Katharine Hepburn's Home For Sale

[@minnie7700]

Back in the 40’s, my mother was a nanny for a family that lived next door to this house. She often saw Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy out in the yard.

[@badabing9143]

Oh wow ♥

[@paulinesterry7810]

Ciao, love little stories like this, thanks for sharing.

[@LeiasStandIn]

😍😍😍😍

[@dianealbrecht496]

I am a native if CT & familiar with the area. I've seen her house from a distance, but not the inside. I can hardly believe this is the same house. The old one had more character & personality. It was a typical "New England" house. This is an overstated "the Hamptons" look. What a shame.

[@cindyk4294]

A house never really belongs to one person...the house lives longer if well taken care of. You only own it in your time period. It’s beautifully restored.

[@norinefitzgerald5259]

Cindy Kocialski , what a very well articulated observation, makes life simpler when you understand this.

[@JudithLou]

This house is absolutely gorgeous. If I had the money, I would buy it in a minute. It would be wonderful to believe that this beautiful house would stand forever.

[@ReadingisMagicTV]

What a beautiful restoration for a much-loved home! Houses can be converted to museums or shrines but this family HOME has a new life. Enjoying the views from the same windows as Kate did would make me smile. Nice job.

[@MsOneaglewings]

Time marches on. So it’s completely renovated. It needed it. I think the look is beautiful and I loved Katherine.

[@chriswyble6624]

My grandfather helped build this home!

[@laurids2007]

Is this located in CA?

[@djterry1218]

Maltelaurids2007 the narrator said Long Island.

[@susanmathis1682]

He did amazing work. I pray it is always preserved.

[@kathyh4804]

Interesting, thank you for sharing a bit of history

[@chriswyble4519]

Maltelaurids2007 Connecticut

[@fraslavko1]

She (Catherine) actually had a very nice townhouse in Manhattan, right next door to my friend.her back garden was a gem. Like a secret garden.

[@kateg7298]

There's a very good interview she did in that garden. It's here on youtube.

[@timirish2563]

I was fond of the house as it was--in a state of relaxed, derelict, benign neglect--a beloved dump, quickly sinking into the Sound.. Hepburn didn't give a hoot about home improvement or housework and her kitchen was like an archeological dig of seventy years of hasty meal preparation. Her brother's portion of the house was spotless and tidy. These great summer camps always had a rabbit warren of tiny guest bedrooms and not-too-many baths. All of the day's activity was meant to be outside. Also, still clinging to the Victorian age in the early Twentieth Century, there was an unconscious desire for much-too-much privacy, so windows were small and interior daylight was at a premium. With what people are willing to pay for such a sizable house at such an ideal location, the interior just has to live up to contemporary expectations. Still, I might have made different choices. I think with a proper collection of appropriate antiques in the rooms and period art on the walls, the house would warm up quickly and lose that vanilla sterility. If I were to pick a location to create a monument to Hepburn, I might go for her townhouse and garden in Manhattan or her I'm-at-work house off Doheny in the Hollywood Hills.

[@tomkellycartoons]

What is wrong with you? A house in need of repair and renovation should be repaired and renovated.

[@DippyHippie]

@@tomkellycartoons oh,go away…

[@BetsyH]

Would have liked seeing this before reno.

[@Porsche996driver]

My mom loved Katherine Hepburn. An independent woman when women were supposed to just stay home. This is beautiful I’m sure she’d love the bright open space.

[@jw6948]

It's beautiful but I would like to see what it looked like when she lived there. The current owner kinda gutted out the history

[@marie1700]

Yes it saddens me that they gutted her house and totally changed it. She would be turning in her grave if she knew it. I want to see pictures of the original house not this new fake one.

[@suuli777]

ell the house was in such a bad condition they couldnt keep the original stuff

[@kareno6222]

Agree

[@jtrain5615]

KH was interviewed several times in the house, and it was pretty shabby by the end of her life. I'm sure you can find those interviews somewhere online. One of them shows quite a bit of the house, with KH discussing some of the decor. It was cool, because she lived there, but nobody would buy it in that condition - and with its small cramped rooms, low ceilings, etc.

