Room to Roam, and Maybe Moo, In Red Hook

Right on the Dutchess-Columbia border and close to the Taconic, 37-acre Fallkill Farm started with history and and has added lots of luxury since. Built around 1790, the five-bedroom, four-bathroom main house at 1598 Jackson Corners Road offers over 4,100 square feet of living space, but you also get a four-bedroom guest house. Original details—such as six fireplaces, exposed beam ceilings, and wide plank flooring—highlight the home’s colonial roots, while the updated kitchen includes soapstone counters, designer cabinetry, a Wolfe range, and a Subzero refrigerator.

This is 37 acres of the area's most bucolic scenery—open meadows, wooded buffers, and mountain views, along with access to the Roeliff Jansen Kill. The property features a 7,500-square-foot barn with 25-foot ceilings, hand-hewn beams, and remnants of its former life as a dairy farm. Additional structures include the guest cottage, a chicken coop, workshop, and a four-car garage.

Recent upgrades to the main residence like a metal roof, central air conditioning, 200-amp electric service, and modern plumbing are balanced with the house's original wood beams throughout, a hallmark of a home built to last. Jackson Corners Road is a conduit to Hudson River towns like Red Hook, Tivoli and Germantown to the west, and to Southern Columbia County to the east, so you'll always be able to find something to eat or do if you're ever compelled to leave your new compound.

1598 Jackson Corners Road is listed for $1,699,000 by Daniel Axtmann of Berkshire Hathaway.