Elise B. Packard and husband, Bryan D. Jones, bought a three-bedroom, 3.5-bath townhome at 3919 New Hampshire Ave. N.W. in Petworth from Timothy Noah for $837,000.

The 1,400-square-foot house was built in 1912.

Ms. Packard is a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer.

She has clerked for Chief Judge Judith W. Rogers of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

She graduated from Brown University and earned her law degree from Georgetown University.

Mr. Jones is a biology teacher and has taught at the Maret School in Washington.

He graduated from Brown University.

Packard and Jones were married at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York in 1993.

According to BlockShopper.com, there were 266 home sales in Petworth in 2008, with median sales price of $285,000.

Address: 3919 New Hampshire Av NW
Buyer(s): Bryan D Jones and Elise B Packard
Seller(s): Timothy Noah
Sale date: Sep. 2, 2009