The historic mansion in California owned by Frederick Forrest Peabody is now on the market. The mansion, named Solana, was constructed in 1913 and renovated in 1999 and is now for sale priced at $40 million.

The mansion is measured at 22,729 square feet with several bedrooms, bathrooms, large formal rooms for entertaining, a huge kitchen with fireplace, dining area, and family room. The mansion also boasts of an 18th-century French limestone fireplace, antique crystal chandelier, including a beauty salon, fitness center, wine room, and a library. The structure is then surrounded by eleven acres of grounds containing a guest house, a pool, and cabana with sauna and two baths, four named terraces with amazing scenic views.

Solana Mansion is listed by Stefan Pommepuy, Santiago Arana and Mauricio Umansky of The Agency in Beverly Hills.

This front view of the mansion from the vantage of the main entry shows the large elegant front yard of the house. It has a large lawn of grass in the middle of the driveway and walkway which is then surrounded by tall tropical trees on the sides. There are a couple of balconies on the sides along the stone railings. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is a closer view of one of those balconies. The concrete walkway is guarded by stone statues leading to beautiful outdoor chairs that surround a table with a wide sweeping view of the ocean below. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This living room has a comfortable sofa facing the two classic cushioned arm chairs by the fireplace that has a beige mantle topped with eclectic wall artworks that matches with the couple of busts in alcoves embedded into the dark wooden walls flanking the fireplace. These are all topped with a majestic crystal chandelier. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This other living room has a much homier and cozier vibe to its beige sofa set that matches with the beige walls and beige ceiling that has exposed wooden beams. This ceiling also hangs thin iron chandeliers over the cushioned coffee table and the dining area behind the sofa. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is a closer look at the dining area behind the living room sofa. It has an elliptical wooden dining table that is paired with lovely dark wooden chairs that stand out against the patterned flooring. The living room and the dining area are bordered with a waist high wooden cabinet that also acts as a console table for decors and a table lamp. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This formal dining room has a large white coffered ceiling that hangs a majestic crystal chandelier over the large wooden dining table and its surrounding wooden chairs that has beige seat cushions. The ceiling also matches with the white mantle of the fireplace on the side of the dining table that stands out over the large patterned area rug of the wooden flooring. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

The outdoor patio of the mansion has lovely terracotta walkways with herringbone patterns to complement the simple outdoor sofa set that has beige cushions surrounding a couple of glass-top wrought iron coffee tables. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is an aerial shot of the patio. Here you can see that beside it is a charming outdoor dining area and further down is a large swimming pool that is surrounded by lawns of grass and tall trees. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

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One of California’s most historic homes and timeless architecture, the Peabody Estate, or Solana as it is named, is for sale. Perched on a peak at the tip of Montecito with staggering 360-degree views and several acres of gardens, it has been listed for $40 million.

Over a century ago, Frederick Forrest Peabody was one of the country’s wealthiest men. He was a partner at Cluett, Peabody and Co., the manufacturer of the popular Arrow shirts and was responsible for the big change in men’s fashion from rounded shirt collars to the pointed collar. Their advertising campaigns that focused on the debonaire depiction of The Arrow Man reached coast to coast. The ads became so popular that fans began sending the fictional icon fan mail.

Even though The Arrow Man campaign didn’t reach its pinnacle until 1920, Peabody’s wealth grew along with Arrow shirt sales. By 1909, he was already thinking about building a mansion of quality in the best location that would represent his social status. The land he purchased was several acres on a knoll in Santa Barbara at the tip end of Montecito with uninterrupted views of the Pacific Ocean, the Santa Barbara city lights and the Santa Ynez mountains. In 1913, construction began and Peabody claimed a new status as one of the four “hilltop barons” of industry.

Peabody died in 1927 and the property later became the headquarters for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, a think tank where world leaders and scholars would gather to discuss societal problems. Attendees included John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Henry Kissinger.

New owners, former executives of Amway, purchased the estate in 1999 and began a three-year massive restoration of the 22,729-square-foot structure, bringing the house well into the 21st century and restoring the equally impressive grounds. Now with seven bedrooms and twenty baths, the mansion encompasses large formal rooms for entertaining, a huge kitchen with fireplace, ceiling beams of salvaged blue pine from a pre-WWII Canadian airplane hangar, marble countertops, dining area, and family room.

The primary suite has an 18th-century French limestone fireplace, antique crystal chandelier, and his-and-her closets and bathrooms. Also included are a beauty salon, fitness center, wine room, and a reception room/library paneled in French oak from a William Randolph Hearst mansion. The eleven acres of grounds contain a two-bedroom, two-bath guest house, a pool and cabana with sauna and two baths, four named terraces – each for a different view, an orchid house/art studio and a spectacular terraced rose garden containing over 500 rose bushes.

Now ready to march into the next hundred years, Solana is priced at $40 million, listed by Stefan Pommepuy, Santiago Arana and Mauricio Umansky of The Agency, Beverly Hills.

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