Mansion For Sale

A Tulsa man traveled the world to fill his home with fine furnishings and lavish finishes. Now, his masterpiece mansion is for sale. It's a $12 million home that took ten years to build in the heart

Friday, October 19th 2007, 9:39 pm

By: News On 6

A Tulsa man traveled the world to fill his home with fine furnishings and lavish finishes. Now, his masterpiece mansion is for sale. It's a $12 million home that took ten years to build in the heart of Tulsa. News On 6 anchor Jennifer Loren reports the story behind the home is equally as opulent.

La Manoir aux Quat Saisons is a 20,000 square-foot home on four and a half acres in the heart of south Tulsa. The home is modeled in the styles of 17th century France. The owner's late wife had an affinity for that period. But, they both loved to shop for their home as they toured homes and traveled the French country-side.

"I guess a year after we finished it we went over to a town in France and darned if there wasn't one that looked just like what we have, only it'd been built a hundred years before ours,â€ said Tulsa homeowner Ed Taylor.

Ed Taylor made his millions as a pioneer of the satellite and cable industries. He and his wife, Nancy, spent ten years building this, their dream home. But, Nancy had a chronic disease which prevented them from ever living in their dream home before she passed away.

"This house has never been occupied. (Really?) No, only the caretaker lives in an apartment over the garage, said Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons owner Ed Taylor.

The home is furnished with European antiques the Taylors purchased in Paris and London. They say a grand piano in the home was commissioned for the 1890 World's Fair in Paris.

"They took the theme of the piano and painted oil canvases and fit them into spaces on the wall,â€ said realtor Laura Hawkins.

There are antique marble fireplaces in almost every room. They have more than $200,000 worth of chandeliers and more than $50,000 in 24 karat gold fixtures. They even used gold-flaked paint on the walls; otherwise the walls are all covered in luxurious fabrics.

But, the fabric on this wall is different. Normally, this frame would house a painting of the woman of the house, but because she never got to live here, they left it blank.

"It really just didn't work out. Nancy's health got too bad. At least she finished the dream," said Tulsa homeowner Ed Taylor.

The House of Four Seasons is listed at $12-million. Taylor says when he sells it; he plans to use the money to start the Nancy Taylor Foundation for Chronic Disease.

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