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Historic Three Acre Country Estate

Picture yourself, pulling into the circular driveway, hidden behind the 20’privacy bushes and suddenly, before you, is a house like you’ve never seen before…a red brick 1800’s Victorian of your dreams…you admire four gleaming white pillars and an arched stairway inviting you to enter the welcoming front door. You can hardly wait to get inside, but you must first take in the beauty of the exterior… your eyes are immediately drawn upward to the intricate corbels adorning the roofline and the cupola on top. You see the graceful two tiered porch off to your left with more white pillars and decorative spindles. You notice a graceful, wrap around porch, 12’wide that surrounds almost three quarters of the home, with the original cobblestone surface. Abundant flowering bushes and landscaping enhance its natural beauty. You notice beyond the house, the lush green grounds, perfectly manicured, and another long driveway that leads to the rear of the property. Off in the distance is a large, unique, barn. You can’t wait a minute more to get inside! As you walk up the steps you have the image of stepping off a horse drawn carriage and slipping back in time…
You enter through the front door to a twenty seven by nine foot foyer, ten foot ceilings, and a beautiful open stairway. Handsome wood floors with a different inlay bordering each room. To your right is the formal Parlor, pocket doors tucked away, it is adorned by a beautiful fireplace with marble surround, intricate crown molding in a floral pattern, and what is assumed to be, an original, almost three foot diameter, crystal chandelier! To your left is the twenty four by fifteen foot living room with another fireplace, an extended area with three sets of French doors leading to the wrap around porch. Lovely crown molding completes this room as well. From there you enter the large formal dining room with two more sets of French doors leading outside to a beautiful expanded side porch with an eating area overlooking the grounds. On the first floor there is also a library with the same intricate molding as the parlor, a full bath, with crystal light sconces, kitchen, large family room over a 2 car garage and full walk out basement, screened in porch, and a first floor laundry room with a half bath. Off the kitchen is the servant’s stairway which leads upstairs to five bedrooms and three full baths. One of which is a “His & Hers” off the Master Suite. The Ladies bath is crowned with a lovely crystal chandelier and crystal wall sconces, the Master bath is enhanced by magnificent closet doors and masculine fixtures.