The former South Carolina winter home of late cosmetics mogul Elizabeth Arden is on the market for $3.2 million, less than three years after its last sale. The Canadian-born businesswoman, born in 1888, built a legacy with her empire that lives on today.
Brand ambassador and Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon regularly raves about her products. While Arden's name is known worldwide, it's a lesser-known fact that she owned a Summerville home and would repaint the front door a different color for each season. She owned the Victorian-style property from 1938 until 1954.
The 7,450-square-foot residence at 208 Sumter Ave., listed by Taylor Charpia Real Estate , comes with five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The property was last sold for $1.
9 million, or about $400,00 under the asking price, in April 2022 to Ronald Wehtje and Allison Yeager . Their Hearts of Arden Estate & Cottage operates the property as an event venue and Airbnb bed-and-breakfast . The home was built in 1897 by A.
J. Baird for Samuel Lord , a Charleston attorney. Among the previous owners was socialite Lillian Bostwick Phipps , who had a daughter who would become fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer .
The current owners have extensively renovated the property with the help of Summerville-based interior designer Gray Benko of the Magnolia Network TV show “Happy to be Home.” Charleston’s upscale hotels are known for sparing no expense to deck the halls each year for the holidays. The Charleston Place's pastry.
