21 Water St, Clinton, NJ 08809

This gracious Colonial has added critical modern amenities such as a second floor laundry room, 2-zone heat, gas hooked up, a generator, new tilt Anderson windows, security system and Central Air while maintaining the integrity of an antique home. The large formal living room is anchored by a pretty fireplace and flows into a charming family room/den and half-bath. The dining room has fitted cupboards and another fireplace and opens onto the screened porch. The eat-in kitchen has its own entrance and back stairs to the second floor, here too is a second access to the screened porch. Ahhh, the screened porch. While the antique charm of this home is evident everywhere in its gleaming wood floors, its wide moldings and many fireplaces, its built-ins and other nooks and crannies, it is in the screened porch that one wishes especially to linger. Large by any standards, it is versatile- one can dine, entertain, nap or play here. Circled by flowering gardens and enhanced by mature trees and shrubs, it overlooks the nice size yard which is completely fenced in. Even on hot summer days a breeze often circulates here, wafting the flowering scents delicately. As one sits enjoying the scene, it looks out on one of the prettiest and most famous views in New Jersey- Clinton's Red Mill(once owned by the builder of this home)sits across the water to your right, the Clinton Bridge crosses to the Red Mill Museum and the center of town spreads out delightfully. Like a postcard, but better. Watch the seasons unfold on this spectacular view from the rear windows of every room in this house. Upstairs are three bedrooms, the master with its own bath and dressing room, a skylight and another of those fabulous fireplaces. Down the hall two bedrooms and a full bath. Those gorgeous wood floors are found throughout the house. Built by Archibald Taylor at the confluence of Spruce Run and the South Branch of the Raritan River, this home is very special. It appeals to the traditionalist with its history, is updated to offer every comfort of today, and escapes the activity of town while still being close to its center.