Inventory #

241

 Catskill is among the finest villages in the Hudson Valley for quality period homes. There are over 400 in the East Hill National Register Historic District (see our poster of 50+ houses, on this website) and this is one of the best of them all. Prospect Avenue, overlooking the Hudson River, is the best location with the best houses in the village.

Architecture:

Judd Olney had this interesting house built about 1855-60 in the Italiante style, but with considerably more detail and innovation than others. Olney wanted no ordinary house. It has an unusually high third floor which affords a warren of small bedrooms. This floor also projects forward from the front facade to form a porch-like overhang supported on four tapered square columns with arches between, forming what the Italians call a logia, a shaded porch on which to sit and enjoy the neighborhood, which includes a view of the Hudson River. The house's orientation is also unusual for it faces 90 degrees from the street, a compromise between wishing the facade to be visible from the street yet also allow a view of the river. The interior is replete with marble mantles, decorative arches, an attached wing which was built at the same time creating an unusually large home. In recent years it has received a sympathetic restoration, removing the interior additions of long institutional use to reveal original features.

This home is avaiable through cooperation with Rip Van Winkle Realty

County:

Greene 

Address:

42 Prospect Avenue

Town:

Catskill

School:

Catskill

Price:

$675,000

Sq Ft:

4000, 2 floors

Lot Size:

.8 acres

Year Built:

c. 1860

Type:

Italianate

Pool:

no

Fireplaces:

Living & Dining rooms

Porch / Deck:

2: one screened

Views:

Hudson River, village

Zoning:

Residential

Rooms all:

12

Bedrooms:

4 (+ 3rd floor rooms)

Bathrooms:

4

Other Buildings:

none