{"id":1205,"date":"2022-09-15T09:13:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T09:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/15\/hallelujah-historic-stone-church-transformed-into-a-family-home-available-for-2-5m\/"},"modified":"2022-09-15T09:13:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T09:13:52","slug":"hallelujah-historic-stone-church-transformed-into-a-family-home-available-for-2-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/15\/hallelujah-historic-stone-church-transformed-into-a-family-home-available-for-2-5m\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallelujah! Historic Stone Church Transformed Into a Family Home Available for $2.5M"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here\u2019s a reason to rejoice: A historic church has now been reimagined as a single-family home in New York\u2019s Catskills.<\/p>\n

Over the past three years, the 1876 structure known as The Rifton<\/a> in Ulster Park<\/a> was restored and renovated. It\u2019s now available for $2,495,000.<\/p>\n

The owners \u201cused a lot of wabi-sabi influence,\u201d explains listing agent Annabel Taylor<\/strong>, with Four Seasons Sotheby\u2019s International Realty. This Japanese aesthetic involves the acceptance of beauty as imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe kind of leaned into the moodiness of the stone structure, and rather than trying to make it light and bright, I would say moody is the best way to describe this house,\u201d Taylor adds.<\/p>\n

Backyard<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Exterior<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Entry<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

\u201cHe utilized the bedrock that the house is built into in really creative ways,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cWhen you walk inside, the first thing you see is a massive piece of bedrock. It\u2019s kind of a \u2018wow\u2019 moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The home measures 6,286 square feet and includes the former church steeple.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOne of my favorite parts of the house is the tower side of the house, which is 5 stories tall, has beautiful views of the Walkill River which it stands next to,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cThere\u2019s a spiral staircase connecting each level, so you can look up and it really does look like a tower.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tower<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Fireplace<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Open kitchen<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Exterior<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

The tower includes an office area and conversation spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just is a very inspiring space,\u201d Taylor says. The owner is \u201cin the creative world, and so he\u2019s created this very imaginative conference room.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second story of the home has a 30-foot ceiling with a custom stone and steel fire pit.<\/p>\n

Bedroom<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Bathroom<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

There are four bedrooms and three full bathrooms, with most of them highlighting the stone walls.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the beams he\u2019s added, and he used a lot of steel as a cool juxtaposition to the stone and the one hand-hewn beams,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cHe\u2019s used the stone to create showers. The bedrock is utilized for either the shower basin or around the bidet. It\u2019s really quite fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aerial view<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Interior<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Taylor says the unorthodox home takes people by surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s massive and tall. The experience from the road and the experience from the lawn are very different. From the road, it looks very much like a church. From the side, you have stone walkways connecting different spaces on the lawn, and you have beautiful, whimsical trees. It really feels like a secret garden or a European garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 1876, the structure has been a church and a town hall, as well as a private residence.<\/p>\n

Angelica Ferguson<\/strong> is also co-listing this property.<\/p>\n

Deck<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

Mudroom<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zimmer of Catskill Image<\/p>\n

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MLS via Realtor.com Here\u2019s a reason to rejoice: A historic church has now been reimagined as a single-family home in New York\u2019s Catskills. Over the past three years, the 1876 structure known as The Rifton in Ulster Park was restored and renovated. It\u2019s now available for $2,495,000. The owners \u201cused a lot of wabi-sabi influence,\u201d…Read More→<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}