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Center Harbor,NH 03226
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 3,845 sqft
Price per Sqft $233
MLS Listing ID 5051835
Style Greek Revival
Bedrooms 5
Full Baths 1
Half Baths 2
Construction Status Existing
Year Built 1820
Annual Tax Amount $6,079
Tax Year 2024
Lot Size 40.000 Acres
Acres 40.0
Property Sub-Type Single Family
Property Description
The Sturtevant Farm was built on land on Sunset Hill by Joseph Sturtevant in 1820. The Sturtevant Family was a Mayflower descendant and settled in Center Harbor from Halifax, MA. Over its lifetime, the Greek Revival home has taken on many roles, from a Tavern to a boarding House for summer travelers, which included poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Whittier composed “The Wood Giant” here, inspired by a large pine tree on the property, which would later be called the “Whittier Pine”. In the early 1900s the property was sold and used as Pinelands School for girls, which was the first girls' camp on Squam. In the 1950s the property was used as Camp Cardinal Newman and owned by The Newman School in Boston, MA. Today, the main home still stands along with several older outbuildings and camps, which guide you down the driving trail on 40 acres to the Main Lodge. The Lodge sits about halfway down on the property and rests next to the new “wood giant” which grew in the exact spot of the Whittier Pine, which was lost to a lightning strike in the 50's. The sweeping views of Squam Lake and the Sandwich Range have grown in, but could be recaptured with cutting. Sturtevant Family Cemetery still exists on site. Highly unique and amazing potential opportunity for the discerning, history-loving buyer.
Location
State NH
County Nh-belknap
Area Nh-Belknap
Zoning Agricultural Rural
Body of Water Lake
Rooms
Basement Entrance Interior
Basement Unfinished,Exterior Access,Basement Stairs
Interior
Heating Baseboard
Cooling None
Flooring Carpet,Wood
Inclusions Camp,Building,Furnishings
Exterior
Parking Features Yes
Garage Spaces 4.0
Utilities Available Cable Available
Waterfront Description No
View Y/N No
Water Access Desc Yes
View No
Roof Type Asphalt Shingle
Building
Lot Description Country Setting,Level,Trail/Near Trail,View,Walking Trails,Wooded,Abuts Conservation,Near Shopping,Near School(s)
Story 2
Sewer Unknown
Water Unknown
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Construction Status Existing
Schools
Elementary Schools Inter-Lakes Elementary
Middle Schools Inter-Lakes Middle School
High Schools Inter-Lakes High School
School District Inter-Lakes Coop Sch Dst