On The Market: Ferrisburg, Vermont
November 1, 2004
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If you own a lodge in aspen, a beach house in Palm Beach and a penthouse in
Manhattan, this lakefront Vermont summer home is the perfect complement to your real estate portfolio. “It’s not for a developer, since the land is
protected, but it is an ideal fourth home,” says real estate broker Wade
Weathers of the 430-acre property that is sandwiched between a nature conservancy, a wildlife
preserve and Lake Champlain. (Click image to enlarge)
While the home’s traditionally charming features, such as detailed moldings, high ceilings and original bathroom fixtures, have endured time gracefully, the plumbing and electrical systems have been updated. “It’s not a high-tech home,” explains Weathers. “It’s very old-world, baronial.”
Grosse Pointe estate boasts an impressive, uninterrupted 35-mile view of the lake and the surrounding wilderness. Completed in 1905, the estate was purchased in 1914 by Michigan businessman Charles Swift and his wife, Jessica Stewart Swift, the daughter of a Vermont governor.
In addition to one and a half miles of contiguous lake frontage, the
three-story, 10,000-
square-foot main house has 11 bedrooms, five fireplaces,
four porches and two staircases. Also on the grounds is a three-bedroom
farmhouse complete with a dairy barn large enough for 80 cows, a four-bedroom
farmhouse with a hay storage barn, four guesthouses and a 1,500-square-foot
caretaker’s house. The property’s private nine-hole golf course, while no longer
functional, can be easily rebuilt.
MARKET INQUIRIES
$10 million. Wade Weathers, LandVest Inc., 802.660.2900,
www.landvest.com
Christie’s Great
Estates, 505.983.8733, www.christiesgreatestates.com
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