WRITTEN BY DAVID DELOZIER, PHOTOS BY RANDALL PERRY
Big House with the Big Heart and the Big View A country estate embraces family, landscape and historic views
UPPER HUDSON RIVER FARMLAND MAKES FOR THE PERFECT PERCH When Michael Dennis and wife Jean Ann went looking for a property on which to build their new home, they knew they wanted a place in the countryside, but not too far from their hometown of Saratoga Springs. Jean was out touring the hinterlands of Northumberland in northern Saratoga County, and came upon an open field with a “For Sale” sign. It had a majestic view to the south and east, overlooking the Hudson River and a backdrop of the Taconic Mountain range of Vermont in the distance. She imagined her dream home situated within the broad field, taking in the entire splendor. Jean raced home to tell her husband of the find, and upon his asking where
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