Above the quaint, historic village of Lincoln, in Addison County, Vermont — known for its scenic beauty and rural character — this private mountain retreat sits on 24 acres with an open field, pond, woods and streams.
Listed for $4.995 million by Brian Boardman of Coldwell Banker Hickok and Boardman, the compound includes a spectacular main house, guesthouse and rustic cabin in the woods.
“This is a true Vermont experience,” says Boardman. “The expansive rolling lawns, large swimming pond and woods for hiking or cross-country skiing are some of the owner’s favorite features.”
The main house offers a striking exterior with cedar shingles, brick and stone siding and a copper roof. An expansive deck in the back offers the perfect place to entertain and enjoy the views. Inside, features include a great room with 24-foot ceilings, catering kitchen breakfast room, office and a master wing with two bedrooms and baths. The walk-out lower level includes two more bedroom suites, an exercise room, spa, pool and sauna. A geo-thermal heating system, radiant floor heat and solar panels add the final touches.
“The main house, with its casual comfortable feel, is very informal, yet the finishes and details are exquisite,” says Boardman.
The three-bedroom, 3,200-square-foot, post-and-beam guesthouse showcases a stone fireplace, south-facing dining area and a first-floor master suite with office space. A charming cabin rounds out the property offering a rare private mountain estate.
“The guesthouse is an easy walk to the main house and the rustic cabin overlooks a stream and has its own special feel,” says Boardman. “It’s very exciting, as an agent, to represent such a unique and extraordinary property.”
“The guesthouse is an easy walk to the main house and the rustic cabin overlooks a stream and has its own special feel. It’s very exciting, as an agent, to represent such a unique and extraordinary property.”
State capitals are oftentimes thriving cities with a lot of economic and cultural value. In fact, they can be some of the best places to live in America. But not all state capitals are created equal. WalletHub has put together a list of 2018’s Best State Capitals to live in. And though 17 of them are the largest cities in their states, the biggest population doesn’t always represent the best quality of life.
In order to determine which state capitals make the best homes, WalletHub compared all 50 across 51 key indicators of affordability, economic strength, quality of education and health, and overall living standards. Our data set ranges from cost of living to K–12 school-system quality to number of attractions.
Best State Capitals to Live In
- Austin, TX
- Madison, WI
- Boise, ID
- Lincoln, NE
- Bismarck, ND
- Raleigh, NC
- Denver, CO
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Juneau, AK
- Concord, NH
- Columbus, OH
- Helena, MT
- Olympia, WA
- Oklahoma City, OK
- St. Paul, MN
- Cheyenne, WY
- Montpelier, VT
- Pierre, SD
- Des Moines, IA
- Phoenix, AZ
Pictured above: Columbus, OH waterfront; Oklahoma City, OK
Out of these places:
- Juneau, Alaska, has the highest median household income (adjusted for cost of living), $67,310, which is 2.6 times higher than in Hartford, Connecticut, the city with the lowest at $26,264.
- Bismarck, North Dakota, has the lowest unemployment rate, 1.7 percent, which is 4.6 times lower than in Hartford, Connecticut, the city with the highest at 7.8 percent.
- Providence, Rhode Island, has the lowest share of state-, local- and federal-government employees, 8.4 percent, which is 4.6 times lower than in Juneau, Alaska, the city with the highest at 38.4 percent.
- Madison, Wisconsin has the highest share of adults 25 years and older with at least a bachelor’s degree, 56.3 percent, which is 4.7 times higher than in Trenton, New Jersey, the city with the lowest at 11.9 percent.
For the full story, and the entire list of best small cities, visit WalletHub.com.
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By: Mark Moffa
It all started the day we arrived. Although Unique Homes journeyed to Stowe, Vermont, from a warmer climate, our visit the first weekend of December ushered in winter. Two weeks later, as I write this, it still hasn’t stopped snowing. Seriously. The Stowe email that just arrived is announcing five feet of “near-daily” December snow, mid-winter conditions, and 103 inches this season so far (more than 300 inches in the seasonal norm).
Skiing here at Spruce Peak and Mt. Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak, doesn’t disappoint. Its rich world-class ski history started with the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps cutting trails in 1933. But as we discovered, winter sports are just the tip of the mountain of reasons to look at Stowe.
“During warmer months, Spruce Peak is filled with festivals, events on our green, farmers markets in the Village Center, and concerts,” said Sam Gaines, Spruce Peak at Stowe’s vice president and director of real estate. “With hiking trails, mountain biking trails, zip lines, treetop adventure courses and 36 holes of golf, there is no summer destination quite like Stowe, and Spruce Peak is at the center of it all.”
A 10,000 square-foot ice skating rink anchors Village Center
While other developments must create a sense of place, Spruce Peak at Stowe benefits from an authentic character already present in the classic 200-year-old village of Stowe. This allows developers greater freedom to focus on fine design details at the $500 million resort development, which began in 2003. We arrived just a few months after the completion of the Rockwellian $90 million Village Center.
“When we began this project, we envisioned creating the East’s answer to Deer Valley, Aspen or Beaver Creek,” Gaines said.
Of the over 2,000 acres at Spruce Peak, only 35 acres will be used for residential development, and only 400 dwellings are permitted. For such a small footprint, the variety of real estate is astounding. From slopeside single-family homesites (one of which now has an HGTV Dream Home), to the 19 Club Residences that sold out late last year in 6 weeks for $42 million, to the 34 Mountain Cabins that sold out in phases from 2004 to 2015, to condominiums in the Stowe Mountain Lodge (2003), to one-eighth fractional ownership opportunities in the Front Four Private Residence Club, the price points and styles vary greatly.
The newest offerings are 18 four-bedroom Village Townhomes, 2,100-square-foot triplex units with direct access to the slopes, golf and Village Center. It was no surprise to learn that about half of them are already sold.