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This is a unique opportunity to view one of the county’s most historic and prestigious mansions. Edgewater, on the Hudson River in Barrytown, New York, combines classical architecture with a dramatic setting to create one of the Hudson Valley’s most charming riverside homes. Originally built in 1825 for Captain Lowndes Brown of Charleston and his wife Margaret Livingston, the estate was sold in 1852 to Robert Donaldson. Edgewater flourished under the Donaldsons, whose descendants retained the house until 1902. For the next four decades up to World War II, Edgewater was owned by the John Jay Chapman Family, but during most of this period the house stood vacant. In 1946, author Gore Vidal purchased Edgewater. He resided in the house until 1969, when he sold it to Richard H. Jenrette. Jenrette bought Edgewater from Vidal in 1969 and owned the home for over 45 years. He repurchased surrounding land that had been sold and filled the house with period antiques and art, including Donaldson’s unusual two suites of Duncan Phyfe furniture, various Donaldson and Livingston family portraits, as well as objects d’art from the Livingston era. Upon Dick Jenrette’s death in 2018, Edgewater was devised to Classical American Homes Preservation Trust.
https://classicalamericanhomes.org/edgewater/
Valued at $600, this private tour is for up to eight people and expires in one year.
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