SIX DEGREES OF HABITATION
By: Joan Duffy
Offered at $6,295,000
Joan Duffy – 818-285-5230 -Ewing & Associates Sotheby’s International Realty
Looking for a little celebrity lineage in a new home? Then check out this incredible Storybook Connecticut Farmhouse style estate. The original house is believed to be built built by the Secretary of Navy in 1935 and was originally a small 2 bed 1 bath horse property on over an acre lot. The estate has metamorphosed over the years into a sprawling and impeccably appointed gated estate that the current owners have significantly remodeled and brought to it’s fullest potential. Through the decades, the estate has been a has been a magnet for celebrity owners allured by it’s location, lush grounds, privacy and tranquil setting.
Check out some the past residents:
- A past resident from the 50′s was former Los Angeles Dodger Wally Moon, famous for his towering “Moon Shot” home runs some 40 years ago
- Teen heartthrob David Cassidy lived in the guest house in the 60′s.
- In the 1960′s, British Invasion singing duo Chad & Jeremy (“A Summer Song”) lived at the estate.
-In the 1970′s, comedian and actor Jerry Van Dyke resided at the property . He is the younger brother of comedian and actor Dick Van Dyke, and made his acting debut on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
-Rick Davies, lead singer of Supertramp (“The Logical Song,” “Take the Long Way Home”). Davies wound up recording his vocal parts at his home studio dubbed The Backyard Studios in Encino that is now a resort-like, one-bedroom detached guest house that features a media room, full kitchen, beamed ceilings and wood-burning stone fireplace…perfect for out of town guests or a writer’s retreat.
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