- A home believed to be the largest in Alabama is on the market for $5 million.
- The 54,000-square-foot mansion has 15 bedrooms and 16 full bathrooms.
- The Shoal Creek property includes a guest house, a guitar-shaped driveway, and a stable.
An extravagant 54,000-square-foot home in Alabama — widely reported to be the state’s largest — is under contract after hitting the market for $5 million last month.
The property, listed with The Luxe Group at The Real Broker, was originally built in 1997 by then-MedPartners CEO Larry House. The house, designed in the style of a French chateau, has 15 bedrooms, 16 full bathrooms and six half-baths, a 10-car garage, 14 fireplaces, and a fully equipped guest house. And those are just the basics.
House put the home, dubbed “The Guitar House” due to its famous guitar-shaped driveway, on the market amid financial woes, AL.com reported. It has been on the market multiple times in its lifetime, once reaching a listing price of $17.9 million in 2011. It last sold for $4.8 million in 2017.
Though its current listing price of $5 million might seem a (relatively) low price tag for the largest home in a state, the average price of a house in Alabama is $228,669, Zillow reported — and the average price of a home in Birmingham, which is just 15 miles away, is $127,269. That puts this home’s property value at almost 40 times the nearby city’s average.
Take a look inside the “Versailles of Shoal Creek” and see what else this 27-acre property has to offer.
The driveway’s shape resembles a guitar, with hedges grown to resemble the strings.
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It was inspired by the shape of the driveway at Andrew Jackson’s historical home, the Hermitage, in Nashville.
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The front yard includes landscaping, sculptures, and a fountain.
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Upon walking into the grand entryway, it’s clear that this home was envisioned as a work of art.
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Its design was inspired by historic castles in Italy and France.
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On the other side of the entryway is a grand room, which looks more like an art museum.
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Here’s the view from upstairs. That fireplace is 40 feet tall and made of limestone.
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On one side of the staircase is one of the house’s living rooms, with a TV mounted atop one of its 14 fireplaces.
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Behind that is a sitting room. Each archway is framed with blue drapes — its previous owner once said the home’s drapes cost more than $400,000.
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On the other side of the foyer is the dining room.
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Custom glass chandeliers like this one are seen throughout the house.
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If you don’t feel like making a grand entrance, there are plenty of other stairwells to walk through — though they’re not any less luxurious.
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Another one of the home’s focal points is this office, which is covered in mahogany built-in cabinets and shelving.
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The ceiling features a hand-painted mural.
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Besides the interior design touches that resemble the Palace of Versailles, the property has other amenities.
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For example, there’s the wet bar that looks straight out of an Italian palazzo.
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There’s also a large wine cellar.
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There’s even a home theater that looks like an old movie palace.
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But if you prefer to be outside, this property also has a patio …
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… as well as a large outdoor fireplace, a guest house, an outdoor arena, stables, and more.
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There’s space for at least a couple of ponies.
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The largest home in Alabama was listed for $5 million in April and is now under contract.
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