Austerlitz 55 secluded wooded acres. Build your country retreat on this large parcel with views on a quiet country road, close to the Berkshires, Chatam ad Hudson, great for hunting and off road hiking, biking and snow mobiling,
Austerlitz 55 Secluded wooded
AUSTERLITZ NY REAL ESTATE HISTORY
The town was named after the Battle of Austerlitz. Founded in the 1750’s, the town is rich in history – some early settlers and sons served in the Revolutionary War. From the fact that among the first settlers there were no less than twelve families of Spencers, the north part of Austerlitz had been known from the first as “Spencer’s-town.” When the bill enacting it passed the Legislature, however, Martin Van Buren, then a State Senator, and who, being an ardent admirer of the great Napoleon, leaped to his feet and moved to amend by calling the new town “Austerlitz.”
The streams of Austerlitz gave rise to industries such as farming, raising sheep, and mill operations. Saw mills, grist mills, mills for wool carding and the making of cider and shingles enabled the settlers to make a living. Vestiges of old mills, early grave sites and historic buildings still remain.
Austerlitz Today
Austerlitz is close to the Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood and with its mountainous terrain features many luxury homes and hunting possibilities. Austerlitz is a small, rural town north of Hillsdale, east of Chatham, South of Canaan and West of the Berkshires.
Basic Information
- Address: New York
- List Date: 03/15/2024
- Price: $425,000
- Property ID: 5495
- Prop. Class: Vacant Land
- Town: Austerlitz
- County: Columbia
- Schools: Chatham
- Contact Agent: David Birch
- Agent Title: Broker
- Cell: 518-928-7239
- Brokerage: Barns & Farms Realty, LLC
- Phone: 8003988802
- Acreage: 55
