Historical Fairfield Home For Sale

FAIRFIELD, CT -- The Joel Farist estate is for sale in Fairfield with a list price of $1 million. Farist was the president of Farist Steel Worsk Co., which manufactured gun barrel and bayonet steel during the Civil War.

The New York Times listed him as Bridgeport's wealthiest citizen at the time of his death, according to his obituary.

The home is in close proximity to bustling downtown Fairfield. It offers four bedrooms, three of which have their own fireplaces. It has been upgraded with modern amenities, including central air.

• Address: 220 Farist Rd, Fairfield, Connecticut
• Price: $1,000,000
• Square Feet: 5300
• Bedrooms: 5
• Bathrooms: 4 Baths
• Built: 1894
• Features: Fairfield's fairytale castle is not just for the storybooks; it can be your life. This Queen Anne Victorian masterpiece was the main house of the Joel Farist estate with lineage connected to the founders of this New England town now bustling with the energy of the arts, fine dining, shopping and easily accessible to NYC. The home itself is breathtaking with original architectural splendor intact while affording the modern amenities one desires, including central air, town water and public sewer. Sweeping staircases, wrap around porch, grand entrances, soaring ceilings, pocket doors, original or rejuvenated hardware and stained glass offer the drama one would expect in order to feel like the king or queen of ones castle. Four grand bedrooms, three with their own fireplaces, two rooms adjoining with pocket doors, but also boasting private entrances and one with preserved paneling uncommonly found make up the second level. Additionally, an extravagantly sized laundry room with a secret back staircase ascends to the third floor, but take the main set of sweeping stairs to the third level's sprawling in law suite equipped with newly renovated kitchen, bath, living room, dining area. Enjoy the 6th bedroom that was converted into a boutique style dressing room or easily converted back. Three stunning floors of wide hallways, high ceilings, large rooms, en suite fireplaces and pure splendor. Live here and love life.

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