One of the Area's Oldest Homes: 1765 Dutch Colonial in Sharon Hits the Market

Built in 1765, Older than America itself, 15 Stone House Road is a stone Dutch Colonial on 14 acres in Sharon that predates most of its neighbors by a century or more. Stone construction of this age is rare in Connecticut—the Northwest Corner has a handful of documented examples from the mid-18th century, most of them associated with the region’s early iron industry and its Dutch settler families—and the house has been maintained with evident care across its 260-year history.

The layout features three levels with 5 fireplaces distributed through the dining room, library, sitting room, hallway, and garden room—a configuration that speaks to how the house was originally used, with heat and gathering organized room by room rather than through a central system. Wide-plank floors run through the library and study, both fitted with built-in bookcases.

The primary suite is on the main floor; two additional bedrooms with cathedral and beamed ceilings occupy the upper level. A garden room at the lower level has a wood stove, skylights, slate floors, and sliders opening to a stone terrace that faces the pond and the 14 acres beyond. The lower level also holds the kitchen, dining room, and a full bath. There are 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, and a half bath across 4,182 square feet in total, with an attached 2-car garage and a small brick barn on the grounds. The property borders Sharon Land Trust land.

Sharon incorporated in 1739 and retains one of the more intact historic cores in Litchfield County. The Sharon Playhouse, Troutbeck, and the Wassaic Metro-North station are all close.

15 Stone House Road, Sharon (CT) is listed at $2,350,000, offered by Juliet Moore at Elyse Harney Real Estate.