Last week, a reader sent me the most fascinating real estate listing, and I just had to share! Located in Atlanta, Texas (I never knew there was such a town) “The Brooks Mansion” was built in 1960 as a replica of Marie Antoinette’s country escape, Petit Trianon. The late Mrs. Virginia Brooks, homeowner, traveled extensively and fell in love with the château during one of her visits to France. She prided herself in the fact that her house design has two more windows than Marie Antoinette’s. Italian stone was shipped in “kit form” and each stone was numbered to be put in an exact place. The home has marble and hand-crafted wood floors, 12-foot ceilings, three fireplaces, and multiple living areas. There are 7 bedrooms, 7 baths and 2 half baths (not including the maid’s quarters). All bathrooms are marble, some with sunken tubs and separate showers. The large bedrooms are all en suite and equipped with an array of closets, several with built-in drawers. Every room has double French doors adorned with exquisite vintage hardware. The kitchen was state-of-the-art for the 1960s style and equipped with an island, indoor grill, double oven, and a huge food prep pantry room.
Robert Searcy, the realtor who sent me the listing, thinks it might have been built by renowned architect, John Staub… If anyone knows anything about this incredible manse, please send me a note! Located on 48 acres, this 12,000+ square foot château can be yours for under $800K!! So you can have your cake and eat it too! 🙂 Let’s take a peek inside… (I do wish there were furnished images available.)
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Is there a link to the listing?
https://www.homes.com/property/802-n-louise-st-atlanta-tx-75551/id-1000238877784/
Egads — what a steal!!!!!
There is no Texarkansas. There is the city of Texarkana, which shares the state line of Texas and Arkansas. Texarkana is 25 miles north of Atlanta, TX.
Extraordinary house. Parquet de Versailles floors, acres of marble, French hardware on doors and windows, gold leaf walls, ooh la la! Yes, one would love to have seen the way Ms. Brooks furnished her dream home. Thanks for sharing.
Someone needs to buy that bourse! It would make a great blog makeover house! Full of possibilities!
Ditto to comments. Oh the potential of this estate. Alas, location, location. What a find!!
Just to be clear, I shared the listing, but it’s not my listing. It’s listed with Stuart Smith of Superior Realty. There’s a Zillow link in the write up.
Does the asking price include all 48 acres?
If you click on the highlighted part of the write up above where it says “the listing,” it takes you to the Zillow listing which unless I’m reading it wrong, says it’s on 48 acres, so apparently so.
wow – I cannot believe that price. Here on Vancouver Island that would be a price for a regular 1600 sq foot home – unbelievable.
I hear you! In Ottawa, that price now buys you a smallish townhouse. A nothing special townhouse at that!
I’m a ‘Tracey’ in Ottawa who also reads this blog 😂
Oh, how I would love to make this property into a wonderful B&B!!!
The problem is the location-but hopefully someone will get past that and save her.