Small building on Millerton Main Street sets town record for price per square foot

Small building on Millerton Main Street sets town record for price per square foot

Located in the center of Millerton, this small 389 square foot building on a triangular .01 acre lot sold for a record price of $447 per square foot

Photo by Christine Bates

MILLERTON — September was a busy, interesting month for real estate activity in the Village of Millerton and the surrounding Town of North East. In the Village the North East Community Center purchased the former 3.7 acre Overlook site, which connects to the former Millerton Elementary School it was given in 2023, for $200,000. “NECC is in the midst of determining what our next steps are going to be,” NECC Executive Director Christine Sergent said. Mercantile Millerton Holdings purchased 5 Main St. to expand the programs and activities of the Madrose Gallery next door. The smallest building in the Village, only 389 square feet, 8 John St. on .01 acres of land, was sold for $165,000 — a village record of $447 per square foot. The remaining Village property transferred was a two-family residence located on Central Avenue.

The four Town transfers were similarly varied including one mobile home, one log cabin, one foreclosure and 36 acres of land.

Village of Millerton

8 John St. — 1 bedroom/1 bath irregular 389 square foot building on a triangular .01 acres sold for $165,000.

North Elm Avenue (#227227) — 3.7 acres of vacant land sold by Housing Resources to the North East Community Center for $200,000.

9-11 Central Ave. — 3 bedroom/2 bath two family residence sold for $325,000.

5 Main St. — Commercial building of 5,824 square feet sold for $469,000.

Town of North East

25 Pine Ridge — Manufactured home on 1.05 acres sold for $100,000.

152 Cooper Road — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath home foreclosure by US Bank Trust National Association for $246,573.

Old Route 22 — 36.04 acres of vacant farmland at the intersection of Smithfield Road sold for $400,000.

117 Quarry Hill Drive — 2 bedroom/1 bath Boston Corners log home sold for $585,000.

* Town of North East and Village of Millerton real estate sales recorded between September 1, 2024, and September 30, 2024, sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency. Information on active listings taken from First Key MLS which may understate available properties. Parcel # numbers refer to parcel designation by Dutchess County and may be accessed on Dutchess Parcel Access. Only transfers with consideration are included. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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