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Real estate transfers in the Town of Cornwall for June and July 2024

Real estate transfers in the Town of Cornwall for June and July 2024

112 Town Street is an antique house with four fireplaces built in 1826.

Christine Bates

CORNWALL — In the summer months real estate activity picks up in the hills and hollows of Cornwall. Four transactions were recorded in June all under $800,000 and six in the month of July with four sales over a million dollars. Currently there are ten single family residences publicly listed for sale with six over a million dollars.

June Cornwall Transfers

119 College Street — 3.95 acres of vacant land sold by Augusto and Margery W. Sogliuzzi to Ian Lukis Tyson for $132,000.

191 Great Hill Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath house on 8.94 acres sold by David S. Moche and Nancy Wolfson-Moche to Robin Fernandez and Cathryn Q. Smith for $790,000.

196 Great Hill Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on 3.79 acres sold by Terrance P. and Patricia C. O’Grady to John Eric and Tanya West for $740,000.

007 Railroad Street Annex — a workshop on .13 acres sold by Nicholas W. Sainz-Xatzis to 007 Railroad St LLC for $105,000.

July Cornwall Transfers

112 Town Street — 3 bedroom/3.5 bath home built in 1826 sold by the Estate of John Green to Barbara Ensor for $1.15 million.

105 Cream Hill Road — barn style home with 3 bedrooms/2.5 baths sold by Marc Sgaraglino and Maria Ginzburg to Daniel Geisser for $1.14 million.

419 Sharon Goshen Turnpike — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath home in West Cornwall sold by David L. Bain and Christopher J. Garrity to Christina Louise and John Joseph Kearney for $435,000.

237 Kent Road — 3 bedroom/3 bath home sold by David Clark and Ann Logan Wheeler to Nestor Castelblanco, Javier Ticora, and Alina Rovinskaia for $450,000.

35 Dibble Hill Road — 2 bedroom/2 bath home with 25.34 acres sold by Bette Halby Klegon to Happy Homes LLC for $1.3 million.

83 Cogswell Road — 5 bedroom/5.5 bath home on 15.68 acres sold by Anne G. and John D. Coffin to Stone Hill LLC for $180,000.

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