345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
The home is everything a wealthy industrialist might have dreamed of at the turn of the 20th century.
A palatial Italian Renaissance mansion tucked in the small Mohawk Valley city of Amsterdam, the property’s many elegant attributes include a summer sleeping porch, solarium, five large fireplaces, a library, skylights, vaulted ceilings and stylish light fixtures.
The spacious 7,300-square-foot residence has a notable history.
It was built between 1903 and 1905 for David W. Chalmers, a founder of the former Chalmers Knitting Mill, which produced long underwear for men in a massive factory complex downtown.
Chalmers’ rich and powerful friends included the inventor Thomas Edison, and his home featured working electric lights long before they became commonplace. Guy Park Ave., where the house is located, contains a number of imposing mansions constructed for affluent industrialists, merchants and professionals in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
“This house is the highlight of Guy Park Ave.,” said Realtor Chad Majewski. “It has a lot of character and a lot of charm.”
That character and charm is on the market: The house once known as the Chalmers Mansion is listed for $949,000.
The three-story gray stucco house with a green tile roof sits on a nicely landscaped 1.2 acres. It also comes with a large in-ground pool, hot tub, circular driveway and impressive stone quarry walls.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
345 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, N.Y.
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