Heart of the Finger Lakes
Upstate NY Wine Country

Commercial or Residential

Showings by Appointment Only - No Drive By Requests
265 State Rte 14, Lyons, NY 14489
(315) 264-3137 - blmcdonald27@hotmail.com

$975,000

GO GREEN with Hydro Power in Fast Moving River and Solar Panels on Large Barn Roof!!

ENDLESS DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS with GROWTH POTENTIAL!!

This property was a part-time upscale Bed & Breakfast (B&B) in Upstate NY. There has been over $1.3M invested in property over the past 20 years by the previous owners and ourselves.

Location, Location, Location …

10 mins from the Finger Lakes Wine Trail

5 mins from the NYS Thruway Ext 42

10 mins from the North Shore of Seneca Lake in Geneva, NY

2 mins from the Erie Canal in Lyons, NY

35 mins from Rochester - International Airport to the West

45 mins from Syracuse - International Airport to the East

8 mins from the Waterloo Premium Outlet Mall - over 100 stores

1½ hrs from Niagara Falls

3½ hrs from New Jersey

4½ hrs from New York City

5½ hrs from Long Island

30 mins from Lake Ontario - Sodus Bay

4 hrs from Toronto

6½ hrs from Washington DC

Average snowfall is 46 inches, which is wonderful for upstate NY. Finger Lakes has its own climate and that is why the grapes grow so well.

Potential Development Ideas:

You could convert this beautiful historic Estate into a Family Retreat, Restaurant w/Barn Dances, Banquets/Weddings, Reunions, Antique Shops, Auctions, Small Cabins by the Water and so much more!

Weddings are very popular in the Finger Lakes. This property could support 2 large Weddings each week-end!

Over Ten-Million Tourists visit the Finger Lakes Wine Country each year creating over 2 Billion Dollars in Revenue! So much to see and do ... great place to live. raise a family and run a home-based business.

Recent Improvements:

Renovations to the barn now include an office/suite with kitchen and full bathroom. 9 windows overlooking the water.

New deck and reinforced supports on the covered bridge.

4 new doors on the carriage house.

3 sides of the 9000sf barn have been painted.

Skirt on Gazebo.

Sealed blacktop from garage/house to barn area.

House - interior painting.

House - exterior trim painting. (House is sided)

House was unanimously approved for the State and National Registry for History Places. This does not bar buyer from completing any new renovations to the property.

Landscaping.

New roof on lower barn.

Estate Rooms:

Approximately 4100 sq feet of living space in the house

4 bedrooms (2 with claw foot bubblers - jacuzzi)

4 bathrooms,  large closets throughout the house

3 fireplaces (1 in Towar & Ennis rooms, 1 in formal parlor)

6 ceiling fans throughout the house

dining room, living room, formal parlor, foyer

sunroom overlooking grounds and water

2 porches, 2 small offices

laundry room w/sink, washer and dryer

large country kitchen, 2 ovens, 1 microwave

2 kitchen sinks in kitchen, dishwasher

3 window air conditioners

Numerous cupboards in kitchen, bathroom and laundry room

Floor Plan Measurements:

The areas are:    4.57 Acre Site

House (all outside dimensions)

1st. Floor: 2300sf (+164sf Sun Rm +390sf porches)

2nd Floor: 1650sf

Attic: 1190sf

Basement: 1900sf

Barns & Outbuildings

Upper Main Barn - Bsmt: 3220 sf   1st Fl. 3415 sf   Loft: 1900 sf

Lower Main Barn - 1210sf   Milkhouse: 170sf   Loft ??   Silo: ??

2 Smaller Barns - Front Sect: 545sf x 2 Rear Sect: 726sf x 2

Garage - 1040 sf   Smoke House - 100sf

Out Buildings and Landscaping:

9000 sq ft barns with newly renovated 2 room office with full bathroom and large windows overlooking the water.

2+ car garage w/½ bath, lg counter w/sink, many cupboards.

covered bridge, gazebo and smoke house.

corn crib and carriage house.

many mature trees with park-like setting.

many landscaped perennial gardens.

relax in the gazebo next to the babbling brook.

wildlife include: song birds, red fox, ducks, deer, chipmucks ...

migratory route for the Canandian and Artic Snow Geese!

large cement patio w/wrought iron railings near gardens.

Email a Request for Comparable Sales - "For Sale by Owner" Property Sales do not display on the MLS Listings!

Toganenwood Estate History:

8/15/09 the state review board unanimously approved the Estate for listing in the Registry for Historic Homes! This took over a years work and is an honor! This does not bar the owner from making any renovations. Unable to use state monies unless within historic guidelines. Many guests will love to come to an official Historic Estate!

4.6 acre historic homestead with 900’ water frontage on the Canandaigua Outlet, which flows from the Canandaigua Lake into the Erie Canal. This Estate sits in a small quaint hamlet of Alloway, which has its roots dating back to the 1700’s. Lyons, which is 2 miles north on the Erie Canal was the Peppermint Capital of the World in the 1800’s.

Henry Towar, a land agent who settled the area in the late 1700's, built the Estate in 1832 and it was enlarged in 1852 by Robert Ennis the 2nd owner and the 1st generation of Ennis' to own the property. The Ennis Families owned the estate for 4 generations and over 100 years.

King of the French people, Louis Philippe stayed at the Estate in the 1800's in the Towar Room while visiting the area. He became a friend of Henry Towar in the mid 1700's.

Toganenwood is an acronym for three of the four owners. The Towar family, the Ennis family, the Gansz family. Brian and Betty added the B&B.

Reason for Sale:

We loved running the B&B and visiting with our wonderful Guests, but need to move closer to our family to help out an aging mother.

This is a Wonderful Investment Opportunity!!

Some B&B furniture, website, estate logo, etc are included.

Showings by Appointment Only - No Drive By Requests

Only Serious Buyers, Please!

     Thank You!