Hemlock House
Old Chatham · The Hamptons & Upstate · Photo & Film, Events
A 1796 farmhouse on 70 acres in Old Chatham.
Set across 70 acres in Old Chatham, Hemlock House is a late-18th-century farmhouse restored with a remarkably light hand. Built in 1796, the property preserves the quiet proportions and material character of its original architecture while introducing an unexpectedly contemporary layer of art, furniture and collected objects.
The house
- Location
- Old Chatham · The Hamptons & Upstate
- Rooms
- 3 bedrooms · 2 bathrooms
Why Hemlock House
The interiors have a deliberately unpolished elegance: the restored hemlock floors that give the house its name, wide-plank wood, simple millwork and historic detailing sit alongside European and Japanese antiques, artist-made lighting, ceramics and sculptural furniture. The result falls somewhere between Shaker farmhouse, Japanese minimalism and a lived-in artist’s residence— restrained but never sterile. Natural textures and a muted palette give the house a highly adaptable backdrop for fashion, editorial, beauty, lifestyle and interiors shoots, while its layers of artwork and objects provide more character than a conventional country house.
Beyond the main residence, the property unfolds into nearly 70 acres of open landscape with three historic barns and a still pond, creating multiple environments within a single location. The scale of the land allows the property to move visually from intimate domestic scenes to expansive rural imagery without leaving the property. A fully equipped chef’s kitchen, indoor fireplace and outdoor fire pit add additional lifestyle settings, while the surrounding Columbia County landscape gives Hemlock House a distinctly cinematic sense of place through every season.
Hemlock House