A Renovated, 1800s Forestburgh Schoolhouse: $319K

  |  October 15, 2024

Some renovations strip every ounce of originality from a home. Today’s home, a renovated, 1800s Forestburgh schoolhouse, bucks that trend.

The exterior carries allll the classic lines—as does a fellow former schoolhouse a half-hour away, recreated as the Phillipsport Community Center, where you can listen to fantabulous live music in the summer. A newly pink front door sits under a portico on a skinny end of the building, and an octagonal belfry sits on top of the roof.

A tall and skinny chalkboard sidles up next to an equally tall and skinny laundry-room barn door, on your way into the main room of the home.

A black, spiral staircase snakes its way up, between the living room and kitchen, to a lofted bedroom.

More chalkboards scatter throughout the home.

Right behind the staircase…

…is a bathroom with white, wood-planked walls, laminate flooring, and a glass corner shower.

The kitchen, meanwhile, takes up a hefty corner with a solid center island and a wraparound bank of cabinetry topped with black quartz.

A retro fridge has a retro-upholstered companion.

The dining area has a triple-window view.

Upstairs, the bedroom tucks under the eaves with a big picture window above the bed.

The home measures under 1,000 square feet, but it sits on nearly a half-acre.

It’s right around the corner from the magnificent Forestburgh Playhouse. The Rio Reservoir is three miles away for fantastic eagle-watching, too.

If this renovated, 1800s Forestburgh schoolhouse rings your bell, find out more about 2775 Route 42, Forestburgh, from Cabins & Canoes Real Estate.

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