House Lust: Inside This Highlands Mansion, Time Stands Still
The Georgian Revival was built in 1901, and not much has changed since then.
March 31, 2021
“Maybe the wood around the exterior windows?” she says.
With a house this big and this old, you’d think there would be more to do. Not so, says Pacheco. The mansion, which was sold just twice over its 120-year lifespan, has been owned by the same family for years.
In 1976, a twenty-six-year-old seamstress from Portugal bought it for $50,000. She and her mother moved in, keeping many of the original furnishings as their own. The homeowner eventually married, but the pair never had children to scuff up the floors or color on the ornate wainscoting or toss a ball through a stained glass window. In short, and with a wellspring of admiration: This place is pristine.