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Peter P. Patellis, DMD, DICOI, FMII
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HOME & GARDEN
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leisure from other duties, turned wistfully to the fields his youth had known.”
As Taylor’s vision for the property faded, so did his ardor for his country estate. “If
I had known in 1859, how prices were to change, and labor to be dear and unreliable, and the neighborhood to go backwards instead of forwards, I never should have built [Cedarcroft] at all,” Taylor lamented in a let- ter to his mother written in 1870.
His once cherished goal of becoming a writer living an idyllic country life was “a dead failure.” In 1875, he moved to New York, and his parents, sister and brother-in-law stayed on at Cedarcroft. Taylor died in Germany
in 1878. Cedarcroft spent four years on the market before his widow sold the house and the remaining 116 acres at a loss.
Over the years, the home has been restored several times. British-born James Bachelor Dowsland Edge, a DuPont execu- tive, took Cedarcroft to new heights when he bought the estate in 1917, launching a meticulous renovation of the house, carriage house, barn, swimming pool and gardens. The Bergo family bought the home in 1971 and spent the next 15 years bringing it back.
Stewart Gross of the Gross team expects the future owner will maintain that tradition of respectful renovation, updating the house while preserving its historic features. “There have been several owners who’ve fallen in love with the property and brought it back to life,” he says. “History does repeat itself.” TH
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