Port Townsend, Wash. | $999,000
A Queen Anne Revival house built in 1891, on 0.3 acres
This three-bedroom, three-bathroom house, known as the John Trumbull House, is in Port Townsend’s Castle Hill neighborhood, five minutes by car from the center of town. Restaurants and coffee shops along Port Townsend Bay are all within a five-minute drive, as are several waterfront parks. Fort Townsend Historical State Park, a former military outpost with campgrounds and hiking trails, is less than 10 minutes away.
Ferries crossing the Bay reach Coupeville in around 40 minutes, and a combined ferry and car trip to Anacortes takes less than 90 minutes. Driving to Seattle takes around two hours.
Size: 2,352 square feet
Price per square foot: $425
Indoors: A wood picket fence lines this home’s sloped front lawn. A wraparound porch has a set of double doors to the foyer beneath a leaded glass transom window.
The living room, directly off the foyer, has original wood trim. Windows face the porch and the side yard, and a brass chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
Also off the foyer is a formal dining room, with hardwood floors and its own chandelier, this one made of crystal. A door with leaded glass panels opens to the porch.
At the back of this level is the kitchen, which has a window with a built-in bench seat, a pale green tile backsplash and a vintage-style range in one corner. This part of the house has access to a mudroom and a full bathroom.
Stairs from the foyer lead to the second floor, with all three bedrooms off one hallway. The primary suite, at the far end, has red and gold wallpaper and space for a king-size bed. Built-in bookshelves line one of the walls, and the bathroom has a shower stall.
One of the other bedrooms has windows with colored glass trim, a wall of mirrored closet doors and an adjacent smaller room that could be a home office. Both this bedroom and the third fit queen-size beds. The other full bathroom on this level has a walk-in shower and a claw foot soaking tub.
Outdoor space: On one side of the house is a red brick patio partially covered with a wood pergola, with space for a dining table and a grill. A corner of the yard holds a set of raised garden boxes, and above the detached one-car garage is a one-bedroom guest apartment with a kitchen and bathroom.
Taxes: $8,160 (estimated)
Contact: Holley Carlson and Susie Haynes, The Agency, 360-344-2147
Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. | $1.1 million
A Tudor-style house built in 1897, on 1.4 acres
This three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom house was once part of the Macy Estate, which is now owned by the Girl Scouts of the USA. A public library is about five-minutes away by car, as are the Hardscrabble Wilderness Area, a city-owned expanse of woods with a hiking trail and a pond, and Louis Engel Waterfront Park, which has a playground with views of the Hudson River. Ossining High School is also five minutes away, and the towns of Sleepy Hollow and Croton-on-Hudson are both less than 15 minutes away.
The Metro-North Scarborough station is five minutes away, and from it, Grand Central Terminal in a 50-minute ride.
Size: 2,860 square feet
Price per square foot: $385
Indoors: From the street, a wrought-iron gate flanked by a pair of lampposts opens to this home’s driveway.
The front door opens to a foyer, with a wood-paneled powder room on one side and the living room on the other. The hardwood floors are original, and two long bench seats are built beneath sets of diamond-pane windows overlooking the grounds. A family room on the other side of the living room has a wood-burning fireplace with an original wood mantel.
Through the family room is a formal dining room, where there’s black wainscoting beneath cutlery-print wallpaper. This space has access to the updated kitchen, which has two islands and stainless steel appliances. The kitchen has its own sitting area and shares a double-sided fireplace with the primary suite.
A long hallway leads from the dining room to the primary bedroom, where the walls are painted blue and a set of doors faces the rear deck and the garden beyond. The primary bathroom has a claw foot soaking tub and a separate shower.
A staircase off the dining room leads to the second floor and two bedrooms with their own diamond-pane windows. A full bathroom is also on this level.
Outdoor space: A deck off the primary suite and the kitchen’s sitting area leads down to a lawn. From here, stone paths wind through lilac, peony and poppy plants, as well as mature maple, birch and beech trees. Elsewhere on the property are fruit-bearing apple, cherry and peach trees. A detached garage holds two cars.
Taxes: $30,468 (estimated)
Contact: Kathryn Weinberger, Hillary’s Homes Team, and Callan Bergmann, Compass, 914-238-0676
Fort Collins, Colo. | $1.075 million
A 1903 wood and brick house, on 0.3 acres
This five-bedroom, two-bathroom house is in Fort Collins’s Old Town, and has been on the market only four times in its 122-year history. A public library is within walking distance, as are a 1906 furniture store that now operates as a live music venue, and several breweries. The campus of Colorado State University, with over 34,000 enrolled students, is also nearby. Nature preserves lined with hiking and biking trails are within a 10-minute drive and Rocky Mountain National Park is an hour and 15 minutes away.
Both Boulder and Denver are less than ninety minutes away by car, and Vail is a two-and-a-half-hour drive.
Size: 2,479 square feet
Price per square foot: $434
Indoors: Paved steps lead from the sidewalk to this home’s front porch, where a door opens to a wood-paneled foyer.
The living room, directly off the foyer, has Texas yellow pine floors and original windows, high ceilings and a set of French doors opening to a study with built-in bookcases. On the other side of the living room, through a set of original pocket doors, is a formal dining room where a staircases rises to the second floor.
Off one side of the dining room is a family room with a wood-burning stove and fir floors, and off the other is the updated kitchen, which has a Wolf range and a salvaged slate backsplash. A screened-in porch and a deck are both off the kitchen. Also through the dining room is an en suite bedroom which could serve as the primary suite. It fits a queen-size bed, and the bathroom has a glass-walled shower.
There is a full bathroom and four bedrooms on the second floor. The largest bedroom, at the top of the steps, has windows facing the rear garden. Across the hall are two bedrooms with sloped ceilings and floral-print wallpaper. The fourth bedroom has original windows.
Outdoor space: The screened-in porch off the kitchen is used as a dining area in nice weather. It faces the backyard, which has a koi pond in one corner and grape and wisteria vines in another. A patio was built using stone salvaged from an Old Town sidewalk, and a detached garage has one parking spot.
Taxes: $3,952
Contact: Ian Charles and Sean Hudgens, The Barefoot Team, RE/MAX Advanced, 970-281-5049
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