While Long Island’s Oheka Castle meets the wildest dreams of Taylor Swift fans, the historic, Gilded Age village of Tuxedo Park in New York—the very location that gave the tuxedo its name—is home to another pedigreed estate to satisfy the real estate fantasies of those seeking traditional elegance in a rarefied setting
Set atop almost 16 acres and known as the Kingsbury-Curtis House, the property is on the market for the first time in 20 years with calm vistas of the Ramapo Mountains and nearby lakes. The seven-bedroom residence also affords you partial views of the Big Apple skyline. Listed for $6.2 million with Tinka Shaw of Compass, the 1910-built home designed by Walter Boughton Chambers is stately and imposing with fieldstone, brick, and limestone construction.
Chambers, the acclaimed architect behind N.Y.C.’s iconic Singer Building, once the tallest building in the world, as well as the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., designed the home for Frederick Kingsbury Curtis, a prominent lawyer and businessman, who played key roles in the Ann Arbor Railroad and the United States & Porto Rico Navigation Company.
The estate has only had a handful of owners since it was completed, according to the New York Post, and property records show it was most recently acquired by the current owners in 2004 for $5.25 million. Over the last 20 years, the owners raised their kids at the property, but now that they’re grown, they have decided to move on. It’s currently one of just eight homes on the market in the gated community that lies about 45 miles northwest of Manhattan and has been home to many influential people including Albert Einstein, Dorothy Draper, Henry Varnum Poor (the founder of Standard and Poor’s), and, more recently, Broadway star Sutton Foster and her estranged husband, screenwriter Ted Griffin.
A front hall welcomes guests into the mansion, where classic light fixtures and a stone entryway lead into the living room. Here, a wood-burning fireplace keeps things cozy amid traditional dentil molding, carved stone columns, and two glass chandeliers. Rich hardwood gives the den character, the nearby sunroom offers a contrast of stone walls encasing arched windows, and up to 12 people can also be seated in the formal dining room. Elsewhere are a library, a reading room, and a partially aboveground cellar with a paneled room and a wood-burning fireplace
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At the top of the grand staircase, embellished with wrought-iron handrails, is the primary suite, where a trio of windows fills the bedroom with natural light, while the en-suite bath includes a large soaking tub. The serene sitting area houses a fireplace and excess storage space. Two other bedrooms are found on the second level, with another three tucked away on the third floor.
The home sits on a high point with pretty views, expansive stone terraces, a walled and grassy garden lined with sculpted plantings, and, the cherry on top of this historic sundae, a swimming pool in the shape of Tuxedo Lake.
