Mansions

Published: Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 5:33 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 5:33 p.m. With a 7,500-square-foot main house and a 2,000-square-foot attached guest house, the estate in Sarasota’s sought-after West of the Trail neighborhood is a bona fide mansion. It’s also one of the most unusual houses in Sarasota County. As … Continue reading »

Mike Andriaccio, who has owned Reynolds Mansion with his wife, Tricia, since June 2010, said the recognition was a pleasant surprise. Photo provided by Centre County Gazette. Owners of the historic Reynolds Mansion in Bellefonte have achieved Innkeepers of the Year. The award, part of Pennsylvania’s Spirit of Hospitality 2012 Awards Program, is presented by … Continue reading »

18 January 2011 Last updated at 07:34 ET By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Moulins Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A look around Monsieur Mantin’s preserved house A late 19th Century town-house in central France that was sealed up for more than 100 years has finally been opened to the public in … Continue reading »

Sold for $42million – the Gilded Age New York City mansion with seven floors and its own servants’ quarters (butler not included) By Beth Stebner PUBLISHED: 18:36 EST, 23 June 2012 | UPDATED: 21:33 EST, 23 June 2012 A landmark townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a rare example of the opulent Gilded Age, has … Continue reading »

The Egyptian pyramids. Stonehenge. The Mayan temples. The Taj Mahal. Graceland. Thirty years ago, a mythic story once hidden behind security gates in a suburb of Memphis was born, one with meanings much larger than the physical edifice itself. On this day in 1982, the gates of Graceland, Elvis Presley’s estate in Memphis, Tenn., were … Continue reading »

Hilton & Hyland Ooh la la! Check out this ornate, pink mansion. Can you guess which celebrity calls this lavish, Mediterranean-styled house their home? When it comes to home ownership, we wouldn’t expect anything less from the reality TV diva who lives in this luxurious Beverly Hills mansion. She definitely has a taste for finer, … Continue reading »

OWNER: Martin Lawrence LOCATION: Beverly Hills, CA PRICE: $200,000 per month SIZE: 16,178 square feet, 7 bedrooms, 9.5 bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: Your Mama was in the throes of getting this big of celebrity real estate bizness together when it was revealed to us that the sassy, long-legged blond at Trulia already did a little ditty … Continue reading »

Bendigo mansion Fortuna Villa: ”Part of our national story.” Photo: Daryl Pinder IT WAS the biggest house in Australia, an opulent 19th century mansion eccentrically decorated by a man with unbridled wealth and questionable taste. Now it’s on the market for the first time in more than 70 years. Fortuna Villa, built by gold baron … Continue reading »

If you can somehow get your hands on $125 million, then you can have the opportunity to own one of the most expensive and famous homes in the country — the Versace mansion. The Miami house, also known as “Casa Casuarina,” went up for sale last Friday. Gianni Versace only lived in the mansion for … Continue reading »

A renovation is planned for Portland’s Pittock Mansion. (Photo courtesy of the Pittock Mansion Society) Pittock Mansion, one of Portland’s most well-known historic structures, will soon undergo a major renovation. The $1.1 million renovation, expected to start in summer 2013, will restore and waterproof the mansion’s four terraces. Currently, the terraces do not drain properly, … Continue reading »