A Colonial Era estate in New Jersey that hosted Revolutionary War leaders including George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette has been listed for sale at $4 million.
NJ.com reports the 47-acre property features a 11,500-square-foot mansion known as Lansdown. The mansion was built in 1771 by Col. Charles Stewart, an Irish immigrant who financed the residence with a royal land grant from King George II. Stewart was appointed Commissary General by George Washington in 1776, and he was tasked with managing food and supplies for the Continental Army.
The residence was expanded in 1841, restored in 1979, and had a new wing added in 2003. Today, it has nine bedrooms, six full bathrooms and one half-bathroom. The grounds, which were once a working farm, feature a pool, a 1,500-square-foot pole barn and a garage with a two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment on top.
“It might be the most historically significant house in all of Hunterdon County,” said Robert Beatty of Weichert Realtors in Clinton, the listing agent. “You can hardly tell what’s old and what’s new.”
The home has been on the market since Jan. 9, but Beatty noted that the unusually severe winter weather has been a problem in selling the property.
“We’ve had several showings,” he said. “But the snow hasn’t helped because you can’t walk the land.”
Photo courtesy of Weichert Realtors