[@theresabollman8061]

It was very different. Several interviews were taped there. It it was nice but sort of old looking and untouched. Even she was dressed in old clothes...slacks and very plain. The room she and her friend and helper cooked and ate in was simple, not updated or recently painted. She swam in those cold waters every single day...then as you see in some photos, came in and bundled up in a heavy robe etc. The Queen Anne's Lace (white flowering weeds) would be picked and used in vases in the house, and if she had to leave for the city house she would take them with her as if they were a floral arrangement. To stay warm she usually huddled by one of the hearths. As stated the brightness and windows came much later and the rooms were small and simple.

[@qldr2305]

Well I would say yes to living in this house in a heartbeat just for the location - I think its lovely!

[@LindaCasey]

My heavens! What a fantastic movie set! A dream come to life .. absolutely spectacularly done. Beautiful.

[@barbaraperry2595]

I went into the Fenwick house back in the early 80's, her sister took me there, it was completely different from the renovated home we see today....before it was almost primitive, no kitchen counters, prep tables In kit. Dark wood paneling....walk in fireplace in dining rm. Everything was very dark....full of objects she collected...her bedroom had a small canvas she was painting, paintings on all her bedroom walls...she had a good eye and her painting was well,done...she owned a 3 story brownstone in turtle Bay section of NYC.....full of fascinating treasures collected throughout her world journeys....almost felt like a lived in antique shop from a dream .....she kept a small framed photo of her older brother Tom, who died as a teen, found hung in an upstairs room...a tragic event to carry in one's heart all those years...? I was married to Katherine's sisters former husband

[@shirleypena4133]

+Barbara Perry Would you be so kind as to re-write your comment, using proper punctuation. Your sentences running into each other makes it difficult to follow your train of thought.

[@lynnlopez3274]

Me too! A friend met her at the farmers market and she was invited to visit. I remember it as being new england grey.

[@totallydomestic433]

Shirley Pena I followed her thought just fine thank you

[@lynnlopez3274]

I was quite pleased to have the info from an insider. Put your blue pencil away! 😇Thanks, Ms. Perry!

[@StevenTorrey]

Thank you for your marvelous story....

[@aaishahhassain8100]

I love the house, that blue/ white in kitchen adore it

[@dickyfisher9249]

I remember she was living there. She had put make shift signs. Up around her Property that said. "Please go away". cuz people would bother her all the time.

[@grannyof6390]

I personally thought it was beautiful, especially the kitchen.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Personally?

[@dlny911]

@@jamesmcinnis208 WTE are you hassling these women for- because they claim their statement? It is so assholes do not pretend that the person thinks they are speaking for anyone other than themselves.

[@beautifulcatastrophe993]

Perfectly redone! Exquisite lighting and profound detailing.

[@notthemeemaw8464]

This must have been the most beautiful Kitchen I ever laid my eyes on!! So nice

[@princessglittersparkle4146]

It is a lovely home. Light and airy.

[@michaelaboggess1192]

I think it’s beautiful ! The history alone of her living there once and calling it her home is priceless!

[@beeARTcanada]

Beautiful. The house fits the times. Every owner must put their own touch.

[@badabing9143]

Lmao it's 2021 and I'm watching this, saying C'mon no way has it been kept in that pristeen condition, and then heard her say it's all redone... It's absolutely beautiful What a wonderful place to live ❣ I wonder if she had a happy life there as I picture her and Spencer Tracy sitting out there sipping Martinis in the 1950s 🍸🍸🌊👀 as my Gram always said "A beautiful home doesn't mean anything, it doesn't mean those people are happy.... And so many Hollywood couple's had troubled home lives idk he just struck me as being the happy type I guess I'll watch another one of their movies tonight 📺🎬🎥

[@karenhargis9824]

No matter how much wealth and possessions, it will never go with you. Very beautiful house...

