MacKenzie-Childs Farm Sold!

MacKenzie-Childs Farm Sold!

MacKenzie-Childs Farm Sold!

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After sitting on the market since June 2011, the fairy tale farm of the MacKenzie-Childs’ partnership has finally changed ownership. Originally priced at $1.1 million and later reduced to $975,000, it was sold for $595,000, sans the whimsical furnishings, which will be sold separately at a later date.

The Mackenzie-Childs purchased the farm in 1980 for around $20,000. After putting $1.6 million and thousands of man-hours into its restoration, it is where they started their decor business famous for its checkerboard pottery and storybook furniture. Designers of everything from teapots to hand painted tiles, their artistic wares became well-known in high end boutiques and department stores across the nation. Though their company is now in the hands of others, they have started a new company, Victoria & Richard Emprise, and run it from their current home, the last remaining Ellis Island ferry boat, "Yankee." Today, decor aficionados cannot see a black and white checkerboard without thinking of these fine artists.

The buyers of the farm are a Christian Science lecturer and his wife, Chet Manchester and Anne Sutherland Early, who said they had been looking for "a place of real beauty, artistry and a retreat." The property consists of 43 acres, the 4,280-square-foot private residence, an original artist studio, a 2,300-square-foot three-story carriage house with servant's quarters and a former retail gift shop.

The whimsical MacKenzie-Childs farm overlooking Cayuga Lake in King Ferry, N.Y. has sold. Originally listed at $1.1 million - sold for $595,000.

Source: www.syracuse.com