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Jackie Kennedy's childhood summer home just hit the market. Here's a look inside the 125-year-old Hamptons property.

Jackie Kennedy's childhood summer home just hit the market. Here's a look inside the 125-year-old Hamptons property.
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Base image: Rise Media for Sotheby’s International Realty; Overlay: Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images.
  • Wildmoor, the East Hampton property where Jackie Kennedy Onassis summered as a young girl, has hit the market for $7.5 million.
  • Onassis' grandparents owned Wildmoor, and Onassis would travel with her parents to the home from their apartment on Park Avenue.
  • The six-bedroom home features a wrap-around porch and colorful, tiled fireplaces. It's also just a short walk to the beach.
  • The listing is represented by Paula Butler of Sotheby's International Realty.
  • Here's a look inside the summer Hamptons home of former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
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Wildmoor, the East Hampton home where Jackie Kennedy Onassis spent childhood summers, is on sale for $7.5 million.

Wildmoor, the East Hampton home where Jackie Kennedy Onassis spent childhood summers, is on sale for $7.5 million.
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Wall Street Journal's Katherine Clarke first reported the listing, which Paula Butler of Sotheby's International Realty represents.

Source: Sotheby's International Realty, Wall Street Journal

Wildmoor was originally built in 1895 and is located on a quiet residential street in East Hampton, New York, just a short walk from the beach.

Wildmoor was originally built in 1895 and is located on a quiet residential street in East Hampton, New York, just a short walk from the beach.
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Onassis' grandparents owned the home for decade and kept it for family use even after they moved to a larger Hamptons estate in 1925, Clarke reported. Onassis lived in Manhattan during the year and would spend summers at Wildmoor as a young girl.

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Jackie Kennedy Onassis is pictured at age four with her mother in East Hampton in August 1933.      Bettmann/Getty Images

In addition to its wrap-around porch, the home has several distinctive features, like this light-filled breakfast nook ...

In addition to its wrap-around porch, the home has several distinctive features, like this light-filled breakfast nook ...
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... and nearby sun room.

... and nearby sun room.
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The sun room opens up to a pergola-covered terrace surrounded by greenery.

The sun room opens up to a pergola-covered terrace surrounded by greenery.
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The interior is dominated by wood paneling, from the main staircase ...

The interior is dominated by wood paneling, from the main staircase ...
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... to the dining room ...

... to the dining room ...
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... to the living room.

... to the living room.
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The home also contains playful details, like this tiled fireplace ...

The home also contains playful details, like this tiled fireplace ...
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... and pink-and-green floral wallpaper.

... and pink-and-green floral wallpaper.
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It has six bedrooms ...

It has six bedrooms ...
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... and four bathrooms, one of which features this clawfoot bathtub.

... and four bathrooms, one of which features this clawfoot bathtub.
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Abstract expressionist painter Adolph Gottlieb bought the property in 1960 so that he could be near the ocean, according to the listing.

Abstract expressionist painter Adolph Gottlieb bought the property in 1960 so that he could be near the ocean, according to the listing.
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His airy barn studio is still in the garden.

His airy barn studio is still in the garden.
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