An historic Upstate New York landmark has come to market for $180 million. Whitney Park, which was initially assembled by William C. Whitney at the tail end of the 19th century, has been listed for sale by its current owner, John Hendrickson, according to the Lake Placid News.

Hendrickson’s late wife, Marylou Whitney (1925–2019) inherited the 36,000-acre estate from her previous husband, Cornelius Vanderbilt “Sonny” Whitney (1899–1992). Sonny Whitney’s grandfather, William C. Whitney, began assembling the Adirondack great camp in 1897. The former Secretary of the Navy paid as little as $1.50 an acre for the outdoor mecca, which is now being marketed for $5,000 per acre ($180 million total). Ultimately, William C. Whitney and his son Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930) assembled approximately 80,000 acres in Hamilton County outside of Long Lake.

In 1997, during the Pataki administration, Hendrickson negotiated the $17.1 million sale of 14,717 acres to the state of New York. Approximately $10 million of the purchase price came from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. Additional support was provided by The Nature Conservancy. The tract was subsequently christened the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area.

Whitney Park estate encompasses 80 miles of roads, 22 lakes, and numerous structures including a trapper’s cabin that dates from the 1800s. With 17 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, Deerlands, Whitney Park’s main residence, overlooks Little Forked Lake. The heavily wooded property also features a commercial timber operation.