By Nancy Kane
There is no debate on Jackie Kennedy’s childhood summer home—“Lasata,” at 121 Further Lane in East Hampton—being one of the most serenely beautiful in the country, with open, green lawns and expansive landscaping of mature linden, cork and American elm trees. It’s for sale, asking just under $40 million. Designed by architect Arthur C. Jackson and built in 1917, “Lasata” is a Shinnecock Indian word meaning “Place of Peace.” The 7-acre summer residence of the Bouviers through the 1920s has seen only a handful of owners through the past century, including the most recent, Reed and Delphine Krakoff, who restored the home. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and his wife, Dasha Zhukova, rented from the Krakoffs last summer, and it if doesn’t sell, it will be up for rent again.
Jackie could have left her grandfather’s house and driven 3 miles south past the Maidstone Club to the home of her cousins, The Beales, over at Grey Gardens, now for sale by current owner Sally Quinn. Quinn and her late husband Ben Bradlee bought the house in 1979 from Little Edie for $220,000. After extensive restorations, the asking price was cut by $2 million to $17,995,000.
