Anshen and Allen Stunner

As the saying goes, "Dream big"—so dream big we will.

For a sensational stunner of a house in Carmel-by-the-Sea—home to movie stars from Doris Day to Brad Pitt, and American writers John Steinbeck to Jack London—the dream is as breathtaking as can be. And then we add a pair of marvelous Eichler architects to the fanciful scenery.

Earth, land, and sea—as well as the design team of Anshen and Allen—converge at Carmel's 5 Yankee Beach Way, an experience that is not lost on Dillon Staples, part of the home's listing team with the Compass-affiliated Weathers Gannaway Group.

"The house is cantilevered over the edge of this cliff that sits right at the edge of the ocean, a pretty tremendous feat of engineering and architecture," he says of the property that is listed at $8.8 million.

Poised on coveted Yankee Point, the home was designed by Anshen and Allen, who were heavily involved with Eichler Homes when this home was built in 1953. "The design is similar to the bow of a ship, and is very intentional," Staples explains. "When you're inside the house, you feel like you're perched in a ship above the ocean. This property perfectly represents the intersection of artistic, architectural, expression, and the beautiful canvas that is Yankee Point."

Among the non-Eichler projects in the award-winning portfolio of the team of Bob Anshen (1910-1964) and Steve Allen (1912-1992) are the famous Chapel of the Holy Cross in Arizona, and buildings at Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and in London.

The home is being sold by the son of the home's last owner, Anthony M. Frank, who served as Postmaster General of the United States from 1988 to 1992. Frank championed the National Postal Museum, and famously ordered the Elvis Presley 29-cent stamp in 1993, opening the doors to honoring other contemporary figures in the U.S. stamp program.

"To represent the home of a former Postmaster General of the United States would be an honor for any real estate professional," says Gin Weathers, an agent with the Compass team.

"As the widow of a local Monterey County postmaster, it holds a unique delight for me. Postmasters inherently know quite a bit about an area.