August 6, 2011
Kate Hepburn's Connecticut Home For Sale
Robert Doyle READ TIME: 1 MIN.
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. - Katharine Hepburn's former home on Connecticut's Long Island Sound is up for sale.
Owners have updated the house by combining rooms to create larger and more open spaces. The house had 21 rooms and nine bathrooms but has been reduced to 15 rooms and 7 � bathrooms.
The estate is now on the market for $28 million. The house, on the largest of three lots, can be purchased separately for $18 million.
Seven years ago, the property sold for $6 million.
The Academy Award-winning actress retired to the home and lived there until her death in 2003 at age 96. The feminist icon won four Oscars and received 12 nominations over her 60-year career.
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Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.