[@tomkellycartoons]

So true. So many commentors here seem to think it should stay at some kind of a shrine. People forget that these are all just “things,” including the house itself. Why should it stay the way these people insist. It’s not like they’ll,ever be invited. It is SO no one’s business what the new owners do.

[@jeffreymartin6369]

One mistake is that the the other kitchen was up stairs. I read her book "Me". She said they started out with a separate fridge for the brother, then knocked out a wall and extended the original kitchen. It was one big kitchen with separate stoves and refrigerators, sinks etc. They enjoyed each other but she had a live in assistant and as families go all spent a lot of time in the kitchen. This way they could all be in the kitchen but cooking separate meals. Her nieces and nephews came often. This house was built to replace the one her father built. It was washed away by the hurricane. Another mistake was it seems the lady said the first house was torn down after the hurricane but in truth nothing was left. She and her brother and others were home at the time. They escaped to higher ground and broke into a neighbors house. They watched the old house literally float away, it went inland and finally collapsed. They found a few things, mothers silver tea set I believe and stuff like that. A bathtub which she was photographed lying in among the debris. It is a shame the house doesn't much resemble the old one. But thankfully it wasn't torn down.

[@HatTrickPublishing]

This isn't anything like the way her home looked. The first house was washed away by the hurricane. The claw bath tube was still there and many of the bricks. This is done by someone who thought this is the way it should have been. Additionally if you check the records you will find that all of the land out there belonged to her. The golf course was put in so she could play daily. She built homes for her family and assistants. Howard Hughes landed his seaplane and parked it on the beach.

[@spotedlady]

How could anyone not love this house. Light and Airy and the essence of Katharine Hepburn...........

[@megenberg8]

the white is nice! top notch restoration and additions! wow! just waiting for some gorgeous antiques and art. some painted furniture and a few extras, like colorful rugs here and there, some books, a large desk, some neat little portable tables w/ beautiful lamps! and a bit of whimsy too... hows about some pieces of amusing statuary and a little greenery w/ some flowers! ah! such beauty! clutter that is neat and never fussy! this home is asking for a garden or a small greenhouse as well! I a m sure miss H would be amazed and just adore the place!

[@citizen1163]

However much you love your home, it's never truly yours....nothing is.

[@ellengregory8002]

The soul is.

[@libertygiveme1987]

pamla - That's OK! This isn't our home anyway!!!! We're ALL just PASSING THROUGH!!!!

[@acajudi100]

You just enjoy it, and get your own hubby.

[@fancysfolly554]

That’s so true...well said

[@marylou931]

pamla motown Very true. Best statement I've seen in years.

[@DD-hy1nl]

The house is beautifully done, great seaview..The decor was done well, fitting well with living by the water..I didn't care for the flying geese hanging from the ceiling..But everything else was done well, I think Ms. Katharine Hepburn was have liked the outcome of her old lovely home..Beautiful view from all the windows, and great sunlight throughout the home...Speaking only for myself, living so close by the water scare me...After living through Hurricane Sandy in 2012, I could never live that close to water..But if you have the means and lots of money, people can forget what 'mother nature' can do...But I do enjoy seeing how lovely Ms.Hepburn's onced owned home looks like now.

[@KeatShadows]

Not much of Katharine left in the house.

[@joyceepperson5219]

TREIZE CORBEAUX NOIR who likes dinky little dark rooms?

[@hrhjrd]

I agree. It is always interesting to me how people love to claim the history and fame of a piece of property, but really not the property itself.

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Wonderful this house survives. It was a touchstone in Hepburn's life.

[@cassandraralph5906]

Beautifully restored home! Well done indeed!

[@brendadrew834]

The GREAT KATE would have walked in and said in her inimitable voice..."WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE TO MY HOUSE??"

[@Aprilforevergreen]

Brenda Drew but its not her house - that’s the reality- it’s no longer hers!

