5/2/2023 0 Comments Silo farmhouse![]() The space has a gas fireplace, mahogany bookshelves, an adjoining card room, a TV screen that lowers from the ceiling, and a barn-like silo with a corkscrew stairwell that ends in a viewing platform. The other half of the barn has retained its post-and-beam construction and is now set up as a workout area.īack out in the foyer, there is a wing that holds a half bath, the laundry room, an office, a mudroom, and a must-have in any home of a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Democratic theorist, and speechwriter: a massive library, one that was once a three-car garage. There are, of course, bookshelves - which are filled with books, organized alphabetically. Kearns Goodwin said she often spent time writing here. It features a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and a wagon wheel chandelier that hangs form a vaulted ceiling. The hallway ends at what was once a barn but is now called the great room because of its size. ![]() The formal dining room, accessed from the kitchen, has a tea paper ceiling and multiple French doors. Both rooms have hardwood flooring, as does most of the first level. The kitchen is an annex to a family room with its own gas fireplace, multiple bookshelves and French doors leading to a landscaped backyard (more on that in a bit). The space has a C-shaped island, white cabinets, granite counters, undermount lighting, a breakfast nook, and a tile backsplash. Toward the rear of the house, a doorway on the right leads into an eat-in kitchen that she kept intimate so the cook was still part of the gathering. Bookshelves, of course, flank the fireplace. But just inside and behind a pocket door is a sitting room with a gas fireplace where Kearns Goodwin said she spent early mornings working. The main entry opens to an expansive hallway with black and white flooring and a series of French doors that connect two wings. The move does not mean she is giving up writing, but with the passing last year of her husband, she finds the house is now too large for her to call home. The presidential historian wrote her three most recent books in this 6,794-square-foot house, where nearly every room, including the formal dining room, has bookshelves. She has since purged the collection from 10,000 to 5,000 books. ![]() “The books have taken us a lot of places,’’ she said. But their passion for books required more space. ![]() Kearns Goodwin said she and her husband spent the first 20 of their 40 years in Concord in a house on Main Street. ![]()
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