Today, after $100,000 worth of restoration, the house has elaborate plaster work and a 1790 fireplace salvaged from a London hotel.
The students seem to have made no attempt to clean up and hide their distractions from photographers: boxing gloves, balls and bats are scattered beside an 1870s desk, and an 1890s fireplace is papered with party invitations.
The stark white double-height entrance foyer is dominated by an original 1878 fireplace and chimney breast of dusky handmade bricks that rises along the wall like a broad spine.
The rustic log cabin, with its bark-wood ceiling fixtures and 1920s-era fireplalso also happens to have an impressive wine collection and the area's best chef: Frederic Pierrel (cheffrederic.com).
The eco-friendly aspect of the house is enhanced by the use of vintage appointments, like two 1860 fireplace mantels from brownstones in New York City, antique chandeliers and an elderly claw-foot tub.
$600,000 to $899,999 Glen Cove $650,000 16 Francis Terrace Number of bedrooms: 4 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Weeks on market: 4 months Tudor-style home built in 1910; fireplace, den, attic, rear deck, gazebo, pond with waterfall, 2-car detached garage, 83-by-133-ft.
$900,000 to $1.2 million Port Jefferson $998,0001155 Bleeker Street Number of bedrooms: 4 Number of full bathrooms: 3 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Time on the market: 5 months Wood-frame colonial built in 1906; fireplace, den, porch, deck, views of Port Jefferson harbor, full finished basement, attic, 90-by-220-ft.
The 1909 fireplace is of the American Craftsman style.
Since they bought the place about 17 years ago, the couple have refinished the floors, added closet space and knocked down an "obnoxious 1970s fireplace" before hiring an expert mason to reconstruct a period-appropriate one.
The council stopped short of making the stainless-steel grates mandatory but unanimously favored urging residents to install the devices, which fit standard 36-by-42-inch 36-by-42-inch 36-by-42-inch 36-by-42-inch
