Yankees icon Lou Gehrig once owned this colonial home in New York. Peer inside
Lou Gehrig was arguably the most famous first baseman in the history of the New York Yankees, if not the history of professional baseball itself, and “the luckiest man on the face of the earth” according to “The Pride of the Yankees,” a film based on his life.
And now, a sophisticated house that was once owned by the MLB great has landed on the real estate market in New Rochelle, New York, for $1.45 million.
The chic four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom colonial house was built in 1895 and was completely renovated within the last few years, Mansion Global reported.
“We completely restored the home, especially the wood components,” seller Ali Credendino told Mansion Global. “We uncovered two sets of pocket doors on the first floor that were original to the home but had been covered up. And we restored the cedar lap siding all around the house that there are photos of Lou Gehrig working on when he owned the home.”
The 3,154-square-foot residence is in Residence Park, which is “a neighborhood known for its fine period homes,” the listing on Realtor says, and the revamped home offers a plethora of fine features including:
Parquet floors
French doors
Modern kitchen
Beautiful front porch
Detached garage
According to Mansion Global, the sellers “preserved the character of the architecture, and both restored and renovated everything,” listing agent Glorianne Mattesi said. “All of the woodwork on the front porch was restored, and all of the floors in the house. Even the stained glass windows around the front door in the foyer, they had [it] restored instead of removed.”
Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a rare nervous system disorder that would later be nicknamed “Lou Gehrig’s disease” in 1939 and died at the age of 37 in 1941.
New Rochelle is about 25 miles northeast of New York City.
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