Hudson Valley designers and artists will renovate a Second Empire-style cottage in Esopus for the 2025 Kingston Design Showhouse, open October 10–26. The cottage sits on land once owned by Isaac D. Sleight in the neighborhood historically known as Sleightburgh, across Roundout Creek from downtown Kingston. County records date the brick mansard-roof house to 1865; an 1872 advertisement described the "French roof" cottage as two years old with eight rooms, a cellar, and a cistern. The property currently has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. Designers will transform the interior and landscape, with proceeds supporting Ulster County Habitat for Humanity. Updates on hours and tickets will be available from Kingston Design Connection.
Hudson Valley artists and designers will make over an Ulster County property this fall for the 2025 edition of the Kingston Design Showhouse. The event is hosted by Kingston Design Connection, a network for Hudson Valley area creatives founded by designer Maryline Damour of Damour Drake after she moved from Brooklyn to Kingston. A Second Empire-style cottage on the opposite shore of Roundout Creek from Downtown Kingston has been chosen for the showcase this year.
County records date the brick house with a mansard roof to 1865 and local newspaper accounts appear to show that date isn't too far off. In 1872, David C. Reid advertised the "French roof" cottage for sale, describing it as in "perfect order" and just two years old. At the time it included eight rooms, a cellar, and a cistern. Surrounding the house were fruit trees and fruiting vines.
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