22 Mclallen Street, Trumansburg, NY 14886

If you’re drawn to homes with soul — ones that spark conversation, ones that feel grounded in both history and heart — 22 McLallen Street will speak to you. On a quiet stretch of a tree-lined village street in Trumansburg stands an earnest, two-story home that has outlasted empires of fashion, floods of technology, and the sheer absurdity of upstate winters — the Mud House, built in 1848 by William Himrod McLallen, son of one of the village’s founding families. What makes it special? It was built from the ground up — quite literally — using sun-dried adobe brick, a material rarely (if ever) seen this far north. Nearly two centuries later, it’s still standing strong, a warm and weathered testament to creativity, craftsmanship, and quiet resilience. It’s a one-of-a-kind historical original. Inside you’ll immediately feel the character that can’t be replicated — thick, earthen walls that hold warmth in winter and coolness in summer, original wood floors that have recorded … read more …