1685 Dry Brook Road, Walton, NY 13856

Set on roughly five acres with a creek flowing past the front porch and a hillside rising behind, this late-nineteenth-century farmhouse borders more than 5,000 acres of NYS and NYC land, including Barbour Brook State Forest, so the ridgeline, woods, and quiet beyond your property line stay exactly as they are. Cross the creek over a well-tended bridge and wind down the driveway, past the historic barn, to an open lawn framing the house. Renovated by architect Neil Logan after decades vacant, the home preserves what mattered without nostalgia for an imagined past. Cedar clapboards finished in black linseed oil sit beneath a metal roof. Covered porches wrap two sides of the house, and a south-facing deck completes the footprint. Original windows were retained or faithfully duplicated, and original doors and flooring remain. Beneath the enduring exterior, the structure was rebuilt from the ground up: new poured concrete foundation, new framing and joists, new septic and plumbing, and...