WHAT: A two-bedroom one-bath converted church

HOW MUCH: $879,000

SIZE: 1,560 square feet

PER SQUARE FOOT: $563.46

SETTING: This building — an 1861 church converted to a residence in 1963 and renovated in 2005 — is set on a hill about two miles from Woodstock’s center. Woodstock is a town of about 6,200 in the Catskill Mountains, and an arts colony since the early 1900s. The town has an artists-only cemetery; the police department’s insignia has a harp and palette on it. The town’s shops and restaurants are mostly located along the two-lane Route 212, or on small streets off of it. The 700,000-acre Catskill Park and six different river systems are nearby. Manhattan is about two hours south.

INSIDE: Most of the church’s original details — including leaded stained-glass panels in the great room, a hand-carved limestone fireplace, pressed tin walls and ceilings — are intact. There’s a sleeping area in the great room, and another in a loft over the kitchen, accessible by ladder. Off one part of the great room is an office; off another is a small alcove with a wood-burning stove. A spiral staircase leads up to a meditation room below the church’s bell tower. The bell tower is now a sitting room with views of the grounds, and interior views over the living room.

OUTDOOR SPACE: A meadow with a fire pit.

TAXES: $7,372 a year.

CONTACT: Gary Heckelman and Thea Millen, Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty, (845) 532-1178 or (845) 679-8888; villagegreenrealty.com

via http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/greathomesanddestinations/24gh-what.html

1- Outside the Mount Utsayantha Firetower 360VR

http://www.catskillsearch.com/site/2009/05/02/outside-the-mount-utsayantha-firetower-360/

2- South Gilboa Railroad Station 360VR

http://www.catskillsearch.com/site/2009/06/17/south-gilboa-raildroad-station-360/

3- Army Navy Surplus Store 360VR- Grand Gorge, NY

http://www.catskillsearch.com/site/2009/10/28/army-navy-surplus-grand-gorge-360/

1- Kaaterskill Falls Trail

2- Kaaterskill Falls

3- Kaaterskill Falls Trail- A nice simple serene scene from the trail.

4- Devils Kitchen- I like the series of photos I took on this day from Devils Kitchen. View the post to see the other photos. I think these 3 photos really help show the beauty of Devils Kitchen.

5- Grand Gorge along Route 23- Picking number 5 was difficult. I have driven past this spot hundreds of times (maybe even over a thousand times). I always have wanted to take a photograph and have often tried to take a photograph of this spot. I never was able to translate through my lens what I saw physically. The image below has been my best attempt to date. I know I will take more photos from this location. The location is taken from Route 23 as you past the entrance sign to Grand Gorge.

Photography Honorable Mention:
http://www.catskillsearch.com/site/2009/07/30/bastion-falls/

http://www.catskillsearch.com/site/2009/06/16/lower-platte-clove-2/

http://www.catskillsearch.com/site/2009/06/16/elka-park/

Wishing everybody a happy thanksgiving!

I went to Wordcamp NYC (Wordpress the power behind CatskillSearch) and had a great a time. Everybody I spoke to at the event was very nice and helpful. Hopefully there will be another in 2010.

I have begin upgrading the Gallery features of CatskillSearch. Catch a sneakpeak at CatskillSearch: Gallery.

In the last few weeks I have been busy behind the scenes with my other photography website named Yellowecho. (Link: Yellowecho.com) With Yellowecho I completely overhauled the look and style of the website. I am very pleased with the new display settings of my 360s. Also I am very impressed with the WP Geo plug-in that enables me to GPS my photos and plot them onto a Google Map. Check out my photo map on Yellowecho. (Link: GPS Photo Map) I hope to make some of the changes that I made on Yellowecho on CatskillSearch as well.

Recent photo additions on Yellowecho have been the Tribute in Light. The Tribute in Light is a temporary yearly memorial remembering September 11, 2001. (Link: Tribute in Light @ Yellowecho)

Hillhaven Farms is located in Stamford, NY at the intersection of Route 23 and Route 10. It has a great selection of produce including many types of apples. I purchased my pumpkin here for Halloween.