The historic Red Hook estate known as Steen Valetje has been listed for sale at $25 million.
According to a Bloomberg report, the 290-acre estate at 124 Eden Knoll was built in 1851 as a gift from William Backhouse Astor Sr. to his daughter Laura, who married Franklin Hughes Delano, a businessman and great uncle to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Roosevelt family owned the estate through 1966 and went through several owners before being acquired in 2020 for $16.5 million by Suzy Welch, the writer and widow of former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch.
Welch renovated the 16,600-square-foot mansion, which has 10 bedrooms, nine bathrooms and three half-bathrooms. The three-floor residence has two fully appointed kitchens, 16 fireplaces and an elevator.
Welch told Bloomberg that she is listing the house and relocating to be closer to a new teaching job at New York University.
“Life changed in a way that I didn”™t expect, and I”™m back in New York City all the time,” Welch said. “I poured my heart and soul and all my creativity into the house, and I”™m just hoping the owner loves it as much as I do. It”™s a house that”™s easy to love.”
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