Why buy on Billionaires’ Row when you can purchase a lush landscape nearly 20% the size of Central Park?
A sprawling estate in Tuxedo Park, located in the Hudson Valley, has been listed for $29.5 million, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. This historic property spans an impressive 151 acres, which is nearly one-fifth the size of Central Park. Not only is it the largest estate in this exclusive area, but its asking price also makes it the most expensive home ever sold in Orange County.
Originating around 1928, the plot is a remnant of Tuxedo Park’s upscale beginnings when New York City’s affluent Gilded Age individuals ventured north for leisure. Known as Renamor, this vast estate was meticulously designed to serve as a getaway for high society and still preserves a great deal of its original charm.
Renamor hosts three separate residences, according to the listing, held by agent Richard Ellis of Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty.
The property, which boasts 16 bedrooms, was last purchased in the 1990s by the late Olympic fencer and investment manager Robert Dow and his wife, Christina Seix, a former asset manager, as the Journal noted.
The main house presents a whimsical appearance, nestled among lush greenery and woodlands. Its clay tiles, dormer windows, stone and stucco exterior, and period ironwork exemplify the enchanting French Provincial style.
Inside, the mansion covers 14,000 square feet. Visitors are welcomed by wood beams in the great hall, intricately carved mantels over wood-burning fireplaces, a dining room suitable for grand banquets, and a salon adorned with gold leaf trim. Interior features include a chef’s kitchen in yellow hues and a dedicated wine cellar.
Renamor also includes a six-bedroom guesthouse and a two-bedroom carriage house as its additional residences. The expansive property houses a boathouse, a spa, two swimming pools, a tennis court, a tea house, and even a one-room log cabin.
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.
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.
