Sisterdale Farms

Sisterdale Farms

310± Acres in Boerne, Texas

PRESENTED BY ASHLEY ROBERTSON, KUPER SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

Sisterdale Farms, a highly productive 310± acre, lowfenced, live water ranch in Kendall County, artfully unites history, function and tranquil beauty. Perfectly situated between Boerne and Fredericksburg on Sisterdale Road, the extraordinary estate is just under an hour from the San Antonio International Airport.

This showplace ranch, set within the beautiful riparian valley of the cypress-lined Guadalupe River, is brimming with history and reflects the culture of bygone days. In 1847, Baron Ottmar Von Behr, a meteorologist and naturalist, settled here and gave Sisterdale, Texas, her name.

Von Behr hosted several distinguished visitors, including Frederick Law Olmstead, an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic and public administrator, who co-designed Central Park in New York City. Olmstead wrote about this ranch, or Texas Latin Settlement as he called it, in his book, “A Journey Through Texas.”

The original homestead was brought back to life, glorifying its past and celebrating its future. Skilled craftsmen took the house (and the barns surrounding the home) down to the original paints, varnishes, stains and flooring dating back to the late 1840s. In keeping with the tradition of form, fit and style dictated by the rest of the home, the owners had the craftsmen add a gourmet kitchen, laundry room and two full baths.

The main residence, designed and built by Don McDonald in 2015, is nestled into the landscape. From its perch atop a bluff, the one-of-a-kind home overlooks a picturesque Coastal field, a stocked pond, the twisting cypress line of the Guadalupe River and the original farmstead.

McDonald, a San Antonio-based AIA architect, designs estates that showcase the region’s culture and history using traditional building materials. Designers such as McDonald, who derive satisfaction from both design and construction, create structures that are rooted in the land upon which they are built and meet the unique needs of each individual client. The house’s composition and organization are visually ambiguous, thus allowing for seemingly unintentional romanticism, rendered in a natural and picturesque manner.

The main residence was designed to resemble an old German settlement consisting of three buildings formed into one cohesive design. The exterior, consisting of articulated rock work with taunt seams, supports a field of coarse stone known as Sisterdale Limestone. Hardwood handsplit shingles weathered to a silver-gray echo the region’s 19th century cypress shingles and sheath roofs. The indoor and outdoor spaces are harmoniously linked, providing for open, modern living and entertaining while allowing for scale, intimacy and personality contrasts.

From the motor court, guests descend to the beautiful front doors that open to one of two long bay loggias looking into and through the exquisite dining room with long-range Hill Country views.

The left-wing loggia leads you to the chef’s kitchen which opens to the family room with walls of windows, an underground wine cellar, home office, utility room and two additional guest suites. The right-wing loggia leads you to the beautiful formal living room, library, master retreat and upstairs children’s wing.

Hand-crafted light fixtures, mechanical grills and hardware designed by Dwaine Simpson and Roy Bellows bedeck the interior. Hand-carved fireplaces, constructed by Russ Thayer, adorn the home’s most used spaces, including the master bedroom and bath, dining room and formal living room. The kitchen includes a Thayer-made custom pizza oven. This singular estate also boasts a separate guest house and office with 360-degree views.

With a list of superlatives too lengthy to mention, Sisterdale Farms is sure to meet the needs—and desires—of the most discriminating buyer.

310± Acres

KENDALL COUNTY, TEXAS

Property ID: 16780216

Price Upon Request

Ashley Robertson , Broker

210-601-0021

Ashley.Robertson @ SothebysRealty.com

KuperRealty.com