known home american author productive years massachusetts house wrote major work novels dedicated nearby short story collection named porch magazine stories chimney house located built farmhouse inn adjacent property owned uncle thomas developed attachment area repeated visits purchased property borrowed money spent years farming writing financial considerations prompted family return new_york_city sold property brother house remained private hands acquired house portion original acre property society restored house period operates house museum open public warmer months designated listed national_register_of_historic_places construction early history construction oldest portions house known took place built captain wood frame house apparently inn bush family sold property doctor sold acres property writer house time consisted simple rectangular structure window bays deep large central chimney evidence house originally stories time purchase half born new_york_city maternal grandparents lived albany new_york parents took family series financial setbacks uncle owned property family visited times younger significant visit uncle brief august father died january mother took family escape outbreak cholera july time brief stay interest developed ran uncle farm traveled illinois pursue business opportunities according cousin time attachment area deepened considerably summer wife son visit uncle farm uncle agreed sell property family visit august met time having recently read short story collection old invited picnic south group included holmes struck instant friendship attracted apparently unwilling abandon decided impulse purchase farm uncle property according news report purchase property commands extensive views secured loan father law chief justice court session time received mortgage promised pay rest purchase price new_york lease sold sale finalized september raise funds sold acres 1850s assumed mortgage took title property transferred wife called new home dug property planting season new_york publisher wrote grounds satisfy english nobleman noble finished novel work recognized author lifetime known greatest american literary influence writing book significant wrote review old published believed stories revealed dark times black dedicated token admiration genius book inscribed turn referenced book wonder book girls boys higher sits shaping gigantic conception white gigantic shape sic study window incorporated domestic features stories porch named added north shortly purchased property unlike typical properties located porch facing south chose face dedicated wrote house situated country convenience desire feast view time ease omission picture gallery bench picture galleries marble halls limestone hills galleries hung month month pictures fading pictures fresh chimney published described large chimney need hardly said walls house entirely free fire places middle grand central chimney sides tiers chambers family guests warming cold winter night retiring time thinking faces mutually look feet point centre sleep beds sleep round warm chimney lived farmed wrote years receiving visitors including holmes known works wrote include novels confidence man stories collected tales time writing providing income order improve family finances moved sold following year brother returned new_york_city eventually found work customs inspector continued visit occasionally brother ownership property members family owned house remained private hands purchased house years ownership historical society acquisition major portions property sold acres remained significant remains open land society later acquired acres owners substantial additions house principally removed 20th century large window added north house maintain view declared museum historical society acquiring property worked restore condition time numerous interior alterations windows changed restored original size configuration restored society restored upstairs study writing original state non profit historic house museum operated uses portion house office space remainder open public guided tours warmer months year located open memorial day columbus day
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