Real Estate

'Once-In-A-Generation Historic Estate' For Sale In Westport

The stunning waterfront home was built in 1926.

The waterfront property at 92 Beachside Ave. in Westport is on the market for $19.8 million, according to Zillow.com.
The waterfront property at 92 Beachside Ave. in Westport is on the market for $19.8 million, according to Zillow.com. (Lisa Finn/Patch file photo)

WESTPORT, CT — Resting on 3.55 acres with "sweeping views of Long Island Sound," 92 Beachside Ave. in Westport offers eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms, and 9,995 square feet of living space, according to the listing on Zillow.com.

The property is the former Bedford family home, where Lucie Bedford and her husband, race car driver and America's Cup winner Briggs Cunningham, lived for years.

In addition to a pool and pool house, the home also features a guest house, and 200 feet of water frontage. It is on the market for $19.8 million, and is presented by Cyd Hamer with William Pitt Sotheby's Int'l.

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From the listing on Zillow.com: "Generations have hosted parties on these magnificent grounds, enjoyed quiet mornings by the seawall or spent a day boating from the mooring off its private beach."

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