Madame Chiang Kai-shek's New York estate up for sale

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Madame Chiang Kai-shek's New York estate up for sale
Jiang Hezi
China Daily

HONG KONG: -- In the past week, nearly 100 people of Chinese descent have telephoned Jason Friedman about a mansion on Long Island, New York, which was listed for sale recently.

The interest by callers from the United States, the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and as far as New Zealand stemmed from the property's former owner Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, once the most influential woman in China.

"I was kind of expecting the reaction, but it's more than what I thought it would be," said Friedman, whose firm, Friedman Team, specialises in selling large, luxury properties on Long Island.

Madame Chiang lived in the property for two decades until it was sold in 1998, and then moved to an apartment in Manhattan. She died in 2003 at the age of 106.

Located in Lattingtown, 48 km from Manhattan, the property is listed at $11.8 million.

The mansion has nine bedrooms, nine bathrooms, six fireplaces, a movie theatre, billiard room, gym and sauna.

The property's 5.2 hectares include a par-3 golf hole, a barn and a carriage house.

A private road leads to automatic gates into the home's private driveway.

"The whole thing together is one of the most amazing properties I've been on," said Friedman. "I've been on properties worth more than $100 million. This is one of the nicest houses I've seen."

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-- ANN 2015-08-04

[Seastallion]

I bet he's regretting listing it so low, now.

[NeverSure]

The USA never ceases to amaze. There's something for everyone.

Edited August 4, 2015 by NeverSure

[JingerBen]

The USA never ceases to amaze. There's something for everyone.

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If the camera angle in the first photo of Madam Chiang's estate was turned to the southeast, you would notice a large conical hill rise precipitously from the table-top flat landscape of Long Island, somewhere near Bellport.

It is garbage and toxic waste covered with a thin layer of soil... an environmental disaster waiting to happen.

Yes, the USA never ceases to amaze. There's something for everyone.

[Credo]

The USA never ceases to amaze. There's something for everyone.

31SINO-CHIANG-tmagArticle-v2.jpg

CKS_Pool.jpg

If the camera angle in the first photo of Madam Chiang's estate was turned to the southeast, you would notice a large conical hill rise precipitously from the table-top flat landscape of Long Island, somewhere near Bellport.

It is garbage and toxic waste covered with a thin layer of soil... an environmental disaster waiting to happen.

Yes, the USA never ceases to amaze. There's something for everyone.

If they took a photo from space they could get a shot of her homeland which is also an environmental disaster waiting to happen.

[JingerBen]

The USA never ceases to amaze. There's something for everyone.

31SINO-CHIANG-tmagArticle-v2.jpg

CKS_Pool.jpg

If the camera angle in the first photo of Madam Chiang's estate was turned to the southeast, you would notice a large conical hill rise precipitously from the table-top flat landscape of Long Island, somewhere near Bellport.

It is garbage and toxic waste covered with a thin layer of soil... an environmental disaster waiting to happen.

Yes, the USA never ceases to amaze. There's something for everyone.

If they took a photo from space they could get a shot of her homeland which is also an environmental disaster waiting to happen.

Can't argue with that point.

[Hayduke]

Gee, I guess the US doesn't have any of those silly restrictions on non-citizens owning property.

[HannahD]

Gee, I guess the US doesn't have any of those silly restrictions on non-citizens owning property.

No because no matter how much land a non-citizen owns the land is firmly attached and can't be carried off.