nj.com, 7-Nov-16
By Vicki Hyman
One of Weehawken's grandest homes, positioned on King's Bluff with ornate interiors and sweeping views of New York City, has hit the market at a whopping $11.88 million, according to its Trulia.com listing. That's almost double the 2014 sale price of its neighbor, which held the record for the most expensive sale in Hudson County until earlier this year.
If the Weehawken home, with an imposing facade anchored by Doric columns, a widow's walk and a glass-domed conservatory with wrap-around windows facing the Hudson, sells for anywhere near asking, it will easily surpass the current Hudson County record-holder, an 8,000-square-foot Hoboken townhouse that underwent a high-end renovation and sold for $6.5 million in May.
The 6-bedroom home on Hamilton Avenue, near the site of the 1804 Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr duel, is loaded with rococco architectural flourishes, including gold appliqued molding, stained glass windows, ceiling frescoes, elaborately carved fireplaces and pediments and marble and herringbone floors. It also has updated kitchens and bathrooms.
The property was once part of a large estate owned by banking magnate James Gore King, and his children sold off the parcel that would become King's Bluff beginning in 1894 and 1895, according to Lauren Sherman of the Weehawken Historical Commission. This home was built around 1900. (The exact location of the duel is believed to have been blasted away during the construction of a railroad line at the bottom of the Palisades.)
The current owners bought the home in 2009 for $3.8 million, records show. Property taxes are $42,862 a year. Steven Shaw of Coldwell Banker has the listing.
The next priciest listings on the market in Hudson County are another Weehawken home atop the Palisade cliffs, this one built in the 1970s with seven bedrooms and a pool, and Giants quarterback Eli Manning's Hoboken condo in the Hudson Tea building, which has languished on the market for a year and a half. Both are listed at $5.2 million.
If the Weehawken home, with an imposing facade anchored by Doric columns, a widow's walk and a glass-domed conservatory with wrap-around windows facing the Hudson, sells for anywhere near asking, it will easily surpass the current Hudson County record-holder, an 8,000-square-foot Hoboken townhouse that underwent a high-end renovation and sold for $6.5 million in May.
The 6-bedroom home on Hamilton Avenue, near the site of the 1804 Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr duel, is loaded with rococco architectural flourishes, including gold appliqued molding, stained glass windows, ceiling frescoes, elaborately carved fireplaces and pediments and marble and herringbone floors. It also has updated kitchens and bathrooms.
The property was once part of a large estate owned by banking magnate James Gore King, and his children sold off the parcel that would become King's Bluff beginning in 1894 and 1895, according to Lauren Sherman of the Weehawken Historical Commission. This home was built around 1900. (The exact location of the duel is believed to have been blasted away during the construction of a railroad line at the bottom of the Palisades.)
The current owners bought the home in 2009 for $3.8 million, records show. Property taxes are $42,862 a year. Steven Shaw of Coldwell Banker has the listing.
The next priciest listings on the market in Hudson County are another Weehawken home atop the Palisade cliffs, this one built in the 1970s with seven bedrooms and a pool, and Giants quarterback Eli Manning's Hoboken condo in the Hudson Tea building, which has languished on the market for a year and a half. Both are listed at $5.2 million.
