Frank Sinatras former NYC townhouse lists for the first time in more than 50 years

Frank Sinatra and actress Mia Farrow — who had one of the most improbable marriages in Hollywood and show business history — once called this Upper East Side brownstone their home. Now, the landmarked residence that the famed couple shared has hit the market for the first time in more than 50 years — for $4.45 million. Built in 1872, the historic home at 248 E.61st St., between Second and Third avenues, is where Sinatra resided from 1963 to 1969 — before, during and after his brief marriage to Farrow.

The couple met on a studio set in 1964 when Sinatra was 49 and Farrow was 19.They married two years later, in Vegas, when Farrow turned 21.

It was her first marriage and his fourth; they divorced two years later.Even after the split, Sinatra wanted to stay in the home. “He didn’t want to move out, but he wanted to build a garage and he wasn’t allowed to,” said Teimour Solomon, whose late parents, Dr.David Y.

Solomon and Yris Rabenou Solomon, bought the home from Sinatra in 1969 and raised their two children there — Darius, born in 1968, and Teimour, born in 1972.Teimour’s family escaped antisemitism — his mother fled Nazi-occupied France while his Iraqi-born father fled persecution, first in Iraq and then in Iran.The Upper East Side property later became a refuge for friends and family who fled the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. “This place, and the story of the house, is a classic American story.

My family were always chased out of their homes — in France, Iraq and Iran — and they came to the US to live in freedom,” Teimour said.“Then they opened the doors here for others who were fleeing persecution.” At 16 feet wide, the 3,730-square-foot home comes with four bedrooms and 4½ baths — and an additional 933 square feet below ground. The residence is now part of the Treadwell Farm Historic District.

Its history also includes a 19th-century renter who offered to exchange all of the dwelling’s contents — includ...