Everything’s bigger in Texas, and this mansion has the biggest price tag there.
A new Dallas listing that hit the market on Tuesday has become the state’s priciest property currently up for sale.
The historic address, known as Crespi Estate, is represented by Allie Beth Allman & Associates/Luxury Portfolio International in a co-exclusive with Michelene Galbraith and co-agent Kyle Crews — and asks $60 million.
Set on 15 acres, the limestone villa has been meticulously maintained since its 1938 construction and additionally underwent an extensive, three-year renovation in the late 1990s, according to press materials.
Amenities include a helipad, a theater, a ballroom, a conservatory, a “country club-sized” pool and a library with paneling from 1820s France.
There are two separate wine cellars, a timbered recreation complex containing a greenhouse, tennis and basketball courts, a steam room, a dining room with a custom Swarovski Crystal-mantled fireplace, a formal rose garden and Cryotherapy machine-equipped massage rooms.
In addition to the over 27,000-square-foot main house, the grounds also feature a 3,347-square-foot, two-story guest house and a 4,836-square-foot pool house.
In total there are 10 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms.
The 85-year-old home was commissioned by the Italian Count Pop Crespi, who moved to Dallas to oversee his family’s cotton empire, and entertained various celebrities and dignitaries at the manse while doing as much.
The Crespi family maintained ownership of the estate until 1997.
Despite the bucolic listing photos, the property is actually just a few minutes from Dallas’s downtown area.
“This is the most important home of its era built anywhere in the country,” Richard Brettell, former director of the Dallas Museum of Art, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram of the compound, which is located in the city’s Preston Hollow neighborhood.
