Rare $3.8M Westchester Lake House In Windmill Farm Hits The Market

ARMONK, NY — If you've had your eye on a lake home in the exclusive Windmill Farm community, established in 1948, your chance is finally here because one just hit the market.

The listing, by Harriet Libov of Houlihan Lawrence, describes the 4-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom, 5,295-sq.-ft. house built in 1950 as "the essence of luxury lakefront living blended with sleek simplicity and elegant colonial touches."

The exclusive Windmill Farm community was originally owned by Dr. Charles Paterno, a physician turned Manhattan developer, who decided to escape the city’s heat in 1919 and purchase an initial 268 acres in Westchester County. His son later established it as a residential community he called "a new and fascinating design for country living." In 1948, his son drew the new homeowners together, incorporating them under the name The Windmill Club.

The waterfront home has an open-plan design, soaring ceilings, and a "seamless connection to its picturesque natural 'lakescape,' with stunning water views from all but two rooms."

"Meticulously renovated, the spacious stone & shingle showstopper offers pristine oak floors, crown molding and elegant marble bathrooms," according to the listing. The property also has an open kitchen with top-tier appliances, cathedral and coffered ceilings, and an ensuite office. The lower level can be used as a gym, a playroom/hangout for kids, or "an apres-lake cabana."

The property is fully fenced, gated and generator-protected, with specimen plantings, a level lawn, rock formations and a private dock jutting deep into the 135-acre North Lake. Residents will be able to swim, kayak, fish, savor the fall foliage or ice skate.

The home comes with membership (MEC Certificate) to the iconic Windmill Club which offers a renovated club house, a private sandy beach, swimming, volleyball, water sports, boating, tennis, and kids' programs/camp. For adults, there are also dinners, parties and gatherings.

The property is located minutes from downtown Armonk and schools, and is a short drive to the Metro-North station.

Estimated annual taxes are $46,105 and the home is zoned to the Byram Hills Central School District.