Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
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An Upper West Side townhouse with both architectural pedigree and high-profile owners has hit the market.
Dylan Hixon — a venture capitalist whose family traces its wealth to a 19th-century timber business and the electronics firm that became AMP — and his wife, artist Camomile Hixon, have listed their townhouse at 138 West 82nd Street for $9.95 million. The six-floor Neo-Grec brownstone, located between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, was built in 1884 by architect Ralph Samuel Townsend and has been extensively restored by the couple during their two decades of ownership.
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
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The 6,500-square-foot property offers six bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths and eight fireplaces, most of them operational. Period details, including millwork, carved mantels and a stoop-front façade, remain intact. At the same time, several contemporary upgrades — such as radiant heat on the garden level and solar panels on the roof — bring the historic structure into modern territory.
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
A press release notes how the house unfolds vertically through a series of distinct spaces. The parlor floor features 12-foot ceilings and a progression of salons, among them a music room, library and drawing room. The garden level centers around a skylit kitchen and a great room that opens to a south-facing yard anchored by a dogwood tree. Upper floors contain a full-level primary suite with dual terraces and fireplaces, children’s rooms (including one decorated with Pokémon card wallpaper) and a top-floor guest suite suited for use as an artist’s workspace.
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
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The Hixons purchased the building in 2004 for $3.5 million, according to public records cited by Crain’s New York Business. At the time, the brownstone was a five-unit rental property. The couple converted it into a single-family home and carried out what appears to have been a significant renovation.
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo: Nathan Grass for Sotheby’s International Realty
The listing comes as Manhattan’s townhouse market shows mixed signals. Crain’s, referencing data from Leslie J. Garfield & Co., reported that the third quarter saw 253 single-family townhouse sales — a 23% year-over-year increase — while the average sale price fell 14% to $6.9 million amid elevated interest rates.
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Hixon, who manages the Gideon Hixon Fund and tech-focused Arden Road Investments, is part of a family whose business interests spanned lumber, railroads, banking and the electrical connectors that became essential during World War II. The family ranked No. 191 on Forbes’ 2015 list of America’s Richest Families.Camomile Hixon, meanwhile, is known for her glitter-based paintings, large-scale installations and the widely publicized Missing Unicorn Project, an interactive street-art initiative that began in New York City in 2010 and spread internationally. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
The townhouse has been listed with Amanda Field Jordan & Mara Flash Blum from The Field Team of Sotheby’s International Realty. Here’s the full listing.
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