Gontmakher Mansion, Private residence in Bridle Trails, Bellevue, United States.

The Gontmakher Mansion is a large brick residence built on an enclosed property in Bellevue's Bridle Trails neighborhood. The home features solid exterior walls that surround the entire grounds, creating a secured and fortress-like appearance.

Construction of the mansion began in 2000 and took five years to complete, finishing in 2005. Since completion, the property has remained largely vacant while becoming a topic of public and legal attention in Bellevue.

The owner was a Ukrainian-born "crab mogul" who became a U.S. citizen and ran what was in the 2000s the largest U.S. importer of Russian crab and other seafood. The mansion's brick, unusual in the Pacific Northwest, marks the wealth behind it.

The mansion sits in Bellevue's Bridle Trails neighborhood, and its tall brick wall encloses the whole property, so the house itself is not visible from outside. The wall and the grounds can be seen from the public street; the residence is private and not open to visitors.

The owner was a Ukrainian-born "crab mogul" who became a US citizen and ran what was in the 2000s the largest American importer of Russian crab and other seafood. A court ruling in the city's case also held that Bellevue counts as a juristic person under Washington's anti-SLAPP law.