Off with the old, on with the new: Ted Kennedy's Virginia home set to be torn down making way for $45 million chateau
The former home of the late Senator Ted Kennedy is set to be torn down and replaced with a $45 million chateau.
Nestled in a wooded area of McClean, Virginia, the former Kennedy residence screams of old money and the understated glamor of the Massachusetts dynasty but it failed to gain much traction when it was put up for sale last year for $10 million.
Now the owner of the Potomac River property is offering to tear down the Kennedy digs and replace it with a sprawling, 10 bedroom chateau.
Classy: Ted Kennedy's former home in Mclean, Virginia is going to be torn down
Nouveau
Riche: The Kennedy home failed to sell so now the owner plans to build
Le Chateau De Lumiere, a sprawling mansion on the riverfront property
Senator
Kennedy, the younger brother of former President John F. Kennedy,
served as a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 until 2009.
He died at the age of 77 in August 2009 from a brain tumor.
He had lived in the classy, 10-bedroom, nine-bath house with his first wife Joan and their children. They divorced in 1982.
Sen. Kennedy married his second wife Vicki at his McClean home in 1992.
Then in the mid-90s, he sold the home to Hong Kong financier Eric Hotung for $5.88 million.
Stylish: The late politician's former home is located in a wooded area but is a far cry from a rustic cabin
Ornate:
The Massachusetts Democrat married his second wife, Vicki, at the
McLean home but the newlyweds moved to a mansion in the district shortly
after they wed
The riverfront home was designed by
John Carl Warnecke, the architect responsible for for John F. Kennedy's
gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery.
The home will be 'a tear down, so it's not that significant,' Mike Mafi, owner of the McLean-based The Building Group, told the Washington Post.
Instead of the ranch style home of the Kennedys, plans are in place for the construction of a 30,000 square-foot French-style chateau called Le Chateau de Lumiere.
The chateau will have 10 bedrooms, 12.5 baths, eight fireplaces, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis and indoor racquet courts, five-car garage and gatehouse.
Family
home: Senator Edward Kennedy, left, and his wife, Joan, right,
(pictured in Oct. 1979) raised their family at the McLean home. The
couple divorced in 1982
Marriage: Sen. Kennedy (pictured in 2008) married his second wife Vicki (left) at the McLean home in 1992
Kennedy left Virginia for D.C. after he married Vicki.
They moved to a 8,900 square feet, seven bedroom colonial style home in 1998, located in the district's swish Kalorama neighborhood located in the NW quadrant of DC.
The late politician's widow, Vicki, put their Washington, D.C. home up for sale after the death of her husband.
She sold it in 2011 for $6.5 million to the Republic of Gabon.
She now lives in a three-bedroom townhouse, located in the same neighborhood, which she purchased in 2009 for $1.65 million.
Plan:
The current owner of the property is Hong Kong tycoon Eric Hotung. He
plans to tear down the home to make way for the mansion
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Nestled in a wooded area of McClean, Virginia, the former Kennedy residence screams of old money and the understated glamor of the Massachusetts dynasty but it failed to gain much traction when it was put up for sale last year for $10 million.
Now the owner of the Potomac River property is offering to tear down the Kennedy digs and replace it with a sprawling, 10 bedroom chateau.
Classy: Ted Kennedy's former home in Mclean, Virginia is going to be torn downNouveau
Riche: The Kennedy home failed to sell so now the owner plans to build
Le Chateau De Lumiere, a sprawling mansion on the riverfront propertyHe had lived in the classy, 10-bedroom, nine-bath house with his first wife Joan and their children. They divorced in 1982.
Then in the mid-90s, he sold the home to Hong Kong financier Eric Hotung for $5.88 million.
Stylish: The late politician's former home is located in a wooded area but is a far cry from a rustic cabinOrnate:
The Massachusetts Democrat married his second wife, Vicki, at the
McLean home but the newlyweds moved to a mansion in the district shortly
after they wedThe home will be 'a tear down, so it's not that significant,' Mike Mafi, owner of the McLean-based The Building Group, told the Washington Post.
Instead of the ranch style home of the Kennedys, plans are in place for the construction of a 30,000 square-foot French-style chateau called Le Chateau de Lumiere.
The chateau will have 10 bedrooms, 12.5 baths, eight fireplaces, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis and indoor racquet courts, five-car garage and gatehouse.
Family
home: Senator Edward Kennedy, left, and his wife, Joan, right,
(pictured in Oct. 1979) raised their family at the McLean home. The
couple divorced in 1982Marriage: Sen. Kennedy (pictured in 2008) married his second wife Vicki (left) at the McLean home in 1992They moved to a 8,900 square feet, seven bedroom colonial style home in 1998, located in the district's swish Kalorama neighborhood located in the NW quadrant of DC.
The late politician's widow, Vicki, put their Washington, D.C. home up for sale after the death of her husband.
She sold it in 2011 for $6.5 million to the Republic of Gabon.
She now lives in a three-bedroom townhouse, located in the same neighborhood, which she purchased in 2009 for $1.65 million.
Plan:
The current owner of the property is Hong Kong tycoon Eric Hotung. He
plans to tear down the home to make way for the mansion=
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