Old House Dreamer :: New York: A lover, obsessor, dreamer of old homes.

1899 School, Palenville, NY

January 6, 2010 | Comments | 1850-1899, New York, School House

12463 Route 23A, Palenville, NY – $1.47 Million
2 bed, 3 bath, 9400 square feet. Known as the Rowena Memorial School and is currently a commercial building. Check out the street view here and the aerial view here.

: Beautiful windows!

1904 Greek Revival, Chappaqua, NY

January 6, 2010 | Comments | 1900-1930, Greek Revival, New York

780 King St, Chappaqua, NY – $3.95 Million
9 bed, 6.5 bath, 7223 square feet on 12.04 acres. Once owned by merchant Isaac Liberman of the Arnold Constable & Company. Check out the aerial view here.

: Is part of it yellow or just weird lighting? I bet this house would look awesome completely yellow with white trim and columns.

: I am in love with that blue! But I don’t think the decor is soft enough for such a cool color. (Yeah, where’d that come from?)

: I thought about bypassing posting this house. But I love that little sitting room.

: One of these days, I’ll have a library to contain my hoard of books.

: I don’t know. I’d have to paint the cabinets. I’ve never been a fan of that color/stain of wood.

1930 Tudor, Riverdale, NY

January 1, 2010 | Comments | 1900-1930, New York, Tudor

4401 Waldo Ave, Bronx, NY – $1.45 Million
4 bed, 2.5 bath, 2500 square feet. Check out the aerial view here and the street view here.

Extraordinary 1930 house built by Dwight James Baum as his design studio to create many of Fieldston’s signature homes. Various design elements are incorporated into the remarkable rooms. There are various hardwoods throughout, four fireplaces, a gem of a library/home office, original leaded glass windows and extraordinary details everywhere.

1833 Dutch Colonial, Butternuts, NY

January 1, 2010 | Comments | 1800-1849, Dutch Colonial, New York

989 State Highway 51, Butternuts, NY – $279,000
7 bed, 2 bath, 5,000 square feet on 5 acres.

I think I just like the name of this town. It is almost like something you would use as a curse word. “Butternuts! I’ve lost my glasses!” “Oh, my butternuts! Did you just see that?” “Butternuts, I did it again!”

This grand dame started out as a 2 story home, but had a third floor addition in 1898 completed by the pulpit from an old church, and was named Oxbow. It has echoes of a more elegant time, with original wide plank floors, and detailed woodwork.