Barbara Walters' nearly 30-year NYC home lists for $19.75M

Publish date: 2024-05-12

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The longtime home of the late Barbara Walters has listed for $19.75 million.

Walters, who passed away in December, at the age of 93, would spend her final years sequestered in this home.

The Wall Street Journal first reported news of the listing.

Located on the Upper East Side, at a white-glove cooperative at 944 Fifth Ave., the legendary journalist first moved in back in 1989.

Now on the market, the apartment looks the exact same way as it did when Walters lived in it

All her art, furniture and collectible pieces, including antiques, and sentimental relics remain in the home.

The unit is currently configured into two bedrooms, but can be converted to as many as four.

Overlooking Central Park, the residence is made up of five bedrooms and five baths.

The living room features a woodburning fireplace with 10-foot-high ceilings and three expansive windows that stretch across Fifth Avenue.

“There is such a special feeling in this wonderful full floor apartment on Fifth Avenue and 75th Street, the most coveted and beloved location on The Upper East Side,” the listing notes.

The foyer. Donna Dotan
A window nook. Donna Dotan
The living room. Donna Dotan
A grand piano. Donna Dotan

The wood-paneled primary bedroom suite with a woodburning fireplace features views of the park, two baths, a sitting room/office and an an expansive closet.

Walters’ dressing room is wrapped in chic-looking red lacquer — with a mirrored wall, a dressing table and a lounge space.

The eat-in kitchen features a butler’s pantry and an adjacent laundry room.

“It also comes with the provenance of a beloved and revered owner who loved the apartment and frequently made history there,” the listing states of Walters.

Alexa Lambert of Compass holds the listing. She declined to comment.

The library. Evan Joseph
The library overlooks Central Park. Evan Joseph
A study. Donna Dotan
The dining room. Donna Dotan

In her 2008 book, “Audition: A Memoir,” she revealed that she had entertained frequently in the apartment and courted potential interviewees there.

Monica Lewinsky was among the guests she hosted at the home, dining with Walters at least before agreeing to sit down for an interview about the Bill Clinton sex scandal.

Sources previously told The Post that Walters planned to escape to Florida on her getaways, but her ailing health prevented her from doing so.

Furniture, art collections and symbolic pieces remain in the home. Donna Dotan
The primary bedroom. Donna Dotan
The primary suite features a woodburning fireplace. Donna Dotan
The dressing room. Donna Dotan

Walters was diagnosed with dementia in 2015.

She was the first woman anchor of both a morning and an evening television-news program. At one point, Walters was considered the highest-paid TV-news personality in the country.

Walters also helped develop and starred in the long-running ABC daytime talk show “The View.”

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