‘Happy Brooks’ Compound Near Woodstock: $2.43M

  |  August 2, 2024

Upstater is closing out our week in Woodstock with this beauty that was owned for 45 years by none other than Michael Lang—the force behind the 1969 Woodstock festival (which was NOT held in Woodstock, but we digress).

“Happy Brooks” is the name of this three-home compound; the listing describes it as the Graceland of 1960s counterculture. Whatever you’d like to call it, there’s no doubt it’s a gorgeous property that’s been carefully maintained well before Lang lived in it: It was built for the artist G. Adolph Anderson in the 1920s. The 17-acre estate is pristine, with woodlands, meadows, lawns, stone structures, and plenty of outbuildings.

The main house is outstanding inside and out. From the wood floor to the wood-clad ceiling, the two-story great room is simply great.

If these walls (and that bluestone fireplace) could talk, we bet they’d tell of countless musical stars who graced these floorboards and that catwalk.

Attention to detail is evident in that relatively small but significant leaded-glass window above the dining room.

How can you not love that tongue-and-groove ceiling amid rustic beams?

*Gasp* The open-concept family room showcases a brick fireplace that’s big enough to fully couch a freestanding wood-burning stove. Yes, that’s a fully functioning bread oven above another woodburning (or, currently, firewood-storage) nook.

For all of the vintage details that abound, it’s refreshing to see the kitchen has a ton of modern conveniences. The center island has a stainless-steel top housing not only a double wet sink, but a second full sink. The rest of the counters are marble and butcher-block, and the white-wood-and-glass-door cabinetry is a fine contrast to the wood flooring.

There’s room for both modernity (that black-trimmed mullion window) and vintage (a colorful carved bench/pew) in the eat-in part of the kitchen.

Flagstone provides the flooring in this stone-and-brick anteroom that’s soaked in sunlight, with a massive chandelier.

Even the hallways are dramatically and naturally lit.

Quadruple stained-and-leaded-glass doors are artwork in themselves.

They open (!) to a truly Zen space.

This bedroom has its own share of Zen, with soothing neutral tones and a full wall of glass overlooking the serene woods. The main house has three bedrooms, each with an ensuite bath.

We looove that dual sink in the vanity of the primary ensuite bathroom. Shuttered windows provide a filtered view above a jetted tub.

Fellow bibliophiles, come see this kickin’ library with a comfy chair surrounded by shelves of books.

The architecture here is nothing to sneeze at.

Hand-hewn beams line the ceiling in the two-bedroom guesthouse.

A bluestone fireplace rises floor-to-ceiling in the guesthouse’s den, which also showcases Fu dogs and wood carvings on gilded plaques.

The bedroom is a refreshing reset in white, with large picture windows to soak in the views. The guesthouse also has an additional bedroom and one bath.

The third stone structure (not pictured) has two more bedrooms, connected to a three-bay garage and a greenhouse that needs restoration. This outdoor pavilion, however, needs little in the way of changes.

Additional structures include a tool shed and three-stall barn, along with the 53′ by 40′ lined cement pool. A pond is a good place to view more-natural wildlife, too.

Technically, this property is outside Woodstock, in Mount Tremper. But that’s good news, since it’s still just 10 minutes to downtown Woodstock while in close proximity to the beauty of the Ashokan Reservoir.

If this musically historic compound strums your heartstrings, find out more about 0 Wittenberg Road, Mount Tremper, from Nancy Felcetto
with Brown Harris Stevens Hudson.

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