


The estate where the prolific sculptor Chester Beach created his iconic busts and other works of art has hit the market for $3.5 million, The Post has learned.
Located in Brewster, New York, Beach purchased the land in 1915. Shortly after, he hired Italian stonemasons to build a studio.
Later, they erected a summer house for him and his family. Many old stone walls on the site provided material for both buildings and Beach named the property Oldwalls.
This would be his final home before his death in 1956.
“283 Starr Ridge road is an absolutely magical property. Upon arrival you feel like you’ve been transported to a European estate steeped in history,” Margaret Harrington, who holds the listing with Douglas Elliman, told The Post.
“The studio is my favorite structure on the property. It’s inspiring to know this is where Chester Beach created his stunning sculptures.”
Located just 55 miles from New York City, the property has nine bedrooms and eight baths.
Situated across 10 acres, the estate comes with four buildings — the main house, which has four bedrooms, a studio where Beach made his art, a five-stall barn built in 2010 and a stone guest house.
The studio boasts a first-floor bedroom, a sleeping loft, a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom and a living room with a stone fireplace, the listing notes.
The barn holds a one-bedroom apartment that can be converted into an office space and also has a kitchen, a living area, a bedroom and a full bath with a separate hayloft.
On its own 3-acre lot is the guest house, which is referred to as “Camp,” and comes with up to three bedrooms, a living room with a fireplace, a sun porch, and a kitchen and dining area.
The listing goes on to note that it “includes an expansive potential pool site.”
With endless views, the main house also features a living room with a collection of 112 original bird paintings crafted by the renowned artist and beloved wife of Chester Beach, Eleanor Beach.
Beach also kept a home in Manhattan at 207 E. 17th St.
In 1907, Beach won a National Academy of Design’s Barnett Prize for sculpture.
He was known for portrait busts, allegorical and mythological figures, coins and medallic art in the Beaux-Arts tradition.