Famed Cookbook Author's Summer Estate Selling In Harvard

HARVARD, MA — The summer estate of famed Boston chef and cookbook author Fannie Farmer is up for sale in Harvard. The enormous home sits on 8 acres, and is asking a relatively reasonable $1.25 million.

Farmer popularized the use of measuring cups and spoons in home cooking in her 1896 work "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book." She died in 1915 at age 57, the same year this home was built. But it has been completely renovated, including a new kitchen.

The home has been up for sale for just under a year after last being sold in 2017. Here are the details:

• Address: 184 Old Littleton Rd, Harvard, Massachusetts
• Price: $1,249,000
• Square Feet: 4779
• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 3 Full and 1 Half Baths
• Built: 1915
• Features: Fantastic new price! The exclusive and private Art Nouveau 1915 Fannie Farmer Weldon Summer Estate, located in Harvard (just ranked #4 in Ma for high school by Boston Magazine) was tastefully restored and renovated in 2017/18. Exquisite kitchen and baths, 2nd flr add'l laundry, mudroom, reconfigured master with fp complete with his/her closets. Estate retains original character with grand entertaining spaces, original millwork, window seats, and hardware. Infrastructure updates includes plumbing, wiring, HVAC, new 6 bed septic, SMART sump pump system, frost free hydrant in garden. Property includes 8 +/- acres of land. The estate, surrounded by stone walls, has no immediate neighbors as property is enveloped by APR Orchards, mature trees, pasture land, and the estate's perennial gardens bordered by orchards and forest. 3rd floor and cottage/garage approved by BOH as 5th and 6th bedrooms. Large deck and in-ground pool w/ sweeping views of the gardens for outdoor dining/entertaining.

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