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Historic New Hartford Home For Sale, Featured On Popular Instagram Account: See Inside Historic New Hartford Home For Sale, Featured On Popular Instagram Account: See Inside
Historic New Hartford Home For Sale, Featured On Popular Instagram Account: See Inside If you’re looking to own a piece of history – or just want to look at “one of the finest examples of Northern Italian Renaissance architecture” – this house may be for you. The Philip Chapin House, located in the Litchfield County town of New Hartford, is a home on the National Register of Historic Places that was originally built in 1867 by a local prominent family — and it is still making news today. The five-bedroom, two-bathroom house, originally owned by its namesake, Philip Chapin, who founded sewing machine maker Chapin Machine Company, was featured by the popular Instagram accoun…

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PHOTOS: Vanderbilt's Western Mass 'Cottage' Listed For $12.5M PHOTOS: Vanderbilt's Western Mass 'Cottage' Listed For $12.5M
Photos: Vanderbilt's Western Mass 'Cottage' Listed For $12.5M A “cottage” with 46 bedrooms that was built by American royalty, the Vanderbilts, has been listed for $12.5 million in Western Massachusetts. The Gilded Age mansion known as Elm Court was constructed in 1886 and sits on 86 acres straddling Stockbridge and Lenox in the Berkshires. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.  Plans were scrapped in late-October to spend $50 million to turn the mansion into a resort. The property was then promptly put on the market, according to The Berkshire Eagle. The 55,000-square-foot complex was considered a summer home for the Vanderbilts an…

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by Kristin Palpini