A retired Westport ophthalmologist has sold her renovated 1938 Palm Beach, Fla. home designed by a society architect overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway for $8.6 million, the Palm Beach Daily News said today.
The home, purchased in 1997 for $2.7 million, underwent extensive renovation. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo courtesy of Lawrence A. Moens Associates
It said the sale was by Dr. Judith Doctor, who spent her career in Westport as an ophthalmologist, as did her husband, Dr. Daniel W. Doctor, who died in 2007. The five-bedroom home at 3 Pelican Lane underwent extensive renovation after it was purchased in 1997 for $2.7 million.
The newspaper said a warranty deed filed with the Palm Beach County Clerk’s office showed that Dana E. Landry bought the house with William F.X. Moody.
Landry is a founding partner of Washington Fine Properties in Washington, D.C., and has been the real estate agency’s principal broker since 2000, according to the company’s website, the newspaper said.
With the title of executive vice president, Moody works for the same firm as a real estate agent specializing in luxury property listings, according to the report.
The newspaper said Doctor preserved many of the elements that are noted as architectural signatures of John Volk’s work in the British Colonial style: an arched fanlight above the front door, louvered shutters at the windows and repeated arched doorways, in this case framing views of Lake Worth.
In 2008, Doctor had listed the house for sale at $17.95 million, the report said.
