"One of the few historic, but still privately-owned, Newport mansions has hit the market for $22 million. Known as "Champ Soleil," the 5-plus acre estate at 601 Bellevue Ave. was built in 1929 for the Drexels, the storied family of banker patriarch, Anthony J. Drexel, whose firm, Drexel Morgan & Associates, with protégé, John Pierpont Morgan, would eventually become J.P. Morgan Chase."
"Taking inspiration from "La Lanterne" at Versailles, the mansion, listed on Wednesday, sits "right down in the heart of the best district of Bellevue Avenue," said Paul Leys, co-owner of Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty, who has the listing with fellow co-owner David Huberman. "It's spectacular," Leys said on Thursday. "It truly is, you know, one of the few remaining private Newport mansions.""
"According to Sotheby's, the 15,000-square-foot villa was designed by renowned architectural firm, Polhemus & Coffin. The property's main residence features seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a paneled library, a home theater, "and fully modernized high-end systems," while the grounds include manicured gardens designed by landscape architect Umberto Innocenti, a croquet lawn, a 20-by-40-foot pool, terraces, a greenhouse, and an "FAA approved heliport," - an amenity Leys said is "very, very rare," even in affluent Newport."
Champ Soleil is a 15,000-square-foot villa on more than five acres at 601 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, built in 1929 for the Drexel family. The estate was designed by Polhemus & Coffin and occupies a prominent Bellevue Avenue location opposite Marble House and near other notable mansions. The main residence offers seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a paneled library, a home theater, and modernized high-end systems. Grounds include gardens by Umberto Innocenti, a croquet lawn, a 20-by-40-foot pool, terraces, a greenhouse, and an FAA-approved heliport. The property includes a two-unit carriage house with a four-car garage and subdivision potential.
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