Dunnellen Hall
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Dunnellen Hall is a private mansion located in Greenwich
, Connecticut
, USA
. It was sold by the estate of Leona Helmsley
for $35,000,000, down from the original asking price of $125,000,000 when it was first put up on the market in 2008.
Dunnellen Hall was built for New York City
financier Daniel G. Reid
as a gift for his daughter in 1918. Dunnellen Hall was built for approximately 6 million dollars. The approximately 23000 ft2 mansion originally sat on over 200 acre (0.809372 km²), but it currently situated on just over 40. It was purchased in 1983 by Mrs. Helmsley and her husband Harry for US$
11M. According to the Greenwich Historical Society, Dunnellen Hall is one of the last intact historic estates left in Greenwich.
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, USA
United States
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. It was sold by the estate of Leona Helmsley
Leona Helmsley
Leona Mindy Roberts Helmsley was an American businesswoman and real estate entrepreneur. She was a flamboyant personality and had a reputation for tyrannical behavior that earned her the nickname Queen of Mean...
for $35,000,000, down from the original asking price of $125,000,000 when it was first put up on the market in 2008.
Dunnellen Hall was built for New York City
New York City
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financier Daniel G. Reid
Daniel G. Reid
Daniel Gray Reid was an American industrialist and philanthropist known as the "Tinplate King".He was born in Richmond, Indiana, and in 1892 bought a nearby tin plate mill, with which he eventually combined every tin plate company in the country to form the American Tin Plate Company, with Reid as...
as a gift for his daughter in 1918. Dunnellen Hall was built for approximately 6 million dollars. The approximately 23000 ft2 mansion originally sat on over 200 acre (0.809372 km²), but it currently situated on just over 40. It was purchased in 1983 by Mrs. Helmsley and her husband Harry for US$
United States dollar
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11M. According to the Greenwich Historical Society, Dunnellen Hall is one of the last intact historic estates left in Greenwich.