List Price: $1,900,000 | 0 Bedroom | 0 Bathroom | 2.5 Story Single Family Home Listed Tuesday Oct 26, 2021 | MLS# 4888366


This iconic landmark property...together with town approvals for luxury condominium units...is now available for sale. The c.1912 'Highland Farm' property, built for Benjamin Cheney, founder of the American Express (stagecoach) Company by Forrest C. Mercer with the aid of one 16 year old helper, Henry Nyland and a turn of the century crew of Italian Stonemasons from Canada (who also worked on the famous "Castle in the Clouds" property), has been meticulously preserved and readied by its current owners to support any future residential use. Set on a magnificent 32 + acre site with long road frontage and broad sunset view of Grand Monadnock over abutting conservation land, the property includes a spring fed pond with two crystal clear water wells, lovely open land with potential for agricultural use and mixed forest land with nature trails abutting a tranquil woodland wetland. A short stroll to the beautiful Cranberry Meadow nature trail and just minutes from the attractive village center shops, restaurants, bookstore, movie theatre and art galleries, this property is a one of a kind investment opportunity and a singular site for a magnificent country estate. A rare find indeed!
Total Rooms: 1
Total Baths: 0
Flooring: Concrete | Other | Wood
Bedrooms: 0
Basement: Crawl Space | Dirt | Dirt Floor | Gravel | Unfinished | Walkout
Year Built: 1912
Type: Masonry | Timber Frame | Shake Siding | Stone Exterior

Building Info
Finished Sq.Ft.: 21500
Above Grade Sq.Ft.: 0
Below Grade Sq.Ft.: 0
Apx Below Grade Unfinished Sq.Ft.: 4500
Foundation: Fieldstone

Exterior Info
Style: Bungalow | Arts and Crafts
Roof: Other | Slate
Parking: Off Street | On-Site

Utilities
Electric: At Street
Water: Drilled Well | On-Site Well Exists | Public Water - At Street | Spring
Sewer: None

Land Description:
Agricultural | Field/Pasture | Level | Mountain View | Open | Pond | Rolling | Trail/Near Trail | View | Walking Trails | Wetlands | Wooded
Lot size: 32.46 acres
SuitableUse: Agriculture | Development Potential | Farm | Farm - Dairy | Farm - Horse/Animal | Mixed Use | Recreation | Residential
Zoned: F
Surveyed: Yes
Flood Zone: No
Seasonal: No
Roads: Paved | Public
Road Frontage: 837
Driveway: Circular | Gravel



Block - 39
Taxes $9,766
Assesed Value Not Reported
Schools
School District: Contoocook Valley SD SAU #1
Elementary School: Peterborough Elem School
Middle School: South Meadow School
High School: Contoocook Valley Regional Hig

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