- Bedrooms: 9
- Bathrooms: 10
- Parking: 8
- Size: 650.32 m²
- Price: $14,000,000
Presiding over a glorious 68-acre lake in the Catskill Mountains, Lake Delaware Farm offers a rare opportunity to acquire a piece of true American heritage, continuously in use by the same notable family since the 18th century. The Lake House allows a glimpse into the lifestyle of one of our nation's most notable founding aristocratic families. In 1686, the English crown granted 160,000 acres to Robert Livingston. Livingston Manor and the family seat at Clermont, comprised much of what is today Dutchess and Columbia counties along the Hudson River. The family prospered there for centuries. With the Hardenbergh patent of 1708, Queen Anne granted 2,000,000 acres in the Catskill Mountains to seven loyal subjects. By 1740, the Livingstons of Clermont had acquired one-fifth of the Hardenberg Patent, which was distributed to the children of Robert Livingston, "The Judge." Gertrude Livingston received 20,000 acres the year she married Morgan Lewis, who served in Washington's army during the Revolution and was Governor of New York. He was an intimate friend of such figures as Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, and General Washington, to whom his brother-in-law, Chancellor Robert Livingston, ga