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Selected articles and features about Four Brooks Farm and the Gilder Palmer Sanctuary.

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The Berkshire Edge · January 26, 2024

A Peaceful Return to a Simpler Life

Four Brooks Farm, owned by the De Kay Gilder Palmer family since 1898, is an exceptional Berkshire property embodying idyllic country living — main house, guest wing, post-and-beam dance and music barn, walled Roman gardens, stone walls, pastures, trails, and views. Steeped in Gilded Age history, the house was owned by artist Helena de Kay Gilder, co-founder of the Art Students League and the Society of American Artists, and her husband Richard Watson Gilder, poet and editor of Scribner's and Century magazines.

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Heritage Auctions — Luxury Real Estate · Spring 2024

Renowned De Kay Gilder Estate in the Berkshires — Available Without Reserve

Built in 1785, this 159-acre estate has been the summer home of the legendary de Kay Gilder family for four generations. The Appalachian Trail borders the property; nature trails, four sparkling brooks, a duck pond, four barns, and stone-walled pastures grace the land. The 8,200 sq. ft. main house includes seven bedrooms, four baths, and four working fireplaces. Scrolled pillars are believed to have been designed and gifted to the family by famed architect Stanford White. Visited in its day by Mark Twain, Grover Cleveland, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Winslow Homer.

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