An heirloom estate in New York’s prestigious Tuxedo Park is for sale for the first time in nearly 30 years. Listed for $9,980,000, the seven-bedroom lakeside Tudor known as The Breezes was built by architect Robert Robertson in 1887 for Navy Lt. James L. Breese.

“The name of the house is a play on his last name,” says listing agent Corey Gardner. The original owner “was an engineer on the first trans-Atlantic flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919 and was awarded a Navy Cross by Woodrow Wilson.”

Many original features remain in the home, including much of the millwork and some of the fixtures.

“The Baccarat chandelier and Tiffany windows in the foyer are all original, as is the Waterford chandelier and sconces in the dining room,” says Gardner. “Extinct tiger oak flooring and millwork can also be found throughout the home.”

A ‘trophy’ property

In the foyer powder room, you’ll find an antique fountain imported from Italy and converted into a sink. The kitchen still holds the original safe that was used to store silver.

“This property is one of what I call Tuxedo Park’s trophy properties,” Gardner says. “Many of these homes stay in families for generations and rarely become available. It’s one of the park’s largest lakefront lots.”

“The property has central AC and radiant heating in the kitchen and bathrooms,” Gardner says. “The kitchen was also renovated and expanded in 2017 to include top-of-the-line appliances.”

A 1996 restoration involved rewiring all the light fixtures and restoring the interior woodwork.

“The cost to replicate this type of construction today would easily exceed $30 million,” Gardner says. “The house also boasts a very unique stucco facade that features hand-inlaid stone that I’ve never seen anywhere else.”

The 4.3-acre property is just a little over an hour’s drive to Manhattan.

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