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18 Fair St. is THE HOUSE for the true HISTORIC HOUSE LOVER. This is a
Victorian house, c. 1855, with most original details intact after 150
years.
The historic
house at 18 Fair St., has been lovingly maintained and
restored. If you appreciate authenticity, you will love 18 Fair St.
Note of Interest!! This house was selected to participate in 4 Historic House Tours, most recent was the 2004 Candlelight Tour, and is one of the most photographed and artistically depicted houses in the village |
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MATURE PERENNIAL GARDENS |
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4 STALL CARRIAGE HOUSE WITH LOFT |
FACTS and FEATURES:
| $869,000
special Winter price lowered to $795,000
| circa 1855 NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES AND VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT
| * Lot: 51 x 132....2 & 3/4 Story....3,080sf....13 Rooms ....5 br, 3 bth (w/plumbing for 4th bath)....Taxes apx. $9,100 * Full Basement 22" Cut Granite Foundation (rare, most village homes have brick and rubble foundation) * Front and Back Porches, Original Copper Roofs on Porches and Bay Window * Full Bay Window in Formal Dining Room, 1/2 Bay in Living Room with original stained glass window * 10' Ceilings on 1st Floor, 9' on 2nd * 3 Working Wood Fireplaces, 2 with original faux painted slate mantles and the 3rd is a period wood mantle - all fireplaces are double bricked with good clear flues * All pendant lighting on the 1st floor are antique pieces installed by current owners * Period American walnut full wall library case with drop-front desk, hand made, 12'L x 9'H * Original deep plaster crown moldings, 90% of the original plaster walls and ceilings expertly restored * Original hardwood floors, some wideboard, 90% restored * Massive main staircase unusually set perpendicular to entry , back staircase in butler's pantry * Beautiful large double doors at front entry * Windows, windows fill the house with light and air, over 30 windows, windows in every room, every bath, every hall. Floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room and 5 windows in the master bedroom allow the western afternoon sun to fill these rooms with light while the southern exposure sunlight streams into the dining, sunroom and guest bedrooms in the morning. The house always feels bright and cheery. * Original Cedar Clapboard Siding/Large Bargeboards * Hot Water Heat, Oil * New Bork 50 gal. glass lined hot water heater, oil fed * Energy efficient programmable 7 day thermostat * 3 Season Sun Room off formal Dining Room * Large eat-in country kitchen * Mud Room/Laundry Room * 3 Bedrooms on 2nd Floor, each with its own full bath * 2 Bedrooms on 3rd Floor, plumbing for a 4th bath with antique claw foot tub plus 4th 3 Season Bonus Room, 3 closets (one walk-in), large walk-in storage area * Bonus! Very large 4 stall carriage house w/loft and cupola, there is no other carriage house in the village to rival this building. Tons of potential... use your imagination...a studio, office, in-law apartment, guest house, etc. Plenty of parking space, a rare commodity in a village where many homes do not have garages or, in many cases, even driveways. * Brick-lined walls offer great insulation * Mature gardens * Fair St. is one of the prettiest streets in the village, with the houses set back to allow for nicely landscaped front yards * Shared Driveway ***NOTE***Owners have a bank appraisal on the house for $868,000. This appraisal did not include the 3rd floor! At the time of the appraisal, the 3rd floor had not been restored. Owners did not change the asking price to reflect the restoration work done on the 3rd floor. *Owners also obtained a home inspection conducted by a certified inspector that supports the statement that this is a very structurally sound house. *Other recent work includes restoration of plaster walls and ceiling in the mud room/laundry room, removing w/w carpeting in living room and restoring the wideboard flooring, removing resilient tile flooring in the butler's pantry and restoring the pine random plank floor, stripping and cleaning the patterned wood floor in dining room, re-roofed the carriage house, new copper cladding on cupola. |
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