Gideon Takes North Street: “Greenwich’s version of Petit Trianon finally hits the market”

Greenwich’s Petit Trianon, 408 North Street asking $32,000,000.

Listing agents: Jan Milligan and Joe Barbieri of Sotheby’s.

The original Petit in Versailles, France.

Similar lines as the White House in D.C., but, as you can see… different.

Gideon Fountain posting for Christopher Fountain

To paraphrase Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry, “the question you gotta ask yourself”, as you drive up to this magnificent structure is, will anyone save it? After a thorough inspection of house and grounds, I’ll say probably.

It all depends on you buyers and your mindset: do you or do you not place value on such an historic property? And if you have $32,000,000 to spend on this, you also have many hundreds of more millions that could be spent building exactly what you want, rather than “adapting” this one.

And yes, it will need loads of adapting. But the reward for all that trouble will be enormous. Instead of yet another 20,000 square-foot modern conglomeration of forgettable architecture, you will own a true landmark that will enhance everything about your life. The house will become your trademark, your monument, a place for parties and meetings and festivals that participants will never forget.

Yep, you can have all that OR…. you can build a future tear-down that no one notices or cares about. Need some examples? Take a drive through Conyers Farm!