An 1865 Brookline home with original architectural detail sold for $3.1 million this week
Though Boston had its share of homes sold for over a million dollars this week, the suburbs had some even bigger transactions. In Brookline a historic mansion built in the French Empire style in 1865 went for over $3 million and in Lexington a newly constructed Colonial went for over $2 million. Check them out.
19 Colchester Street, Brookline
This eight-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom, 8,124-square-foot Brookline mansion sold for $3,100,000 on March 8, well above the town’s $768,000 median closing price. The home has over a half-acre of land, grand entertaining spaces, and a modern kitchen. A detached barn includes a garage, workshop and two rooms for a studio, fitness facility or home office.
According to Coldwell Banker, “this was the residence of real estate and insurance businessman and author Robert Apthorp Boit. Robert was a brother of painter Edward Darley Boit, whose daughters were the subjects of John Singer Sargent’s 1882 painting The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, which hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts.”
On March 8, this newly constructed shingle-style colonial home in Lexington, with six bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, and 7,000 square feet of living space, sold for $2,005,000, which is above the town’s $855,000 median closing price. The home has seasonal views of Wilson Farm, a chef’s kitchen with lots of amenities and a breakfast area, and a lower level with space for a gym, billiards room, or media area.
606 E. 4th Street, Unit 301, South Boston
This three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2,319-square-foot penthouse sold for $1,950,000 on March 7, above South Boston’s $606,000 median closing price. The condo has three garage parking spaces, a circular roof deck, wine chests, cathedral ceilings, a gas fireplace, and central air.
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