11640 New York 22 Austerlitz, NY 12017

New to Market - This historic home brims w charm, wonderful antique details, offers substantial layout flexibility, plenty of common gathering spaces to enjoy w family/friends, and multiple work-from-home spaces.Large kitchen/breakfast nook leads to deck, overlooks expansive gardens/lawn winding down to Green River. Large den/mud room includes spacious office nook, room for large dining farm table, fireplace (currently wood stove ready, easily conv back to wood burning fireplace). Formal living room can be dining room; currently set up as music/reading room. Second living room currently a TV room. Upstairs layout also versatile: 4 bedrooms, large common sitting/reading area - an excellent second office?Studio perfect for visiting friends/family, comfortable/private w loft bedroom, full kitchen/bath, covered patio and area for fire pit. Amazing dual-workspace/garage ideal all-season space for creatives/makers - woodshop, print shop, exercise room, yoga/artist studio, tons of open space to create, abundant shelving/wall space for supplies/creations.Property stretches back to/beyond Green River - a delightful spot by the water for reading/meditation. Woods to one side, and at property rear, immense feeling of privacy. Row of pine trees/hosta provide elegant separation between house and road.Expansive rolling property boasts gorgeous spacious fenced-in gardens: fruit trees, blueberry/raspberry bushes, garden beds, tons of space for add. plantings. Excellent rhubarb patch, perimeter gardens bloom all season.Formerly Harvey Hotel, Columbia Inn, tavern for 100+ years, once a major community gathering spot, polling site, weekly square dances! Home, studio, & garage gracefully set in lovely area of quintessentially beautiful historic Austerlitz homes. Nearby tiny 1-room post office on same dirt road leading to Steepletop (Edna St. Vincent Millay's home). Old Austerlitz Historical Society hosts a variety of events in town throughout the year, incl. Blueberry Festival, Winter Holiday Festival, antique sales.The property is super convenient to great local communities, close to Chatham Village, Great Barrington, West Stockbridge, Hillsdale and Hudson. Abundance of galleries, restaurants, movie theaters, bookstores, skiing, lodging, recreation, hiking, swimming, farmer's markets/local organic food co-ops/the best farmstands! Convenient commuting to NYC - quick jump to Taconic Parkway, Route 22, Albany Intl. Airport.