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The William Shepard Homestead - vintage Vermont Circa 1800. Wonderful renovated yellow post & beam farmhouse on 5 acres. Total privacy with long pastoral easterly views of the Green Mountains. Saltbox influenced farmhouse has 3 bedrooms upstairs with a 4th on the main, 2 baths - 1 up/1 down, front & side covered porches, wide pine & hardwood floors. Home has updated mechanical systems - heating, plumbing & wiring. Municipal water. Large country kitchen and ceramic tile baths. Unique property with many historic outbuildings including an historic one-room Panton stone schoolhouse c.1823, a substanstial post & beam 2-story classic English hay barn, vintage canted granary, carraige barn & more. Surrounded by open space. Located 5 minutes from Lake Champlain, Basin Harbor Club, Button Bay & Arnold Bay. 6 miles to Vergennes, 9 miles north of Crown Point Bridge, 5 hrs to NYC, 4 hrs to Boston, 2 hrs to Montreal, 45 minutes to Burlington & 20 minutes to Middlebury. Lovely spot for country living. Perfect for a home business situation - DSL available. Local zoning allows for schoolhouse to be renovated for use as a rentable guest cottage, artist's studio or similar type of detached professional use. Great spot for a goat farm or apiary plus room for horses. E-mail for more pictures of this private paradise. |