109 Pearl Street, Kingston, NY 12401

OPEN HOUSE: SUN, SEPT 20TH, 12PM - 2PM. For the first time since 1892, one of Kingston's remarkable historic stone houses is being offered for sale. Set privately back from the street yet just steps from the heart of Uptown, 109 Pearl Street is a designated Kingston landmark with a story spanning three centuries. Built circa 1750 for Cornelius and Catherine Masten, the original stone house survived the burning of Kingston by British forces in 1777 and evolved over generations into the distinctive home that stands today. In 1892, the house became the home and studio of the beloved artist Julia McEntee Dillon, whose talent flourished alongside Hudson River School painters, including her cousin Jervis McEntee. Regarded during her lifetime as ''the greatest living flower painter'' in the United States, Dillon left her own architectural imprint on the property, where artists and friends gathered. Period accounts recall evenings by the fire and the pleasures of its ''room-like porch and...