The Joy of - Inside Chappaqua

WYNDYHYL – “ Chappaqua’s Find of a Century” Advertorial
This Queen Anne
Victorian homestead
has had only two owners
in all of its 100+
years! Samuel Thompson
built the house in
1897 and his grandson,
Al Hutin, who grew up
in the house, lives next
door. The Hutin family
sold the home to the
Barnes family in 1985,
who have mindfully
maintained the historic
Victorian appearance
while adding two
bathrooms as there was only one
and making some
renovations and
restorations.
The two-car
garage, originally
the barn for Mr.
Thompson’s horse
and buggy, was later converted to
hold his Model T Ford, the first in
Chappaqua!!!
The house was originally called
Fairview because of the view of the
Hudson River but Samuel’s daughter
christened the house WYNDY-
HYL in the early 1900’s and it has
retained that name to date. This
homestead was named
an Historical Landmark
in 2000, along with our
town’s founder, Horace
Greeley’s house on King
Street. Wyndyhyl was
featured in an exhibit at
the New Castle Historical
Society Headquarters
in 1998. It will
also be on the Society’s
house tour this May.
A New Castle Land
marked home has no
building restrictions; it
is just a historical and
prestigious designation.
Emie Barnes, the
owner and listing agent
says, “It was love at
first sight. The 9’ ceilings,
the wide plank
flooring and the wrap
around porch just had to be ours!”
May 2013 Inside Chappaqua 13