{"id":253477,"date":"2026-04-17T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/253477\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:26:14","slug":"mrs-bairds-family-ranch-in-tx-hill-country-lists-for-11m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/253477\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Baird\u2019s family ranch in TX Hill Country lists for $11M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Westover Hills home designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei, whose iconic structures include Paris\u2019 Louvre Museum pyramid, Boston\u2019s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and Dallas&#8217; Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and Dallas City Hall, has gone on the market for $22 million.<\/p>\n<p>The $22 million price tag makes the storied mansion at 1400 Shady Oaks Ln. the most expensive home publicly listed for sale in Fort Worth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/real-estate\/luxury-homes\/i-m-pei-fort-worth-texas-house-7dc78b21?st=L7o2xm&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawRGIcpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFrU1oza1h1UFJwT2Jqb0Nuc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHohF0gt1vCp6FXbVsREGTKdyl9quSxufutKrTL_1LaoEE6gDOLwPYvRAASA8_aem_tElJSo1ReKPiK9VFwo0RkQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">according to The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Briggs Freeman Sotheby\u2019s International Realty &#8211; whose agents Ashley Mooring, Madeline Jobst and Ralph Randall have the listing &#8211; says in a LinkedIn post that the 19,000-square-foot Westover House is \u201cthe last, largest, and most significant of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/briggsfreeman_coming-soon-represented-exclusively-by-briggs-activity-7448419824289988608-oyky\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">only three homes ever designed by the celebrated architect<\/a>.\u201d Pei died in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>As with many of the buildings Pei designed, Westover House incorporates clean lines, strong geometric shapes, and modern materials.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal reported Pei designed the 1969 home for oil and banking heiress Anne Burnett Tandy, who died in 1980, and her fourth husband, Charles Tandy, one-time chairman, president, and CEO of Fort Worth-based Tandy Corp., which owned RadioShack. He died in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Mooring tells WSJ that the Tandy family still owns the mansion, which was home to Anne\u2019s daughter Anne Burnett Marion until her <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-6c34cec3e88b16086b1652dd036a78ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">death<\/a> in 2020. Among other accomplishments, Marion chaired Burnett Ranches; founded and chaired Burnett Oil; served on the Board of Trustees at TCU, whose medical school bears the Burnett name; established the famed Georgia O\u2019Keefe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and supported the Fort Worth Museum of Art and Kimbell Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Marion&#8217;s private art collection <a href=\"https:\/\/fortworth.culturemap.com\/news\/society\/05-13-21-anne-marion-american-visionary-art-collection-sothebys-auction-157-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sold<\/a> for an astounding $157.2 million at a Sotheby&#8217;s New York auction. The artworks on auction had decorated Anne and John Marion&#8217;s palatial Fort Worth home. <\/p>\n<p>Westover House, situated on four acres in the <a href=\"https:\/\/fortworth.culturemap.com\/news\/city-life\/04-05-21-westover-hills-one-of-countrys-richest-suburbs-renofi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">exclusive<\/a> Fort Worth enclave, features seven bedrooms, three kitchens, three living rooms, two dining rooms, two climate-controlled wine cellars, and an art gallery, according to WSJ. All of the bedrooms occupy a separate wing; the primary suite includes a private bathroom and a library.<\/p>\n<p>The mansion is roughly the size of a Trader Joe\u2019s store.<\/p>\n<p>The family was known among the Fort Worth social set as great entertainers, and the home was perfect for their lavish parties. Among the outdoor amenities are a putting green and a swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe home\u2019s pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance is a garden room with a sloping steel-and-glass ceiling and a wood-lattice sunscreen,\u201d WSJ says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Westover Hills home designed by renowned architect I.M. 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