Travis Kelce’s $5.35m mansion: Why does it have a $1.75m twin in Illinois?
Travis Kelce's new $5.35 million Ohio mansion shares a unique architectural history with a $1.75 million home in Illinois. Both properties were designed by architect Jarvis Hunt for the same steel magnate in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Travis Kelce’s new Ohio mansion has an unusual connection to another historic home nearly 400 miles away. The Kansas City Chiefs star paid $5.35 million for Moyenage, a grand estate overlooking Lake Erie, but its history stretches beyond football and celebrity real estate. The mansion was designed for the same steel magnate who commissioned a strikingly similar house in Illinois several years earlier. Now, that architectural relative, the House of Seven Gables in Wheaton, is on the market for $1.75 million, offering buyers a rare chance to own a piece of the story behind Kelce’s impressive new property.Travis Kelce’s Ohio mansion has a historic architectural connectionKelce’s Bratenahl estate, known as Moyenage, stands out for its scale.
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