A Palm Beach Coastal Mansion
Designed by Marion Sims Wyeth

What: Six bedrooms, six full bathrooms in 10,000 square feet.

Where: Palm Beach, Fla.

Amenities: In-ground swimming pool, two-bedroom guest house, four-car garage, elevator, two wood-burning fireplaces, 228 feet of water frontage.

Asking Price: $18.5 million

Opening Bid*: $17.9 million

Listing Agents: Wallace Turner, Sotheby's International Realty, 561-301-2060

Due Diligence: Marion Sims Wyeth, who designed more than 100 Palm Beach homes as well as the present governor's mansion in Tallahassee, built this two-story house in the 1920s. San Lee, an art dealer, bought it six years ago and undertook a major restoration. The Venetian Gothic-style house was raised four feet to meet sea-level standards for coastal homes in Florida. (The house, on the Intra-Coastal Waterway, is now 7.5 feet above sea level.) Ms. Lee also added a chef's kitchen, Egyptian limestone flooring, eight zones of air conditioning and a 130-foot concrete dock. She replaced every window with impact glass, which worked in this year's hurricane season, though the house didn't sustain a direct hit. All of the house's bedrooms have terraces, and the master bedroom includes a sun deck.

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