The house was called Grey Gardens because of the color of the dunes, the cement garden walls, and the sea mist. The house was featured in Architectural Digest in the 1980s: When they were renovating it, a neighbor told them Big Edie, who died several years before, had a message: “I talked to Big Edie the other day. A 1975 documentary captured the eccentric lives of Edith Bouvier Beale, known as Big Edie, and her daughter, Little Edie, in Grey Gardens, the filthy, dilapidated mansion they occupied in East Hampton. Inside Grey Gardens. Here's a look at the work they're doing. After Phelan left his wife, "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" lived there for more than 50 years. He then drove a … After the ownership issues were settled, the house was built. Grey Gardens Is Empty at Last ... the house drew much of its fame — or infamy — from earlier stewards. ... Little Edie had sold the house to Bradlee and Quinn, under the conditions that they do not tear down the house. The House. "Grey Gardens": The lost world of Little Edie, still amazing after 40 years ... and spent a year getting to know the two Edies before bringing their 16mm camera into the house. After Phelan left his wife, "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" lived there for more than 50 years. The new owners of Grey Gardens have begun renovating the legendary property in East Hampton. Edie stayed in the house and Phelan sent monthly checks of $300 to his ex-wife. (Here are selected photos on this topic, but full relevance is not guaranteed.) Posted by K Thor Jensen on August 19th. The Maysles Brothers are some of the most influential documentarians to ever step behind the camera. She wanted me to tell you how pleased she is that you have bought Grey Gardens. Owned by the aunt of Jackie Kennedy, the home of Little and Big Edie Beale made headlines after the documentary Grey Gardens (1975) and some sensational TV news reporting revealed the squalor and disrepair of the once-glorious upper crust summer estate in East Hampton, New York.. ... Big Edie and Little Edie, left in the house after Little Edie sold the house to Quinn and her late husband, Washington … ... Little Edie had sold the house to Bradlee and Quinn, under the conditions that they do not tear down the house. Bouvier: Few know all the places she lived after Grey Gardens – New York, Montreal and Florida and for a short period of time in California. The house was designed in 1897 by Joseph Greenleaf Thorpe and purchased in 1923 by "Big Edie" and her husband Phelan Beale. I would have a hard time narrowing down building a home inspired by a movie or TV show, because I like so many of them.