1665 Pilgrim House!

1665 Pilgrim House!

1665 Pilgrim House!

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It could be the oldest home in the country and though Douglas Towle thought he had finished his hobby of restoring antique homes, when someone knocked on his door with the offer of an original 1665 Pilgrim house, he was hooked. Originally built in Billerica, Massachusetts and lived in by twelve generations of the Farley family, the land owner believed it to be one of the oldest homes in the country, so rather than tear it down, he dismantled it in 2000 and stored it. When he later heard of Doug Towle’s interest and skill in restoring antique buildings, he offered to sell it to him. But Doug didn’t just move the Farley Garrison House to his hometown in New Hampshire, he purchased 12 acres of flat, wooded land on "Frisky Hill," cleared it and had it recontoured on which to reconstruct the home.

Doug didn’t want the home just as a museum piece, but wanted it lived in and enjoyed. If the Farley family were to walk through it today, there are a few things that would surprise them. Though the house looks exactly the same, it now has in-floor heating, three new bathrooms and a kitchen. He kept the home’s interior as authentic as possible, placing all the high-end appliances modern folk couldn’t live without behind hand-planed cabinets. Still retaining all the saltbox garrison original features, some of the most notable include original wide pine floors, oak framing, raised paneling, plaster walls, original hardware, five fireplaces, Indian shutters, gunstock corners and barricade doors. At 3,093 square feet, the home has three bedrooms. It was completed in 2010, furnished and decorated with period antiques and has never been lived in.

This homestead consists of the 1665 Farley Garrison House with a colonial era ell leading to more Towle collected structures including a carriage house, antique barn, water tower, corn crib, and a late 1700's one-room school house, stone walls and a pond. Each building has been painstakingly and accurately restored down to the hand hewn nails and original hardware. For more information.

1665 Farley Garrison House originally built in 1665 in Billerica, Massachusetts, this Pilgrim era saltbox garrison home was recently reconstructed in New Hampshire. Now for sale at $1.495 million.

Source: www.lakesregionhome.com