Why spend weekends in a city condo when you could own a Gilded Age mansion in the South Coast countryside?

As prices for Boston and Providence condos continue to climb, a Gilded Age mansion on Massachusetts’ South Coast is offering a very different kind of weekend escape — one with history, gardens, and grand rooms instead of elevators and roof decks.

Designed in 1902 by the noted firm Peabody & Stearns for Francis B. Greene, son of a prominent New Bedford whaling magnate, the residence once anchored an 80-acre country estate. Today, it’s on the market for $1,395,000 and remains one of the area’s most distinctive historic homes.

Inside, the house still reflects its turn-of-the-century pedigree: soaring ceilings, Palladian windows, detailed dentil moldings, and a dramatic columned entrance hall. Generous formal rooms and sunlit living spaces preserve the elegance of the Gilded Age, while updated electrical, plumbing, and baths bring it in line with modern expectations.

Outdoors, a century-old Italianate walled garden with potting house and reflection pool offers a rare canvas for restoration — the kind of project that might appeal to buyers who’d rather revive a historic landscape than jockey for parking in the city.

The location adds to the appeal: beaches, conservation trails, and coastal scenery are close by, with ferry access to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and the new South Coast Rail to Boston roughly 15 minutes away, according to the listing.

For urban dwellers considering a small downtown condo as a weekend base, this South Coast mansion suggests another option: trading square footage in the sky for a historic country house with room to roam, and a lifestyle measured more in sea breezes and garden paths than in traffic and street noise.

For more information and a private showing please contact:
Milbury & Company
Attn: Will Milbury
[email protected]
(508) 525-5200