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Trump's Presidential Run Puts Spotlight On His Northern Westchester Estate

BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's quick rise to his status as the party's presumptive nominee has limited the time he can enjoy one of his favorite summer pleasures -- his 230-acre Bedford estate that straddles three towns along Byram Lake in Westchester.

Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, gives an overview of the family's Seven Springs estate in Bedford.

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Donald Trump purchased Seven Springs in 1996.

Donald Trump purchased Seven Springs in 1996.

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Seven Springs, built in 1919 by Washington Post owner Eugene Meyer (the father of Katherine Graham), was purchased by Trump in 1996 for $7.5 million. Its value now is about three times beyond that figure.

The purchase, like much involving Trump, caused immediate controversy when his plan to build a luxury golf course flamed out after an eight-year process. He is now reportedly considering building as many as 14 large single-family homes on the property.

Though Trump owns an impressive array of homes from Manhattan to Palm Beach, Silver Springs is the one in which he has spent many of his days during the summer months the last two decades.

"I was about 12, 13 years old at the time (the estate was purchased)," Trump's son, Eric, said in a video interview with Forbes.com. "My father, during the summers, would always put us to work. We were literally riding mowers around, we were mowing all the fields, we were cutting down trees.

"It was probably the best experience of my life in that it was the first lessons about development from my father. It taught me the building blocks of what we do every single day."

Seven Springs also straddles North Castle and New Castle.

It is anchored by a 50,000 square-foot mansion with 60 rooms, 15 bedrooms and two servants quarters. The estate also has three pools, including an indoor pool.

It was the source of another controversy in 2009 when Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi planned on staying in a pitched tent on the property after a rambling address to the United Nations. Trump, who said he unknowingly rented the portion of the property to Gadhafi, asked him to stay elsewhere.

Trump also owns Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Stormville and Trump National Westchester in Briarcliff Manor. The Trump name also adorns Trump Tower At City Center in White Plains, Trump Plaza in New Rochelle, Trump Park Residences in Yorktown and the Donald J. Trump State Park on the Westchester/Putnam border.

For more on Seven Springs, check the Forbes.com report.

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