History of Pleasant Brook and Architecture Official Pleasant Brook Site is here. The history of Pleasant Brook begins with the development of the Peacock Farm neighborhood, so let’s start there. More about Walter Pierce — and our interview with him — tagged here. Original layout of Peacock Farm: From the history section of our web site, Modernmass.com:…
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81 Pleasant St Lexington Thursday, May 30 from 5:00 to 7:00 with wine and cheese Saturday, June 1 from 2:00 to 4:00 Sunday, June 2 from 1:oo to 3:00 142 Walcott St. Stow Sunday, June 2 from 11:00 to noon 47 Turning Mill Rd. Lexington Saturday, June 1 from noon to 1:30 40 Roosevelt Rd….
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About Carl Koch There is an understandable reluctance on the part of everyman to build his counsel of nuts, bolts, and chromium. The industrial revolution will help us realize our dreams if we can handle it, but we haven’t handled it too well so far. Although it is pathetic to think we can escape the…
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18 Peacock Farm Road (as buyer agents). Sold. Photo courtesy of ReMax 22 Devereaux Road, Arlington $899,000. Sold $940k. Super Value in Lexington $889,000. Sold. Lexington Center Shingle Style $1,499,000. Sold Lexington Colonial Townhouse $849,000. Sold for $1,000,000 Lexington Colonial $799,000. Sold for $867,000 Brookline Shingle Style $1,650,000 (Sold) Lexington Five-Bedroom on Highly Desirable Loring…
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Filled with natural light, this Mid-Century-Modern classic is an expanded version of the original Walter Pierce “Peacock Farm B House” design. The warm, well-maintained hardwood floors, soaring ceilings, huge windows, and an open floor plan with post-and-beam construction are all the winning features today’s modernist fans cherish.
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9 Mason Street, Lexington Offered at $899,000 (Sold for $908,000) Filled with natural light, this Mid-Century-Modern classic is an expanded version of the original Walter Pierce “Peacock Farm B House” design. The warm, well-maintained hardwood floors, soaring ceilings, huge windows, and an open floor plan with post-and-beam construction are all the winning features today’s modernist…
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8 Partridge Road, Lexington offered at $879,0000. SOLD: $905,000. Contact us to request private showings or with any questions. First offering of this meticulously maintained Mid-Century-Modern gem in five decades. Located across from the recently refurbished, beloved Paint Rock Pool, and a stone’s throw from the 2015-new Estabrook school, this bright five-bedroom, three-full-bath, 2,488 s.f….
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It’s your serve on your own private clay tennis court* in the big level back yard of this expanded Techbuilt Mid-Century-Modern home A long wooded driveway leads the visitor to this privately sited hideaway with four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, and a kitchen that was updated in 2010. An addition includes an entry foyer and a bonus room…
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If you’re dyed-in-the-wool, DON’T COME! If you think early Georgian or Late Cape Cod is just the berries, forget we came in. But if you and your kith enjoy plenty of room and light, believe a house should be designed to live in — not merely to exist in, like the idea of getting…
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We wrote about this house last March and now the promised photo shoot has been published on Zero Energy Design’s web site. Go see the great slide show and read details about the project. One stumbling block for fans of regional Modern houses is that they are generally located in the outskirts of suburban towns, which…
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Photos by Lara Kimmerer (interior) and John Tse (exterior). Click any photo to enlarge: [slideshow caption=”on”] 8 Demar Road, Lexington $624,000 What a value! Never mind the stylish mid-century modern design; where else in Lexington will you find a meticulously maintained, four-bedroom, three-full-bath house, with a master suite, and 2192 square feet of living area,…
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With our new listing at 4 Turning Mill Road coming on the market this week, I was reminded of the Ralph Rapson-designed home around the corner at 34 Robinson Road. It was last sold in 2007 for $727,605. At that time, my visits there showed that it needed a lot of work, but what a…
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