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David Rockefeller’s Maine Vacation Home Sells for $19 Million

The property on Mount Desert Island includes 2,500 feet of coastline overlooking Seal Harbor

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The long-time estate of late billionaire David Rockefeller on picturesque Mount Desert Island in Maine has sold for $19 million, according to property records.

Lawyers for the scion’s estate closed on Ringing Point, a 14.5-acre property on a swath of rocky coastline overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, on Feb. 2. The deed names the buyer only as Ringing Point, LLC, a shell company registered in Ellsworth, Maine, according to state and county records.

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Knowles Co., the brokerage marketing the home, did not immediately return request for comment.

The property spans 2,500 feet of coastline, including a dramatic granite promontory jutting out into the ocean at the mouth of Seal Harbor.

The home went on the market in July, a few months after the death of Rockefeller, grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller Sr., and scion of one of the U.S.’s greatest fortunes. He was also a banker and philanthropist in his own right. He died in March at the age of 101.

His wife, Peggy, who died in 1996, designed the main residence on the wooded grounds in 1972, according to the listing brokerage. The farmhouse-style home has seven bedrooms, with a large first-floor master suite and en-suite bedrooms on the second floor.

The cottage-like house includes cozy details like a large stone fireplace, rustic barn siding decorating the walls and Portuguese tile murals. Large windows looking out into the woods give the home the feel of a treehouse.

Most of the estate is original forest with the exception of a pool, guest cottage and manicured gardens connected by a network of footpaths, according to the listing.

Rockefeller wrote his memoirs froma separate, secluded retreat by the coastline.

The late billionaire reportedly owned close to 300 acres in land and homes across Mount Desert. The family has donated large swaths of privately held land for conservation over the years, property records show.

The Rockefellers’ extensive art collection will be auctioned off for charity in May at Christie’s in New York.

The Portland Press Herald first reported the sale.