Upstate ‘s Germantown is a place of great cultural significance. A group of German migrants known as the Palatines settled in the riverside town in the early 1700s, hence the name. The area also has ties to the Revolutionary War and the Rockefeller family. One 19th-century property steeped in that rich history could now be yours.

The Gothic Revival manor, dubbed , has stood tall in Germantown for nearly 200 years. Captain Robert Peary had the namesake property built in 1835, and it remained in the family for hundreds of years, serving as a farm with pear orchards. Following a multi-year-long renovation, the pad has been listed for $4.5 million with Raj Kumar of Four Season’s Sotheby’s International Realty. It last traded hands for $1.2 million in 2019, property records show.

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