Constantia, located about five miles south of Doyle is on the market according to Lands of America which has the listing. The property contains 3,700 acres—what they do not say is a part of that acreage is on The Island. The asking price is a mere $4.7 million.
While the listing described the ranch as “historic” many of the original buildings are gone. There are several buildings in Constantia proper that served as a Western Pacific Railroad stop, but more importantly served as housing/headquarters when the ranch was part of a much larger operation with ranches as far away as Smoke Creek, Nevada.
The carriage house built between 1898-1900, by then owner, Henry Butters who was the one christened the place as Constantia, is the only building at the original homesite. There was a small church on the premises, but it was moved to Doyle in 1994.
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Sad to report that the historic train station no longer stands as well as one of the older homes. I fear that the carriage house and other historic buildings on the property are at risk without intervention.