Julia Childs longtime Boston-area home sells for $6.52M just weeks after hitting the market

Julia Child’s longtime Massachusetts home has found a buyer — and the historic property cooked up a sale above its asking price.The Cambridge residence, where the legendary chef lived with her husband, Paul, for decades, sold for $6.52 million, just weeks after hitting the market for $6.475 million in September, Mansion Global reports.The sale came in $50,000 above asking, underscoring the enduring appeal of the home once occupied by one of America’s most beloved culinary figures.Located at 103 Irving St., the six-bedroom Colonial dates to 1889 and spans approximately 6,321 square feet.Child, who died in 2004 at age 91, helped introduce French cuisine to American households and became one of the country’s most recognizable television chefs.As The Post previously reported, Child and her husband made the property their home for decades, during which she became a household name through her groundbreaking PBS cooking show, “The French Chef.”The home has since undergone a major renovation, and Child’s original kitchen — famous for its teal cabinetry, pegboard walls and carefully arranged cooking tools — is no longer inside the house.Instead, the kitchen was donated to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, where it remains on display.Child and her husband purchased the property in the early 1960s.She later donated the house to her alma mater, Smith College, in 2001, before the school sold it.The most recent sellers, Harvard Law School professor Michael Klarman and his wife, Lisa Landsverk, purchased the property for $3.7 million in 2009, according to Mansion Global.Klarman recalled that the house continued to attract admirers of the culinary icon, particularly after the 2009 film “Julie & Julia” renewed interest in her life.Some visitors even left sticks of butter on the home’s white picket fence as a tribute to the chef.Today, the three-level residence features six bedrooms, a modern kitchen, hardwood floors and French door...