A big sale rocked Northern California yesterday with news that the famed Butterfly House exchanged hands for a record $29 million. The winged icon has been celebrated as a landmark architectural treasure and near perfect example of Midcentury architecture.
The home was first listed in August 2022 for $40 million.
Visionary architect Frank Wynkoop designed and built an iconic oceanfront home in 1951 and has since been featured in Architectural Digests AD100, A Century of Style, ADs, Most Beautiful Rooms in the World and Thames and Hudsons 50 Most Iconic Architectural Masterworks in America. The home features three bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths across 3,700 square feet of living space.
Having gone through a massive renovation and restoration by acclaimed designer Jamie Bush, the Butterfly House is just one of five true oceanfront properties in Carmel and one of the largest, incorporating its own beach and cove.
Shelly Lynch of Carmel Realty Company held the listing while Tim Allen with Coldwell Banker Realty repped the buyer.