28 Main Rd Tyringham, MA 01264
3 Beds
3 Baths
3,443 SqFt
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Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 3,443 sqft
Price per Sqft $428
MLS Listing ID 246870
Style Timber Frame,NE Farmhouse,Historic,Colonial
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 2
Half Baths 1
Year Built 1790
Annual Tax Amount $6,098
Tax Year 2024
Lot Size 65.160 Acres
Acres 65.16
Lot Dimensions 2838370
Source Berkshire County Board of REALTORS®
Property Description
They don't build love at first sight anymore, either. But Sky Hill Farm - a genuine 1798 Federal colonial in Tyringham Valley - has been creating that exact feeling for over two centuries.
In 1912, Adele LeBourgeois Chapin wrote about first arriving here at dusk, walking through high grass to the old front door with its worn stone steps and feeling the homely welcome as she went in. ''This old house was beautiful,'' she wrote, ''the rooms perfectly proportioned, the mantlepieces charming old Colonial ones... I felt as if I was at home at last.''
That feeling hasn't changed.
Views of Tyringham's Shaker Fields
65+ acres
3,443 sq ft
3 bedrooms
2 ½ baths
2 barns
Pasture & Hay fields
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THEY DON'T BUILD HOUSES LIKE THIS ANYMORE
They don't build love at first sight anymore, either. But Sky Hill Farm - a genuine 1798 Federal colonial in Tyringham Valley - has been creating that exact feeling for over two centuries.
In 1912, Adele LeBourgeois Chapin wrote about first arriving here at dusk, walking through high grass to the old front door with its worn stone steps and feeling the homely welcome as she went in. "This old house was beautiful," she wrote, "the rooms perfectly proportioned, the mantlepieces charming old Colonial ones... I felt as if I was at home at last."
That feeling hasn't changed. Because neither has this house. And for the last 120 years, the same family has been its devoted stewards.
First settled in the 1750's at the very edge of America's rugged and wild western frontier, Sky Hill Farm's center chimney colonial replaced an earlier colonial when the farm was prospering and the valley was coming alive. Three bedrooms, two and a half baths, 3,443 square feet of authentic Federal architecture where every room flows naturally into the next, where massive stone fireplaces anchor each space, where those turned balusters and wide plank floors speak of craftsmen who built for centuries, not decades.
The 1970s brought thoughtful additions - a kitchen, half bath, and art studio space where an earlier ell once stood, plus a two-car garage. But the soul of the house remains untouched. Those perfectly proportioned rooms Adele wrote about still take your breath away. The charming old Colonial mantlepieces still anchor their rooms just as they did when George Washington was president.
Step out onto the great southern porch or the back deck overlooking beds of lush perennials, and sixty-five acres of Tyringham Valley spread around you - pastures rolling down to the year-round creek, woods beyond, and your land stretching all the way to aptly named Breakneck Road. Your property includes the historic Clambake Field, said to be the first land cleared when this was Township Number 1, encompassing both present-day Tyringham and Monterey. They call it that, according to local lore, because the town held its centennial celebration in that very field - where the valley's story first began.
From there, Breakneck Road climbs steeply south to where the 18th-century Shakers built their most remote settlement in America. This is history you can live in, surrounded by some of the most stunning mountain scenery in the Berkshires. The same views that inspired the Shakers. The same valley that's welcomed families home for over 200 years.
Sky Hill Farm waits now for its next chapter, for the family who will walk through that high grass at dusk, feel those worn stone steps beneath their feet, and discover what Adele knew in 1912 - that some places don't just shelter your body, they shelter your soul. Some places aren't just beautiful. They're home.
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Location
State MA
Area Middle Registry
Direction From Lee, take Tyringham Rd which becomes Main Rd. Home is on the right From Monterey, take Tyringham Rd to Main Rd. Go through Tyringham center, and continue, property is on the left.
Rooms
Basement Other, Unfinished
Interior
Interior Features Alarm System, Bay/Bow Window, Fireplace (s), Skylight(s), Vaulted Ceilings
Heating Propane, Oil, Boiler, Hot Water
Flooring Linoleum, Wood
Window Features Insulated Windows
Appliance Built-In Gas Oven, Cooktop, Dishwasher, Dryer, Range Hood, Refrigerator, Washer
Exterior
Exterior Feature Deciduous Shade Trees, Deck, Barn/Stable, Mature Landscaping, Fenced-Partially, Landscaped, Outbuilding
Parking Features true
Garage Spaces 2.0
Garage Description Garaged & Off-Street
Utilities Available Fiber Optic Availabl
View Seasonal, Scenic, Pastoral, Hill/Mountain, Distant
Roof Type Asphalt Shingles
Total Parking Spaces 2
Garage true
Building
Sewer Private Sewer
Water Well
Architectural Style Timber Frame, NE Farmhouse, Historic, Colonial
Schools
Elementary Schools Lee
Middle Schools Lee
High Schools Lee