New Jersey Sugar Mansion!

New Jersey Sugar Mansion!

New Jersey Sugar Mansion!

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Hillandale estate was built in 1906 as a summer home for New York sugar importer, George R. Mosle. His firm, Mosle Brothers, acted as agents and bankers for two Cuban sugar plantations. When plantation operations ground to a halt during the Spanish-Cuban and Spanish-American wars from 1895 through 1898, Mosle Brothers brought the plantation families to the United States giving each $400 a month to live on. After the war, the company paid for refurbishment of the plants and held a mortgage on both plantations in order to cover their expenses.

The sugar business made George and his brother quite wealthy. In 1906, he hired up-and-coming architect, Grosvenor Atterbury, to design their country home in Far Hills, New Jersey - an area preferred by many captains of industry during the Golden Age. The Mosles enjoyed their summer home for fourteen years until George lost his fortune in 1920. The home was then sold to the Sisters of St. John the Baptist for use as an orphanage, school and summer camp over the years. With each new venture another building was added to house and feed the children. There is also a gymnasium building which includes a basketball court, large chapel and four additional buildings.

Now for sale, the 32-acre property could be used in many different ways, or returned to its original function as a single family estate. Although the original mansion is in need of some updating, the stone and brick structure of 18,000 square feet has lots going for it including big windows, fireplaces and huge expanses of wood and terracotta tile floors. On the first floor, the formal rooms are large for entertaining groups, there is a music room, den, office, two powder rooms a kitchen and exceptionally large butler’s pantry with the original ice box built into the cabinetry. The second floor houses ten bedrooms and four baths and the third floor has even more bedrooms and baths. For more information.

Historical Hillandale Estate built in 1905 by sugar importer, George R. Mosle on 32 acres in Far Hills, New Jersey, now listed at $4.995 million.

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