1810 GEORGIAN MANSION IN VIRGINIA ON 19.9 ACRES

 

 

Beautiful plantation manor with Colonial revival details. Grand gardens surround this 19.9 acre property, featured numerous times in media.

 

 

Three stories include 6 bedroom, 4 full and 2 half baths in 6582 sq ft.  Garage is detatched.

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful walnut paneling, original pine floors and doors and 10 fireplaces are included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pool and tennis court included and outbuildings such as Farm buildings, smoke house, shed/barn, tool house.

 

The property was listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  It was for sale for $2,900,000 in April 2013, and may still be available.

1903 HOME STILL FLOATING... MAY FIND LAND

The yellow cottage pictured above spent many years adjacent to the Palm Beach Country Club until its owners sold the land underneath it to the golf club in 2011.  The country club earmarked $10,000 for relocation costs for the "Stambaugh" cottage, so named for the descendants of Orrel Gleanson Stambaugh, the original owner, who is best known for engineering West Palm Beach's first roads.

A local contractor donated the barge the house is currently standing on.  Family members are reported to have found a vacant lot for the cottage.  Perhaps this house has found a home!

AMSTERDAM NY 1895 ARMORY BEING REDONE, NOW BREAD AND BREAKFAST AND HOME FOR OWNERS

Former upstate New York 36,000 sq ft gothic style National Guard Armory built in 1895 by Isaac Perry was converted to a home, modeled after a medieval castle in 2005.  It is on a hill with 2 acres.  

 

The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Homes.  Listed for sale for $1.2MM+, but may have been sold.

 

There are four soaring turrets and ivy-climbing walls.   Among the 50 rooms are 7 bedrooms.  Living rooms, ballrooms and reception rooms are used for events.  Garage holds 10 cars.

 

Included are a full sized 1000 sq ft gymnasium with 2^nd story bleachers, which can hold 1000 people (500 seated), rifle range, fallout shelter, billiard room and communal showers.  

 This is the only NY State armory that has been transformed into a single family house. 

Extensive renovation and redecoration were done, returning the building to lush Victorian-Romanesque décor.  The castle has Wi-Fi, cable tv and high speed internet, onsite parking for 40 cars. 

The 18” brick walls hold the temperature at an ambient level making it comfortable in summer and heat-effective in winter, using steam boilers in the basement.

An extensive collection of elegant told-rimmed dinnerware, flatware, glassware, doffee service, tablecloths, chairs, tables and dinner equipment can be used for events.

Located 3 hours from Manhattan and 30 minutes from Albany.   Bed & Breakfast accommodations are available.  Three star hotel. 

$50mm WILL BUY YOU BOB HOPE'S FABULOUS JOHN LAUTNER MODERNIST ESTATE HOME IN PALM SPRINGS

Perched in the private gated neighborhood of Southridge, the Hope' 223,366 living sq ft volcanic-like estate, designed in 1973, dominates a corner lot with sweeping views of the entire Coachella Valley in Palm Springs, CA.

 

This concrete, steel and glass icon is located within a gated community and includes a vast entertaining area with a boulder in the middle of it, an indoor pool, six bedrooms and twleve bathrooms, all housed in concrete and topped by an out-of-this world wavy concave undulating copper roof which has an open semi-circle at the center.  A circular skylight provides the home with much natural light.  A boulder in the living room makes one huge statement for nature. The estate also boasts an outdoor pool, outdoor pond, outdoor fireplace, tennis court and putting green.  Architect John Lautner, designer of this unique home, said, “The purpose of architecture is to create timeless, free, joyous spaces for all activities of life.”  Early in his career he studied at Talisien with Frank Lloyd Wright.  This became Bob and Delores Hope's second home, used frequently for entertaining.

Later, after a fire during construction destroyed the uncompleted house, the Delores Hope made modifications to the house, such as extending the dining room and making it possible to get to the front door from the bedrooms without crossing a patio, the architect distanced himself from his clients.  Linda, the Hope's daugher, said, "My Dad used to say every time he went away he needed a road map to get back through his house."

 

 

 

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

In town, very short walk to beach and ocean, this Palm Beach “compound”  with a 180’x100’ lot size has 4770 living sq ft, 7 bedrooms, 6 ½ baths, built in 1929 with a guest house built in 1932.  Perfect for renovation, tear down, or move right in.  Address is 149 Brazilian Avenue.

 

The main home has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, fireplace, rich wood floors, secluded garden vistas, easy floor plan and mature landscaping.  Guest house has 3 bedrooms with 2 sitting rooms and is set back from the main house.

Listed for $4,750,000 in 2008 with interim reductions, the property sold in October 2012 for $2,850,000.

 

CATCH SOME HISTORY RIGHT HERE IN PALM BEACH

FLAGLER MUSEUM’S WHITEHALL LECTURE SERIES – PRESIDENTS OF THE GILDED AGE

Presidents to be discussed include Grant, McKinley, Garfield, Cleveland and Hayes.  Here is an opportunity to listen to the lectures, watch the presentations and ask the lecturer questions.  Authors of books about these men will be present and a book signing with the author will follow each lecture. 

It can also be seen online. For first time users of the Flagler Museum's on-line room, you need to install a small, safe plug-in. When prompted please provide your first name and leave the password field blank. At the welcome page, click on the "Download Here" link. This will open a "File Download" dialogue box. Within that box, click on the "Run" button. Please be sure to configure your firewall to allow the Talking Communities software access to your computer and please disable your screen saver. No charge for online attendance.

Flagler Museum Members at Sustaining and higher levels can attend for free.  Individual, Family and Life Members cost $10/each.  Non-members costs $28 per lecture of $125 for a Series ticket and includes Museum Admission.  More information here.  The Museum is located at 1 Whitehall Way in Palm Beach.  Call 561-655-2833 for further information.

You just might hear some similarities to our times right now.  The more things change, the more they remain the same?

RECORD SET WITH 3 INDIAN CREEK DRIVE, MIAMI SALE FOR $47MM

This 30,000 sq ft house sits on two acres by the bay on Indian Creek Island, where there are thirty-two estate homes.  A certified green house, it includes a rooftop law and Jacuzzi, movie theater, wine cellar, chemotherapy spa and massage room, library and quarters for live-in staff.  The grounds boats a yoga area, dramatic waterfall, koi pond, 100-ft. resort pool and garage space for 7 limos.  There are 10 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms; lot is 80,000 sq ft.  Property was designed by architect Rene Gonzalez and is currently assessed for $7.2MM.  Original listing price was $60MM in 2011.

A dedicated police force patrols the streets and waterways of Indian Creek, and the island has an 18-hold golf course and private club.

This $47MM sale is the largest residential transaction in the history of Miami-Dad County. 

 

Named by Forbes Magazine as the wealthiest sportsman in the world in 2010, Tiger Woods earned $105MM last year.

Tiger will soon move into his sprawling 10-acre oceanfront estate in Jupiter Island, Florida with neighbors Nick Price, Gary Player, Celine Dion, Nelson Doubleday, Alan Jackson and Burt Reynolds.

Population of exclusive Jupiter Island is under 800,  and it is on a barrier island. 

RELOCATED WEST PALM BEACH HISTORIC HOME

1924 Historic Home bought by young couple

who want to restore it, and moved to

Grandview Heights historic district in

West Palm Beach  

 Home is 3600 sq ft, Mission style.

Demolition had been planned.

This house will fit in well with

other homes in the 1200 block

of Florida Avenue.   

We hope to bring you more information

in the future of the "fix up" and

restoration that is being done.  

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