A $2M schoolhouse near the Berkshires lists for the first time in over three decades

"Deep in the bucolic Litchfield County section of Connecticut, you'll find the small town of Salisbury. It's a picturesque hideaway just a couple miles from the Massachusetts border that's home to the Taconic School House, now on the market for $1.995 million. Sitting on a rolling 2.92-acre property, 552 Twin Lakes Road is a three-bed, four-bath home that was built in 1890 with a limestone foundation and was later added onto."

"Step inside the home to the massive main living room, where high ceilings and wood-paneled walls convey its deep historic nature. Walls of double-height windows on both sides allow natural light to stream in, while the oversized working fireplace anchors the space in the center. Continue through a paneled wood door to the second main room, an oversized red space that continues the sense of grandeur with walls of built-in bookshelves and massive windows."

"A lower level features a spacious family room with two walls of floor-to-ceiling windows. That leads directly out to the gunite swimming pool, which is next to a stone patio that's ideal for lounging. "You can hang out down there and go in and out and pop in the pool and come back inside," said Klemm. Back near the home's entrance, a staircase leads up to the second story, where you'll"

552 Twin Lakes Road in Salisbury, Connecticut is the former Taconic School House, listed for $1.995 million on a rolling 2.92-acre lot. The property is a three-bedroom, four-bath residence built in 1890 with a limestone foundation and later additions, featuring a school bell over the entrance and a sign reading "hear instruction and be wise." Interiors include a double-height main living room with wood-paneled walls and an oversized working fireplace, a second paneled room with built-in bookshelves, an updated kitchen with stainless appliances, and a lower-level family room that opens to a gunite pool and stone patio. The current owners purchased the home 32 years ago and are not fully informed about its past.

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