Rich family selling a private island of 35 million dollars that they have had for 100 years

A family that has rooted the baking powder for sale sells a private island at a price of $ 35 million.
The Ziegler family has Hay Island, right next to the Côte du Connecticut, for more than a century.
Family members have moved to other places in the United States, so they no longer need such a large property.

Summer holidays on a private island are a dream for most families.

They were a luxurious reality, however, for the descendants of William Ziegler Sr., an industrialist who co -founded the Royal Baking Swew Company in the 1800s.

More than 100 years ago, the Ziegler family acquired Hay Island, an 18 acres of land off the Côte du Connecticut with a colonial house of 8,684 square feet in New England, a two-bedroom guest house, an infinite swimming pool and two beaches.

Although it previously served as a summer “chalet”, it was recently used as a full -time residence. However, family members moved to other places in the country, they no longer needed the Long Island Sound Island. Now the family has put Hay Island on the market for $ 35 million.

Zieglers have recent experience unloading a private island for an eight -digit sum. In 2023, the family sold Great Island – right opposite the Hay Island Ziegler Cove, for $ 85 million in the city of Darien, which plans to transform it into a public park.

The current net value of the Ziegler family is not clear, but Forbes estimated that it was 2.8 billion dollars in 2015, partly due to the investment in a cigar company.

Take a look around Hay Island to see how the Zieglers lived and on vacation.

Hay Island has been part of the Ziegler family for over 100 years.

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William Ziegler Sr. amassed the wealth of the family in the late 1800s after having co -founded the Royal Baking Swew Company.

The current property house was built in 2010.

The island was used as a full -time residence. Before the construction of the current house, it was used as a summer retirement.

The 8,684 square feet house was designed by the architect Austin Patterson Disson.

Now the island is on the market for $ 35 million.

An aerial view of a private island in Connecticut.

Leslie Mcelweath of Sotheby’s International Realty’s Greenwich Brokerage has the list.

The family moved south and no longer regularly visits the Connecticut house.

Helen M. Ziegler, heiress of the fortune of bakery powder, sold a house in Palm Beach for $ 15.9 million in 2024, according to property files from the county of Palm Beach.

The family also had other islands in Connecticut, and this is the last in their collection.

The Ziegler family listed Great Island, an island of 60 acres through Ziegler Cove by Hay Island, for $ 100 million in 2022. Darien, a small town knows for its wealthy residents, bought Great Island for $ 85 million with plans to transform it into a public park.

Most of the houses in the house have a view of the sound of Long Island.

The house has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

The Ziegler family once gathered in the family room.

The family room offers space for interior and exterior seats with access to a screening porch.

The library – like most rooms in the house – has a breathtaking view of the water.

According to the list, the library includes personalized shelves, window seats, a wet bar and a fireplace.

The chef’s kitchen obtains a lot of light from several windows in front of the water.

The breakfast room has its own fireplace – one of the six chimneys in the house.

The island of Hay is 18 acres.

The island has two beaches – the rest is a rocky shore.

The infinity pool also overlooks the sound of Long Island.

An infinity pool overlooks the sound of Long Island.

The outdoor terrace also includes an outdoor fireplace and integrated barbecue.

The property also has a two -bedroom guest house.

The guest house has a fully equipped kitchen, a private office and a fireplace.

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