Tuxedo Park
Preferred Properties, LLC
Preferred Properties, LLC
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| TUXEDO PARK “A place where a man who has to work in New York City may live year round, where there is the highest altitude for the least number of miles from town, a place where little children may be allowed to run at large in safety. In other words, as a beautiful place of permanent homes, Tuxedo Park is as ideal as can be found” EMILY POST 1911 In 1885-86, Pierre Lorillard IV created his breathtakingly beautiful sportsman’s preserve out of a mountain wilderness. It is an enclave of mansions and beautifully designed homes by the best-known architects of the day, clustered around three sparkling lakes beneath the lovely Ramapo Mountains. All this, and less than an hour’s drive from New York City. The roads wind through 2,500 acres of parkland, charming because of its craggy, unspoiled beauty, intriguing in this era of overcrowding and suburban development, because of its spectacular architecture and environmental planning. Tuxedo Park is a well-preserved village that lies peaceful and absolutely secure beyond a manned gatehouse that insures privacy, security and tranquility. A designated historic district, Tuxedo Park retains a number of significant residences, some of which date from 1886, and exemplify nearly every important style of American domestic architecture. Bruce Price, a famous turn of the century architect, under the direction of Pierre Lorillard, and with a crew of 1800 immigrant laborers, in eight months yielded 30 miles of roads bordered by possibly some of the most spectacularly beautiful stone walls to be seen today. Lorillard encouraged Price to exploit the rough materials found in the area and to subordinate the design of the residences in the natural beauty of the environment. The most popular styles of contemporary architecture were built in Tuxedo Park in the 1890’s. Structures in the Tudor Revival, Spanish Mission, Georgian, Jacobean, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne and Dutch Colonial Revival are all represented. The architects whose work appears in Tuxedo Park read like a Who’s Who of the times, including McKim, Mead & White, James Renwick, Jr., William A. Bates, James Brown Lord, Richard Howland Hunt, Robert Robertson, Walker & Gillette, D. Barber, Carrere & Hastings, John Russell Pope and William Lescaze. Few communities in the country retain such a remarkable number of these mansions in such pristine condition. Convenient transportation includes the New York State Thruway (I-87), and commuter buses and trains to New York City. Complete shopping and dining facilities are located nearby, as are both public and private schools. Recreational facilities abound and include swimming at the Wee Wah Beach Club for Tuxedo residents and skiing at the nearby Sterling Forest Ski Center. Golf, tennis, fishing, hiking, boating, etc., are all nearby. Private airports are readily accessible, as well as Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports. Stewart airport is within a half-hour and is convenient for private planes. Tuxedo Park’s own private police force guarantees the utmost in security and privacy, and enables its residents to be free of modern day anxieties that plague the vast majority of present day communities. |
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| TUXEDO PARK PREFERRED PROPERTIES, LLC Robert Thompson Principal Broker/Owner |
| 218 Route 17, P.O. Box 636 Tuxedo Park, NY 10987 Phone:845-351-5006 Fax:845-351-5008 TPPP@verizon.net |
Robert Thompson, Principal Broker/Owner
Teri Szendroy, Associate Broker
Teri Szendroy, Associate Broker
