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Historical California Seminary With 57 Bedrooms and a Private Barber Shop Hits the Market for Just $1

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Historical California Seminary With 57 Bedrooms and a Private Barber Shop Hits the Market for Just $1

A “one of a kind” 57-bedroom property in California has come on the market for the bargain price of just $1—offering a visionary homebuyer the chance to transform a historical former seminary into an extravagant single-family home. The enormous 40,500-square-foot dwelling, located in Cupertino and known as the Maryknoll Seminary, was built in 1926 as a “residence for … Read more

Historical 17th-Century New York Townhouse That Was Dismantled and Shipped From Amsterdam to Manhattan Is Listed for $8 Million

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Historic Manhattan townhouse was shipped to New York from Amsterdam

A historical New York City townhouse that has been hailed as one of the Big Apple’s most architecturally significant dwellings has hit the market for $7.99 million—180 years after it was painstakingly dismantled and then shipped to Manhattan from its original location in Amsterdam. At first glance, it seems impossible that the origins of the … Read more