[@ginahill503]

Yes, she would.

[@katepetreny6397]

Agree! Kate would hate the house. Boring! It's like every other beach house on Long Island. Yikes!

[@tamiweber7241]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@majbrittcastrupjrgensen2874]

Kate Petreny well, it is not her house anymore! She is dead! The people who bought it, can do whatever they want with it. It is an old house and it probably needed renovation. It is not a museum. Other people live there now.

[@andreamurphy1126]

I Love, Love, Love All the White. Looks so clean. Now if I buy it, I can decorate w All color things . Beautiful. . ❤️

[@nelsonfromconnecticu]

I liked the old home..this is to cha cha!

[@tomkellycartoons]

Grow up. It’s not your house, is it?

[@melodyjordan6052]

I love all the views from the home. So Peaceful

[@tellinit4real87]

I was visiting friends back in the early 80's and was shown where her home was . I saw what I was told was her jeep leave the property. I had my beta hand held recorder going and walked up to her backdoor . Noticing her flowers I recorded " oh , the calilillies are in bloom again ! " and knocked . No one answered and I called out " Kate , I've come for tea ! I was in my early 20's and quite goofy . I do enjoy seeing that tape from time to time . She was a treasure.

[@patriciacalunniato6872]

I wonder how much that house in on the market for

[@nancyterrywhittemore2015]

@@patriciacalunniato6872 28 million

[@tomkellycartoons]

Good Lord! What outrageous intrusion.

[@marypoole2393]

So what it was redone beautiful. I think she would be impressed by what was done. Katherine was a beloved star however who wants To live in a house that needed work without doing up keep. Crazy. I would be proud with how more beautiful it has become.

[@melindadouglas1673]

It’s gorgeous! I love everything about it! ❤️❤️

[@jamesmcinnis208]

That's because you're a simpleton

[@barbarajohnson1772]

Wow. I love this home surrounded by the water and this beautiful lighthouse❤❤

[@marilynquilts]

What an exquisite house! No McMansion could compare in taste and serenity!

[@marysmith2261]

Thank you for sharing the beautiful home!

[@hnttakata713]

Classic; not overdone. Understated. Beautiful

[@patriciavincent5076]

Lovely home! Simple and tastefully done.

[@jane_7193]

This is a beautiful HOME!

[@robertdemitro1520]

Wow , wow ! Absolutely beautiful ! Everything so well matched ! Only thing its too close to the water. I kinda thought the house was affected by the water , but all that has been fixed !

[@kittylogan9006]

NOTHING IS MATCHED ITS ALL WHITE

[@conniepatrick89]

So beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@PalmDreams]

this is so sad that they remade it...just sad

[@mildredmapp]

Beautiful house, beautiful and delicate monochrome color palette for this gorgeous vacation home.

[@SBCBears]

So sayeth any real estate agent anywhere.

[@betweenevenings]

Oh boy its stunning. Wish i could buy it😓👏. I also like Katherine Hepburn which would make it wonderful to live in and the main appeal

[@carolhankins5896]

What an absolutely gorgeous home.

[@janetjones4310]

Totally!

[@grai]

the narrator starts by saying how the provenance of the house is massively important and how Hepburn will always be connected to it Then she proceeds to boast about how they have totally gutted it No-one is saying have it hermetically sealed for all time but surely to eradicate the whole soul of it and what is stands for? They should have respected the fact that she would have wanted her family home treated sensitively Apart from anything else those tacky columns on the porch HAVE TO GO!!

[@tomkellycartoons]

You sure have a lot of “shoulds” for property you don’t own.

[@grai]

@@tomkellycartoons so do you

[@gloriasalsman1017]

What a Beautiful home,I would love to own it, but I know I can't afford it, but it's Beautiful

[@Heartfelt-zv7wh]

Lovely -thanks for sharing 💐

[@sathalheimer67]

Wait, the house is completely different. The only thing that remains from when she lived there are the 7 fireplaces. The speaker even says the house doesn't look anything like it did when KH owned it and lived there.🤔

[@noahwinston3282]

I think that it is a beautiful home regardless of anything else.

