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2005 HISTORIC HOUSE AND BARN TOUR
4. Overlake Farm, disembark (Walnut Road). This very quaint, handsome property harkens one back to an era of days gone by. The farmhouse, circa 1850, lends us a vision straight from Currier and Ives. Mr. Ken Kroll and Mr. David Livingstone are the fortunate owners who get to enjoy this home and its tranquil surroundings. The farmhouse still retains its rustic wide plank floors throughout, as well as a set of steep twister stairs in the back area of the home. Most unique is the old kitchen sink, constructed entirely of locally quarried slate. Below it, rough cupboards add to the charm. Rimming the kitchen walls, ancient wainscoting provides an attractive touch.
A line of sugar maples, quite commonly endeared as a winter source of sugar on old farmsteads, shade the front of the home and stand like stately elders guarding the threshold. To the side toward the barn, the old well still exists, but is now covered over. The large, original thick stone steps have been reconstructed into a seat nearby.
The red barn to the rear of the property possesses a very unique architecture for an outbuilding. Constructed during the 1930's, the large barn was designed and used as a dairy. Atop the slate roof, multiple dormers were constructed to provide additional light. These are a very interesting feature.
To the left, the old hen house still exists. Off to the right, numerous foundations of several barns and silos can be seen.
In the 1870's, this farmstead was owned by J. DeWitt. Since then, the property has changed hands
many times throughout the years.