Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
We have designed the coolest Coastal home that will ever be built in Lexington! It will be built with Kentucky flair on the historic Patchen Wilkes thoroughbred horse farm. The rendering for the home is above...look at that fabulous front porch as well as the cutting edge color of those shutters. Even the Hardie plank color, Sail Cloth, expresses the beach house vibe that we were looking for in our new Nantucket plan. Don't get too excited yet...the best is yet to come! We are building this home right now and you can watch. The foundation is already poured and the framing starts next Tuesday. Exclusive to Jimmy Nash Homes, we will keep you updated via email, Facebook, and the web with timely photos on the progression of the home construction, inside and out. You can also visit the site by stopping by the model home in Patchen Wilkes and asking for a guided tour.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
As you may remember, we sold our brand new 100% Artisan model home in July during the HBAL Grand Tour of Homes. We moved to the Ashland II, an all brick home on Goodpaster Way backing to the horse farm. Our project team completed a model makeover on the Ashland II, adding lots of cool things like beams in the family room, and all the visitors loved the new look. The house was SOLD just this week and now we are in a new model home, the Chevy Chase, which is undergoing another model makeover. This home has received lots of great upgrades, such as added crown molding, a tile shower, new vanity tops in every bathroom, Moen bathroom fixtures, crystal door knobs with bronze backing, new appliances, brick pavers added to the patio, a new brick patio addition, wrought iron flower boxes, and additional landscaping.
We are excited for our new model visitors to see the makeover so we will be posting before and after pictures next week. If you just can't wait, visit the home daily from 12 pn to 5 pm at 1989 General Warfield Way.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
History of Patchen Wilkes
Patchen Wilkes Farm was a land grant by President Thomas Jefferson to General Benjamin Warfield after the Revolutionary War.
In 1832 General Warfield named the estate, which originally was over 1100 acres, BENEVENNE. He and then his sons raised shorthorn cattle and farmed the land. In 1896, the land was sold in New York at an auction to W.E.D. (Will) Stokes and Peter Duryea. Stones and Duryea, who were often partners in business as well as horses, bought the property sight unseen the day after they had bought the great trotter named Patchen Wilkes. They changed the name of the farm to Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm. In addition to Patchen Wilkes, the outstanding stallions that stood at the farm included Peter the Great, Onward and J.J. Audubon.
Stokes moved to Lexington and lived on the farm. He was responsible for upgrading and developing the property into an outstanding standardbred horse farm. However, Duryea decided what stallions to stand at stud and handled the sale of yearlings. Yearlings were sold not only to American buyers, but also to people in Germany, France, Russia and Japan. Vast improvements were made on the farm by Stokes and Duryea.
In the early 1930s, the farm was sold to Joseph Goodwin, a car dealer in Lexington, who moved into the farm house manor and converted the farm to raising and training thoroughbreds. Patchen Wilkes was managed by Herman Goodpaster, who was permitted to own some horses himself and to breed, train and race them as he did the horses of Mr. Goodwin. In 1963, one of Mr. Goodpaster’s mares gave birth to a pure white, non-albino filly which was named White Beauty. After much effort on his part, the Jockey Club finally agreed the horse was white – the first ever so recorded by the Jockey Club. He continued to breed mares from the family of White Beauty, producing several more white horses.
In 1980, following Mr. Goodwin’s death and the death of his wife, Aunt Jane, the farm’s ownership was transferred to a niece and two nephews. Shortly thereafter in June 1980, they sold the farm to Warren and Betty Rosenthal, who continued to raise thoroughbreds.
Mr. Goodpaster developed his own farm, first in partnership with Aunt Jane. Goodpaster visited Patchen Wilkes frequently and was pleased with the way the farm had been remodeled and the care that was taken to make it beautiful. As a result, he made Rosenthal a gift of a mare foaled in 1981 who he named Precious Beauty. In 1995, Precious Beauty had a white filly which was named Patchen Beauty. After racing and winning twice, Patchen Beauty became a broodmare and her first three foals have been white. The first, a colt foaled on April 5, 2002, was named The White Fox. As a three year old, he raced 3 times, winning 1 and coming in third twice. Later, when Mr. Goodpaster sold his farm, he gave Rosenthal two more white mares who were too old to breed. Currently there are four white horses on the farm in addition to The White Fox, which is at the track.
Patchen Wilkes Farm has decreased from its original size due to land taken for the interstate, a school, and a park until it now is only 242.6 acres. Plans are for the farm to continue to be a broodmare farm until expansion of the subdivision restricts the available pastures for raising thoroughbreds.
In 1832 General Warfield named the estate, which originally was over 1100 acres, BENEVENNE. He and then his sons raised shorthorn cattle and farmed the land. In 1896, the land was sold in New York at an auction to W.E.D. (Will) Stokes and Peter Duryea. Stones and Duryea, who were often partners in business as well as horses, bought the property sight unseen the day after they had bought the great trotter named Patchen Wilkes. They changed the name of the farm to Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm. In addition to Patchen Wilkes, the outstanding stallions that stood at the farm included Peter the Great, Onward and J.J. Audubon.
