Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas!
One of the more prestigious estates in Dallas was on the market recently and just sold so we have lots of photos that aren't normally available to the public.
It's pretty impressive with 37,000 sq ft, 10 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, 4 dining areas, 10 living rooms, a library of course, 11 fireplaces, 2 theaters or media rooms, a grand ballroom, 2 basketball courts, a tennis court, a 10 car garage, a pool, a 4,000 sq ft pool house, a 3,300 sq ft guest house, a 10 million dollar water park in the back yard....on 14 acres!
Whew! That's the biggest sentence I've ever written.
This magnificent home was built about 1940, or I should say it was finished about 1940, it took a few years to build and they brought artisans and craftsmen from Europe to do much of the work. The owner was an Italian guy who built it to stay in when he was here to oversee his cotton empire.
Texas was a huge cotton growing state, that's why they favored slavery so much, they wanted them for the cotton fields.
First let's take a look at some of the architecture and stone work:
This is the Crespi family coat of arms above the main entrance:
You don't see this kind of stone work anymore:
Cool shot of the pool. Gotta have a pool in Texas:
This is the guest house:
Some of the garages:
Here's what the backyard used to look like, which I really like. Very peaceful and harmonious with nature:
There was a creek running through it:
But the developers that bought it a couple years ago spent 10 million dollars putting in this big water park, which I think it garish:
Okay, now for some interior shots:
The main dining room:
The library:
The ball room:
View of the master bedroom patio/balcony on the 2nd floor, that would be sweet!
The other side of the master bedroom looking out over the front lawn:
Every mansion has to have a conservatory:
Kitchen of course:
One of the baths, look at that marble!
One of the living rooms. The inlaid floor is incredible!
Staircase leading up to the master bedroom:
One of the media rooms:
I had to laugh when I saw this photo, this is the man's closet off the master bedroom with a fireplace!
Another living room, look at the ceiling, I love those!
I don't know what they call this room but I love that spiral staircase!
Here's the layout of the estate:
Well, that's probably as much opulence as you can handle in one post so I'll stop here.
The purchase price is a secret but I figure it's somewhere between 45 and 60 million because the developers who bought it two years ago paid 36 million and then updated it plus spent 10 mil on that water park.
A wealthy local family bought it. Well, that goes without saying, of course they'd have to be wealthy! lol. What would you do with it if you were able to buy such a property?
Steemitinc is just down the road in Austin, think you'd be hosting Steemfest every year?
Thanks for stopping by folks, I like seeing how the 1% live. Stay cool and keep dreamin!
-jonboy
Texas
