Albemarle, The $100 Million Listing {Luxist}

Oct 31st 2009 4:29AM I get that the house is big and well made, but how do you say "This is one of very few American houses that actually deserves to be called an "Estate"," when it was build in 1985 and copies and feaux-creates a classical and antique look? I don't know why, but I imagine something a little more established as a historical example when thinking of things that define an American genre. It also takes originality. Had the architect and builder designed a home that captured the essence of America in the year they were living, using contemporary styles and available technologies, it could one day become a great estate of America, as is, they just copied the style of a bygone era, one in which the houses we now see as great estates were designed and built.