1.6 Acre Estate or an Expanded 4.8 Acre Compound

Some properties can be reproduced, this one cannot. Built in 1914 by industrialist Samuel Hird and later lovingly stewarded by cosmetics magnate Bob Ruttenberg, this extraordinary Shelter Island Estate is a surviving expression of a more gracious era when great waterfront homes were created with scale, permanence and a sense of place rarely possible today. Set on 1.5 acres with approximately 245 feet of waterfront and a separate .12-acre waterfront parcel with private dock, the approximately 4,...