THE TOBIAS VAN DEUSEN HOUSE… built in 1742 on a bank that overlooks the Taghkanic Creek, is typical of the way early Dutch settlers in the Hudson Valley picturesquely placed their homes near a stream. The east brick gable shows several interesting details including iron anchors, tumbling bricks (vlechtingen) along the edges of the gables, brick decoration in the form of a vase of flowers outlined with darkly colored glazed bricks, and ventilating openings that look like diminutive houses. The interior of the house has extra-wide floorboards, massive exposed Dutch ceiling beams, which originally were supported by Anchor beam braces (one of which survives), and evidence of at least two open jambless fireplaces. An original exterior Dutch door in the stone wing (shown above) has all its hardware intact. A frame addition is shown at right, above. The eight-acre property includes a nineteenth century barn complex (see next page), and has exceptional restoration potential. More land with long creek frontage is available… $425,000