Silicon Valley's Most Expensive Property, Listed For $135 Million

Green Gables the most expensive and one of the largest private homes for sale in the Silicon Valley area. A sprawling 74-acre estate in Woodside, California, has hit the market for $135 million. In 1907, Mortimer Fleishhacker

BY Realty Plus
Published - Thursday, 25 Mar, 2021

Silicon Valley's Most Expensive Property, Listed For $135 Million

Green Gables the most expensive and one of the largest private homes for sale in the Silicon Valley area. A sprawling 74-acre estate in Woodside, California, has hit the market for $135 million. In 1907, Mortimer Fleishhacker Sr., the founder of Anglo California Bank and the Great Western Power Co., started assembling adjacent swaths of land in Woodside with the goal of building a family compound, according to Christie's International Listing, which holds the listing along with Compass. The home has remained in the family ever since — until a few weeks ago when the Fleishhacker family put it on the market for $135 million. The massive estate has seven houses, three swimming pools, tennis courts, and orchards and gardens. Zackary Wright of Christie's International Real Estate and Brad Miller and Helen Miller of Compass are the listing agents. Each of the estate's six other homes are in their own secluded areas, according to the listing and it takes more than two hours to walk around the estate's vast acreage. The main home overlooks a 60-by-300-foot Roman pool with an aqueduct-like stone edifice. Inside, many of the furnishings were chosen and designed by Elsie de Wolfe, a New York interior designer whose high-profile clients included the Duchess of Windsor. he mansion itself was designed by architects Charles and Henry Greene. The estate's expansive grounds have both formal gardens and woodlands with native California shrubs and flowers.