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Tag Archives: Greenport
Two Cute North Fork Oldies, 450K & 399K
NOT ONE BUT TWO genuinely antique houses hit the market last week on Long Island’s North Fork, where farmland, farm stands, vineyards and wineries abound, and the feeling is of an earlier time. The front-porch charmer, above, said to date from … Continue reading
Mid-19th c. Greenport Cottage 430K
HERE’S A NEW YEAR’S GOODIE. Yep, with the turn of the calendar, it’s time to start thinking about…summer houses! The listing says this sweet and unpretentious 3BR, 2 bath (bigger than it looks at from the outside) dates from 1847, … Continue reading
Posted in LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK, PROPERTIES FOR SALE
Tagged 618 Main Street, cottage, farmhouse, front porch, Greek Revival, Greenport, Victorian
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“Limited Business” in Greenport 279K
FRESH NORTH FORK PICKIN’S for someone in search of a 1910 house with nice proportions (from the front at least — the rear has additions upon additions) on a long, skinny 1.24 acres in Greenport’s “limited business” zone. Greenport, way … Continue reading
Bay Avenue, Greenport
A FIELD GUIDE to 19th century American architecture, all on one block in one town. Not even that long a block either: Bay Avenue in Greenport, on the North Fork of Long Island. There’s everything from a c.1820 Greek Revival … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK
Tagged farmhouse, Greek Revival, Greenport, Italianate, Victorian
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Greenport Village Oldies Under 400K
THERE ARE LOTS OF LITTLE TREASURES tucked into the quiet back streets of Greenport, a bayside town with great vintage character on Long Island’s North Fork. Here are two that just hit the market within the past week. The broker … Continue reading
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