Two Houses Along the Housatonic in Sharon

Built in 1964, 35 River Road is a compound of 2 houses on 3.52 acres above the Housatonic River. The main house has an attached 2-car garage, a fireplace, and a stone terrace overlooking the river. In the basement, a woodworking and crafts shop has its own private entrance. The guest house has an attached 1-car garage, a fireplace, and a porch with river views. Together the buildings hold 7 bedrooms, 6 full baths, and a half bath across 3,141 square feet. The houses have clapboard and wood siding and a wood roof, with baseboard oil heat and central air.

The listing says the property has direct river access for fly fishing, kayaking, and tubing. Housatonic Heritage, the regional heritage organization, calls the stretch between the Falls Village dam and Cornwall Bridge the most popular for fly fishing and describes the river as some of the finest trophy trout water in the eastern US. Housatonic Meadows State Park, 452 acres along the river in Sharon and Cornwall, was established in 1927. It has a 2-mile stretch limited to catch-and-release fly fishing, and the Appalachian Trail crosses it. The trail also follows the river through Sharon, Cornwall, and Kent.

The village of Cornwall Bridge is less than 5 minutes away, and Mohawk Mountain, for skiing and snow tubing, is about 5 minutes. Kent Falls State Park is less than 10 minutes away.

35 River Road, Sharon (CT) is listed at $1,950,000, offered by Pat Lahoud at William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty.