60 Center St, Clinton, NJ 08809

Many original details in the home hint at its past and preserve a feeling of warmth and history. A weathered brick sidewalk welcomes you to the front door, opening into a warm foyer of pumpkin pine flooring, which continues throughout the house. Sidelights flank the front door, showcasing the framed bubbled glass most likely original to the home. To your left is the dining room, with its masonry fireplace and original woodwork including chair rails and lovely wide moldings.The living room heralds the original home, and evidence of this is apparent in the hand hewn oak beams, wide plank pumpkin pine floors, built-in cupboards and wide moldings. Footings from the walls long gone are visible, adding to the room?s charm and the home?s history. A beautiful walk-in hearth, made of local stone and brick, was originally used to both heat the home and serve as the cooking area. This very large hearth includes a bake oven and built-in storage cabinet for keeping things like gun powder and baking powder dry. A Dutch door with beautiful reproduction hardware leads onto the deck. This section of the home was once used as a tavern and inn for the stagecoach traffic and it is easy to imagine even today.Upstairs are three bedrooms and two renovated baths, accessed from the multi-level landing, where the wide plank pumpkin pine flooring continues throughout the home. All of the bedrooms have been renovated to include vaulted ceilings, bringing light and space to each, as well as spacious closets. The Master Bedroom is a large and spacious room, with an eye-stopping floor to ceiling stone fireplace. In quaint addition, a warming oven remains alongside the fireplace, where the first owners of the home heated stones to warm their beds before retiring for the night. High ceilings, built-in cupboards and rough oak beams give this room a warmth and charm.The backyard can be accessed through the Dutch door in the living room or through the kitchen. A large deck gives way to curving brick pathways and picket fencing, perfect for a period garden. The original basement of the home is accessed from the yard, with rock walls and unusually high ceilings for the year built. A barn-style detached garage sits to one side of the house, providing both storage and parking for the owner.