Washington Power Player Esther Coopersmith’s D.C. Mansion Lists for $18.5 Million

A stately red-brick Washington, D.C., mansion that was the longtime home of the late political power player Esther Coopersmith has hit the market for $18.5 million.

Coopersmith, who died in March at the age of 94, was “one of the longest-reigning hostesses, best-connected diplomats and top fund-raisers in the nation’s capital,” according to her obituary in The New York Times. She received the U.N. Peace Prize in 1984 for her support of dialogue and diplomacy in the Middle East. In 2009, Unesco named her a goodwill ambassador. The home is being sold by Coopersmith’s estate.

President Biden “was [at the house] in October and introduced himself as ‘Joe, a friend of Esther’s,’” said listing agent Jonathan Taylor of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, who brought the home to the market earlier this week.

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The president released a statement following her death calling her “a skilled diplomat, committed advocate and genuine bridge-builder,” as well as “a wonderful friend.”

But presidents were far from the only high-profile guests in the home in the capital’s upscale Kalorama neighborhood.

Other big-wig visitors included the likes of Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain, Al Gore, Michael Feinstein and Barbra Streisand.

Built in 1924 for Adolf Miller, the chairman of the Federal Reserve at the time, the house “has packed a lot of history into those 100 years,” Taylor said. That’s “content that goes a long way here.”

Coopersmith bought the home in the mid-1990s for $3.35 million, listing records show.

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“She reconfigured the house, she knew how she wanted to entertain,” Taylor said. “She made the huge 36-foot-long dining room and did similar things upstairs, creating these large spaces.”

The more than 12,200-square-foot mansion makes “such a grand statement,” he added.

A semi-circular driveway leads up to the house, and inside, there are plenty of period details, like intricate crown molding and wood floors, according to the listing.

The first two floors serve as the formal and entertaining spaces, which include a vast dining room, where Coopersmith used to host her famed dinner parties, a reception room, and grand living rooms with ornate fireplaces and Juliette balconies.

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The third floor has two bedrooms, including the primary suite with an attached sitting room, a sizable dressing room and a balcony. The fourth floor has three more bedrooms.

The house also has an elevator, a two-car garage and extra parking for four or five cars, according to the listing.

There’s also a lush yard with “a pool, a pool house and three levels of garden’s joined by brick steps,” Taylor said. “The backyard is really, really differentiating.”

This article originally appeared on Mansion Global.