$1 House for Sale

I was browsing a while ago for historic houses around columbus area when I stumbled on this site about a house for sale for $1. The catch...you need to move it. I feel like my stomach cringed just thinking that this 1700s historic house could get demolished if no one buys it. How I wish it's just somewhere nearby...but it's in New England (Massachusets).






The Robert Warehouse / Cook Farmhouse

located in 260 Main Street Norfolk, MA.

"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."