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The following houses in Norfolk, MA although currently assessed for hundreds of thousands of dollars are available for purchase for the sum of $1.00 each. What's the catch? The houses are scheduled for demolition as the present owners want to rebuild with new construction on the current sites. You can purchase the houses for $1 each but it is your responsibility to move them, in their entirety or by disassembling and reassembly, from their current location to a lot of your choice. You would have to pay for the cost of the move to their new address.
Still it's a great deal - if you have the inclination, the property, the time and the funds.
Houses in move in condition, plus their illustrious histories - all for the sum of one dollar.
Contact Bill Domineau at 774-324-8160 or Bdomineau@cybexintl.com for additional information
Current properties available for$ Dollar in Norfolk, MA are at......
260 Main StreetVery Early Colonial, 1700sThe Robert Ware House / Cook Farmhouse
Robert Ware was one of the first ten individuals coming out of Dedham to settle in the Norfolk area. He arrived in 1660 and completed the building of his first house in 1661. The house was later burned to the ground as a result of an Indian attack in 1676. The second floor and attic of this present house on Main Street may have been the second home of Robert Ware built after this attack. Some years later, in the 1800s this house was raised up and a new first floor added underneath the existing structure - the old first floor became the second story, etc., in the new structure. If this information is correct the upper portions of this house could date as far back as 1670. The building later became the main farmhouse of the Cook Farm, one of the largest commercial agricultural enterprises in the history of Norfolk. It supplied all of the beef, dairy products and vegetables for the well known Cook Restaurant in Boston. The huge barn that supported these operations was located across the Main Street in the present day Sweetland Farms area where there was easy access to the railroad, as the farm even had their own siding used to transport the farm goods to Boston. During Prohibition the barn went out with a bang when allegedly (cause undetermined), an illegal still exploded and the resulting fire destroyed this magnificent structure.
1 Lawrence StreetEarly Salt Box, 1600-1700s
You can view extensive photographs of this home by going to the following web addresses (place the URLs in your browser) http://domineau.smugmug.com/gallery/1732824/1
27 North StreetEarly Bungalow, 1800s
You can view extensive photographs of this home by going to the following web addresses (place the URLs in your browser) http://domineau.smugmug.com/gallery/1732726
YOU ARE TOO LATE FOR THIS HISTORIC FARM HOUSE
IT HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED
Little Wood Farm
163 Seekonk Street
We've traced this house back to at least 1818 when it was the Richard Boyden Farm and Homestead. Richard Boyden is listed in the 1800 and 1810 census for Wrentham as Richard Boyadin. When he sold this land to John and Caty Jepson, a house and barn were included. There may be signs of pre-1800 architecture underneath multiple modifications - which may make it one of the oldest structures in Norfolk. This old farmhouse rests proudly beside its ancient companion barn just waiting for someone to call it home - it features an early narrow colonial staircase as well as a room with a tin ceiling. Some of the homes former owner names throughout the years should be familiar to long time residents and students of Norfolk history.
2002 - 2003: Philip and Juli Nievergelt
1968 - 2002: Domenic and Ruth Giampa
1948 - 1968: Henry F. and Dorothea Abel
1946 - 1948: Paul and Virginia Richardson
1942 - 1946: Eva H. Lewis
1941 - 1942: Harrison P. and Elinor Eddy
1919 - 1941: Oliver D.H. and Dorothy Beebe Bentley
1915 - 1919: Robert M. and Emmie Johnston, Robert was a Major in World War I
1897 - 1915: Jacob Bartholome and Henry A. Bartholme
1886 - 1897: Edward and Sarah E. (Mason) Lidbury
1883 - 1886: Clark W. Fletcher
1883 - 1883: Orville W. and Mary E. Butler
1878 - 1883: Christian and Henry Bartz
1877 - 1878: Franklin and Cathrine Baldwin
1875 - 1877: Joseph B. Hutchins
1836 - 1875: Cyrus Morse
1818 - 1836: John and Caty Jepson
???? - 1818: Richard Boyden
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