Dubbed as the largest cabin in the world, the Granot Loma is now listed in the market for a hefty price of $40 million. The figure makes the grand residence the most expensive home in the entire state of Michigan, according to Yahoo.
Sitting on the shores of Lake Superior, the Granot Loma log cabin has a very extensive history. Completed in 1923 with the construction running up to four years, the property comprises a 26,000-square-foot log mansion with a farm sustaining it.
The log cabin was the brainchild of Louis G. Kaufman, a Marquette-based financier and bank pesident who also helped establish General Motors and drew up the plans and finances of the Empire State Building. The house served as his "wilderness escape," rivaling similar properties built by elite American families including Vanderbilts, Astors, Guggenheims and Rockefellers.
Named a historic landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 92-year-old log mansion has 23 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, and 13 separate structures, MLive.com reports. Other amenities include a tennis court designed by Bill Tilden, four garages, a playhouse, and servants' quarters.
Kaufman tapped 22 architects to design the house and used pine logs shipped from Oregon as the mansion's main materials. While it was intended to be a summer house, the Granot Loma can weather the harsh winter of the north.
The costs of building the cabin racked up to $5 million, which is worth $70 million today, according to Curbed Detroit.
The estate's title, Granot Loma, is a combination of letters taken from the names of Kaufman's first three children, Graveraet and Otto, and that of his wife Marie.
The current owner, Tom Baldwin, bought the house 28 years ago and restored much of the estate to its original splendor. Baldwin is represented by realtor Bob Sullivan of Northern Michigan Land Brokers.
