1 Oakland Avenue, Chester, NY 10918

Welcome to Brook Farm - Village of Chester, New York - Circa 1851 - 6.8 Acres. There's a moment, just after you turn onto Main Street and the house comes into view above the lawn, when you understand that this is not an ordinary property. The covered porch stretches wide across the front, the slate roof catches the afternoon light, and the whole thing sits there with the quiet confidence of something that has absolutely nothing to prove. Brook Farm has been here since 1851. It will be here long after you. This is the kind of home that changes the way you think about time. Originally the crown jewel of financier Richard Delafield's 128-acre Brook Farm estate — named after his Tuxedo Park retreat — the manor was designed from the very beginning for a life lived generously. For gathering people. For long dinners that drift into evening. For the kind of entertaining that doesn't need a theme, because the house is the occasion. Step through the front door and the ceilings rise to greet...