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This 112 acre parcel of pristine buildable land has 1394 ft. road frontage on NH Route 111A, logging roads, stone walls, potential for amazing views of French Hill in Sandown, a pond abutting the back of the property and excellent commuter access. Under 50 miles to Boston and under 25 miles to Manchester, Portsmouth, Newburyport and sandy beaches on the Atlantic. Property consists of a historic c.1780 four bedroom house, a 1500 square foot workshop and 2 car garage.
From California to Cackleberry Chickens. Danville, New Hampshire is blessed with 20 plus homes built in the 1700s. One such home is the historic farm at 567 Main Street. Built in the 1780s, the farmhouse still has period details, and several out buildings added through
the last two hundred or so years.
In 1958, Philip Emilio moved his young family
from California to purchase this small chicken egg farm from the Shattuck family. The Emilios ran what became the 2nd largest rookery in the State of New Hampshire until the early 70s called Cackleberry with tag line “de-luscious hen fruit�. The original
The property featured a 270 foot chicken house that sheltered over 25,000 chickens at its peak producing millions of eggs. As a boy, delivery van is still on the land.
young son Emilio remembers the day he wandered through the unspoiled acres of land with stone walls, pastures, pathways and huge trees and discovered a wildlife sanctuary created by a beaver dam at the far end of the property. He witnessed the natural splendor teaming with nature including thousands of herons, egrits, eagles and other birds surrounded by thousands of acres of protected forest.
The land has
a network of logging roads, open areas, wooded areas and even views of French Hill in Sandown. There are over 1393 ft of road frontage* on Main Street and never ending
possibilities of bringing back the home to its original historic charm and glory as a fine estate, or perhaps a B&B, or utilize the land as a fine development surrounded by nature. *Road frontage listed from town’s tax map.
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