vacation property in Maine.

The couple purchased their first dwelling on Hupper Island in 2006, according to reports, then upgraded to a larger abode in the same area 10 years later.

Roberts, who is originally from Buffalo, NY, and his family are understood to have spent their summers at their two properties for years.

In 2007, it was revealed that the Chief Justice had suffered a seizure while vacationing at his Maine dwelling, an incident that led to him being hospitalized at a medical facility in Rockport, where he was kept overnight by doctors for observation.

However, he was released after just one night, with the Supreme Court’s spokesperson at the time insisting that there was “no cause for concern.”

When news of the medical event was reported, Port Clyde, the town closes to Roberts’ Hupper Island properties, was suddenly besieged by members of the media—a rather unusual occurrence for a community that has a population of just 350 people.

After Roberts was released from the hospital, several local residents spoke to The New York Times about how the incident had impacted their community, with many noting that privacy and anonymity were among the main reasons that high-profile people like the Chief Justice were drawn to the area.

“The neat thing about this area is that a lot of celebrities like Chief Justice Roberts have vacation homes here, and people let them have privacy,” one resident told the outlet.

“They can go somewhere in this area, and people don’t gather and try to get a glimpse of them.”

Others were quick to praise Roberts for his kind demeanor, with one local describing him as a “wicked nice guy,” while another noted that the father of two never attempted to draw any attention to himself, instead choosing to blend in with the crowd.