$4.7 million sale on Siesta Key - and it's a Carl Abbott

$4.7 million sale on Siesta Key -- and it's a Carl Abbott

By Harold Bubil , Herald-Tribune

/ Saturday, February 6, 2016

Casa del Cielo is an award-winning design by Carl Abbott, FAIA, on Siesta Key. It is noted for its wrapped columns, curving staircase and circular opening between floors. Staff photo / Harold Bubil; 12-1-2014.

Casa del Cielo -- "House of the Heavens," or Sky House -- is a timeless piece of architecture that also is a landmark for bathers and strollers on Siesta Key's Crescent Beach.

Friday, it sold for $4.7 million, the first time the house's ownership has been transferred.

Designed in 1980 for Mrs. Harry Gregg of New Hampshire, it came on the market in 2014 for the first time at $5,999,000, including a vintage beach cottage and 1990 "gate house."

Listing agents were Cheryl Loeffler and Martie Lieberman of Premier Sotheby's International Realty. They represented the sellers, Catherine Gregg, Cyruss Gregg and Judd Gregg.

Harold Bubil

Recipient of the 2015 Bob Graham Architectural Awareness Award from the American Institute of Architects/Florida-Caribbean, Harold Bubil is real estate editor of the Herald-Tribune Media Group. Born in Newport, R.I., his family moved to Sarasota in 1958. Harold graduated from Sarasota High School in 1970 and the University of Florida in 1974 with a degree in journalism. For the Herald-Tribune, he writes and edits stories about residential real estate, architecture, green building and local development history. He also is a photographer and public speaker. Contact him via email, or at (941) 361-4805.