The historic Herbert N. Straus House — known more famously in recent years as the home of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — just traded hands for $51 million. One of New York City’s ...

The Herbert N. Straus House — one of New York City’s largest private homes, infamously remembered as the former residence of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — sold this week for $51 ...

According to the Straus Historical Society, Herbert Nathan Straus and his brother Percy bought farmland in Monmouth County in 1908 to, among other things, raise dairy cows and house their polo ponies.

According to the listing, the house was commissioned in 1930 by Herbert N. Straus, heir to the R. H. Macy & Co., who hired Horace Trumbauer to design the opulent home.