A host of famous names gravitate around this property. Listed by the Sotheby’s International Realty network for $2.2 million (€2 million), this 470 m² property has close ties to Walt Disney but can also be linked to Audrey Hepburnthe Kennedys and even the landscaper who designed New York’s Central Park. Located in Centerville, a former village on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, this building was originally part of the Fernbrook Estate, which dates back to 1881 and included an inn that regularly hosted famous people.
The premises were notably owned by Herbert T. Kalmus, inventor of the color film process. Technicolor. It was he who invited Walt Disney to come to the site. And it was locked up at the top of this tower, in fact a former water tower, that the film and television producer wrote his animated film “Fantasia” during the 1940s. This tower still houses a magnificent belvedere with a bar and its large original bay windows which reveal a 360° panorama of Centerville and the peaks of the Strait of NantucketThe base of the old water tower houses the main bedroom of the house.
Pond and water lilies
Because this vast residence with its 6 bedrooms in total is of recent design: it dates back to 1995 and was built around the tower. It had already been sold for the first time in 2017 for 1.13 million dollars according to the specialist site Robb Report.The place also benefits from more than 4000 m² of land which were reworked by the famous landscaper Frederick Law Olmstead, author of Central Park but also of the arboretum of the University of Harvardand there are lush gardens and a romantic pond with water lilies. Not to mention the exposed beams, terraces and heated outdoor swimming pool.
