This historic Gloucester Harbor estate was once the home of a famous gold miner
With Gloucester Harbor views from every room, this 5,996-square-foot home has almost two acres of land and a prominent original owner.
According to realtor Christine Gordon from Harborside Sotheby’s International Realty, 160 Western Avenue was once part of John Hays Hammond Sr.’s original estate built in 1900. Hammond Sr. was a diplomat, a diamond and gold miner, and, maybe more famously, the father of inventor John Hays Hammond Jr.
Hammond Sr. introduced Hammond Jr. to famed inventor Thomas Edison when he was a young boy. Edison ended up becoming Hammond Jr.’s mentor, inspiring him to create Hammond Radio Research Corporation. Hammond Jr. eventually filed many patents and gained the title “the father of remote control.”
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Hammond Jr. also ended up building a medieval castle for himself in Gloucester between 1926 and 1929 that would also house his Roman, medieval, and Renaissance artifacts. The Hammond Castle Museum today is open to the public for tours and private events.
His father’s five-bedroom, five-bathroom estate at 160 Western Avenue is listed for $3,900,000 and still has plenty of historic details. The home also has a center courtyard and an additional guest house with a kitchen, dining room, living room, a bedroom and 1.5 bathrooms.
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