Elegant 1909 Tuxedo Park Estate

Elegant 1909 Tuxedo Park Estate Designed by Well Known Architects Walker and Gillette

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Many original features remain in this classic Japanese influenced Tudor style stone, stucco and timber home on 3.2 acres which features lake views through soaring trees, Japanese inspired landscaping and a restorable water garden in the southeast lawn. Spacious ground floor rooms: a grand entry foyer, an oak great room, with a massive fireplace and a large oak-paneled dinning room open onto covered porches, stone terraces and a veranda. Many additional features remain in this classic Tuxedo Park estate home.

A huge master suite includes a covered timber balcony to the east and a large bath and dressing room. On the second floor are four additional bedrooms, three baths and a cathedral-ceilinged family room. More bedrooms, baths and a north facing sky-lighted studio/gallery as well as finished family space are found on the third floor.

Tuxedo Park This 2,086-acre gated community is comprised of three lakes surrounded by hills, among which about 330 predominately pre-war homes are nestled. These range in size from 1,200 to 26,000 square feet and in architectural style from Scottish baronial to Mediterranean. About a third of these homes are architecturally significant structures of over 4,000 square feet, built after the founding of Tuxedo Park in 1886 and before World War II.

Among today's amenities are the twenty-four-hour manned gates, a swimming club on Wee Wah Lake, and the private Tuxedo Club, with its golf, racquet sports, boating and dining facilities. Metro-North to Hoboken (52 minutes) and the Short Line Bus to Port Authority (55 minutes) serve Tuxedo Park. Tuxedo Park is located near Bear Mountain Harriman and the new Sterling Forest State Park.

Tuxedo Park children attend the small, well regarded Tuxedo Public School in the hamlet area of Tuxedo, half a mile from the entrance gate, or the independent Tuxedo Park School for grades K-9, located in Tuxedo Park.

Walker and Gillette While Bruce Price is the architect most closely associated with the homes in Tuxedo Park, many other architects of the pre-modern era are represented in Tuxedo Park, including McKim, Meade & White, Russell Sturgis, Carrere & Hastings, Wilson Eyre, William Bates, James Brown Lord, John Russell Pope and Warren & Wetmore. Among those who strove to use natural materials to blend with nature were Stuart Walker and Leon Gillette. Three of their major houses still stand here. In this home, built for the Misses Scofield, stone, timber and roughcast stucco form the exterior. The landscaping still retains Japanese features such as rock emplacements, massive white pines, weeping spruce and Japanese maples. One of the reception rooms was originally called the Japanese room. The Japanese influence is also reflected in this home's historic name, 'Sho Chiku Bai'.

"Sho-Chiku-Bai", which literally means "pine tree-bamboo-plum", a combination for good luck. The pine represents eternal life, the bamboo denotes strength and the early blooming plum symbolizes wealth.

House Description

Ground Floor

View of House From South
     40' x 22' Main Entry
     34' x 26' Living Room/ Great Room with Huge Fireplace
     26' x 18' Reception Room with Fireplace
     24' x 20' Dining Room with Fireplace
     24' x 24' Kitchen with Eating Area
     Two Powder Rooms
     Porch Facing South
     Terrace Facing West
     Spacious 2-car garage
     Staff Sitting Room

Second Floor
     40' x 38' Master Suite with Large Bath and Dressing Room
     30' x 18' Bedroom Suite with Fireplace
     24' x 22' Bedroom Suite with Fireplace
     27' X 18' Bedroom
     Bath
     Utility Room
     42' x 30'Family Room with Cathedral Ceiling

Third Floor
1,000-foot Finished Family Space with North Facing Skylight and Covered Balcony overlooking Lake.
Three Bedrooms and two Baths.

Basement
     Additional Kitchen
     Family Room with Bar
     Utility Room

Additional Information
     Architectural Shingle roof is about 7 years old
     Oil-fired boiler heats hot water circulating system supplemented by hot air for larger spaces.
     Underground 2 / 500 gallon oil tanks
     Taxes are $17,755 for 1999/2000

Offered at $1,750,000