438 Dry Brook Road, Arkville, NY 12406

The Farmhouse at Dean's Corners, this distinctive Folk Victorian sits beside the Dry Brook in Arkville, with a gabled front dressed in original clapboard and scalloped shingles, and a covered porch trimmed with decorative cornices. The architecture has the kind of ornament that feels specific to its era—decorative without being precious. From the porch, the Dry Brook provides the soundtrack: water flowing, birds in the morning, coffee in hand. Inside, the house has been thoughtfully brought forward without erasing what makes it special. There are four bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths, plus a generous room offering an opportunity for a first-floor bedroom. New windows, bathrooms, appliances, flooring, on-demand hot water, furnace, and a 2025 roof with warranty take care of the practicalities. A woodstove adds mountain-house comfort after a day at nearby Belleayre, just 11 minutes away. More than half an acre is framed by old stone walls, evergreens, an apple tree, Japanese...