Emily Vanderbilt Wade Buys Thomasville Plantation for $22 Million
Monday, March 16th, 2015
Emily “Paddy” Vanderbilt Wade has paid just over $22 million to purchase roughly 4,000 acres in Thomasville, Ga., that includes the Big Woods, a large tract of old-growth forest.
The property is a portion of the Greenwood quail-hunting plantation, which was the longtime home of the late John Hay Whitney, former U.S. ambassador to Britain and owner of the New York Herald Tribune, and his late wife, Betsey Cushing Whitney. The plantation, which had been in Mr. Whitney’s family since 1899, was listed several years ago.
According to co-listing agent Jon Kohler of Jon Kohler & Associates, the property didn’t have a formal asking price. “It’s hard to value something like that,” he said.
