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appliances, La Cornue range), glass elevator
to the lower level, media room, safe room,
gym (with cryo, massage and steam rooms),
a sensory-deprivation float tank, two wine
rooms and a 3,000-square-foot primary
suite with a sumptuous bedroom, two
baths, two dressing areas and an expansive
outdoor terrace.

THE ENHANCEMENTS | Over
recent decades, the main home has been
immaculately restored and brilliantly
expanded, most notably by New York
architect Peter Marino, who has designed
significant projects for Chanel, Armani and
Louis Vuitton. More than $100 million was
spent on one phase alone, lasting nearly 10
years. Every system is state-of-the art; every
modern convenience is at hand.

THE GROUNDS | The estate is 15.68 acres
in all, including three platted lots on its
north side, at 1.22, 1.22 and 1.3 acres each.
GREATER THAN GATSBY Three structures dot the property: the

main home (27,092 sf); a guesthouse (3,347
sf); and a pool pavilion (4,836 sf). Outdoor
amenities include a pool, spa, tennis court,
bocce-ball court, several greenhouses, a
The symbol of an era. The setting for a future. treehouse, rose and vegetable gardens,
formal gardens, a creek (with waterfalls
Dallas’ most legendary and luxurious estate and bridges), walking trails, a gated entry, a
— where Chanel has stayed and the DSO has seven-car garage and a lighted helipad.

played — is ready for its next thrilling chapter. THE ACCLAIM | Scholars and architects
— even modernist ones — have been awed
Coco Chanel slept in a guest suite. So did the architect Maurice Fatio, of New York and after visiting the house. Just some of the
Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The dulcet Palm Beach fame, to design their dream reaction: “This is the most important home
sounds of an orchestra’s French horns and home, on bucolic land about 10 miles north of its era built anywhere in the country” —
flutes have wafted across the lawn. Since of town. The globe-trotting, gala-giving art historian, museum director and professor

1938 and counting, 5619 Walnut Hill Lane Crespis spared no expense, and after a Richard Brettell. “One would have to go
in pastoral Preston Hollow has been the three-year build by international and to 17th-century Belgium or 18th-century
scene of parties, presidents, dignitaries and regional craftsmen, they had their wish — a France to find comparable craftsmanship.”
delight — a setting without equal in Dallas palatial, French-style chateau, both intimate —Texas architect Bill Booziotis. “[The home
or anywhere. Now, this singular property, and grand, an exquisite composition of has] the grace and dignity of a beautiful
imaginatively expanded and immaculately marble, gilt, hand-carved woods, graceful lady.” —Texas architect Frank Welch.
maintained, is available. It is the opportunity proportions and precision.
of a lifetime. Here, a mere glimpse inside the THE EXPERTS | 5619 Walnut Hill Lane
ultimate estate. THE LUXURIES | The main home, at more in Dallas is exclusively represented by Pogir

than 27,000 square feet, offers 10 bedrooms, (214-244-3103; pogir@briggsfreeman.com)

THE HISTORY | It was the late 1930s. 17 baths, 11 fireplaces, six living areas, five and Diane DuVall (214-725-1451; dduvall@

Dapper Italian count Pio Crespi, a cotton dining areas, a ballroom/salon, conservatory, briggsfreeman.com) of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s
baron transplanted to Dallas, and his study, mirrored Art Deco bar room, paneled International Realty for $64,000,000. Explore
elegant wife Florence commissioned Swiss library, gourmet kitchen (Gaggenau it at briggsfreeman.com.

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