$3.95M Ulster Estate Where Eleanor Roosevelt Built Dreams Is For Sale

WEST PARK, NY — If you've ever had your eye on the nine-bedroom, 12-bathroom, 10,500-sq.-ft. Hudson Shore Estate located on Chambers Road in West Park, it can be yours for $3.95 million.

The listing, by Hayes Clement of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hudson Valley Properties, describes the estate as "a great legacy meets true luxury: Hudson Shore Estate, formerly home to one of Eleanor Roosevelt's early passion projects, a pioneering vocational school for women, has now been masterfully restored to its former glory and offers the perfect setting for a family compound or luxury wellness retreat."

As a one-of-a-kind example of Arts & Crafts design amongst renowned Hudson River mansions, the 7,700-sq.-ft. main house, built in 1891, has been completely renovated over the past 5 years. Amenities include a gourmet kitchen, all new high-efficiency systems, six luxury bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, and a third-floor owners' suite with a large spa bath and den.

Several original details of the house have been preserved, including chestnut wainscoting and beams, lozenge-paned casement windows, heart-shaped balustrade carvings, and ceramic tiles made at the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, known for its Arts & Crafts decorations. In the 1920s, the main floor's grand Moravian-tiled living room was the location of vocational classes for local women when Hilda Worthington Smith, wealthy daughter of the original owner, an inventor of steam-heating systems, founded the Hudson Shore Labor School.

In addition, restored covered balconies and bluestone patios offer a view of the new multi-level heated-pool area with a fully outfitted cabana and kitchen. The Vanderbilt Mansion and the Hudson River can also be seen.

A walkout basement level includes a sauna, half bath, and multiple spa and exercise rooms.

Eleanor Roosevelt, a board member and instructor at the school, credited her teaching experience at the property as inspiration for her future activism as First Lady.

The estate also includes a separate, fully renovated two-unit carriage house building with potential commercial space. It includes a a new ADA-accessible bathroom and kitchen, and a light-filled two-bedroom luxury apartment with a cathedral-ceilinged great room.

"Virtually every square foot of both buildings has been restored or overhauled by some of the most talented contractors and artisans in the region, with the final result being a genuine move-in-ready masterpiece," according to the listing.

The property is 90 minutes by car from Manhattan and about 5-15 minutes from the New Paltz village center, the MetroNorth station in Poughkeepsie, the waterfront Kingston Rondout district, and nearby wineries and culinary hotspots.

According to property records, the property was last sold in 2018 for $1.272 million.

The estate is served by the Highland Central School District and annual property taxes are estimated to be $49,558.