Stunning childhood home of William F. Buckley, the father of the modern American Conservative Party, on sale for $5.5million
The childhood home of William F. Buckley Jr., one of the architects of the modern conservative movement, has hit the market for $5.5 million.
The sprawling 19th-century Georgian colonial estate in Sharon, Connecticut, had been the childhood home of the Buckley family since 1923, when it was purchased by William F. Buckley Sr.
Today it is sold by his grandson, Buckley Jr.’s nephew, Cameron Smith.
Great Elm, William F. Buckley’s childhood estate in Connecticut, hit the market for $5.5 million
The bathrooms feature Art Deco designs and there is a three-story New Orleans-inspired atrium
The master bedroom suite is on the ground floor and has a sitting room and fireplace
The sprawling 19th-century Georgian colonial estate has eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms and enormous living and dining areas
The 8,872-square-foot mansion was originally built in 1812 and purchased by William Buckley Sr. in 1923.
Outside there is a heated swimming pool, pool house, tennis and paddle/pickle courts
The master bedroom suite is on the ground floor and has a sitting room and fireplace.
The other seven bedrooms are located on the top floor, one of which is used as a fitness room and one as an office.
Outside there is a heated swimming pool, pool house, tennis and paddle/pickle courts.
Born in 1925, Buckley Jr. founded the conservative magazine National Review and hosted the popular PBS show Firing Line for more than 30 years.
He attended Yale University, which he accused of imposing a secular ideology on students by trying to tear down students’ religious beliefs in his first book, “God and Man at Yale.”
In 1955, he founded the National Review, which became a pillar of the modern American Conservative Party.
William F. Buckley founded the conservative magazine National Review and hosted the popular PBS show Firing Line for more than 30 years
Buckley Jr. is considered one of the architects of the modern conservative movement. Pictured is Buckley Jr. (left) with President George HW Bush
Buckley Jr. ran for mayor of New York City in 1965 and received 13.4 percent of the vote, leading to his job as host of Firing Line
“All the great Bible stories begin with Genesis,” political commentator George Will wrote in National Review in 1980. The New York Times.
“And before there was Ronald Reagan, there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry Goldwater, there was National Review, and before there was National Review, there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his head, and the spark in 1980 is a became a sea of fire. .’
Buckley Jr. ran for mayor of New York City in 1965 and received 13.4 percent of the vote, which led to his job as host of Firing Line.
His brother, James Buckley, served in the Senate from 1971 to 1977 as a member of the New York State Conservative Party in the Republican caucus and held multiple positions in the Reagan administration.
Buckley Jr. died in 2008 at his home in Stamford at the age of 82 after a battle with diabetes and emphysema.