Martin Van Buren – Price Undetermined, Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York
Included in our round-up of mansions is Martin Van Buren’s Lindenwald. In 1839, while serving his only term as President, the eighth president of the US bought the real estate which he named Lindenwald. He began having health problems in 1861 and died in July of the following year at 79 years old. Political scientists and historians rank Van Buren’s performance as US President as average at best. Lindenwald has thirty-six rooms and is situated twenty miles to the south of Albany in New York. It was Van Buren’s farm and home for the duration of his retirement. Today, it’s preserved by the National Historic Site.
