In 2004, the former owners of this home returned from an extended vacation to find frozen pipes had created extensive water damage. So they sold the house to developers who kept the period exterior but stripped the inside to the studs. “People walk into our house expecting an old interior and are surprised to see it’s totally open and renovated,’’ ...By: Mindy Pollack-Fusi|Date: Nov 22, 2009

Although this home originated as a small rectangle, an expansion in 1850 by a prominent local merchant brought it to its current spacious size and stately appearance, with delicate arches over the front porch. It subsequently fell into disrepair, but in the late 1990s a developer and electrical engineer rescued it.By: Mindy Pollack-Fusi|Date: Nov 15, 2009

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