Peapack, New Jersey
STATS
31 bedrooms
14 baths, 5 half baths
60,000 sq. ft.
$4.9 million
Pedigree: Designed by Carrère and Hastings, the venerable architecture firm behind the New York Public Library, this secluded Beaux Arts mansion was constructed in 1903 for financier C. Ledyard Blair. The house, which has undergone an incomplete restoration, still exudes Gilded Age grandeur thanks to bespoke mantels, elaborate moldings, and imported marble.
Property Values: The 34 acres feature Italianate gardens by James Lyle Greenleaf.
Talking Point: With its unique past—reclusive nuns owned the place for some 50 years—Blairsden, as the house is called, has long been the subject of local lore.
