The house
Four-bedroom farmhouse in white board-and-batten with a black standing-seam metal roof, a front porch and a brick chimney, on 7.7 acres in Roscoe. Hankins Creek runs through the land, and black walnut and chestnut trees stand around the lawn.
The living room and kitchen keep their original tin ceiling and exposed beams, and a wood-burning stove sits in the living room. The primary suite is on the main floor with its own bathroom.
The land
Upstairs are three more bedrooms, a full bathroom and a bonus room that the owners use as a music studio and a bunk room. Generous windows face the landscape from the main rooms.
Outside, a deck for dining leads to a lawn with winding paths, fruit trees and gardens. The paths end at a 30-panel solar array that supplies a substantial amount of the electricity while the house stays connected to the grid. A large historic barn serves as garden storage and a carport, and Hankins Creek flows past the house on its way through the land, and the listing counts the stream frontage as substantial.
The record
Hankins is a hamlet in the Town of Fremont, in Sullivan County, near the Delaware River, and is believed to be the site of the town's first settlement. The Hankins District No. One Schoolhouse, from about 1845, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Crystal Lake, Roscoe and Callicoon are a short drive from the house, and the listing puts New York City two hours away. The listing places the house in the western Catskills.
