Jackie O’s Childhood Home Is on the Market for $29.5M

Kristina Hacker, Photographs Courtesy of Douglas Elliman,

The walls of the sprawling great room are filled with art.This 12-room duplex in the iconic Rosario Candela-designed 740 Park Avenue was owned in the 1930s by John V. Bouvier III and his wife, Janet, who are familiarly known as being the parents of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Although the former first lady only lived there for a few years in her childhood, her family's legacy remains as the apartment is still called the “Bouvier Apartment.” Hedge funder David Ganek currently owns it, but he has been trying to unload the place to no avail since 2014, when he first listed it for $44M. Now it has returned to the market with Douglas Elliman’s Tal Alexander and Oren Alexander with a $29.5M price tag, reports Curbed.

The apartment has been thoroughly updated since Jackie O's childhood, but the listing says that great pains were taken to restore all the antique charm and ornate architectural details to museum quality, so we can imagine that it hasn't lost any of the grandeur it had when the former first lady and her family called it home. It's the quintessential Park Avenue residence, with a grand marble gallery leading into the entertaining floor where there is a sprawling living room, a wood-paneled library, a formal dining room and a state-of-the-art kitchen. Up the sweeping staircase lies the master suite with its two marble bathrooms, two dressing rooms and two offices along with three more en-suite bedrooms and a media room.

A grand entry gallery lined with marble leads into the rest of the apartment. A marble fireplace anchors the great room. The library walls are lined with restored wood paneling. The apartment is filled with art. The great room features a dining area. The St. Charles-designed kitchen has top-of-the-line appliances. There is a sunny breakfast nook in the kitchen, The master bedroom is light-filled and spacious. The master bathroom features a freestanding soaking tub, The master bathroom features a steam shower and soaking tub. A bedroom features a built-in desk area. A child's bedroom has a sunny window seat.