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Holiday Tours of Dutchess County’s Great Estates

0 Comments By Bobbi Egan on December 2nd, 2010
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lyndhurst Holiday Tours of Dutchess Countys Great Estates

Holiday photo courtesy of Lyndhurst

Whether you are a buyer or seller with a penchant for antique architecture, or simply a lover of historic properties and estates, you will enjoy visiting one of the many period homes located in the Dutchess County area that offer decorated holiday tours.

Here is a list of impressive estates offering tours this holiday season:

  • Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site – Hyde Park
  • Locust Grove Estate, Samuel Morse Historic Site – Poughkeepsie
  • Mills Mansion, Staatsburgh State Historic Site – Staatsburg
  • Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site – Hyde Park
  • Val Kill, Home of Eleanor Roosevelt – Hyde Park
  • Wilderstein Historic Site – Rhinebeck
  • Clermont State Historic Site – Clermont (just over the Dutchess County border)
  • Van Wyck Homestead Museum – Fishkill
  • John Kane House – Pawling
  • Mount Gulian Historic Site – Beacon

For detailed information, dates and times read the Dutchess County Tourism website’s feature, Great Estates & Historic Sites Decorate for the 2010 Christmas Season.

If you know of any other homes and estates that are offering holiday tours in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties please share them with us!

‘Tis The Season to Stay Warm

0 Comments By Anthony Cutugno on December 29th, 2009
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When it comes to staying warm, most any fireplace will do. But over the years, the fireplace has gone beyond mere functionality to become an important design element in a room. For inspiration, look to some of our area’s grand antique homes where the fireplace plays a key role in the home’s interior design.  Here are a few of our favorites that offer good reason to stay home and relax by the fire on a wintery day.

 Remote1 150x150 Tis The Season to Stay WarmTwo grand fireplaces warm the expansive living room in this circa 1907 Cornwall-on-Hudson Colonial that has been in the same family for over a century.

 

 

 

Maple Pond Farm 150x150 Tis The Season to Stay Warm

A floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace keeps everyone toasty in the Great Room at this 1860′s farmhouse, the centerpiece of Maple Pond Farm in Mahopac.

 

 

6 gables 150x150 Tis The Season to Stay Warm

Staying warm was serious business at the turn-of-the-last century when Six Gables was built by the founding father of Briarcliff Manor, Walter Law, who built the home for his son. The home features 9 fireplaces in total, each uniquely detailed.

 

glenhil 150x150 Tis The Season to Stay Warm

A roaring fire creates a warm ambience in the living room at Glenhil, a graceful antique Colonial that sits high atop Quaker Hill in Pawling.