Grey Gardens Estate

Grey gardens the seven bedroom estate at 3 west end road in east hampton that once belonged to jackie kennedy onassis s aunt and cousin edith bouvier beale and edith beale is on the market for.

Grey gardens estate. A 1975 documentary about the two grey gardens which. It was once a physical manifestation of the trials and tribulations of the two edith beales. A look at the grey gardens estate sale.

The 14 room grey gardens home located where lily pond lane meets west end road in east hampton long island is just as much a character in the beale legacy as any living being. The historic grey gardens estate made famous by a 1975 documentary with the same name has officially sold with a final sales price of 15 5 million reports the wall street journal. Grey gardens is a 1975 american documentary film by albert and david maysles the film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive upper class women a mother and daughter both named edith beale who lived in poverty at grey gardens a derelict mansion at 3 west end road in the wealthy georgica pond neighborhood of east hampton new york the film was screened at the 1976 cannes film festival.

She and her late husband ben bradlee bought grey gardens in 1979 for 220 000. Quinn and bradlee spent augusts at the beach house. At the time it was in such bad shape that most of the prospective buyers saw it as a tear down but they were determined to restore it instead.

For decades grey gardens has belonged to sally quinn the journalist and ben bradlee the longtime executive editor of the washington post who died in 2014. Grey gardens is a 14 room house at 3 west end road and lily pond lane in the georgica pond neighborhood of east hampton new york it is best known for having been the residence of the beale family from 1924 to 1979 and specifically of mother and daughter edith ewing bouvier beale and edith little edie bouvier beale from 1952 to 1977. Built in 1897 jacqueline kennedy onassis aunt and uncle purchased the east hampton home in 1923.

The 1976 documentary grey gardens exposed the squalor that reclusive edith big edie bouvier. The grey gardens renovation is underway grey gardens returns to the big screen. Why sally quinn is selling.

Aol real estate reports. But despite the media couple s. Owner sally quinn purchased the property from big and little edie back in 1979 with her late husband ben bradlee.