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, it pairs preserved character with modern building science. Cedar clapboards finished in black linseed oil sit beneath a metal roof, covered porches wrap two sides, and a south-facing deck completes the footprint. Original windows, doors, and flooring were retained, while the structure was rebuilt from the ground up with a new poured concrete foundation, framing, septic, plumbing, and spray-foam insulation. Geothermal heating and air conditioning run with no fossil fuels, and a 65-panel solar carport array feeds the...