Blue Heron Farm, the former Martha’s Vineyard summer retreat of President Barack Obama and his family, is coming to the market for $39 million. The estate, located in Chilmark, Massachusetts, covers about 30 acres and features a 7,000-square-foot main house with classic white clapboard and a wraparound porch, a guesthouse in traditional Cape style, a boathouse, a 150-year-old barn moved from Pennsylvania, a riding ring, tennis and basketball courts, gardens, an apple orchard, and a private stretch of waterfront on Tisbury Great Pond.
The property is owned by the family of Lord Norman Foster, the renowned British architect behind landmarks like London’s Gherkin and Wembley Stadium. Foster and his wife, Lady Elena Ochoa Foster, bought the estate in December 2011 for $22.4 million through a limited company, after it was previously owned by Mollie and William Van Devender, who had rented it to the Obamas for their summer stays starting in 2009 through 2011.