Before Jackie Kennedy Onassis was a famous first lady , she was Jacqueline Bouvier , a girl growing up in McLean , Virginia . Now , theObserverreports that the American icon ’s childhood home , Merrywood , hashit the marketfor a price just shy of $ 50 million .
Young Jackie lived in the home with her mother Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss , her baby Lee , and her stepfather , Standard Oil heir Hugh Dudley Auchincloss , Jr. The early-20th - century , Georgian - style mansion cover 23,000 square infantry and seat on a property spanning seven acres . The DoI has nine bedchamber and 11.5 baths . Prospective buyers will also find a wine root cellar , two dressing rooms , and a gymnasium while tour the building ’s four floors .
There ’s plenty to search beyond the main house as well : The estate include a tennis court , indoor and outdoor swimming pools , and several outdoor garden rooms , all jell against the background of the Potomac River .
As an adult , Jackie did n’t venture too far outside McLean , Virginia when she settled into her most notable place of mansion in Washington , D.C. Today , the Virginia plate is owned by AOL co - founderSteve Caseand his wife , Jean . If the dyad sells the property for the itemization monetary value of $ 49.5 million , it will bust the record for most expensive part of substantial land ever sold in the country .
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