177 Cleveland Rd, Dalton, MA 01226

A unique and historic combination of a renovated 1 room school house and antique barn conversion have been joined and completely custom finished to produce a fantastically interesting and fun family home set on 6 rural acres in the middle of The Berkshires in beautiful Dalton, MA. This unique and historic property is part of a vast track of land granted to Captain William Cleveland by the King of England prior to the Revolution. Captain Cleveland's home sits a few hundred feet down the road. The historic 1-room school house was built by the Cleveland Family as one of Dalton's original-six regional 1 room school houses. The property includes an ancient mill pond that held water to feed the two saw mills, who’s foundations still exist for exploration. The property sits on a rural paved road spotted with historic buildings including an old tavern and blacksmith shop. We are surrounded by woods and horse pastures on all sides and boast several hundred feet of direct-access river frontage. 1 full acre of open lawn with no adjacent neighbors. The property is far enough out of town to offer plenty of privacy, but close enough to be within 10 minutes drive of all the conveniences of a town center. Several popular ski areas are within 30-40 minutes drive. The land adjoins protected forest property with extending hiking and biking trails for miles. Beautiful Wahconah Falls is only a walk away. MassMoca, Tanglewood, Jiminy Peak Resort, Williams College and The Clark Art Institute are all within a short and scenic 40 minute drive. The house is a completely custom construction by a professional builder. Custom cabinets of reclaimed Chestnut hang from custom black-smithed hinges over locally sourced Ashfield Stone counter tops. Appliances are all modern Stainless Steel Kenmore Elite. Locally sources super-wide pine plank flooring covers the downstairs. while 3 large 2nd floor bedrooms are all trimmed in different hardwoods. The 1866 school house, attached at the front and nicely isolated from the main sleeping rooms of the 2nd floor is ideal for entertaining and serves as a game room complete with billiards table, bar and guest quarters. The home has hot water radiant floor heat throughout the main floor and fabulous European-style jetted, large walk-in shower of the main bathroom. The heating system is a 4 years new, Ultra-High Efficiency Buderus Wall-Mount Propane Boiler fed by a property-owned 1000 gallon buried propane tank. The dining room is super unique with reclaimed 18th century flooring and decorative 18th century fireplace surround; large, super-insulated elliptical barn doors open to reveal a large wall of reclaimed French doors to let in tons of light during dinner parties. The property is mostly self-sufficient with it's own well and modern Title 5 septic system. Paved 2-car-wide driveway and small single bay garage with it's own unique history. A metal roof, high-efficiency insulation and 20-year warranty Cabot factory-painted clapboard siding round out the essentials of this quality home. The property is currently fully furnished to sleep 9 with the home office recently converted to first-floor a bedroom. Want a test drive? The house is being offered as a vacation rental on VRBO and has received rave reviews from guests traveling from NYC, Cape Cod and France. come spend a weekend and experience this property with no risk.