The estate, formerly owned by First Lady Jackie Kennedy, just hit the market for $26.5 million.
Screenshot from Sotheby’s International Realty
A sprawling and historic Washington, D.C., estate recently hit the market for $26.5 million, according to a listing by Sotheby’s International Realty.
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The storied Georgetown property — which dates as far back as 1794 — boasts several notable former residents, including Newton Baker, Woodrow Wilson’s secretary of war, and Yolande Fox, a former Miss America.
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Yet, undoubtedly the most prominent name associated with the “historic residence” is that of first lady Jackie Kennedy, who lived there with her two children following the assassination of her husband.
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No longer able to call the White House home, Mrs. Kennedy scooped up 3017 N St. —now one of three buildings on the estate — in 1964 for $195,000, according to the book “Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story.”
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However, to Kennedy’s great dismay, her new home quickly became the premier tourist destination in all of Washington, according to C. David Heymann, the book’s author.
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“That main house where Jackie lived is landlocked,” Maxwell Rabin, an associate at Sotheby’s, told McClatchy News, noting that privacy would have been difficult to ensure.
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Onlookers flocked to the area, “double-parked in their own vehicles, obstructing traffic, chanting Jackie’s name over and over like a mantra,” Heymann wrote, adding “dozens of reporters and news photographers maintained a round-the-clock vigil, as did a battery of radio technicians and television crews.”
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Not long after, on account of the exposure, Kennedy decided to move, decamping to New York City with her young children, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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In the years that followed, few changes were made to the residence, according to the Journal.
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But over the last decade, the property has been radically remodeled, Rabin said.
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The most recent owner, David Hudgens, who founded a successful concrete company, elected to combine the main house with two adjoining properties, creating a complex spanning more than 16,000 interior square feet.
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The estate has been “meticulously transformed to a modern showplace embracing the highest quality design, fixtures, and finishes,” according to Sotheby’s.
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In total, the complex features 13 bedrooms, 13 full bathrooms and five half baths. The property, characterized by oak flooring and ornate molding, includes a large reception hall, an enclosed terrace, a gourmet kitchen and fireplace.
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Incredibly high ceilings and bathrooms with “huge slabs of marble” invoke a sense of grandeur, Rabin said.
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“It’s really unique in that it has three properties but you can travel fairly seamlessly between them,” Rabin said, adding that there is even a tunnel connecting two buildings — a feature that the former first lady no doubt would have been grateful for.
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