Recent property sales in the Town of Amenia

This building at 18 Furnace Road located in the hamlet of Wassaic on 0.2 acres was sold for $32,000 in 2020, then renovated and resold for $400,000 in January 2024.

Christine Bates

Recent property sales in the Town of Amenia

The Millerton News will periodically publish a listing of residential real estate sales in eastern Dutchess County and adjacent towns.

In the first two months of the year, there was not one single-family home that exchanged hands in Amenia.

But there were eight closed and recorded sales of other assorted types of property: three two-family houses; one seasonal home; one commercial building; one mansion; one commercial property with apartments and mobile homes; and one piece of vacant land.

The estate sold on Kennel Road for $3,888,000 with 106.8 acres is a reminder that there are mansions in Amenia outside of Silo Ridge, and that former churches can be transformed into usable office space — albeit with very high ceilings — with the sale of 4919 Route 22 in the center of Amenia. Currently there are eight actively listed residences for sale in Amenia ranging from $25 million, with a regulation polo field, to $159,000; and 12 pieces of land ranging from 0.31 to 512 acres.

January 2024 recorded sales

3320 Route 22, a two-family 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath home, sold for $293,815

11 Winding Creek Lane, a two-family 4-bedroom, 4-bath home on 5 acres, sold for $435,000

18 Furnace Bank Road, a two-family 5-bedroom, 2-bath home with 1,920 square feet, sold for $400,000

4919 Route 22, a 3,562-square-foot commercial building in the center of Amenia that is a former church and grocery store, and is now used as office space.

February 2024 recorded sales

173 Kennel Road, two residences located on 106.8 acres, sold for $3,888,000

28 Bog Hollow Road, a small seasonal residence on 1 acre, sold for $160,000

320 Wood Duck Road, a vacant 0.41-acre building lot in Silo Ridge Field Club, sold for $1,851,850

4 Wilcox Drive, a commercial property with four apartments and five mobile homes on 0.72 acres, sold for $701,500

Town of Amenia real estate sales recorded as sold between Jan. 1, 2024, and Feb. 29, 2024, sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency with property details from Dutchess Parcel Access.

Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in CT and NY.

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