Stokes moved to Lexington and lived on the farm. He was responsible for upgrading and developing the property into an outstanding standardbred horse farm. However, Duryea decided what stallions to stand at stud and handled the sale of yearlings. Yearlings were sold not only to American buyers, but also to people in Germany, France, Russia and Japan. Vast improvements were made on the farm by Stokes and Duryea.
In the early 1930s, the farm was sold to Joseph Goodwin, a car dealer in Lexington, who moved into the farm house manor and converted the farm to raising and training thoroughbreds. Patchen Wilkes was managed by Herman Goodpaster, who was permitted to own some horses himself and to breed, train and race them as he did the horses of Mr. Goodwin. In 1963, one of Mr. Goodpaster’s mares gave birth to a pure white, non-albino filly which was named White Beauty. After much effort on his part, the Jockey Club finally agreed the horse was white – the first ever so recorded by the Jockey Club. He continued to breed mares from the family of White Beauty, producing several more white horses.
In 1980, following Mr. Goodwin’s death and the death of his wife, Aunt Jane, the farm’s ownership was transferred to a niece and two nephews. Shortly thereafter in June 1980, they sold the farm to Warren and Betty Rosenthal, who continued to raise thoroughbreds.
Mr. Goodpaster developed his own farm, first in partnership with Aunt Jane. Goodpaster visited Patchen Wilkes frequently and was pleased with the way the farm had been remodeled and the care that was taken to make it beautiful. As a result, he made Rosenthal a gift of a mare foaled in 1981 who he named Precious Beauty. In 1995, Precious Beauty had a white filly which was named Patchen Beauty. After racing and winning twice, Patchen Beauty became a broodmare and her first three foals have been white. The first, a colt foaled on April 5, 2002, was named The White Fox. As a three year old, he raced 3 times, winning 1 and coming in third twice. Later, when Mr. Goodpaster sold his farm, he gave Rosenthal two more white mares who were too old to breed. Currently there are four white horses on the farm in addition to The White Fox, which is at the track.
Patchen Wilkes Farm has decreased from its original size due to land taken for the interstate, a school, and a park until it now is only 242.6 acres. Plans are for the farm to continue to be a broodmare farm until expansion of the subdivision restricts the available pastures for raising thoroughbreds.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Patchen Wilkes Update
Hi! Patchen Wilkes continues to offer great opportunities for anyone interested in a Jimmy Nash Home! We have two new home owners that have moved in the last month. Bob and Diane Rokicki moved into their contemporary Savannah on General Warfield Way a few weeks ago. Betty Logan moved just yesterday into the 2009 Grand Tour of Homes Savannah across from the former Hamptons model. Their Savannah homes look completely different, but both families are very excited to be in the community!
Three new families will be joining Patchen Wilkes in the next few months. The Williams family is building the Water Color home to the right of our former model, the Blue Ridge, on Goodpaster Way. We neglected to mention last month that Dr. Koch moved into the Blue Ridge in mid-July. The Corey family customized their new home to be a Chesapeake on the exterior and a Calloway on the interior. Their home, nestled between a Monticello and the Hyde Park, has been framed. This week, ARRONCO was onsite installing the GEO-THERMAL system. Last, but not least, the Jackson's Calloway plan home is in the foundation phase. It is located on General Warfield across and backs to the community park.
Our future model home, the Nantucket, is currently in foundation also. We have slowed down building this one in order to catch up with all the great ideas that the Nashtacular team has in making it a one of kind Coastal treasure.
Three new families will be joining Patchen Wilkes in the next few months. The Williams family is building the Water Color home to the right of our former model, the Blue Ridge, on Goodpaster Way. We neglected to mention last month that Dr. Koch moved into the Blue Ridge in mid-July. The Corey family customized their new home to be a Chesapeake on the exterior and a Calloway on the interior. Their home, nestled between a Monticello and the Hyde Park, has been framed. This week, ARRONCO was onsite installing the GEO-THERMAL system. Last, but not least, the Jackson's Calloway plan home is in the foundation phase. It is located on General Warfield across and backs to the community park.
Our future model home, the Nantucket, is currently in foundation also. We have slowed down building this one in order to catch up with all the great ideas that the Nashtacular team has in making it a one of kind Coastal treasure.
Friday, July 30, 2010
An Exciting Update
Since the last post, Jimmy Nash Homes has exciting news in our two communities and in builds in scattered sites around Lexington. In Patchen Wilkes, our Blue Ridge model home did indeed sell and closed in mid-July. Since that time, we have moved to the Ashland II home at 1885 Goodpaster Way until our brand new coastal Nantucket arrives in the spring. The Ashland II was given a $20,000 make-over with the following upgrades: new painted beams in the great room, crown molding added to the kitchen and foyer, a cased opening added between the breakfast area and great room, an enlarged patio with trellis, a tile shower in the master, and granite on all of the bath countertops. Be sure to stop by or pick up the July edition of the Nash Newsline to learn more. We have two homes in construction in Patchen Wilkes, a Water Color and a Chesaway (combo of Chesapeake and a Calloway), and a true Calloway slated to start in August. All three homes are sold and the owners are looking forward to moving to Patchen Wilkes. More about the Nantucket in the next edition!
