A 100-acre estate in Leon County, Florida, has been listed for $9.63 million, featuring a custom-designed residence, extensive grounds, and a private, fully irrigated baseball field. The property, known as Old St Augustine Hills, is located approximately eight miles from Tallahassee.
The estate includes a 6,000-square-foot cypress home, custom-designed by architect Ken Pieper and finished in 2005. The residence has six bedrooms and 7.5 bathrooms, with features such as a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, a wall of glass that opens to the outdoors, and a master suite with a fireplace shared between the bedroom and bathroom. The kitchen is equipped with Viking appliances, quartz islands, and custom cabinetry.
Outdoor amenities include a resort-style swimming pool with a waterfall, surrounded by Tennessee boulders, and a separate outdoor kitchen with a built-in grill and wood-burning fireplace. The grounds also feature spring-fed ponds, fruit orchards with pears, figs, persimmons, satsumas, and blood oranges, a workshop, and a pole barn.
The property's most unique feature is its fully irrigated baseball field, complete with chalk lines and a scoreboard.
The estate is situated on the Cody Scarp, an ancient geological formation. The land has a documented history, with the road outside the gates once part of the Spanish Royal Road, later becoming the Bellamy Road, one of Florida's earliest federal highways. The property was purchased in 1960 by retired Navy captain Albert Gallatin Neal, who developed the ponds and planted trees. His widow continued to maintain the land for two decades before it was passed to David and Rene Hanselman in 2003. The current owners have resided there for over twenty years, raising their four children on the estate.
The sale includes custom furniture and original artwork created specifically for the home. The property is being sold by Jon Kohler & Associates.