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Ruppert resided at Eagle's Rest estate in Garrison, New York, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Putnam County, New York. In 1894, he purchased South Brother Island, located in the East River, and was the last person to live on the island, leaving in 1909 when his house burned down.
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