A c.1770s Schoolhouse in Ulster Park: $445K

  |  October 14, 2024

A recycling mindset is useful nowadays—choosing to reuse a building, instead of tearing it down and constructing something new, preserves history and adds loads of charm. This week, Upstater’s visiting converted schoolhouses that share that feeling.

This c.1770s schoolhouse in Ulster Park has original stone detailing. In the early 20th century, it became a single-family home and recently underwent restoration with modern updates. The stone exterior is ruggedly beautiful.

A modern storm door opens to a stone-floored foyer with twin benches.

Continue into the living room. Hardwood flooring and deep windowsills are just some of the highlights. A narrow flight of blue steps leads upstairs.

A whitewashed ceiling exposes the hand-hewn rafters and tongue-and-groove detailing.

That rustic ceiling continues into the kitchen, which is open to a large dining area.

Sleek blue cabinets are topped with black counters. Glazed green tile covers the backsplash; a retro refrigerator sits next to a Dutch door…

…that opens to the back hall.

From here, choose a staircase leading to the cellar, which has a washer/dryer, or head outside via a back door.

A wood-floored den offers useful flex space next to the main-floor bath.

The only full bath in the house, this bathroom sports green-and-white wall tile and hexagonal floor tile in the shower; complementary half-wall wainscoting; and a retro-look, chrome-legged sink.

Up those blue stairs we saw earlier is the second floor. Tucked under the eaves, the two bedrooms and loft space have low-ish ceilings.

A plastered stone wall accents one end of this bedroom.

The other bedroom is roomier, with a taller ceiling and swing-open casement windows above the bed.

A half-bath up here is a convenient touch.

The covered porch is perfect for rainy days or staying out of the hot sun.

A sweet bluestone path wends its way past the porch out to an antique, two-story barn.

An antique well sits next to an allee of trees.

Appropriately, the outbuilding has a sliding barn door. The property is just five minutes from Kingston’s Rondout District for food and fun.

If this c.1770s schoolhouse in Ulster Park has converted you to a lover of old schoolhouses, find out more about 156 Clay Road, Ulster Park, from Melanie Rock with Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty.

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