Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ Former Home Listed in Washington D.C.

A bit of Washington, D.C., historical past is hitting the market.

The Georgetown property fashioned by the mix of three homes — one in every of which was house to former first girl Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — will probably be listed for $26.5 million, the Wall Road Journal reported.

Jonathan Taylor, of TTR Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty, has the itemizing for a belief of the late David W. Hudgens, who mixed the three houses right into a 16,300-square-foot, 13-bedroom mansion earlier than his loss of life in November 2022, the outlet stated.

The house previously owned by Onassis grew to become a vacationer attraction, main the household to maneuver out about 9 months after Onassis purchased it in December 1963, the Journal reported. 

Hudgens purchased the three houses individually: one for $1.2 million in 1997; one other in 2006 for $1.6 million; and the previous Onassis house for $5.25 million in 2017, in accordance with the outlet.

It took about 4 years for the houses to be transformed and related, in accordance with architect Dale Overmyer, who was commissioned for the mission. The houses, although related, nonetheless keep their very own particular person traits, in accordance with the WSJ.

Hudgens’ imaginative and prescient was to have a spot the place “presidents and dignitaries might go to and fundraising occasions might happen,” Overmyer advised the Journal. “He additionally needed all three homes to work independently or collectively.”

The previous Onassis house, constructed within the late 18th century and often known as the Baker Home, is listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations. Some parts of the house remained intact, together with the fireplaces, entry corridor and first ground lounge, the Journal reported. It additionally features a library, eating room, new kitchen and fitness center, in addition to a completely redone second ground.

One of many different houses has a roof terrace with views of the Washington Monument, the Journal stated.

— Ted Glanzer