James Reynolds Jr., the founder, chairman and CEO of Loop Capital, and his wife Sandy have listed his seven-bedroom, Georgian-style mansion in Kenwood for $2.85 million.
Built in 1914, the 15-room mansion was designed by architect Horatio R. Wilson and owned from 1916 until 1958 by Harris Trust and Savings Bank chairman Albert W. Harris, whose father had founded the bank. The couple bought it in 1991 for $595,000.
Features in the three-story, 5,181-square-foot mansion, which sits on 0.44 of an acre, include 5-1/2 baths, five fireplaces, hardwood floors, wainscoting and a finished basement with a theater room. Outside on the property are a sport court, a chipping and putting green, an outdoor spa that seats 8, and a coach house with a one-bedroom apartment and fitness center with a steam bath.
“It’s an awesome property. It’s like having a vacation luxury home in the middle of the city,” Sandy Reynolds told Elite Street. “It was a great place to raise children, but now we’re looking for a different lifestyle, to move downtown or to the Gold Coast, and try something new.”
Sandy Reynolds said that while the couple updated the house’s kitchen, they have left the rest of the house intact.
“We maintained the pure integrity of the house,” she said. “We didn’t take down walls, and we really worked within the structure of the architecture.”
Reynolds said that before while President Barack Obama lived in Kenwood, he played basketball on their sport court. Longtime Obama supporters, the Reynoldses held Obama’s first-ever Senate fundraiser on the house’s driveway, Sandy Reynolds said.
Greg Faulkner of RE/MAX Premier Properties has the listing.
