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Jackie Kennedy’s Hamptons Retreat Hits the Market for $7.5 Million

Known as Wildmoor, the East Hampton estate was also once owned by artist Adolph Gottlieb

By Geoffrey Montes
Bright sunroom with large windows, long wooden dining table, chairs, and potted orchids, leading to a garden patio.
Wildmoor in East Hampton has hit the market for $7.5 million. Photo: Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

The Hamptons estate where a young Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent summers with her family has hit the market for $7.5 million.

Known as Wildmoor, the Shingle-style home was built in 1895 and belonged to Onassis’s grandfather, stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier Jr., who retained the property even after purchasing a larger and more well-known one nearby named Lasata.

Set on a one-acre parcel a few blocks from the ocean, Wildmoor features six bedrooms and four and a half baths across 4,300 square feet. In addition to the historical pedigree, highlights include large Palladian windows, a second-floor terrace, a wraparound porch, a pergola, and a solarium. The getaway also boasts original features such as a pair of tiled fireplaces and the master bath’s clawfoot tub.

Large two-story house with wooden siding, wraparound porch, and lush lawn surrounded by trees under a clear sky.
The Shingle-style home dates to 1895. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

With an address on coveted Apaquogue Road, the property also comes equipped with a light-filled barn, which celebrated Abstract Expressionist artist Adolph Gottlieb turned into an art studio after he bought the estate in 1960. Incidentally, Wildmoor is a few doors down from Grey Gardens, the fabled dwelling that once belonged to Big and Little Edie Beale, Onasis’s reclusive cousins.

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The Hamptons real estate market has heated up in recent months, with urban dwellers flocking to the string of seaside communities in order to ride out the shelter-in-place orders with more space. Don’t be surprised if Wildmoor incites a bidding war.

See below for more photos of the home, which is listed with Paula Butler of Sotheby’s International Realty.

Cozy living room with a fireplace, bookshelves, patterned sofa, green couch, and a wooden coffee table with books.
The living room features a fireplace with original tiles. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Cozy dining area with white bench seating and green cushions, overlooking a lush garden through a large window.
The breakfast nook looks onto the terrace. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Spacious dining room with long wooden table, chairs, wooden cabinets, sailboat model, and large windows.
The dining room. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Colorful tiled fireplace with intricate patterns and a green jug on the mantel against a white brick wall.
Original 19th-century tiles surround the fireplace. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Spacious white art gallery interior with large windows, wooden floor, and various artworks displayed on the walls.
The art barn used by artist Adolph Gottlieb. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Rustic wooden house with large glass windows surrounded by lush green trees and grass.
The exterior of the art barn. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Cozy bedroom with metal bed, floral wicker chair, framed art, hardwood floors, and a bright window view of green landscape.
One of the bedrooms. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Vintage bedroom with floral wallpaper, two white metal twin beds, blue bedding, arched window, and a wooden floor.
Another bedroom features Palladian windows. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Top view of a multi-level wooden staircase with white railings and patterned wall, leading to a lower floor.
The three-story stairwell. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Outdoor patio with wooden furniture under a pergola surrounded by lush greenery and neatly trimmed bushes.
The pergola-covered terrace. Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty