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Tag Archives: Dutch Colonial
1720s Connecticut Colonial 160K
THIS IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE for old-house fanatics — a true Colonial from the 1720s, when Connecticut was an actual colony. It looks to my eye like Dutch-style architecture, with that gambrel roof shape. It’s on six-tenths of an acre … Continue reading
Must-Go List: Weeksville and Onderdonk
THIS WEEK’S E-MAIL NEWSLETTER FROM Brooklyn Based reminded me that there are still some nearby historic houses in my “I keep meaning to get there” category. I’ve seen the Lefferts homestead in Prospect Park (not its original location), the 1652 … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Tagged Brooklyn Based, Bushwick, Crown Heights, Dutch Colonial, Dutch doors, Flatlands, gambrel roof, Hunterfly Road, James Weeks, Landmarks Commission, National Register of Historic Places, NEW YORK CITY, Onderdonk House, Ridgewood, stone farmhouse, Weeksville
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Columbia County Greek Revival 299K
HERE I GO, MILKING THE NEW YORK TIMES Real Estate section again… Last Sunday’s “What You Get for…” column (in this case, $300,000) featured this nicely renovated Greek Revival in northern Columbia County, with Hudson River views. It’s in the … Continue reading
A Trace of Breukelen
AFTER TOO MANY HOURS at the computer, I needed an adventure. So I hopped into my casaCARA-mobile and hied out to Flatlands, once one of several villages that made up the original Dutch settlement of Breukelen. I was racing the … Continue reading
