Rhinebeck ‘secret hotel’ property sells for $13.75M

Old Stone Farm, a historic Rhinebeck property that operates a “secret” hotel called The Dutchess, has been sold for $13.75 million in an off-market transaction.

According to a New York Post report, the 236-acre property at 2424 Route 9G was acquired by Chid Liberty, the co-founder and CEO of the fair-trade apparel manufacturer Liberty & Justice and the Made in Africa label, and his model wife Georgie Badiel Liberty last year for $8.5 million in a distressed sale transaction. The Post cited unnamed sources that the property will become a resort under the Six Senses luxury hotel brand, although that company did not confirm the report.

The property, which once functioned as an equine therapy center, includes a stone house built in 1768 and the 3,600-square-foot residence includes two bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms and an artist”™s studio. There is also a 7,200-square-foot barn built in the 1780s that is used as a 10-room inn and spa that caters to an exclusive clientele ”“ The Dutchess goes out of its way not to make itself ubiquitous through marketing, with no social media accounts and a single page website consisting of a drawing of a key with the tag line “A Secret Experience in the Hudson Valley” and an email contact link.

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