Creative Compound on 119 Acres in Claverack

A hidden former farmstead turned creative retreat, 88 Mac Brown Road is a Claverack property with the scale of a private estate and the infrastructure of a serious live-work compound. Set at the end of a private lane on 119.8 acres, the property centers on an 1830 farmhouse, a substantial converted barn studio, a smaller studio shed, two large ponds, and a landscape of re-wilded fields, mature woodland, terraced gardens, and maintained trails. 

The house itself is generous but not grandiose: 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, and 3,641 square feet, with old-house details—moldings, wood floors, Dutch doors—still very much part of the experience. The layout includes a double living room, bright dining area, kitchen, and a Vitsoe shelf-outfitted studio integrated into the main house, all arranged to open easily onto porches, patios, and gardens. Two staircases lead upstairs, where southern light fills the bedrooms and an insulated attic improves year-round comfort. 

What distinguishes the property is how fully it supports creative work. Across the garden sits a 1,900-square-foot insulated historic barn that has been transformed into a large-format studio with a bath, clawfoot tub, kitchenette, updated electrical, HVAC, fiber connection, and underground data linking it to the house. The listing notes that the space is wired for photography, cinematography, sound, editing, and workshop use, with a whole-property HUE lighting system designed by a film lighting professional. 

The land feels like a designed ecology. One pond sits directly in front of the house and is both aerated and swimmable, edged with a pebble beach and firepit. Cottage-style gardens by The Secret Gardener soften the immediate surroundings with flowering plants, herbs, and vegetables, while farther out the property opens into meadows and roughly two miles of maintained trails through native grasses and trees. A detached potting shed, outdoor bath deck with fireplace and clawfoot tub, EV charging, generator, and whole-house water filtration round out the infrastructure. 

88 Mac Brown Road, Claverack is listed by Anthony D’Argenzio at Houlihan Lawrence for $2,995,000.