Gloria Swanson’s eight bedroom, 14 bathroom, 24,000-SF New Jersey mansion, once listed at $39 million, sells for $4.6 million

Gloria Swanson’s eight bedroom, 14 bathroom,
 24,000-SF New Jersey mansion,
once listed at $39 million, sells for $4.6 million

  

 Joseph Kennedy and wife actress Gloria Swanson

ENGLEWOOD, NJ -- An Englewood, New Jersey mansion that was built for Polish royalty and was once owned by Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of the Kennedy clan, who gifted it to his mistress, silent-film-star Gloria Swanson, has sold for $4.6 million, or about 88% under its original asking price of $39 million.

 

Sara Jessica Parker

Gloria Crest, surprisingly named for the location and not Gloria Swanson, was built in 1926 by Count Stefan Poniatowski, who claimed to be the heir to Polish royalty.

Brooke Shields

The count had made millions in the silk industry and built the mansion as a testament to his wealth, according to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

 

  His wife, Edythe, landscaped the walled five acres with exotic gardens which still contain rare horticultural examples today.

Upton Sinclair 

When the stock market crashed in 1929, the count sold the villa to Kennedy, who turned around and gifted it to Ms. Swanson.

David Cassidy

Designed to resemble an Italian villa in the Renaissance Revival style encompassing 24,000 square feet on five acres of land, the home stood out in the well-to-do community and was often referred to as the White House of Englewood.

Malcolm Forbes

The mansion was originally priced at $39 million in 2013 before a series of price reductions to $9.9 million and the final price of $4.6 million.

Michelle Pais 

Although somewhat dated along with high property taxes of $168,000 per year and a complicated corporate ownership, the home has a lot going for it including a pool, pool house and aviary, stream, lake, waterfall, island and pavilion.

Count Stefan Poniatowski

The interior contains eight bedrooms, fourteen bathrooms, banquet-sized formal rooms, music bar room, den, library, chef’s kitchen, elevator, seven-car garage, greenhouse, staff quarters, gym, grotto, steam, spa, media room, and wine cellar.

                              Swanson mansion wine cellar

The three-room master suite has a sitting area and fireplace, a bath with marble soaking tub and separate shower. 

 

Additional amenities include a home theater, private gym, and a home office.

Swanson mansion interior entrance

With its prestige and proximity to Manhattan, Englewood has been home to authors Upton Sinclair and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, actor-and-musician David Cassidy, Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and actresses Sara Jessica Parker and Brooke Shields.

 

The selling agent is Michelle Pais from Signature Realty in Westfield, New Jersey.

 

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 Photo credit: Signature Realty

Source: thegloriacrestestate.com