Megan Johnson Globe correspondent May 11, 2021 9:38 am
When Dean Brown purchased The Bevin House, a French Second Empire-style mansion in East Hampton, Conn., the historic property had been abandoned for about five years. Now the stunning Victorian is an impeccably restored seven-bed, 4.5-bath home listed at $1,450,000.
“I bought it years ago from the bank and spent about a year and a half fixing it up,” said Brown. “Halfway through that, I decided to make it a bed and breakfast, because it’s a very historical house and there’s actually nowhere to stay around here.”
Philo Bevin, known as one of the owners of Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Co., built the home at 26 Barton Hill Road in 1872. The company, which still manufactures bells, contributed to East Hampton’s moniker as “Belltown,” but when Brown acquired Bevin House, it needed an overhaul; it wasn’t winterized, and only two of the 20 radiators in the house functioned. Now it features a state-of-t
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