This Piermont Riverfront Home Has a Garden with Historic Provenance
Jane Anderson | September 25, 2025
We don’t often share a view as the main photo on an Upstater profile, yet here we are.
Upstater is in Piermont, at a riverfront parcel that has a garden with historic provenance: It was last owned, per the listing, by Joan Gussow—a pioneering American nutrition educator and early champion of the local and sustainable food movement—and Alan Gussow, an American artist and environmentalist.
In case you’re curious, here’s the streetside view, showing off the home’s stucco exterior (and an inset of the gate and path that leads to the home’s entry).
The house is “upside down,” meaning the main living area is kinda upstairs and some bedrooms are kinda downstairs. Head up the side stairs…
…and open the “front” door to a beautifully painted, tiled floor and a side staircase.
Gleaming hardwood flooring fills the living room/kitchen, with a wall of windows and glass doors that share that glorious river view.
The kitchen lacks a fridge, but has a nice gas range and other stainless-steel appliances. The cabinets are stained a Kelly green.
Four bedrooms are divided equally between the main floor and the floor just below it. This bedroom has fiery orange carpeting.
The carpeting here is similar.
A marble countertop is a nice touch in this expansive bathroom.
Bibliophiles would love this bedroom, which has not only pretty views but a wall of shelves.
A separate entrance highlights this bedroom, which has river views and a hardwood floor.
The second full bath has a clawfoot tub.
There’s a spacious laundry room, too.
The original two-car garage has been converted into a huge art studio.
This is how close the house is to the river.
And let’s not forget the beautiful garden space, where Joan did her finest work. As the listing describes, it’s “a piece of living-food history.” The house is just a block from Shad Row and a luscious dinner at Confetti Ristorante & Vinoteca. It’s listed for $998,000.
If this scrumptious Piermont riverfront parcel is calling you, find out more about 563 Piermont Avenue, Piermont, from Nancy Blaker Weber, associate broker with Howard Hanna | Rand Realty.
