In Pennsylvania, an American Colonial-Inspired Home Asks $7.5 Million

Henry and Janet Guarriello bought the land, spanning roughly 200-acres, for about $870,000 in 1996. They spent about $5.5 million constructing their main dwelling, the place they entertained their six kids’s households and hosted weddings and reunions, mentioned Mr. Guarriello, who’s within the agricultural merchandise enterprise. 

The house’s American Colonial design components embody a symmetrical brick exterior, dormer home windows and ornamental columns across the entrance door. Mr. Guarriello mentioned he fell in love with Colonial structure in his 20s when his father took him to the historic district in Williamsburg, Va. whereas on a enterprise journey. He and his household have since made a number of journeys to the vacationer vacation spot, he mentioned. 

Inside, the house has 18th century replica brass fixtures, vintage long-leaf heart-of-pine flooring and customized mahogany doorways. Facilities embody an elevator, a library and a roughly 11,000-bottle wine cellar, mentioned Mr. Guarriello. Their favourite room is a big eating room lit by two candle chandeliers, the place they prefer to entertain, mentioned Ms. Guarriello.

The expansive property has a playground, a fenced-in vegetable backyard with fruit bushes and a small winery, three ponds and a pool. There may be additionally a visitor residence above a four-car storage, he mentioned. 

The roughly 200-acre property has an 11,000-bottle wine cellar, a pool and a solar room. From prime: Brad Miller/B&M Digital; Gary Noll/360 Tour Designs/Mason-Dixon (3)

Mr. Guarriello co-founded Nursery Provides, Inc., a plastic nursery containers manufacturing firm, in 1966; he bought the corporate and is now an investor in agricultural merchandise and actual property, he mentioned. Mr. and Ms. Guarriello have been married 58 years, and they’re promoting as a result of they’re transferring to Florida, he mentioned. 

In Franklin County, 5 houses bought for over $1 million within the final 12 months, on the MLS, in contrast with two houses over $1 million within the yr prior. Ms. Starr mentioned the property, which is close to the Hagerstown Regional Airport, is good for a purchaser from Washington, D.C. or New York Metropolis.

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