[@rigaflr]

What a beautiful home, definitely up my alley in taste.

[@victorsofourfuture9305]

beautiful home! so bright and lovely

[@lynnlopez3274]

I have been there and the location is amazing.

[@Lisabug2659]

I would love this as my summer home. Muted colors, beachy, casual elegance. Lovely views and some semblance of privacy.

[@wendygillard2133]

It is a lovely location.

[@orhugs]

I'm from Canada and a teenager so I don't know too much about the US economy but I think it would have been wonderful for it not have been stripped of everything that represented her and turned into a camp, or even a museum like you suggested with some sort of fundraising memorial placed in her name. I think it would have impacted the world for much longer, and she was have eternally had her name helping children, or victims, or elderly or something. It would have been much more appropriate :/

[@revolutionaryviews9702]

orhugs Excellent ideas, but not the American way, unfortunately. Made over for those with more money than taste to sell, sell, sell to the highest bidders with the lowest intelligence.

[@RussiaIsARiddle778]

She could have it that up, if that was her wish. It apparently wasn’t. She lived a long time and likely gave away the things she wanted family and friends.

[@laurietijerina1411]

She had good taste, it's a beautiful home!

[@teeniebeenie8774]

tacky re do too modern luv to have seen the old restored and not wiped out

[@teeniebeenie8774]

so much white its ridic

[@majbrittcastrupjrgensen2874]

teenie beenie Other people live there now! Different taste and it is not a museum! They bought and can do whatever they want.

[@momgrandma5496]

The house is so comfy.

[@tpolerex7282]

The two story wing with the porch is perfect in scale, proportions and details. By itself or maybe with the one story wing on the opposite side grafted on with the bulk of the rest of the house between removed it would be an ideal house.

[@lisastallingskeelor3328]

Personally I like the home and the great Kate’s spirit is there and that’s all that matters.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Personally?

[@dlny911]

@@jamesmcinnis208 WTE are you hassling these women for- because they claim their statement? It is so assholes do not pretend that the person thinks they are speaking for anyone other than themselves.

[@ek7593]

One of the most beautiful houses I ever saw. I'll take it...

[@barbaraaspengen9810]

Looks very beautiful &enlightening

[@cindypattana6071]

Beautiful house and location.

[@redbearalaska2416]

Its been gutted this is not her home nor her brothers how sad.

[@Aprilforevergreen]

Red bear Alaska Why sad! The owners bought it to live in not set up a museum to KH - as fabulous as she was.

[@jeanthree]

That is one beautiful.home

[@SBCBears]

"was"

[@bethminer7634]

I think this is the most beautiful home I've ever seen!♡♡

[@SBCBears]

You should get out more. Take a look at Tsarkoe Selo.

[@jeffreyverspaget4353]

Beautiful home and so a easy place with a lot of natural and the home comes good over in the area real beautiful gr Jeffrey 🍀🌞☕😘🌴.

[@Harrzack]

Since the house has had a MAJOR restoration & redesign - it may be a bit misleading and disingenuous to call it “KH’s house”. 🤭🤑

[@TheKristinShow70]

What they should have done was take pictures of the house and every room inside and have them beautifully framed to keep her memory alive.

[@ThePlutarch44]

I used to think that Hepburn's accent was rather an American version of a la-di-da English accent until I realized that her Connecticut lockjaw speech was probably closer to English as it was spoken in Shakespeare's time than the voices we're used to hearing now. Her performance as Eleanor of Aquitaine was superb. I dig it out from my DVD collection every now and then just to watch great acting.

[@grai]

these are Capilalist times where everything is reduced to what it's worth financially particularly property Hepburn who was one of the greatest actresses of all time loved this place dearly & I feel this altered it's meaning culturally We shouldn't be discussing the place as a pile of profit making bricks & mortar It's an extension of the Hepburn legend which is much more valuable than real estate prices & should be a museum or arts centre where we can go & get a sense of a genius talent

[@Solferino379]

Preciosa y acogedora. Situada en un lugar maravilloso de la costa de Long Island.

