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Well Located Land and a Magnificent Home Near to Nature 



FAIRHOLME. 



The country residence of the late Nathaniel 

 Witherell at Belle Haven, Greenwich, Conn., 

 is offered for sale. 



The property has a frontage on Mayo Ave- 

 nue of 352 feet and is 660 feet deep; the rear 

 faces' on an avenue 75 fset wide; this rear 

 would make extremely desirable building* lots 

 if desired. 



The entire plot comprises about 5.3 acres; 

 the house, on the highest ground in Belle 

 Haven, has an unobstructed view of Long Is- 

 land Sound; there is a yacht landing about 

 half a mile away. 



The first story of Fairholme is of stone, the 

 upper stories of cement and hardwood timbers. 

 The entrance hall is IS x 40 feet, wainscoted, 

 beamed and pannelled ceilings: large fireplace, 

 and staircase all in oak. Library, oak wain- 

 scoted, beamed and pannelled ceilings, mantel 

 in Byzantine carving, Tiffany stained glass 

 windows, bay windows. Dining room 17 by 2S 

 feet, colonial in style and finish, open fireplace, 

 stationery china closets with mahogany sashes, 

 bay with large landscape window, commodious 

 butler's pantry. Parlor daintily decorated in 

 white and gold: open fireplace and bay win- 

 dows'. Den, oak, wainscoting and ceiling. 

 Toilet room. 



Basement: well-lighted kitchen 15 x 27 feet, 

 pantries, servants' sitting room and laundry, 

 with tubs and toilet. 



Second floor: two large and two medium 



sized bedrooms, three dressing rooms; three 

 tiled bath-rooms; three open fireplaces; sew- 

 ing room. One of these rooms is 23 x 24 feet, 

 with bay window. 



Third floor: billiard room, three guest rooms, 

 tiled bathroom, one open fireplace, six ser- 

 vant's rooms and servant's bath. 



House is lighted with electricity and Spring- 

 field gas' machine. Burglar alarm equipment; 

 hot water heating; open plumbing throughout. 

 House was built by day's work. It has an 

 unusually large number of good-sized closets 

 throughout. 



Stable has eight stalls, large carriage room, 

 and harness room. Storage ice house. Coach- 

 man's cottage; five rooms and bath; laundry. 

 Gardener's cottage, six rooms. 



Buildings are in same style of architecture 

 as the house. There is a good sized green 

 house on the grounds. The gardens contain 

 a large variety of beautiful trees and orna- 

 mental shrubs, there are strawberry beds, as- 

 paragus beds, raspberry; currant: gooseberry 

 and wineberry bushes in the garden. 



The gardener of the property, Mr. Drum- 

 mond, is occupying the basement of the house, 

 and will show it to any party who presents a 

 real estate brokers card. The property is free 

 and clear. The price is $150,000. Very liberal 

 terms will be made to the purchaser. For 

 particulars, address, 



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