East Hampton Estate Of Noted Author For Sale

EAST HAMPTON, NY — Well-known author and philanthropist Barbara Goldsmith’s south of the highway Georgica Road estate is for sale two months after she passed away at the age of 85.

Goldstein, a generous fixture on the Hamptons benefit circuit, was also the founding honorary co-chair of Authors Night benefitting the East Hampton Library and a founding editor of New York magazine.

Best known for her 1980 best-seller about Gloria Vanderbilt, “Little Gloria . . . Happy At Last,” Goldsmith’s last book was “Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie.”

The stately five-bedroom/four-and-a-half bathrooms home is just about half a mile from the ocean and boasts its own circular pool according to the Douglas Elliman Real Estate listing.

The 5,000 sq. ft. main house, built in 1900, is a Georgica classic that has been renovated with modern amenities, including an expansive kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, marble countertops and an island. The luxe master suite includes a marble bathtub as shown in the photos.

Along with the main house, there is a two-bedroom, one-bath cottage, and also a separate pool house. The pool house had a changing room, a bar with a refrigerator, and an outdoor rain shower.

Situated on 1.15 + areas, the award-winning grounds were designed by the late James Van Sweden, one of the country’s most eminent landscape designers.

The estate is listed with Justin Agnello, James Keogh and Michaela Keszler of Douglas Elliman. For more details, click here.