Jackie O’s Martha’s Vineyard Compound Asks $65M

Beachfront summer estates are inextricably entwined with Kennedy-Bouvier lore; Jackie O summered at her family estate Lasata in East Hampton as a child, and her aunt and cousin infamously lurked in the same town for years. Now another home in which the former first lady spent a considerable amount of time, this one her vast Martha’s Vineyard compound, is on the market. Listed by daughter Caroline, the 340-acre Red Gate Farm is asking $65 million.

Onassis scooped up the parcel in 1979 for just $1 million, then occupied solely by a hunting cabin. While that original building still stands, Onassis shortly thereafter constructed a 6,6456-square-foot main house with a cedar-shingled exterior and five bedrooms and five full bathrooms within. Surrounding this manse are a two-story guest house with four additional bedrooms and three additional bathrooms, a three-bedroom caretaker’s house, and a boat house. Also nearby are a pool, tennis court, and fairy tree house commissioned by Onassis for her grandchildren.

The home was expanded by Caroline in 2000, maintaining its singular Cape Cod elegance whilst supplying more room for the prospering political family. Space is not the home’s sole selling point, however; Red Gate Farm comes with over a mile of Atlantic Ocean beachfront, private and accessible only via the property, as well as two freshwater ponds. These pastoral trademarks, with endless rolling dunes and serene waterscapes, are evocative of Jackie’s spirit itself.

Kathleen Coumou of Christie’s International Real Estate has the listing.