Gilded Age-era mansion near NYC for $29.5M sits on a sprawling mountaintop plot — equivalent to 20% of Central Park
A massive estate in the Hudson Valley village of Tuxedo Park is on the market for $29.5 million, the Wall Street Journal reported. The historic spread occupies a whopping 151 acres — nearly one-fifth the size of Central Park. Not only is the property the largest estate in the famously exclusive enclave, its listing price positions it as Orange County's most expensive dwelling ever sold.
10 An aerial view of the circa-1928 estate.
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10 The 14,000-square-foot main residence was designed after the fairytale-like French Provincial style.
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The circa-1928 plot is a vestige of Tuxedo Park's hoity-toity origins, when New York City's Gilded Age elite flocked upstate to frolic through the woods. Nicknamed Renamor, the sprawling estate was purpose-built as a retreat for such a high society set, and still retains much of its old-world charm.
Renamor hosts three separate residences, according to the listing, held by agent Richard Ellis of Ellis Sotheby's International Realty.
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The 16-bedroom property was last sold in the 1990s to the late Olympic fencer and investment manager Robert Dow and his wife, former asset manager Christina Seix, the Journal reported.
The main residence cuts a romantic figure among the property's lush shrubbery and forests. Its clay tiles, dormer windows, stone and stucco façade and period ironwork are hallmarks of the fairytale-like French Provincial style.
10 The great hall.
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10 A sitting room features hand-painted murals and a vaulted ceiling.
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10 The wood-paneled library.
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10 The chef's kitchen.
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The interiors of the mansion span 14,000 square feet. Guests are greeted with wood beams in the great hall, intricately carved mantels over wood-burning fireplaces, a banquet-sized dining room and a salon with gold leaf trim. Interior amenities include a yellow chef's kitchen and a dedicated wine cellar.
A separate six-bedroom guesthouse and a two-bedroom carriage house make up Renamor's other two residences. The rambling property also features a boathouse, a spa, two swimming pools, a tennis court, a tea house and even a one-room log cabin.
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The Dow's daughter and manager of the sale, Lindsay Dow, told the Journal that the secluded log cabin makes one feel 'like you're a pioneer,' and said her parents went there for date nights.
10 An idyllic tea house.
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10 The one-room log cabin overlooks lush vistas.
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10 The tennis court and one of two pools.
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10 The solar array helped to take the massive home off-grid.
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The off-the-grid property also boasts its own renewable power source. The Dows built a 2,000-kilowatt solar field to remedy their massive heating bills, the Journal reported, and Renamor now runs on both geothermal and the sun's energy.
Renamor's size renders it a rare standout among the generally grand homes of Tuxedo Park. The gated village, founded in the late nineteenth century alongside a lake in the Ramapo Mountains, sits roughly 40 miles from New York City. Its private country club famously claims to have introduced the country to the English dinner jacket, known stateside as the tuxedo.
If Renamor is anything to go by, the well-heeled community's tony reputation is secured for many more decades to come.
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