IT’S KNOWN LOCALLY AS “THE BLACK COTTAGE,” for obvious reasons. It’s been owned by only two families since it was built two centuries ago, and still retains its 9-over-6 windows, wideboard floors, and original iron hardware.
Do you like “very secluded”? This is.
The 5-bedroom saltbox, in Delaware County, N.Y., has been in the current owner’s family since 1913. And all that acreage! 310, to be exact, of which 250 comprise a working tree farm with income that pretty much supports the property’s operating cost and taxes.
For 80 photos and a more fulsome description, go here. Or contact Lynne Resch of Two Stones Realty, 607/832-4404.
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That should be my house. I love it.
What would you do with all that land, Kathleen? The tree farm is 250 — that still leaves 60 acres left over!
I’m sure I’d think of something!
This would make for a great homesteading project. I see additional farm opportunities, an artists’ colony…a labyrinth!