Inside Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s childhood summer home, Lasata

PHOTO ESSAY | The 7,000-square-foot property in the Hamptons is listing for $52 million

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Adapted from a photo gallery in The Washington Post.

Immaculately landscaped, a stucco and ivy-clad residence on Further Lane in East Hampton, N.Y., spans more than 7,000 square feet with 10 bedrooms, a large swimming pool and a sunken grass tennis court tucked neatly out back.

Immaculately landscaped, the stucco and ivy-clad residence on Further Lane in East Hampton, N.Y., spans more than 7,000 square feet with 10 bedrooms, a large swimming pool and a sunken grass tennis court tucked neatly out back. (Courtesy of Douglas Elliman)

Despite its bountiful amenities, however, what may make the home’s $51.99 million price tag more palatable to prospective buyers is its celebrity pedigree. The 100-year-old house is where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent childhood summers.

Known as Lasata, it was owned by her grandfather, John Vernou Bouvier Jr., whose wife, Maude Sergeant, initially bought the property in the newly fashionable Hamptons in 1925. The property’s name comes from a Native American word for “Place of Peace.”

For young Jackie, and her sister Lee Radziwill, the gilded estate eventually became a coveted retreat from the city. It’s where they learned to ride horseback, with Jackie eventually becoming an accomplished rider and competing at national events. (Courtesy of Douglas Elliman)

For young Jackie, and her sister Lee Radziwill, the gilded estate eventually became a coveted retreat from the city. It’s where they learned to ride horseback, with Jackie eventually becoming an accomplished rider and competing at national events.

At 10, Jackie was so moved by her experience at Lasata that she wrote a poem titled “Sea Joy.” In it she writes lyrically of her memories of East Hampton and her summer home, evoking the sense of freedom she felt escaping from New York at the beginning of each June. “When I go down to the sandy shore I can think of nothing I want more than to live by the booming blue sea,” Jackie wrote.

“Our first step was to understand, respect and be inspired by the original design vision,” Ferguson says. “The composition of the house, from its exterior silhouette to its interior molding profiles, set the limits and guided what was possible.” (Courtesy of Douglas Elliman)

The home’s current owners are fashion executive Reed Krakoff and his interior designer wife Delphine. When the couple bought Lasata in 2007, it had not been renovated in decades. With the help of Manhattan architect Mark Ferguson, they revamped the house and grounds with an eye toward maintaining the original look and feel of the Arts and Crafts estate. Long-neglected plantings were brought back to life, including cedar, linden and rhododendron.