Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos combines two historic homes for US$23 million Washington mansion
Billionaire’s property, which links luxurious Pope and Wood houses with a walkway, includes two lifts, a ballroom and a whisky cellar
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has some pretty grand ideas in store for his mansion in Washington, if these designs are any indication.
The floor plans, requested from the Washington zoning office and published by monthly magazine The Washingtonian, show that the mansion will consist of two historic homes in Kalorama, the American capital’s upmarket residential neighbourhood.
First, the Pope house, so named because it was built by John Russell Pope, the architect of the Jefferson Memorial, and second, the Wood house. The estate sits in proximity to the Obama family's US$5.3 million home, and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner live down the street.
According to The Washingtonian, the four-storey Pope house will be the Bezos family's living quarters, with the Wood house reserved as the CEO's socialising and entertainment hub in the capital.
The two structures are connected by a walkway.
A ballroom, a whisky cellar, a walk-in wine room, five staircases, two lifts, multiple bathrooms (there are 10 in the Pope house alone) and a solarium (also known as a sun room), are just some of the extravagant features of this Bezos estate; overall, the mansion will have 11 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms.