Historic Homes
Middlebury is one of those Vermont towns that exudes a sense of history. Middlebury was chartered in 1761 (Middlebury College was founded in 1800). Its picturesque Main Street, lined with historic brick buildings, features a bridge across the falls on Otter Creek, where historic mill buildings have been repurposed as offices and shops.
Uphill Farm is an impeccably renovated, turnkey Gentleman’s Farm on 104 acres of stunning countryside. A classic Vermont property, it includes an impeccably renovated five bedroom, c1805 main residence and four-bedroom guest house, barns, outdoor riding arenas, all convenient to the village of Woodstock. Offered complete with furnishings, stock and equipment.
Many can own Winnipesaukee Lakefront property but only one family can own this historic Great Gatsby era home. Enter along a winding drive past your own 9 hole golf course and as you reach the top of a rise, there is the great house overlooking the lake and 82 acres of established grounds. The house itself has numerous reception rooms and a commercial kitchen for entertaining, multiple family and guest bedrooms, servants quarters to insure an efficient operation of the estate, and several indoor and outdoor porches to enjoy every time of the day and evening. Private, yet accessible by automobile, boat right to your own 20 slip dock or by private plane at Laconia a short distance away. There are several other guest cottages around the grounds and a six bedroom boat house that is original to when the estate was constructed in 1900. Elegance, privacy and family fun on this scale is rare in these times of side by side construction. Call for a confidential showing. Planes met on appointment.
Magnificent Estate like no other. THREE RIVERS FARM is sited on 17 pristine acres of gentle land with sweeping panoramic waterfront and garden views. Restored to showcase it’s timeless elegance and historic architecture this Stately 1900’s Southern Colonial Revival home offers comfortable living on a grand scale.
One of the last great Squam Lake estates. Owned by the Hartshorn family for over 100 years, it is comprised of 11.8 acres with 2043 of prime water frontage on Squam Lake. View across miles of open water to the Squam and Sandwich Mountain ranges. Private location with 2 forested points and 2 coves. One cove protected by a breakwater with a boat dock, the other has a beautiful sandy beach with building for storage with changing rooms and covered porch. The main house has an 874 S. F. wraparound porch facing north and west, six bedrooms and two and a half baths, and a fireplace made of lake stone with a mantel cut from local granite ledge. The garage has 2 bays and guest quarters behind with fireplace and 1/2 bath. Property subject to conservation easement, but subdivision of a 4 acre parcel to the north is possible with building and dock area not subject to easement as well as 2 ac. surrounding the existing structures. Permit in hand for an additl 4 slip dock and breakwater renovation
This exquisite 125+/- acre peninsula, one of the few completely private residences on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, is set among well-maintained fields, finely appointed stonewalls and towering pine and oak trees. With expansive westerly views of the Adirondack High Peaks and the Green Mountains to the East, the property includes a c 1920 Old-World style stone and clapboard 3,900+- sq’; residence, with six bedrooms, a one-bedroom carriage barn, in-ground heated pool, a lakeside gazebo and almost 5,200 feet of shoreline. Beaches range from flat rock shale access to a small stone swimming beach for the majority of the frontage. A historic marker on the property describes how Benedict Arnold scuttled his fleet in Arnold Bay to escape the British in the battle of Lake Champlain in 1776. Additional acreage available.
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