Estates
Crystal Harbor Lodge, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Drama begins when you enter Crystal Harbor Lodge. At the gates, giant ponderosa pines stand as lofty sentinels. Impeccable lawns and terraced gardens sweep to a sandy beach and sparkling deepwater harbor. A sundeck beckons from atop a view-filled beach…
Villa Canadita, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Villa Canadita is a world-class Xanadu of wonder. Nestled on a breathtaking hillside steps from San Miguel de Allende’s historic center, the multilevel marvel, along with its office casita, marries antique doors and windows from India, Burma, China, and Morocco…
Casa Mis Rocas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
When Vallarta’s master architect Cachi Perez waved his wand, the celebrity’s vision of what a beach house in Puerto Vallarta should be materialized fully. Laced with Mediterranean romance, sun-drenched Casa Mis Rocas is a visual feast. The soaring villa dominates…
Overyonder Cay, Bahamas
Seventy miles southeast of Nassau, Overyonder Cay creates a celestial paradise. The leasehold island overlooks Exuma Sound, its five beaches adorned with a 900-foot crescent deepwater bay beach with two gazebos and a 70-foot dock. The main beach faces southeast,…
Thanda Royal Residences, Zululand, South Africa
Under the African sky, there exists a place where time began. A place like no other. Unique, untouched, undiscovered. And in a world where there are few places left to be discovered, when you discover it, you celebrate its powerful…
Manhattan, New York
Built in 1873 as a four-story town house in what is now the elite Upper East Side’s Historic Treadwell District, the ravishing stucco ensemble—today with a fifth and partial sixth floor—is a city symphony of sophistication and elegance. A marble…
Manhattan, New York
The year was 1888. The commission, a baronial town house in the era’s newly emerging Craftsman style. Respected architectural firm Thom & Wilson, renowned for the Harlem Courthouse and fanciful Moorish-styled Hampton Apartments in Greenwich Village, were more than up…
Hammersley Hill, Pawling, New York
A Hammersley family treasure for almost 200 years, Quaker Hills’ 350-acre Hammersley Hill perches on a hilltop in Pawling overlooking mile-long Quaker Lake with a 50-mile panorama that reaches to the Catskills. Former owner Lowell Thomas broadcast many of his…
Deerfield, Bedford, New York
Less than an hour from Manhattan, a quiet country lane in prized Mount Holly estate area—a pocket of tranquillity near riding trails and a nature sanctuary—unveils a visually stunning Georgian Colonial glorifying over eight acres. On velvety lawns with stonewalls,…
Blue Heron Lake, Bedford, New York
Blue Heron Lake, named for its spectacular eight-acre setting along the deepest part of sparkling Blue Heron Lake, is a place of intoxicating natural beauty. A fresh interpretation of the great wilderness camps of the nineteenth century, it harmoniously interweaves…
North Salem, New York
A prized jewel of Westchester County, the irresistible hunt country estate sprawling across 145 majestic acres overlooking the scenic Titicus Reservoir from a hillside paradise in North Salem traces its roots to 1929 as an original Sears Roebuck kit house.…
Fort Hill House, Lloyd Neck, New York
Built in 1879 by Charles McKim, and entirely renovated in 1990 to the highest standards, Fort Hill House epitomizes New York’s Gold Coast living. The stately 13-acre ensemble comprises the 25,000-square-foot brick residence, a 12-bay garage with staff apartments, a…
Southampton, New York
Long one of America’s most privileged settings, Southampton remains a bastion of refined splendor, its legendary estates cloistered magnificently within generations-old very private gardens of unsurpassing loveliness. A delightful case in point is the sweeping family compound embraced by three…
Aglin Farm, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Aglin Farm, a grand country house built in 1912 by master architect Ehrick Rossiter, epitomizes the historic elegance of chic Washington, Connecticut. Commanding 10 magnificent acres with a tranquil pool, tennis court, and pond, the 14 rooms glow with Rossiter’s…
Francis Fleetwood Masterpiece, Southampton, New York
Renowned architect Francis Fleetwood outdid himself when he captured the essence of Southampton in a Shingle Style heaven of a house arrayed on nine and a half acres across the Atlantic with sweeping ocean and bay views. His timeless elegance…