03-07-2025
A Historic Estate on the Banks of the Hudson River Is on Sale for $8.25 Million
In the late 17th century, the Livingston family acquired a roughly 160,000 acre tract straddling the Hudson River, where it ruled in semifeudal splendor for generations. Over the centuries, the inevitable accumulation of deaths, debts and taxes put a dent in their reign, and eventually the grand Livingston estates lining the Hudson were whittled down and parceled out. A few descendants still occupy their ancestral homes; other properties were sold off, exposed to the vicissitudes of the 20th century real estate market.
One such property, an 1860s white clapboard Victorian perched on the edge of the Hudson River in Kingston, New York, is a prime example. Soldby the Livingston family somewhere around 1970, it gradually fell into disrepair. It was rehabbed in 2020 for a quick flip, after which its current owner, a venture capitalist named John Hendren, purchased the house. 'They brought it from 'about to fall over' to 'standing back up,'' Hendren explains, 'but they didn't do a high-end renovation.'
