The Hamptons estate where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent her childhood summers is up for sale for $55 million.
The seven-acre New York estate includes an eight-bedroom main house designed by renowned architect Arthur C. Jackson and built in 1917 for Manhattan attorney George Wellington Schurman.
It is now being sold by film and TV producer David Zander, who bought it from Tiffany & Co.’s chief artistic officer, Reed Krakoff, in 2018 for $24 million.
Since the purchase in 2019, Zander told the Wall Street Journal he spent ‘coals and gobs’ of money on a restoration, with more than 30 people working on the estate – including a specialist team of painters from Paris.
The Hamptons estate where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent her childhood summers is up for sale for $55 million
The main house sits on a seven-acre property and was built in 1917 for a Manhattan lawyer
The home’s interior was restored by film and TV producer David Zander, who bought it in 2018 for $24 million
Jackie O’s grandfather owned the property in the 1920s and named it Lasata – a Native American word meaning “place of peace.” She spent her summers there as a child
Jackie O spent summers at the property as a young child when it was owned by her grandfather, John Vernou Bouvier Jr, a Wall Street attorney and stockbroker.
Bouvier, Jr. owned the property in the 1920s and named it Lasata – a Native American word meaning “place of peace.”
Zander, who produced Spring Breakers, told the Wall Street Journal that he is a collector of “architecturally interesting” homes and bought it on a whim in 2017 when he fell in love with the property.
He told the paper he was surprised by the size of the windows and large rooms filled with light. “For all its beauty, it was understated and subtle,” he said.
He also said that Lasata and Jackie O’s connection didn’t change his appreciation for the house. “It’s a fun fact, but nothing else,” he told The Journal.
But the Hamptons real estate agency in charge of selling the house, Compass, seemed to suggest that the connection to the former First Lady increased its value, and in his mention described it as “a piece of American history.”
In addition to a main house, Lasata also has a pool house and a separate two-bedroom guest house
Legendary French landscape architect Louis Benech was commissioned by Zander to tackle the estate’s garden
According to Zander, almost all rooms in the house feel airy and light, thanks in part to the many high windows and white walls
The house has high casement windows, unusual for the period in which it was built, and beamed ceilings
The dining table on the ground floor of the main house overlooks the seven-acre estate
The main building has 310,000 square feet on two floors
The main house, built in 1917, has eight bedrooms
Lasata is listed as a ‘single family home’ but has eight bedrooms in the main house
“It’s so well known in town,” Eileen O’Neill of the Corcoran Group, one of the brokers, told the Journal. “It’s such a part of both East Hampton history and American history. So that is definitely an attraction for people.’
Zander commissioned Paris-based interior designer Pierre Yovanovitch to renovate the interior and French landscape architect Louis Benech to tend the gardens.
The estate is lined with various trees, including ancient lime trees, London plane trees, cork trees and American elm trees.
It also has a swimming pool and a separate pool house, as well as a four-hectare plot with a grass tennis court. In addition to the main house, it has a two-bedroom guest house and a three-car garage with a workshop.
The estate has a garage with capacity for three cars and a workshop
The estate is lined with various trees including ancient Linden, London Planes, Cork and American Elm
Zandar commissioned a specialist crew of painters to come from Paris to complete the renovation, which took several years and involved more than 30 people
Hamptons estate agent Compass described the estate as being in ‘pristine’ condition
Krakoff and his wife, interior designer Delphine Krakoff, purchased the estate in 2007 for $25 million. When they did, they also undertook a major restoration.
“They took it to 91 percent and we took it to 150 percent,” Zander said.
“Meticulously restored in 2007 and again in 2019, the estate’s integrity has been carefully preserved while infusing modern elegance,” the listing reads.
Zander told the Journal that he was selling Lasata because he had only spent a month there since buying it. He owns six homes in California, New York and St. Barts. “It seems like a crazy waste,” he said.