Do not throw stones! This glass home in New Canaan is up on the market.
John Caropreso
The Swallen Residence, a mid-century trendy property in New Canaan, Conn., is on the Nationwide Register of Historic Properties — and is now in the marketplace for $2.39 million.
The four-bedroom unfold at 257 Wahackme Highway is 3,388 sq. ft and sits on 1.24 acres.
It additionally notably comes with a pavilion product of glass on all 4 sides, that includes a black fire, and generally known as the “Madmen Room.”
It was designed by Harvard 5 architect Landis Gores, who labored with fellow Harvard 5 architect Philip Johnson on the famed Glass Home, situated close by.
The primary a part of this listed home, inbuilt 1954, was a prefabricated dwelling designed by architect Carl Koch.
The present homeowners are Aileen Mastey, who can also be the dealer — with William Pitt Julia B Price Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty — and her financier husband Michael Mastey.
They purchased the house in 2005 for $996,000. Though they deliberate to renovate it, they ended up doing a full rebuild on the prevailing basis, which was accomplished in 2014.
Options embrace radiant concrete flooring, an open kitchen and a household room separated by a propane fire wall with pocket doorways — and a house workplace.
There’s additionally a fireplace pit, terraces created from timber on the property and a generator.
“We're promoting to focus on rehabbing one other classic property. We love mid-century moderns, and didn’t wish to see one other tear down in New Canaan get replaced with a McMansion,” Aileen mentioned.
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