Red Gate Farm, The Martha’s Vineyard Sanctuary Of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Goes On The Market For $65 Million

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis bought a 340-acre property on Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast, in 1979. With more than a mile of private Atlantic beachfront, Red Gate Farm has been treasured and preserved since then, in recent years by her daughter, Caroline Kennedy. The property has just been listed for sale.

“Forty years ago, my mother fell in love with Martha’s Vineyard,” Ms. Kennedy said. “When she found Red Gate Farm, it was a perfect expression of her romantic and adventurous spirit. The dunes and ponds and rolling hills of Aquinnah gave her the chance to create a world where she could be so close to nature, close to her family and friends, and, most importantly, close to her beloved books. She even built a fairy treehouse for her grandchildren.”

Now, she said, it is time to pass on the torch.

“Those grandchildren are grown, so now it is time for us to follow my mother’s example and create our own worlds. We hope that a new family will treasure this place as we have for three generations. We are excited about the next chapter for Red Gate Farm.”

The centerpiece of the estate is an unpretentious main house designed in the traditional Cape Cod style by the well-known architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. The landscape was designed by Bunny Mellon, the renowned horticulturist who designed the White House Rose Garden when Mrs. Onassis was First Lady of the United States. Originally completed in 1981, the house was renovated and expanded in the same style in 2000 by Deborah Berke, Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

The 6,456-square-foot cedar-shingled main residence has five en-suite bedrooms, two half baths, a chef’s kitchen equipped with professional grade appliances and two offices or artist studios. Three fireplaces bring warmth, and outdoor decks are open to the serene water and nature views with dunes in the distance.

A two-story guest house has four bedrooms and three baths, plus a living room, kitchen and laundry. Outbuildings include two garages, a caretaker’s house with three bedrooms, a boat house, a temperature- and humidity-controlled storage building and a hunting cabin—the only structure on the property when Mrs. Onassis purchased Red Gate Farm.There is also a pool and a tennis court.

Dan Conn, CEO of Christie’s International Real Estate, said, “The spirit of the property is in perfect balance. The family’s reverence for nature and the joy of their immersion into the natural world is reflected in every corner of this magnificent estate. The peacefulness one feels at Red Gate Farm is a direct result of its complete privacy, the level of care and commitment shown to the land for four decades, and the deep appreciation for the enduring memories created by those fortunate enough to pass through its red gates.”

Red Gate Farm is being marketed globally by Christie’s International Real Estate, which is represented locally by Tom LeClair and Gery Conover, agents of LandVest, the exclusive Affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate on Martha’s Vineyard.

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