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Seeking a Weekend Getaway for a Growing Family? 31 Bedroom Country Manor in Ritzy Peapack Gladstone, NJ could be the $4,900,000 Solution!

On the Market:  Historic Blairsden, a Beaux Arts treasure, was lovingingly constructed in 1902 as the country home of C. Ledyard Blair, a noted financier and banking heir.  The 34 acre property is situated in the bucolic hills of New Jersey a mere 47 miles from Midtown!

Interior finishes include exotic marbles, rich woods and limestone- popular materials of the Gilded Age and most suitable for a gentleman of Mr. Blair's stature. 

Gentlemen often retired to the Billiard Room for cigars, fine brandies and good fellowship after a many course dinner served in the opulent dining room.

In addition to 31 Bedrooms and numerous public entertaining rooms, there are 14 full baths, 25 fireplaces and an elevator. 

 

Picturesque gardens reflect the original thinking of noted landscape designer of the early 1900s-James Lyle Greenleaf (a very apropos surname, don't you think?!)   The Peapack-Gladstone area is an idyllic area of the state long attracting the horsey set (including Jacqueline Kennedy Onansis) and other luminaries such as fun-loving financial publishing czar Malcom Forbes.

To arrange a tour of this refined and elegant estate, please contact the venerable Turpin Realtors.  $4,900,000

Laurence P. Mitchell 

Park Avenue Dream Comes True! Full Floor Residence Shines with Cozy Glamour and Chic!

 

Sometimes you just enter an apartment and no matter how diminutive or grand you can just get the sense that you've crossed the threshold into a happy home. This is certainly the feeling I had on a recent visit to this gracious and elegant full floor residence at 800 Park Avenue.  The stately proportioned living room has a wood burning fireplace and the walls are embellished with an intricate boiserie that only adds to the charm of the convivial space.  The adjoining dining room enables one to easily imagine generations of family celebrations full of laughter and cocktails! 

The airy and light master bedroom has corner windows overlooking (as do all major rooms) "The Avenue."  The en suite bath has a shower stall with a paned french door entrance - a fine example of the clever attention to detail that highlights the prewar charm of the residence.

I'd feel guilty perusing my beloved Jacqueline Suann in the handsome paneled library.  I'd better stick to Proust!


The twelve room apartment gives the feeling of a private home on one of Manhattan's most revered boulevards.  This extraordinary residence in a full service luxury prewar is being represented by the equally extraordinary Leila C. Stone of Sotheby's and Elizabeth Paul of Stribling.  $14,000,000. 

Laurence P. Mitchell