[@kentscott6168]

It’s a typical East Coast Long Island home with the architecture is exactly what I love

[@dcbeez5956]

I think this is absolutely stunning and beutiful, I would certainly love to buy if I had that kind of money, it's stunning.💞🙏👏👏👏🇦🇺💞 And I agree, I think Katherine would have absolutely loved it ❗ ❗ I hope someone beutiful and heartfelt can honour Katherine in this beutiful home, bringing back soulful occupancy and in memory of one of the most wonderful actresses of all time.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💞🇦🇺👏👏👏

[@xPREDICTIONx1]

I've set up tents in that back yard on a few occasions, such an awesome house.

[@shelly5596]

Wow such charm and beauty. I wish I could move in tomorrow. Such a inviting home and done to my personal taste.

[@dabigdikdangler]

That's not Katharine Hepburn's house, that's a house you put on her property and threw up a few pictures of her.

[@lsmith9249]

dabigdikdangler it was Katherine Hepburn's house l remember seeing home movies of her and Spencer Tracy there, l watched a documentary about them

[@sand3882]

Yes, definitely her house, but not at all the same inside.

[@tomkellycartoons]

How perfectly silly.

[@timirish2563]

This now looks like something awful you'd see in Malibu or Ojai--a no-character barn that would appeal to a tasteless middle-easterner with some new (and doubtless dirty) money. All that white is awful, soul-less in fact, and the destruction of the architectural embellishments is criminal. I'm just happy that Hepburn made provision to save the adjacent open space for the sake of the views. Stupidity, poor taste and too much loot are always a bad combination...

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Spoken like an intelligent Irishman.

[@bettyespeed1501]

Certainly not New England epitome -KATE, altho the Hepburns/Hebrons began in Kent CO. Maryland. (19th Century kin to my husband's mother. Maye THAT explains her!)

[@tomkellycartoons]

Bitter old queens, unite! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤮

[@deniseg812]

I would love to be sitting in this home during a thunderstorm

[@sandymurphy5867]

deniseg812 Halloween. 🎃 Christmas🎄 and all year round

[@tomkellycartoons]

A beautiful facelift for a lovely structure. 👍❤️ Well done.

[@TheKentuckylady717]

Very interesting....would love to know & see more of this house and her life.....

[@bluedancelilly]

Beautifully done!

[@summermen]

This house was so beautiful before they turned it into a department store window. I had the privilege of spending a long weekend once in the 80's. Kate's brother showed me through each nook and cranny. You could feel the generations who'd lived there --now it's pseudo-chic. A travesty.

[@laurids2007]

Are you kidding?! A department store? Seriously?! 😱😱

[@susanmathis1682]

What a beautiful memory you have. ❤️

[@tomkellycartoons]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

[@oilthatgate]

The cement signature "Katharine Martha Houghton" is by her mother not her niece.

[@hhoversonhh]

If I had the money...I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Beautiful! I'm doing a white on white Shabby Chic room in my house now and can see doing it in that house. For a new family...

[@calvinwilliams153]

Here are alot of good good people in the lovely world we live in. Thank god.

[@victorialambertson1828]

Simply breathtaking! ❤

[@kirstencook1439]

Love the open space WHITE walls & ceilings. Like the swans flying over head . Are the taxidermy or carved? I & belated use to travel in & around area to get glimpse of the house & grounds while day tripping nature shops & always looking Rock On🖒 in 2020

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

The new owner DESTROYED this house. TRAGIC.

[@deathbyaraven]

I would buy it in a heart beat if I had the millions...

[@sillypeople4873]

It looks nothing like when Kat lived there. It was much darker inside and definitely very lived in and no she would not have "loved" the new style.

[@tomkellycartoons]

Oh, did you know her?