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George Washington may have slept here!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with CR Premier Properties LLC

Great Historical Home

In the National Historic Registry 

 

Once the home of the Pompey Hollow Inn or as Mixer’s tavern, it is believed that George Washington was a guest at the inn. 

Year built approximately 1710

.49 acres! 

 

The keeping Room

Great Kitchen with Red Oak beams and tobacco barn board!

Formal parlor 

 

Dining room was once Mixers Tavern

 

 

Listed with the National Register of Historic places this home offers a glimpse back in time and provides one with great Historical sentiment. Located in the heart of Ashford Connecticut, a small rural town with scenic rolling hills in the Northeast corner of Connecticut commonly referred to as the “Quiet Corner”. Once the home of the Pompey Hollow Inn or as Mixer’s tavern, it is believed that George Washington was a guest at the inn.  

This lovely home consists of 49 acres and has 5090 square feet with 5 bedrooms and 4 full baths. The interior of the house features plaster walls, floors of wide hard-pine boards, raised panel doors, applied moldings on windows and door frames, and beaded casings on the post and beams. Large beams run from front to back in the lower front rooms and the posts exhibit a pronounced splay. The west front room has a complex bolection molding surrounding its small stone fireplace, with the entire fireplace wall covered with raised paneling. The east front room is somewhat differently detailed. It has a paneled dado (lower part) along the fireplace wall and paneled doors on the cupboard above the fireplace opening. The rooms main feature is the partition to a small back room; reflecting the buildings origins as a tavern. It has a paneled half door on the left and a smaller square opening on the right, fitted with a shelf and a fold down paneled door. The kitchen has a large stone fireplace with a brick oven on the left and a large circular hearth on the right; with red oak beams and tobacco barn board throughout. The countertops are slate and the sinks are hammered copper. The first floor consists of two wings that provide separate living space if you like as each wing has kitchen and laundry facilities.

The 2nd floor follows the plan of the first.  The east front room has a fireplace with a bolection molding and chair rail. The middle front room has a molded cornice, a chair rail, and in the corner of the room a corner cupboard with a paneled lower door, an arched opening and elaborately curved shelves. Other interior features to note are there are 10 fireplaces, vertical board wainscoting in the rear rooms and in the cellar a large arched opening in the foundation which is currently used as a wine cellar.  In addition the home property has a large garage and shop building remodeled from a barn. Also on the property is a guest house which dates to the middle of the 19th century and provides 1152 square feet of living space which includes 2 bedrooms a living room and a full eat in kitchen, laundry and full bath, ideal living space for a caretaker or groundskeeper. The land around the house is generally open with a small pond to the east. A large stable provides a great home for your horses with 8+ stalls, a loft, tack rooms and a large lighted riding ring. Choose from 10 acres at $799,900 or 49 acres at $950,000

 

 

Here is a newspaper from 1930 highlighting this historical home!

 

 

Check out the website for more pictures

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Call Esther Roberts at (860)415-8555 or Carol Ryniewicz (860)942-9293

 

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Carol Ryniewicz, Broker Associate

(860)942-9293

Woodstock / Pomfret office

 

 

 

 

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

36 LaSalle Road

West Hartford, CT 06107

 

Comments (4)

Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

Carol what a wonderful historic home.  Can I just buy the guest house?  Best of luck with the sale.

Aug 21, 2012 11:11 AM
Wayne Johnson
Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper REALTORS® - San Antonio, TX
San Antonio REALTOR, San Antonio Homes For Sale

Carol, That is truly a one of a kind home. Does the Buyer have to agree to any stipulation regarding their intended use for the property?

Aug 21, 2012 01:30 PM
Carol Ryniewicz
CR Premier Properties LLC - Woodstock, CT
Broker / Owner - CT & MA

Thanks Cindy! Hoping this sells quickly! 

 

Aug 22, 2012 06:31 AM
Carol Ryniewicz
CR Premier Properties LLC - Woodstock, CT
Broker / Owner - CT & MA

Wayne - yes it is truly a one of  a kind property and it is even more lovely in person! There aren't any stipulations on the property. . . . . Thanks for the comment!

Aug 22, 2012 06:32 AM