1783 Catskills Stone House
Built in 1783 by French Huguenots, this stone house in Lexington, New York, is an unusually early example of Catskills stone construction. Heavy hand-hewn beams, wide-plank floors, thick stone and plaster walls and original hearths remain, and a 2016 renovation added radiant floors, new plumbing and electrical, and a standing-seam roof. A connected 18th-century timber-framed artist's studio has north-facing windows, a woodstove and a mezzanine with sleeping quarters. The 155 acres were once a cattle farm and later a flower farm, and now hold an orchard, magnolias, peonies, trails and a cedar hot tub. The land runs along more than a quarter mile of Schoharie Creek and borders thousands of acres of state land.

