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Vermilion mansion for $19.5 million Estate was home to Donald Brown inventor of the drop ceiling
Source: Cleveland.com, by Michelle Jarboe McFee
September 19, 2011
One of Northeast Ohio's most unusual - and at $19.5 million, priciest - homes is for sale, offering well-heeled buyers a shot at 160 acres of lakefront property. The Waterwood Estate features several rotating floors, two indoor pools, a private marina and a helicopter landing pad -- helicopter sold separately. Built in 1991, the Vermilion mansion was home to inventor Donald Brown and his wife, Shirley, who died in a plane crash last year. Brown was best known for inventing drop ceilings, the ubiquitous suspended ceilings used in office buildings, schools and homes. But the Waterwood Estate has only one drop ceiling, in a mechanical area of the house.
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