The couple 'fell in love with the house,' its rear pictured, even more so when they learned about its history, says Ms. Miller. 'It's not at all your typical suburban house,' she says.

Ms. Miller learned about the home's history from documents procured from the Ossining Historical Society. She believes it was previously the carriage house of a large estate purchased in the 1840s by Clement Moore, a scholar who taught at the General Theological Seminary and wrote 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.' The Ossining Historical Society confirmed that the home is believed to have been part of this estate, which was called Chelsea.

Shown here, a library space in the home. According to a copy of a newspaper clipping from the turn of the century, the property was developed by Mr. Moore's son, who built a large mansion, caretaker's house and the carriage house. The Moore family maintained an 18th century Dutch farmhouse on the property which they called Moorehaven, and which still stands at 33 Beach Road.

The home's living room is pictured. The estate was purchased in 1899 by Brayton Ives, a civil war veteran, financier and two-term head of the New York Stock Exchange, says Ms. Miller. According to the newspaper clipping, Mr. Ives expanded the carriage house to accommodate his stock of race horses, adding two wings and turning it into an U-shaped building centered around a courtyard.

A staircase from the living room leads to the second floor of the home. Ms. Miller is an attorney for Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler specializing in advertising and trademark law while Mr. Miller is a philosophy professor at Vassar College in the Hudson Valley. The family raised three sons in the home who are now in their 20s.

The family has not changed the layout of the home, leaving the original beams and brick arches supporting the structure in place. They gutted and replaced the kitchen four years ago, pictured, and redid the bathrooms. They replaced some of the windows and doors to increase the energy efficiency of the space and added central air conditioning on the second floor

A few antiques are placed throughout the home, including some pieces that came from Mr. Millers parents, avid antique collectors, such as an antique Welsh cabinet in the dining room, shown here. 'Mostly it's early American, which fits with the history of the house,' Ms. Miller says.

'These spaces [in the home] are very grand, and in some way simple furnishings is better,' says Ms. Miller. She describes the home as a 'very livable space but just on a grand scale.' The dining room is 26 feet long and ceilings in the house range between 10 and 13 feet high.

Ms. Miller says she is very fond of the kitchen as a family gathering space but finds the courtyard 'incredibly special' because of its setting, which in winter allows for glimpses of the Hudson River. An arbor of wisteria covers the area. 'It's like having a private room,' she says.

Shown here, the master bedroom. Ms. Miller believes the property was the childhood home of author and political commentator Mark Halperin, who describes growing up in the 'stable of the financier and Civil War general Brayton Ives' in a New York Times essay. Then, in the 1950s, he describes 'fire pits in the floor for heating, and rats everywhere, because they nested in the hay insulation.'

Ms. Miller estimates putting $400,000 in improvements into the home over the years the family has lived there. The approximately 5,300-square-foot home has five bedrooms and three bathrooms. Pictured, the master bathroom.

Another bathroom in the home is pictured. The couple has decided to sell because their sons are grown and Mr. Mitchell is retired, so they no longer need to split their commute. They hope to move to New York City, but after raising their children here, Ms. Miller admits to having 'mixed feelings' about selling the home, which was a 'fabulous space to raise very active boys,' she says.

Ms. Miller feels the home would suit a buyer who 'appreciates the history and the setting,' and 'loves that feeling of being in an old house that's unique and special,' she says.

A common area and library space in the home is shown. Ossining, an approximately 45-minute train ride to Grand Central station in Manhattan, has drawn attention in recent years for being the home of Don Draper, the fictional 1960s advertising executive in the popular TV series 'Mad Men.'

The one-acre property has access to the adjacent Crawbuckie Nature Preserve. The 22-acre park offers trails with views of the Hudson River. The property was previously listed with Houlihan Lawrence in 2008 for $1.2 million. It was listed with Janet Auer and Carol Marrone of Douglas Elliman Real Estate at the beginning of May for its current listing price of $919,000.