$1,100,000
FOR SALE78 Shaker Rd, Harvard MA 01451
Harvard, Ma, 01451
MLS #73453731
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7 Beds
2/2 Baths
7012 sqft
$ 156.87 /sqft
This gorgeous seven-bedroom Shaker house seeks a buyer in love with New England history and looking for extraordinary spacefor living, working, making art, gathering, or pursuing projects. Spacious and bright, the house, built in 1840, is set on a large lot in a quiet neighborhood, with easily accessible hiking trails, in the highly sought-after school district of the Town of Harvard. Public transportation to Cambridge and Boston from nearby Ayer provides an easy commute into town. The building originally served as the Office for the communal religious group and was a multi-use building, as office, dormitory, guest quarters and a store where the Shakers sold their goods. The layout of the house still provides this kind of flexibility. There is also a gentle peacefulness to the house, a refuge from the world, a legacy of the Shakers devout simplicity.The house is large, but it never felt too large to those of us who grew up there, or to our mother, who lived there alone until she was 98. We mostly used the two central floorsthe kitchen, living room, and other shared spaces on the first floor, and bedrooms on the second. On the floor above was our fathers study, where he worked undisturbed, while our mother had an art studio and ample storage space for her paintings. In our childhood, the basement became a theater and ping-pong room where neighborhood kids gathered. Outside, the house is surrounded by bountiful nature and a beautifully preserved Shaker Village. Do not be intimidated by its size. Focus on the simple beauty of the two central floors, with their impeccably preserved built-ins and pegboards from the height of Shaker designand on the exciting possibilities of the additional spaces above and below.
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