That Place Where Timothy Leary Dropped Acid: Danheim in Millbrook could be yours for a cool $65 million.

  |  February 24, 2025

Ahh, the ’60s. Sure, a lot of us weren’t around back then, but some of us were.

One of those was Timothy Leary. Back in the 1960s, he happened to rent this sweet estate for a few years. Oh, and it just so happened to be the place where he dropped acid and pretty much laid the roadmap for the sixties.

Also called Danheim, the Hitchcock estate has 10 bedrooms and 6.5 baths within a 14,706-square-foot main house, along with several guest houses and outbuildings, on more than 2,000 acres.

The main building has a vast, wraparound porch that includes this terrazzo-floored, columned area.

Ancient rubble-stone piers support columns leading to the double front door that’s tucked within yellow-sided walls. But alas, the listing has scarce images of the interior.

This is just about the only interior shot. Yes, it’s a bowling alley, with Tyrolean murals on either side. It sits in its own stone building, separate from the main building.

So, the story goes that the estate was designed by James E. Ware and built in 1889 by German-born gas tycoon Charles F. Dieterich, a founder of Union Carbide, from a purchase and conglomeration of five farms. It sold to a Standard Oil president before going for half a mil in 1963 to the Hitchcock family.

Like we said, the listing lacks interior shots, save for that bowling-alley image. So we can’t picture where, exactly, Timothy Leary set the pendulum a-swing with his first hit that later encouraged him to suggest we all “Turn on. Tune In. Drop Out.”

But seriously, with 2,000+ acres on which to play, there’s no lack of beauty shots here.

See? An inground pool and adjoining poolhouse is just the start. This is the 10,000-square-foot “bungalow.”

In addition to the four-story, 38-room mansion, the property is home to several Bavarian-style structures including a gate house; a three-bedroom caretaker’s cottage; and a carriage house with two apartments for guests or staff.

Heidi, your home is calling. Or is that the von Trapps? Hansel? Gretel?

Let’s not forget this stone-centric equestrian and farm complex.

Ah, to paddle leisurely down that lil canal, under that stone bridge (with Heidi, Hansel, or Gretel waving from above —dang, that acid hit hard) into that lake.

Two-thousand-plus acres. Sit with that a minute. Almost justifies that $65 million price tag.

There’s a ton of room to do whatever you want, whenever the spirit hits. But if you do want a change of scenery, the Orvis Sandanona Shooting Grounds are just two miles away.

If you can afford that place where Timothy Leary dropped acid, find out more about 45 Hitchcock Lake, Millbrook, from  Heather Croner with Heather Croner Real Estate Sotheby’s International Realty.

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