New York | Palatine | 146 Cattle Ranch

#1157 Central Montgomery County. – I have driven by this for decades and, each time, I admire it, hoping some day we’d get it for sale. Well, we did!  It is a 146 acre old homestead in a prime site, located in the Town of Palatine, New York.  There are 120 tiled and tillable acres, presently rented, with corn and alfalfa seeding and the remaining 26 acres are in pasture. This is some of the nicest land in the State, mostly Lansing and Palatine silt loams – most all gentle land. Anywhere you stand on the property, there are expansive valley views.

The 36’x100’ gambrel style barn is in good condition with swing stanchions, used most recently for heifer raising.  There are 38 stalls plus a box stall and room for 12 additional stalls if you wanted to use the entire space. Gravity-fed spring water is an excellent source for the barn’s needs, flowing to a concrete trough in the barnyard and also pumped to the buckets in the mangers. There is a manure stacker so you don’t have to fight snow to spread manure, and you‘ll get all its nutrients too. There are two other approximately 20’x50’ (2),  and a 30×44′ building (1), in fair condition. The biggest and one of the smaller ones are both 2 story.

A 200 year old home is included. It is in fair condition, with a full cellar, but has no bathroom or plumbing. Square and straight, it has 1144 sq. ft of living space with 4 bedrooms. There is a small 2 story garage and an apple orchard next to it. Between the barn and the road (the barn sits well off it) is a great shaded spot to locate a new home.

The wide open fields with 7555’ road frontage, proximity to town and overlooking the Mohawk Valley with the views to prove it, makes this an outstanding homestead.  Two small streams run through the pastures. Taxes are $5600 with the Star deduction not applied. Asking $550,000. The seller is looking for offers and will consider them all.