Hamptons house where Jacqueline Bouvier was riding on sale for $1. 7 M

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Hamptons house where Jacqueline Bouvier was riding on sale for $1. 7 M

A two-story house, 275 years old in East Hampton, New York, used to be home to the Riding Club of East Hampton where a young Jacqueline Bouvier was learning how to ride, has changed hands for the first time in nearly five decades.

The property closed in May in contract and went into the market for almost its final asking price of $1.749 million last week, according to the listing agents, Dawn Watson and Enzo Morabito of Douglas Elliman.

The property originally hit market with $2.49 million in January 2020, listing records show.

The house, built in 1745 as the Abraham Baker House, was converted in 1924 by the Riding Club and purchased for its members as a clubhouse. According to Ms. Watson, former first lady Kennedy Onassis learned first to ride horses on the property.

The 0.9 acre property was converted in 1943 into a private home. It is one of a few small handful of East Hampton properties that are allowed to build two houses on one lot, she said.

It s a really special home, and I can t wait to see how the new owner will restore it and revitalize it, she said, adding that the seller, a local family, has owned it for nearly five decades.

The final sale price and the identity of the buyer could not be determined as the transaction has yet to appear in property records.

Currently the historic house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms with a total of 2,000 square feet of living space.

The design of a classic Hamptons house is synonymous with what we think today of as timeless Hamptons style. But this wooden shingled roof is everything, Ms. Watson said.

Other things that speak to the time and architectural significance of the house are the two fireplaces, around which the house is anchored, the original wide plank pumpkin pine floors and some seriously old glass that s still left in a few of the windows, she added.

This story appeared for first time on Mansion Global.