for sale :
Estancia San Eugenio

ref.nr. 201
historic grand estancia of the 1880s
Department Forida, Uruguay

167 hectare (412 acre)

US$ 2,100,000
commission free

Located
20 km distance from small town
Montevideo and airport at 130 km distance
Atlántida (Atlantic ocean beaches) at 100 km, Punta del Este at 150 km

farmland consists of dark brown/black sedimentary soils of medium depth, 70% of land potential crop land (soya, wheat, corn, sorghum), 100% of land excellent pasture for year round grazing, either for sown pasture or natural pasture,
gently ondulated.

2x lakes, 25 x 300 m each, small streams.
Coneat : 113

Stately casco (mansion) built from 1885 to 1890, recently renovated, 7x rooms, 2x bathrooms, with typical features of a picture book Rio de la Plata Region Estancia of the era : gallery, terraces, heavy iron appliances, inner courtyard, mirador (tower room) high ceilings, high windows, stately palmtrees. Barn, garage, 2x bedroom home for caretaker couple, 5x large + 5x small fenced subdivisions, minor lifstock installations.
public electricity, drinking water from own well, mobile phone coverage, mobile internet coverage

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San Eugenio was one of the first estancias founded in Casupá / Arroyo de Milan Region, Department of Florida, Uruguay in the 1880s by Don Eugenio Barragan, then exceeding 5000 hectare. It changed hands four times since then, belonging to the Caravia family after the 1920s, the Sacco in the 1950-80s, later on the Bartesaghis until 2004.
San Eugenio has always mainly been a cattle ranch, with some grain farming being done in the 1980s.
It now consists of a small fraction of its original size

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since I have been asked :
The casco could be converted into a rural inn, guest estancia, but not into something of economically truly viable scale.
4x bedrooms with attached bathroom are possible (1x for owner, 3x guests / 3x very stately, 1x more modest) converting it into a very upmarket very small inn.
I would not advise that to somebody who needs that activity to generate a real income.
I see the property rather suitable for financially independent users, who want to live a gentleman ranching lifestyle, maybe expanding landholdings over time. If one wants to run an inn, I would see that as a hobby scale addition to that lifestyle.

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PS : one more feature has just been added, some mature palm trees, on casco's rear side :