See inside Katharine Hepburn’s former NYC townhouse now on sale
Real estate porn is real. Case in point: Katherine Hepburn’s former NYC townhouse, which is now on sale for a cool $7.2 million.
Can we afford it? Obviously not, but that certainly doesn’t stop us from staring at the photos of the 164-year-old, 4,650-square-foot property at 244 East 49th Street by Second Avenue in Turtle Bay Gardens.
We imagine ourselves sipping on a Manhattan while getting cozy in front of one of the six fireplaces on site, snagging books from the rear library, stocking up the wine cellar, asking our in-house cook to toss a salad together in the eat-in kitchen, getting our makeup done by professionals (why not?) while looking into Hepburn’s still-there mirrored vanity and meeting like-minded New Yorkers at Turtle Bay Gardens, the shared private park that only owners of the twenty townhouses around it have access to.
A bit of history: according to Crain’s, the iconic actress’ estate sold the property to its current owner back in 2004, about a year after she passed, for $3.9 million. Clearly, the real estate market has been on the upswing ever since.
You can read more about the beautiful townhouse on the official listing right here.
Below, check out some photos of both the inside and outside of the home:
