18 Frost Rd, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

This antique Rhinebeck Farmhouse, c1750/1900, is offered for the first time! A few miles from the village, along a quiet walking road, this local family farm was home to the Frost family until just forty years ago. The present 8.8acres are a pastoral landscape of sunlit meadow, exquisite, mature specimen trees and lush flowering gardens reflected in the spring-fed swimming pond. The centerpiece of this scenery is the often-toured rare 1850s Dutch barn with its intact traditional hand-hewn beams, mortises & tenons. Nestled in a grove, is a true Scandanavian wood-fired sauna a sprint away from the pond, and there is also a heated south-facing workshop/studio. This residence was a farming family's home: Simple, practical, basic. Yes, there are the requisite wide-boards, hand-hewn beams, antique hardware & doors, 12x12 windows, and plenty of local lore. Families, animals, and crops were raised here. Benson Frost was good friends with FDR throughout their lives. This serene property provides a canvas, a platform for your vision of a true country home. The American heritage of this residence is intrinsic to Rhinebeck's history. Come, bring it back to life.