A farm on the Hudson road
The house went up around 1850 on the road that still connects Hudson to Ghent, Kinderhook and Chatham, and the tax rolls file it in the Town of Claverack, three miles out from Warren Street. The parcel runs to 12.82 acres with 860 feet of road frontage, and a tree-lined drive climbs through open meadow to the highest ground on the property, where, from the rear, the view opens to the Taconic foothills and the Berkshires. The dairy barn that came with the farm stands uphill on its own drive, weathered but sound, and reads as the last working piece of what the land was.
What the restoration kept
The farmhouse is clapboard, and the restoration left its bones alone: the original moldings, the door surrounds, the transom over the entry and the entrance staircase are all still in place, with wide plank floors laid through the 1,600 square feet in the period manner. Four bedrooms and two renovated baths sit across two floors, with a full unfinished attic above and a dry basement below. The roof was replaced in 2023 and every window in 2024, so the house, by the listing's account, runs with the energy efficiency of a much newer build. It is offered furnished if wanted, and it currently operates as a permitted short-term rental.
The land, and the town beyond it
There is a front porch, a small deck opens off the kitchen, and two more decks and a stone patio step out into the landscape, with a fire pit set to frame the hills. The meadows slope enough to sled in winter, and the dark sky is a real feature of the place. The parcel is zoned residential and commercial, which leaves room for a second residence, a workshop in the barn, or a live-work arrangement. Quinnie's, Bartlett House and Chatham Hudson Winery are a short drive, and the Hudson Amtrak station is ten minutes away.
