by HOOKEDONHOUSES on MAY 4, 2010
When I heard that Daryl Hall�the taller, blonder half of the popular �
rock and soul� duo Hall & Oates�was selling his house in Amenia, New York, I wasn�t sure what to expect. Whatever I imagined�something with a retro-�80s vibe, maybe?�it wasn�t this. It�s a Revolutionary War-era Georgian Colonial that he restored with meticulous attention to historical detail.
The house sits on 245 sprawling acres and has 9 fireplaces, �numerous parlors,� a country kitchen, paneled keeping room, and original tavern room. The restoration, the listing says, has �museum-quality detailings.�
It may be a little too historically accurate for me personally to want to live in, but I�m in awe of all the work that went into it. There were actually two old homes from the 1700s that Hall used to create one large one. You can read the details about their history and how they�re connected in
the listing.
This property is on the market for $16 million. Hall loves living in old houses and preserving them. He also restored a Georgian-style home in London, and he owns the oldest house in the state of Maine, built in 1662.
Did you know that he produces monthly Internet webcasts that feature various musicians performing here in this house? Visit
Live From Daryl�s House to watch one.
According to the listing, the estate boasts �four guest houses, an engineered recording studio, gardens, mature groomed and natural woods, a spruce grove, meadows, farm roads, stone walls and walks, terraces, old apple orchards, a neolithic fire pit (created and installed by internationally respected British landscape designer Keir Davidson), and a pond.�
Oh, and did I mention the indoor pool?
What do you think? Would you like to live here? Or are you thinking,
I Can�t Go for That? (Hey, just be glad I didn�t wedge any references to �Private Eyes� or �Maneater� into the post, too�)
Hall & Oates in the Awesome �80s.
For more photos and information about this estate, visit the
Real Estalker and the
Klemm Real Estate listing. Thanks to Arlene for telling me about it!
Brad Pitt is selling his mod Malibu Beach House for $13.75m: Realtor.com.
