Former NFL Star Sells Antique Greenwich Farmhouse For $5.5 Million After Several Price Cuts

GREENWICH, CT — Former NFL star quarterback Chris Simms has sold his antique 1725 Greenwich farmhouse at 640 Round Hill Road for $5.5 million, down from an original asking price of $8 million, according to an update to the listing on Zillow.

Realtor.com previously announced in September that a buyer was secured, although a price wasn't known at the time. Zillow records show a sale date of Nov. 9. The home was listed by Monica Webster of Douglas Elliman of Connecticut.

The house was put on the market in February at $8 million. Since then, the asking price was slashed to $7.5 million in May, $6.9 million in June, and ultimately $6.2 million in August, according to Zillow.

Property records show the Simmses bought the home for $2.5 million in April 2019.

The home features five bedrooms and five bathrooms, with wide-plank antique floors, exposed beams, preserved fireplaces and original architectural details, the listing said.

According to Historic Properties of Greenwich, the 3,669-square-foot farmhouse is also known as the Charles Green House. The home was expanded in 1952 and 1957, and ultimately protected as a local historic property in 2005.

The Historic Properties of Greenwich does not list 1725 as the build date, but mentions 1742.

"The Charles Green House is architecturally significant primarily because of its original c. 1742 core and its 18th century barn, and secondarily for its sensitive mid-20th century additions that incorporated salvaged elements from a number of structures, mostly colonial in origin," the Historic Properties of Greenwich website says.

The materials for the additions and alterations to the home came from demolished structures, notably a Colonial home in Plainfield, CT, and the Peter Ferris House in Greenwich, which was built in 1763 but demolished in 1957 because it stood in the way of the new Route 1, Greenwich Historic Properties noted.

The son of New York Giants legend Phil Simms, Chris Simms played in the NFL from 2003 to 2010, mostly with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before brief stints with the Tennessee Titans and the Denver Broncos.

Chris Simms entered broadcasting and served as a color commentator first for college football on Fox and then for the NFL on CBS from 2014 to 2016. Simms is currently an NFL analyst for NBC Sports.

More photos can be found on the Historic Properties of Greenwich website.