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"Pretty Penny," extraordinary c.1850's Italianate Victorian overlooking the Hudson w/fine provenance & opulent style. Former home of 1st lady of American theater, Helen Hayes & Charles MacArthur & former home to Rosie O'Donnell. Visited by US Presidents to American royalty of film: Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Hepburn, Vivian Leigh to John Barrymore & painted by American artist, Edward Hopper. Named Pretty Penny after Hopper painted it "because that's what it cost." Pretty Penny today is a cross between museum-quality reconstruction & Fifth Avenue co-op. It has been refitted for the 21st Century, but it's warmth, character & historic past are prevalent today, as it was years before, unlike any other home in the Hudson Valley. Add'l amenites incl 60' ingnd pool w/cabana & outstanding gardens w/ fountain overlooking Hudson & the largest collection of conifers in N.E. USA; valued at $500K. Bas relief icons of theater "Comedy" & "Tragedy" flank a doorway, a reminder of it's theatrical past.