Revolutionary Real Estate: Historic Family Home For Sale in Concord, MA!
It’s a revolutionary real estate listing. A Concord, MA antique with ties to the Revolutionary War is on the market for the first time in 300 years!
For a cool $1.695 million, you could own the red saltbox house at 99 Sudbury Road in Concord.
No word on how many ghosts come with the property, but my guess is that sucker SHINES.
The three-bedroom, 3,217-square-foot house on three-quarters of an acre with a renovated basement and a big side yard could go for at least $2.5 million if there were no preservation restriction because it also has a second buildable lot.
So, why do I think it’s probably haunted?
History, folks. Look at the history.
John Scotchford, one of Concord’s original settlers, purchased the property in 1653. He lived there with his wife, Susanna, according to Wicked Local.
They sold it in January 1696 to Deacon Edward Wheeler, whose descendants would own the home for 300 years, according to the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
The next generation of the Wheeler family were members of the militia and one was a lieutenant in the Continental Army.
The home was used to store tents, axes, spades and utensils during the Revolutionary War, according to records.
Here’s a fun fact, according to the Concord Library:
“Ephraim Wheeler, Jr., born in 1773, often told the story that his mother took him to the woods to hide on April 19, but he lost his shoe and cried so loudly that she had to take him back for it. He inherited the house in turn.
“He married Sarah Parkman and twelve years later his widowed mother became the third wife of Deacon William Parkman, his wife’s father. Abiel Wheeler, Ephraim, Jr’s son, had the unusual experience of attending, in 1811, this wedding of his grandfather and grandmother.
Blended families aren’t that new!
Recent owners Betty and Richard Wheeler bought the house in 1993 from a cousin. Richard Wheeler died in April 2020, and Betty Wheeler in April 2021, Wicked Local reported.
Now the five kids are facing a daunting task.
The house is under the protection of Historic New England, restricting modifications to certain parts of the property. The Wheelers also left instructions in their estate documents to sell.
But daughter Susan Wheeler, 67, told the Wall Street Journal that the delay isn’t because the siblings are sentimental about being the last generation of Wheelers to live in the house, “No one is pining for it or feels cut out of the opportunity to live here,” she said. “It is that the process is so difficult.”
Three of the siblings live far away; in Boulder, Colo., Rochester N.Y., and Sydney, Australia.
No bites on the property as of press time.
If you can’t afford to LIVE in Concord, you can certainly drink there. One of our favorite breweries is is in the historic town! (It’s also home to great trails for you and your furry friends!)