{"id":1455,"date":"2022-12-22T05:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T05:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/22\/1-6m-cinderella-style-castle-in-new-york-is-out-of-a-fairy-tale-but-it-may-be-haunted\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T05:33:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T05:33:23","slug":"1-6m-cinderella-style-castle-in-new-york-is-out-of-a-fairy-tale-but-it-may-be-haunted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/22\/1-6m-cinderella-style-castle-in-new-york-is-out-of-a-fairy-tale-but-it-may-be-haunted\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.6M Cinderella-Style Castle in New York Is Out of a Fairy Tale\u2014but It May Be Haunted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019ve always dreamed of living in a fairy-tale castle, and aren\u2019t afraid of a few friendly ghosts, then we have just the home for you.<\/p>\n

Priced at $1,649,000 (reflecting a $100,000 discount from when it came on the market in November) and located on a private, 2-acre lot in the Westchester County village of Irvington, NY<\/a>, this five-bedroom, 3,500-square-foot castle<\/a> comes with a one-of-a-kind story that begins in the Roaring \u201920s.<\/p>\n

Cinderella story<\/h2>\n

In\u00a01929,\u00a0a man named Joseph Keen<\/strong>\u00a0and his wife arrived in New York state and decided to build their very own Cinderella-style castle.<\/p>\n

Not long after its completion, the property, dubbed Villa Keen, was sold to one Lloyd Stratton<\/strong>, then president of the Associated Press news service, who\u2019s said to have spent many hours clacking away on his typewriter in the old oak library.<\/p>\n

The 1960s welcomed yet another new owner: renowned Broadway producer Robert Wright<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While he was in Hollywood working on \u201cThe Carol Burnett Show,\u201d Wright rented out the spacious property to the famous stage couple Shirley Jones<\/strong> and Jack Cassidy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Jones and Cassidy spent six months in the home with their three boys (including then 10-year-old Shaun Cassidy<\/strong>), while performing in the Broadway show \u201cMaggie Flynn.\u201d During this time, they became convinced the castle was haunted.<\/p>\n

Stone pillars<\/p>\n

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Kitchen<\/p>\n

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Dining room<\/p>\n

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Living room with a fireplace<\/p>\n

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One of five bathrooms<\/p>\n

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One of the turret bedrooms<\/p>\n

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Private courtyard<\/p>\n

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Creepy or just creaky?<\/h2>\n

Although nothing truly sinister ever occurred (at least that we<\/em> know of), Jones stated in a 1968 interview with the New York Times that the family would regularly hear \u201cfunny noises all night long,\u201d including doors opening and closing and \u201cwhooshing\u201d sounds.<\/p>\n

Whether you believe in ghosts or not, the castle undeniably has the look of a magical place where anything could happen.<\/p>\n

From the outdoor courtyard to the stained-glass bedrooms in the towers, and even the finer details like the beautifully preserved fireplace mantel, vintage fixtures, and Austrian crystal chandelier\u2014it is most certainly a home for dreamers interested in a romantic lifestyle from years gone by.<\/p>\n

The property also makes a nod to modern living, with an office, gym, guest quarters, garage, and pool on the woodsy grounds.<\/p>\n

Despite the home\u2019s private location, it is anything but isolated. It\u2019s just a short drive to downtown Irvington and a fast train ride into the heart of Manhattan.<\/p>\n

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Realtor.com If you\u2019ve always dreamed of living in a fairy-tale castle, and aren\u2019t afraid of a few friendly ghosts, then we have just the home for you. Priced at $1,649,000 (reflecting a $100,000 discount from when it came on the market in November) and located on a private, 2-acre lot in the Westchester County village…Read More→<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}