See world famous, Northern California property that just sold for $85 million
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- Green Gables estate in Woodside sold for $85 million after 114 years of ownership.
- The 74-acre property features seven homes, Roman pool, gardens and stables.
- Compass completed the deal Sept. 3; buyer identity remains undisclosed in 2025.
Once called “one of the greatest properties in the world,” a fabled 74-acre estate in Northern California called Green Gables has sold for $85 million, according to Compass real estate firm.
Located in the exclusive Woodside community of the Bay Area, the Fleishhacker business and banking family created the ultra-private compound and its famous gardens more than 100 years ago to serve as a summer retreat to escape San Francisco’s seasonal wind, chill and fog.
Several generations of the family have enjoyed the storied English manor-style estate’s equestrian facilities, its dramatic, 100-yard-long Roman pool, the tennis courts, gardens and guest houses.
The buyers have not been disclosed. The deal closed on Sept. 3, according to a Compass representative.
Where the elite live
“It has been an immense privilege for five generations of my family to create, enhance and profoundly enjoy Green Gables for the past 114 years,” seller Marc Fleishhacker said in a statement. “My great grandfather’s vision and courage in transforming this remarkable piece of untamed paradise into the extraordinary estate it is today is a tribute to the love of both natural and manmade beauty which he so generously bestowed upon our family.”
Many of Silicon Valley’s elite have called Woodside home, including Apple founder Steve Jobs, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.
Earlier this year, Green Gables, located at 329 Albion Ave., returned to market offering potential buyers a new proposition— buy the whole estate for $125 million; or, for the first time, choose one or more of 10 lots, some with homes that comprise the property. “It has been an honor to represent this iconic, truly one of kind estate and work in such close partnership with the Fleishhacker family,” Compass agents Brad and Helen Miller said in a statement. “Few other residences in the U.S. are endowed with the extraordinary history and beauty that Green Gables represents. We are very pleased to have played a critical role in finding the next, fortunate family that will now be blessed with the stewardship of this rare and remarkable property.”
Mortimer Fleishhacker, who built Green Gables, was a lumber, paper, banking and hydroelectric power entrepreneur who co-founded the Great Western Power Company. The purchase marks the first time the property ever traded hands.
7 homes, 34 bedrooms, 26 baths
The seven residences of Green Gables encompass a total of 34 bedrooms, 26 bathrooms and 24,000 square feet of living space. The real estate gem was the vision of renowned Craftsman-era architects Charles and Henry Greene, blending the charm of English and Italian countryside living with a vast landscape of edible gardens, groves and rolling hills.
“I consider Green Gables one of the best properties in the world,” Maurico Umansky, star of the Netflix series “Buying Beverly Hills,” previously told The Sacramento Bee.
Green Gables is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
