New York Home Built Nearly 240 Years Ago Heads to Market

An 18th-century mansion in Palisades, New York, is set to hit the market early next month for $4.25 million. 

Part of the historical hamlet of Snedens Landing, the residence offers about 10,000 square feet of living space, according to a “coming soon” listing with Richard Ellis of Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty. It was renovated and restored about 18 years ago, and is on the market for the time since the work was completed, he said. 

“The home was reimagined … and transformed to a distinctive residential compound that offers a great escape from urban living, as a full-time or part-time residence from New York City, which is only 25 minutes away,” Ellis said in the listing, adding that the redesign mixes “the old world with new style and technology.”

Built in 1784 by George Mann, a farmer who had moved to the U.S. from Germany, the residence is known as the Mann house or the Old Revolutionary house, according to the listing. Originally set on about 98 acres, it is the second-oldest residence in Snedens Landing and is listed on the Register of Historic Homes.

The current home sits on 1.78 acres, offering historic stone walls, hardwood floors and beamed ceilings, listing photos show. The main living area also boasts the Dutch Room, which has an original stone fireplace and a wooden bench for seating, listing photos show. 

A more contemporary wing, inspired by the modern farmhouse style and replete with windows and glass doors, offers a family room with built-ins and an adjacent chef’s kitchen with an island, two sinks and several ovens. There are radiant heated large slab limestone floors, the listing said. 

The home has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms, with a large primary suite offering a deck overlooking the garden and pool, and a bathroom with a soaking tub and steam shower. 

There’s also a game room with a fireplace, a gym, an art room and a bathroom. A 1,700-square-foot guest cottage and modern studio are also on the grounds, which include stone walls and enviable gardens—the current owners have planted more than 300 trees on the property, the listing said. 

There are also stone walls, blue stone walking paths, a hidden pergola and flower gardens, with about 1,000 daffodils that bloom every spring. There’s also a four-sided glass viewing shed and a pool with blue stone surround.

Architect Miki Hyun purchased the home in 2005 for $1.45 million, according to records with PropertyShark, and oversaw the restoration. She did not immediately respond to a request for comment.