Bill Murray’s former home in a secret celebrity enclave near NYC lists for $3.69M

Actor Bill Murray’s erstwhile New York estate, which erstwhile contained nan celebrated firepole from “Ghostbusters,” is backmost connected nan market for $3.69 million.

The property, astatine 19 and 28 Ludlow Lane, is successful nan concealed personage enclave of Snedens Landing, 11 miles northbound of nan George Washington Bridge, successful nan Rockland County hamlet of Palisades. Comprised of conscionable 100 homes, nan area is sometimes known arsenic “Hollywood connected nan Hudson.” 

The sellers are nan acclaimed artists Sean Scully and Liliane Tomasko.

The Yellow House, arsenic it’s known, was built successful nan 1980s by Murray and his then-wife, Corcoran agent Mickey Murray, connected nan tract of a 19th-century barn. It was past reimagined, rebuilt and expanded upon.

(And, yes, Murray moreover installed nan famed firepole from Ladder Co. 8 firehouse successful Tribeca that became portion of nan beloved 1984 movie “Ghostbusters.” Alas, nan firepole is nary longer location for imaginable buyers.)

Architecture patient Shope Reno Wharton incorporated elements of nan original structure, known arsenic nan Yellow Barn, into nan caller home, which was completed successful 1986. It was renovated again successful 2021.

The then-married mates spent $305,000 successful 1985 to telephone it their own. It later sold to nan character Didi Conn successful 1995 for $1.2 million.

The Colonial-style residence comes pinch a winding drive. At 5,177 quadrate feet, nan five-bedroom, 4½-bathroom dwelling sits connected 3.92 acres. The spot includes a free-standing two-car car shed pinch an office/studio above. 

The existent owners bought nan property from Conn, champion known for her domiciled successful “Grease” playing Frenchie (and Frenchy pinch a “y” successful “Grease 2”), on pinch her husband, nan Oscar-winning composer David Shire. The ex-husband of Talia Shire, David Shire has scored euphony for classical films including “Saturday Night Fever,” “All nan President’s Men” and “The Conversation.”

The location is anchored by a surviving room pinch 15-foot-high ceilings, a woodburning fireplace and an agency nook pinch a built-in time bed, on pinch a general eating room. A ample chef’s room located “in nan footprint” of nan Yellow Barn features an original 19th-century fireplace, while a laundry room and guest/staff chamber is located disconnected nan kitchen. The main level features a superior chamber suite.

Central stairs, lit from a cupola above, lead to a 2nd main chamber suite pinch precocious ceilings, 2 walk-in closets and a afloat bath — arsenic good arsenic 2 different bedrooms pinch a shared bath. 

Back connected nan main floor, French doors unfastened to a wraparound porch. Outside, there’s a ample section and a treehouse. 

The waste besides includes 28 Ludlow — which is an further 2-acre parcel connected a separate, and buildable, taxation lot. 

The agent is Marjorie Galen of Sotheby’s International Realty.