Village House

About this property

Morning arrives on the back porch through a screen of tall trees, coffee in hand, boats drifting on Catskill Creek below and birdsong filling the hush at the end of a dead-end street. Original gingerbread trim frames the whole scene.

Inside, the 1920s house keeps its high ceilings, old woodwork and warm radiators, paired with a modern kitchen stocked well enough for a holiday meal. A coffee and tea bar waits for early risers, and three bedrooms with a bath and a half sleep six.

Evenings move out to the patio, with a grill for dinner and a fire pit under the big trees. In autumn the foliage fills every window, and Kaaterskill Falls, Overlook Mountain in Woodstock and ski slopes about 35 minutes away all make easy day trips.

A staircase at the end of the street drops toward Dutchman's Landing and the Hudson, and the shops, bakery and restaurants of Main Street are a few minutes on foot. Walk to the Thomas Cole House and across the Hudson River Skywalk to Olana, or drive about ten minutes to Hudson for dinner. Then wander back along the water as evening light settles on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.