In Still Meadow, we have an Andrea and a Megan at the top of the hill on Horsemint Trail that are sold and in the last stages of construction. At the bottom of Horsemint Trail, we just sold the Megan, formerly Coastal, but now being customized for the new owners. We also have a Blair in framing and a Chapel Hill that just started. Lots are going quickly in this neighborhood. Come visit the town home model, the Madison, and find out how you can get in before it's too late.
Jimmy Nash Homes has several off site builds in progress. If you haven't heard about or seen the gigantic home under construction on Richmond Road, make sure to drive by. It's not open to the public, so drive by, don't drive in. Perhaps I can get some pictures to show you close up in the next few months. We also are building homes for clients at Tuscany Villa, Sleepy Hollow, Andover Forest,and on Wilson Lake Lane and Blackford Parkway, just to name a few.
Until next time, look for new slides on our website in the next week.
In Still Meadow, we have an Andrea and a Megan at the top of the hill on Horsemint Trail that are sold and in the last stages of construction. At the bottom of Horsemint Trail, we just sold the Megan, formerly Coastal, but now being customized for the new owners. We also have a Blair in framing and a Chapel Hill that just started. Lots are going quickly in this neighborhood. Come visit the town home model, the Madison, and find out how you can get in before it's too late.
Jimmy Nash Homes has several off site builds in progress. If you haven't heard about or seen the gigantic home under construction on Richmond Road, make sure to drive by. It's not open to the public, so drive by, don't drive in. Perhaps I can get some pictures to show you close up in the next few months. We also are building homes for clients at Tuscany Villa, Sleepy Hollow, Andover Forest,and on Wilson Lake Lane and Blackford Parkway, just to name a few.
Until next time, look for new slides on our website in the next week.
Friday, June 18, 2010
New Homes Are Better
We had an outstanding turn-out to both our Grand Tour homes. As predicted, our visitors loved the reclaimed floors and the Artisan style of the Blue Ridge. Guess what? If you drive by this home at 1808 Goodpaster Way there is a sign in front that says "Sale Pending"! How exciting! Just in case this home disappears before you can make an offer, we want you to know that our team at Jimmy Nash Homes would love to build you one just like it! There is even more excitement in Patchen Wilkes than we can stand. We are introducing three new home plans and designing a new model home. The new plans are called the Kodiak, the Kittyhawk, and the Nantucket. I will give you more details in the next post.
We can't forget Still Meadow. I'll tell you the secret about this neighborhood: sometime it's hard to find on the map, but once people find it, they don't leave without a house being build just for them! We are on the last phase of development and there are only 13 lots left. If you happen to drive through the neighborhood and see all the building on Horsemint Trail, here's the scoop: we have sold three of the houses under construction (an Andrea, a Chapel Hill, and a Megan) and we are building two more (a Blair and a Coastal (how neat!) Megan) that aren't sold, YET. For the past year we have sold every spec home before it is even close to being finished.
We're very busy at Jimmy Nash Homes, but not too overwhelmed to tell you about all of our great new designs and impressive new homes. Let us know if you have a burning question!
We can't forget Still Meadow. I'll tell you the secret about this neighborhood: sometime it's hard to find on the map, but once people find it, they don't leave without a house being build just for them! We are on the last phase of development and there are only 13 lots left. If you happen to drive through the neighborhood and see all the building on Horsemint Trail, here's the scoop: we have sold three of the houses under construction (an Andrea, a Chapel Hill, and a Megan) and we are building two more (a Blair and a Coastal (how neat!) Megan) that aren't sold, YET. For the past year we have sold every spec home before it is even close to being finished.
We're very busy at Jimmy Nash Homes, but not too overwhelmed to tell you about all of our great new designs and impressive new homes. Let us know if you have a burning question!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Grand Tour of Homes 2010
Jimmy Nash Homes invites you to attend the Home Builders Association of Lexington (HBAL) Grand Tour of Homes 2010! We are very excited to have two homes in the tour this year. In Patchen Wilkes, we are introducing our new Artisan Collection by debuting the Blue Ridge home. This home started as our model just a few weeks ago and has received rave reviews for many of its unique elements, most notably, the reclaimed barn wood floors. These floors were originally used to construct a barn on the former Mahan family farm. After 16 steps of work by a local company called Longwood, the floors are now a stunning component of our model home. In Still Meadow, we are featuring the Madison townhome, also our model. If you have seen the townhome before, please come back! We have recently finished the basement and added a spectacular bar and media area. The Grand Tour runs two weekends, June 5-6 and June 12-13. We hope that you can join us. However, don't forget that our models are always open 12-5 pm, seven days a week. Enjoy your weekend!
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